Ivy Pochoda
Author
Publisher
ECCO, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
From the acclaimed author of Visitation Street, a visionary portrait of contemporary Los Angeles in all its facets, from the Mojave Desert to the Pacific, from the 110 to Skid Row. During a typically crowded morning commute, a naked runner is dodging between the stalled cars. The strange sight makes the local news and captures the imaginations of a stunning cast of misfits and lost souls. There's Ren, just out of juvie, who travels to LA in search...
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
"It's summertime in Red Hook, Brooklyn, a blue-collar dockside neighborhood. June and Val, two fifteen-year-olds, take a raft out onto the bay at night to see what they can see. And then they disappear. Only Val will survive, washed ashore, semi-conscious in the weeds"--Amazon.com
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Mel Snow marries Toby Warring, a magician, shortly after meeting him and slowly comes to realize that his magic is not an act but an unusual power that he doesn't always control. After a death at one of his performances, Toby becomes obsessed with using magic to correct past mistakes, and Mel finds herself increasingly swept into a world of illusions
Author
Series
Epoca volume 2
Publisher
Granity Studios
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
As Pretia, the Princess of Epoca, prepares to return to Ecrof, the elite magical sports academy, she is focused on the most important part of her upcoming year: the Junior Epic Games. She knows that her destiny is to rule Epoca, but right now, all she wants is to be selected for the Junior Epic team so that she can compete against the best young athletes in Epoca and bring honor to her people. But as rumors begin to swirl about unrest surrounding...
Author
Series
Epoca volume 1
Publisher
Granity Studios
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Set in an alternative classical world dominated by sports and a magical power called grana, Epoca: the tree of Ecrof is the story of two children: the orphaned outcast Rovi and the crown princess Pretia, who uncover and battle terrible evil and discover their inner strength alon the way. It takes place at the most elite sports academy in the land, where the best child-athletes are sent to hone their skills. When Rovi and Pretia arrive, each harboring...