Garth Nix
1) Sabriel
Author
Series
Old Kingdom volume 1
Language
English
Description
Sent to a boarding school in Ancelstierre as a young child, Sabriel has had little experience with the random power of Free Magic or the Dead who refuse to stay dead in the Old Kingdom. But during her final semester, her father, the Abhorsen, goes missing, and Sabriel knows she must enter the Old Kingdom to find him. She soon finds companions in Mogget, a cat whose aloof manner barely conceals its malevolent spirit, and Touchstone, a young Charter...
Author
Series
Old Kingdom volume 5
Language
English
Description
Lirael is no longer a shy Second Assistant Librarian. She is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, with dead creatures to battle and Free Magic entities to bind. She's also a Remembrancer, wielder of the Dark Mirror. Lirael lost one of her hands in the binding of Orannis, but now she has a new hand, one of gilded steel and Charter Magic. When Lirael finds Nicholas Sayre lying unconscious after being attacked by a hideous Free Magic creature, she uses her powers...
3) Angel mage
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Language
English
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Description
Liliath is one of the greatest practitioners of angelic magic to have ever lived, summoning angels and forcing them to do her bidding. More than a century has passed since she crept into the empty sarcophagus of Saint Marguerite, fleeing the Fall of Ystara. She emerges from her magical sleep still beautiful, looking no more than nineteen, and determined to be united with her lover, Palleniel, the archangel of Ystara. Most of the inhabitants of Ystara...
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English
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Description
"There is often trouble of a mythical sort in Bath. The booksellers who police the Old World keep a careful watch there, particularly on the entity that inhabits the ancient hot spring. This time trouble comes from the discovery of a sorcerous map, leading left-handed bookseller Merlin into great danger, requiring a desperate rescue attempt from his sister, the right-handed bookseller Vivien, and art student Susan Arkshaw, who is still struggling...
5) Blood ties
Author
Series
Spirit animals. Main series volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
As the Conquerors try to destroy Erdas, Meilin -- fed up with waiting and ready to fight -- sets off into enemy territory with her spirit animal, a panda named Jhi. Her friends Conor and Abeke aren't far behind ... but they're not the only ones.
6) Abhorsen
Author
Series
Old Kingdom volume 3
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Abhorsen-In-Waiting Lirael and Prince Sameth, a Wallmaker, must confront and bind the evil spirit Oranis before it can destroy all life.
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Series
Language
English
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When their house mysteriously explodes and they are sent to live with an unknown relative named Grandma X, twelve-year-old twins Jaide and Jack Shield learn that they are troubletwisters, young Wardens just coming into their powers, who must protect humanity from The Evil trying to break into Earth's dimension.
Author
Series
Old Kingdom volume 2
Language
English
Description
"When a dangerous necromancer threatens to unleash a long-buried evil, Lirael and Prince Sameth are drawn into a battle to save the Old Kingdom and reveal their true destinies"--Publisher.
10) The monster
Author
Series
Troubletwisters volume 2
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Jaide and Jack Shield learn that they're troubletwisters, with powers they must use to stop the Evil from taking over our world. Before, they'd defeated the Evil through luck and intuition. Now though, Jaide and Jack will have to learn how to use their powers, and how to keep on their toes when evil forces return.
11) The mystery
Author
Series
Troubletwisters volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When the old man who lives in Rourke Castle dies mysteriously, troubletwister twins Jack and Jaide Shield find themselves drawn into a search for something hidden in the castle--something that The Evil wants desperately--but they have no idea what it is they seek.
12) Terciel & Elinor
Author
Series
Old kingdom volume 6
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition
Language
English
Description
This prequel to the Old Kingdom series tells the story of how Sabriel's parents, Terciel and Elinor, met
Author
Series
Old Kingdom volume 4
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The story of how Clariel became a Free Magic Sorcerer, set 600 years before the birth of Sabriel"--
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Odo is the seventh son of the village miller and he just wants to get away from work for awhile, Eleanor's mother was a soldier, and she yearns for adventure, but it is Odo who finds the magic talking sword named Biter, and thereby instantly becomes a knight--and together they set out on a quest (somewhat reluctantly on Odo's part) to save their kingdom from threats both human and dragon.
15) Mister Monday
Author
Series
Keys to the kingdom volume 1
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Arthur Penhaligon is supposed to die at a young age, but is saved by a key that is shaped like the minute hand of a clock. The key causes bizarre creatures to come from another realm, bringing with them a plague. A man named Mister Monday will stop at nothing to get the key back. Arthur goes to a mysterious house that only he can see, so that he can learn the truth about himself and the key.
16) Grim Tuesday
Author
Series
Keys to the kingdom volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Arthur Penhaligon didn't think he would have to return to the very strange house that nearly killed him on Monday -- and the house that contains a fantastical and sinister realm inside. But the next day brings new challenges -- in the form of an enemy named Grim Tuesday, who threatens the safety of both Arthur's family and his world."--[P. 4] of cover.
17) The missing
Author
Series
Troubletwisters volume 4
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The Wardens have devised a plan to get rid of The Evil once and for all, and troubletwister twins Jack and Jaide, and Grandma X, are at the heart of the scheme--but even if it works a lot of innocent people may die or end up abandoned in the dimension of Evil.
Author
Series
Keys to the kingdom volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Everyone is after Arthur Penhaligon including strange pirates, shadowy creatures, and Drowned Wednesday, whose gluttony threatens both her world and Arthur's.
20) Sir Thursday
Author
Series
Keys to the kingdom volume 4
Language
English
Description
When Arthur is drafted into the Glorious Army of the Architect by Sir Thursday, he must survive basic training, avoid getting posted to the Front, and figure out how to free Part Four of the Will, while Leaf tries to banish Arthur's doppleganger on Earth.
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