Lev Grossman
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Quentin Coldwater should be blissfully happy. He escaped a miserable Brooklyn childhood for Brakebills, a secret and exclusive college for magic in upstate New York. When he graduated he discovered that Fillory, the magical utopia described in a series of children's fantasy novels he never quite outgrew, was real. Fillory was a far more dangerous place than Quentin could have imagined, and he faced unspeakable tragedies there. But now Quentin and...
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Magician novels (Lev Grossman) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 24
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Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. A high school math genius, he's secretly fascinated with a series of childrens fantasy novels set in a magical land called Fillory, and real life is disappointing by comparison. When Quentin is unexpectedly admitted to an elite, secret college of magic, it looks like his wildest dreams may have come true. But his new found powers lead him down a rabbit hole of hedonism and disillusionment, and ultimately...
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Magician novels (Lev Grossman) volume 3
Magicians trilogy volume 3
The Magicians
Magicians trilogy volume 003
Magicians trilogy volume 3
The Magicians
Magicians trilogy volume 003
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From Booklist: The third and concluding volume in Grossman's epic Magicians trilogy finds former High King Quentin ejected from the magical kingdom of Fillory and, in short order, given the boot from a too-brief teaching stint at his old alma mater, Brakebills. What is Quentin to do? At loose ends, he joins a ragtag group of magicians-including Plum, an expelled Brakebills student-on a quest to find a mysterious case, contents unknown but presumed...
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Silver Arrow volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
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Kate and her younger brother Tom lead dull, uninteresting lives. And if their dull, uninteresting parents are anything to go by, they don't have much to look forward to. Why can't Kate have thrilling adventures and save the world the way people do in books? Even her 11th birthday is shaping up to be mundane -- that is, until her mysterious and highly irresponsible Uncle Herbert, whom she's never even met before, surprises her with the most unexpected,...
5) Codex
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About to depart on his first vacation in years, Edward Wozny, a hot-shot young investment banker, is sent to help one of his firm's most important and mysterious clients. When asked to uncrate and organize a personal library of rare books, Edward's indignation turns to intrigue as he realizes that there may be a unique medieval codex hidden among the volumes, a treasure kept locked away for many years and for many reasons. As friends draw Edward into...
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Silver Arrow volume 2
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IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
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Kate and Tom are now full-fledged conductors of the steam-powered, animal-saving Great Secret Intercontinental Railway, but when Kate takes the Silver Arrow out on an unsanctioned mission to find Uncle Herbert she discovers a mysterious train called the Golden Swift with an agenda of its own.
7) Warp
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2016.
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"The lost literary origin story of #1 bestseller Lev Grossman - including a new foreword about how and why he wrote his first novel: "It is the intense, concentrated, boiled-down essence of the unhappiest years of my life." Twenty-something Hollis Kessler languishes in a hopelessly magician-less world (with the exception of a fleet-footed nymph named Xanthe) not too far from where he graduated college. His friends do, too. They sleep late, read too...
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[2021]
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"'Dear Uncle Herbert, You’ve never met me, but I’m your niece Kate, and since it is my birthday tomorrow and you are super-rich could you please send me a present?' Kate and her younger brother Tom lead dull, uninteresting lives. And if their dull, uninteresting parents are anything to go by, they don’t have much to look forward to. Why can’t Kate have thrilling adventures and save the world the way people do in books? Even her 11th birthday...
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The magicians volume season 1
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[2016]
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Based on Lev Grossman's New York Times best seller, this centers on Quentin, a brilliant grad student chosen to attend Brakebills University for Magical Pedagogy, a secret upstate New York university specializing in magic. He and his twenty something friends soon discover that the magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real, and poses a grave danger to humanity.
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[2019]
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Based on the best-selling novels by Lev Grossman, The Magicians centers on a group of friends who discover they have magical abilities and must ward off evil creatures who threaten to destroy the world. After embarking on the epic quest of the seven keys, our Magicians may have restored magic but not without a great cost. With their memories erased and new magic-free identities, they're more vulnerable than ever to the ancient Monster who escaped...
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[2017]
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Follows grad student Quentin Coldwater and others after they are chosen to attend Brakebills University for Magical Pedagogy in upstate New York to hone their powers. Heading into season two, this group of unlikely heroes has been thrust into even more dangerous and unfamiliar territory. They must draw upon their novice skills to defeat a threat that could destroy the magical world itself. Driven by power, revenge, and survival, they learn that those...
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2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 20
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Summer meets love in both fantasy and reality in this anthology featuring renowned writers of both teen and adult fiction.
Summer is the perfect time for love to bloom, and these short stories of teenagers facing the confusing maze of first love will have you dreaming of sunset strolls by the lake. The selections range from heartfelt to outlandish, as the characters find passion in some very unexpected places.
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[2016]
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Based on Lev Grossman's New York Times best seller, this centers on Quentin, a brilliant grad student chosen to attend Brakebills University for Magical Pedagogy, a secret upstate New York university specializing in magic. He and his twenty something friends soon discover that the magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real, and poses a grave danger to humanity.