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21) The illusionist
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A down-on-his-luck magician encounters a young girl, changing both their lives forever.
Author
Series
Hocus pocus hotel volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Combines two previously published stories, The assistant vanishes, and The trouble with Abracadabra, in which Charlie Hitchcock and Tyler Yu investigate mysterious happenings at the Abracadabra, a hotel for retired magicians.
Author
Series
Traitor spy trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
518 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Living among the Sachakan rebels, Lorkin does his best to learn about their unique magic. But the Traitors are reluctant to trade their secrets for the Healing they so desperately want. Meanwhile, Sonea searches for the rogue, knowing that Cery cannot avoid assassination forever. The rogue's influence over the city's underworld, however, is far greater than she feared. And in the University, two female novices are about to remind the Guild that sometimes...
Author
Series
Kingkiller chronicles volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discover book two of Patrick Rothfuss’ #1 New York Times-bestselling epic fantasy series, The Kingkiller Chronicle.
“I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss.” —Lin-Manuel Miranda
DAY TWO: THE WISE MAN’S FEAR
“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
My name...
“I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss.” —Lin-Manuel Miranda
DAY TWO: THE WISE MAN’S FEAR
“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
My name...
Author
Series
Carmer and Grit volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
After saving the faeries of Skemantis, magician’s apprentice Felix Carmer III and his faerie companion, Grit, head out to see the world. They soon come across a mysteriously magical flying circus. As they get to know the outlandish world of Rinka Tinka’s Roving Wonder Show, it becomes clear there's something not quite normal about this circus or its inventor–and that recent airship disasters plaguing nearby Driftside City may have a sinister...
Author
Series
Elemental masters volume 5
Publisher
Daw Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 20
Physical Desc
342 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sarah Jane has come to Isabelle Harton's school in London, a happy child with unusual gifts, but will Isabelle be able to keep her safe from a powerful intent to harm her?
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young magician bows before readers and releases a rabbit from his hat. The book counts from one rabbit to ten rabbits as they appear, and then counts down to one as the rabbits disappear. This work was originally created in 1970 as a pamphlet for a fundraiser for Philadelphia's Rosenbach Museum.
Author
Series
Joseph Spector novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1930s London, celebrity psychiatrist Anselm Rees is discovered dead in his locked study, and there seems to be no way that a killer could have escaped unseen. There are no clues, no witnesses, and no evidence of the murder weapon. Stumped by the confounding scene, the Scotland Yard detective on the case calls on retired stage magician-turned-part-time sleuth Joseph Spector. For who better to make sense of the impossible than one who traffics in...
Author
Series
Threads of power volume 1
Publisher
Tor/Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
648 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Once, there were four worlds, nestled like pages in a book, each pulsing with fantastical power and connected by a single city: London. Until the magic grew too fast and forced the worlds to seal the doors between them in a desperate gamble to protect their own. The few magicians who could still open the doors grew more rare as time passed and now, only three Antari are known in recent memory—Kell Maresh of Red London, Delilah Bard of Grey London,...
Author
Series
Traitor spy trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
513 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sonea, former street urchin, now a Black Magician of Kyralia, is horrified when her son, Lorkin, volunteers to assist Dannyl in his new role as Guild Ambassador to Sachaka, a land still ruled by cruel black magicians. When word comes that Lorkin has gone missing Sonea is desperate to find him, but if she leaves the city she will be exiled forever, and her old friend Cery needs her help. Most of his family has been murdered. The Thieves have been waging...
32) The rogue
Author
Series
Traitor spy trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
485 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sonea, Black Magician of Kyralia, remains deeply concerned about her son Lorkin, who has gone missing on assignment in the foreign land of Sachaka. Her problems at home remain as well, for there is a rogue magician on the loose, threatening the life of her friend Cery, leader of the Thieves. Lorkin, living among the Sachakan rebels, does his best to learn about them and their unique magic. But the Traitors are reluctant to trade their knowledge for...
33) Book of night
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows to peer into locked rooms, strangle people in their beds, or worse. Gloamists guard their secrets greedily, creating an underground economy of grimoires. And to rob their fellow magicians, they need Charlie Hall. Now, she’s trying to distance herself from past mistakes, but getting out isn’t easy. Bartending at a dive, she’s still entirely too close to the corrupt...
34) Here we are
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
195 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's the summer of 1959, and something magical can be witnessed at the end of the pier in beach town Brighton, England. Jack Robbins, Ronnie Deane, and Evie White are performing in a seaside variety show, starring as Jack Robinson the compere comedian, and The Great Pablo and Eve: a magic act. By the end of the summer, Evie's glinting engagement ring will be flung to the bottom of the ocean and one of the trifecta will vanish forever. All three friends...
Author
Series
Kingkiller chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Daw Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 60
Physical Desc
999 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man." An escalating rivalry with a powerful member of the nobility forces Kvothe to leave the University and seek his fortune abroad. Adrift, penniless, and alone, he travels to Vintas, where he quickly becomes entangled in the politics of courtly society. While attempting to curry favor with a powerful noble, Kvothe discovers an assassination...
Author
Series
Scooby-Doo mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
59 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Scooby-Doo and his friends investigate when a masked magician makes a diamond necklace disappear.
Author
Series
Hocus Pocus Hotel volume 3
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
105 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a volunteer disappears during a magic show trick by the Great Theopolis, it's up to Charlie and Ty to find the missing kid.
Author
Language
English
Description
If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life? It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children — four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness — sneak out to hear their fortunes. The prophecies inform their next five decades. Golden-boy Simon escapes to the West Coast, searching...
Author
Series
Darker shade of magic volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
400 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Kell is one of the last Travelers -- magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel universes--as such, he can choose where he lands. There's Grey London, dirty and boring, without any magic, ruled by a mad King George. Then there's Red London, where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty presides over a flourishing empire. White London, ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne -- a place where people fight...
Author
Series
Darker shade of magic volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
512 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Four months have passed since the shadow stone fell into Kell's possession. Four months since his path crossed with Delilah Bard. Four months since Rhy was wounded and the Dane twins fell, and the stone was cast with Holland's dying body through the rift, and into Black London. In many ways, things have almost returned to normal, though Rhy is more sober, and Kell is now plagued by his guilt. Restless, and having given up smuggling, Kell is visited...
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