Mercedes Lackey
Author
Series
Five hundred kingdoms volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 22
Description
In the mystical realm of the Five Hundred Kingdoms, the newest Fairy Godmother tries to help three impossible princes find the women of their dreams, while fending off an evil sorcerer who is determined to destroy her kingdom.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 28
Description
The remarkable land of Valdemar, the kingdom protected by its Heralds--men and women gifted with extraordinary mind powers--aided and served by their mysterious Companions--horselike beings who know the many secrets of Valdemar's magical heritage.
Author
Series
Five hundred kingdoms volume 2
Pub. Date
2006
Description
When George, the Good Knight, arrives to save Princess Andromeda from the dragon for whom she is to be a virgin sacrifice, he does not exactly defeat the dragon, and he and the princess must join forces to find the dragon's lair and destroy it. Traditionally, marauding dragons are soothed only by a virgin sacrifice. And so practical-minded Princess Andromeda reluctantly volunteers to do her duty, only asking for a sword to defend herself. Well, her...
5) Firebird
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 24
Description
A young Russian nobleman falls in love with the legendary Firebird, a magical hawk whose wings are feathered in flame. He sets out to find the bird, in fact an enchanted maiden who has been waiting for true love to break the spell that holds her captive. By the author of Sacred Ground.
Author
Series
Elemental masters volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 23
Description
Marina is the cherished daughter of the wealthy Saverson family, practioners of Elemental Magic. But all is not well in this elegant, aristocratic household. Evil portents have warned her father that Marina will be killed before her eighteenth birthday by the hand of her own aunt, and no one is sure if the family magic is powerful enough to overturn the prophesy.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Enter the thrilling third volume in the epic Collegium Chronicles.
In Mercedes Lackey's classic coming-of-age story, the orphan Magpie pursues his quest for his parent's identity with burning urgency-while also discovering another hidden talent and being trained by the King's Own Herald as an undercover agent for Valdemar. Shy Bardic Trainee Lena has to face her famous but uncaring father, one of Valdemar's most renowned Bards. And
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Series
Elemental masters volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 27
Description
Upon the death of her father, Eleanor Robinson falls victim to her stepmother, a cruel Elemental Master of Earth, who makes her a virtual slave, until Reginald Fenyx, who was once a heroic pilot, returns home, and together these two lost souls must find the courage to overcome evil.
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Series
Elemental masters volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 22
Description
Living most of her 25 years in her native India, Maya Witherspoon is the daughter of a prominent British physician and a Brahmin woman of the highest caste--and a doctor herself. Maya's mother was a former priestess of the magic fueled by the powerful pantheon of Indian gods. When her parents are murdered, Maya flees to Edwardian London where she must master her own magic.
Author
Series
Valdemar universe. Heralds of Valdemar volume 7
Heralds of Valdemar - Prequel
DAW Books collectors volume no. 1271
Heralds of Valdemar - Prequel
DAW Books collectors volume no. 1271
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 22
Description
Once a heroic Captain in the army of Karse, a kingdom at war with Valdemar, Alberich becomes one of Valdemar's Heralds. Despite prejudice against him, he becomes the personal protector of young Queen Selenay. But can he protect her from the dangers of her own heart?
13) Storm rising
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 24
Description
Mysterious mage storms are wreaking havoc on Valdemar and Karse and their fragile alliance is breaking apart; unless the creator of the storms can be destroyed, both lands may be demolished.
14) Owlsight
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 24
Description
One small band of Hawkbrothers and two Valdemaran teenagers with partially trained Gifts stand against the destructive might of a barbarian horde.
15) Oathblood
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Series
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 18
Description
This exciting anthology includes a new novella featuring Mercedes Lackey's most popular heroines, Tarma (one of the sword-sworn and most feared of all warriors) and Kethry (who wields magic and weapons for the greater good), whose fates are suddenly bound together in blood by the powers that control their destinies. Also included in this unique volume is the complete collection of Lackey's short stories about these two brave sisters as they answer...
16) Fortune's fool
Author
Series
Five hundred kingdoms volume 3
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
When Ekaterina, the seventh daughter of the Sea King, uses her special ability to move around on land to serve as her father's spy, she is kidnapped, along with other princesses, and held hostage in a castle where her only hope for rescue lies with a man thought to be a fool.
17) Winds of fury
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Series
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 24
Description
Volume 1
18) Dead reckoning
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Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 12
Description
In 1867 Texas, Jett, a girl passing as a boy while seeking her long-lost twin brother, joins forces with Honoraria Gibbons, an inventor, and White Fox, a young Army scout, to investigate a zombie army that is terrorizing the West.
19) Owlflight
Author
Series
Valdemar universe. Owl mage trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 19
Description
Though apprenticed to a legendary wizard, the young orphan, Darian, remains difficult and strong-willed. But a sudden twist of fate changes his life forever; the sacking of his village forces him to flee into the great forest where the mysterious Hawk people lead him on the path to maturity.
20) Magic's promise
Author
Pub. Date
[1990]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 18
Description
With King Randale stricken by a mysterious illness and the powerful Herald-Mage Vanyel at the end of his strength, a neighboring kingdom is threatened by a magical holocaust.
The wild magic is taking its toll on the land, and even Vanyel, the most powerful Herald-Mage to ever walk the world, is almost at the end of his strength. But when his Companion, Yfandes, receives a call for help from neighboring Lineas, both Herald-Mage and Companion are drawn...