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21) Map of Bones
Author
Series
Sigma Force novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 21
Description
"The crime is inhumanly cruel with horrific consequences both unthinkable and inevitable. During a service at a cathedral in Cologne, Germany, a band of armed intruders dressed in monks' robes unleash a nightmare of blood and terror, ruthlessly gunning down worshippers and clergy alike. The killers haven't come for the church's gold and valuable artwork, but for a priceless treasure secreted within: the preserved bones of the Three Magi who once came...
23) Rose
Author
Series
Rose (Holly Webb) volume 1
Pub. Date
c2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Description
While others at St. Bridget's Home for Abandoned Girls dream of adoption, Rose wants only a job and independence until she is hired as maid to Mr. Fountain, an alchemist, and realizes that she, like his grand residence, is filled with magic.
24) Quicksilver
Author
Series
Baroque cycle (Neal Stephenson) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
The exploits of an alchemy-rejecting scientist, a vagabond leader, and a former Turkish harem prisoner intersect in the world of the American colonies, the Tower of London, and the courts of Louis XIV.
26) Moving pictures
Author
Series
Discworld volume 10
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Discworld's pesky alchemists are up to their old tricks again. This time, they've discovered how to get gold from silver -- the silver screen that is. Hearing the siren call of Holy Wood is one Victor Tugelbend, a would-be wizard turned extra. He can't sing, he can't dance, but he can handle a sword (sort of), and now he wants to be a star. So does Theda Withel, an ambitious ingénue from a little town (where else?) you've probably never heard of....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Formats
Description
Based on some of literature's horror and science fiction classics, this is the story of a remarkable group of women who come together to solve the mystery of a series of gruesome murders—and the bigger mystery of their own origins.Mary Jekyll, alone and penniless following her parents' death, is curious about the secrets of her father's mysterious past. One clue in particular hints that Edward Hyde, her father's former friend and a murderer,...
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Series
Formats
Description
Thanks to a stunning flying performance and a harrowing shootout in the streets of Boston, Robert Canderelli Weekes’s lifelong dream has come true: he’s the first male allowed to join the US Sigilry Corps’s Rescue and Evacuation service, an elite, all-woman team of flying medics. But as he deploys to France during the waning days of the Great War, Sigilwoman Third-Class Canderelli learns that carrying the injured from the front lines to the...
Author
Series
Iron witch novels volume 3
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Description
"In order to produce the Philosopher's Stone, as the demon hordes demand, alchemist apprentice Donna Underwood pits her unpredictable powers against a vengeful demon king, two maleficent faery queens, and an immortal magus with his own shadowy agenda"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 18
Description
After making a life-changing decision, Sydney Sage, an Alchemist who serves to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires, must tread a careful path as she harnesses her profound magical ability to undermine the way of life she was raised to defend.
Author
Series
Jake Ransom volume 1
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Connecticut middle-schooler Jake and his older sister Kady are transported by a Mayan artifact to a strange world inhabited by a mix of people from long-lost civilizations who are threatened by prehistoric creatures and an evil alchemist, the Skull King.
32) Malice of crows
Author
Series
Shadow novels (Lila Bowen) volume 3
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"The sequel to Conspiracy of Ravens and third novel in Lila Bowen's widely-acclaimed Shadow series. The Ranger known as Rhett has shut down a terrible enterprise running on the blood of magical folk, but failed to catch the dark alchemist behind it. And now the Shadow refuses to let him rest. Rhett must make the ultimate transformation if he has any hope of stopping the alchemist or fulfilling his destiny; he must become the leader of a new Rangers...
33) The indigo spell
Author
Series
Bloodlines (Richelle Mead) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 17
Description
As former Alchemist Marcus Finch pushes Alchemist Sydney Sage to rebel against the people who raised her, she finds that breaking free is harder than she thought. There's an old and mysterious magic rooted deeply within her, and as she searches for an evil magic user targeting powerful young witches, she realizes that her only hope is to embrace her magical blood--or else she might be next.
Author
Series
Fullmetal alchemist light novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2011
Description
When an alchemical ritual goes awry, causing Edward Elric to lose limbs and his brother to become trapped in a suit of armor, Edward begins a quest to recover the one thing that can restore them, the legendary Philosopher's Stone.
Author
Series
Bloodlines (Richelle Mead) volume 2
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 17
Description
At a boarding school in glamorous Palm Springs, California, alchemist Sydney must protect the vampires-in-hiding from the threat of other humans, a task made harder by forbidden romances, unexpected spirit bonds, and the threat of Strigoi moving ever closer.
The second thrilling installment in Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy spinoff series, BloodlinesTough, brainy alchemist Sydney Sage and doe-eyed Moroi princess Jill Dragomir are in hiding at a...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 17
Description
With only a day left to live and one job left to finish, Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel must defend San Francisco from monsters on Alcatraz Island; meanwhile, Sophie and Josh Newman travel into the past after Dr. John Dee and Virginia Dare.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
"Malaisea is the unhealthiest town in the whole of Zamonia, home to Echo the Crat, a multi-talented creature that resembles a cat but is capable of speaking any language under the sun. When his mistress dies and Echo finds himself starving on the street, he is compelled to sign a contract with Ghoolion the Alchemaster, Malaisea's evil alchemist-in-chief. This fateful document gives Ghoolion the right to kill Echo at the next full moon and render him...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
When nightmarish creatures stalk the streets of London, claiming the lives of innocents, Simon Archer, a magician and the last living Scribe; Kate Anstruther, an accomplished alchemist; and Malcolm MacFarlane, a monster hunter, discover that some of the worst monsters are human.
Author
Series
Loom saga volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
While the rebels on Loom prepare for an all-out assault on their Dragon oppressors, Ari finds herself closer to exacting vengeance against the traitor who killed everyone she once loved.