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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"This story ... is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried in the Pyramids. Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself king, and an alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest. No one knows what the treasure is, or if Santiago will be able to surmount the obstacles along the way. But what starts out as a journey...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Back in London, fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman must determine whom they can and cannot trust as they search for both Scatty and an immortal who can teach Josh the magic of fire, while Doctor Dee and Machiavelli continue to seek power.
3) The magician
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman continue their magical training in Paris with Nicholas Flamel, Scatty, and the Comte de Sant Germaine, pursued by Doctor Dee and the immortal Niccolo Machiavelli.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In World War I America, magic and science have blended into an extraordinary art. Eighteen-year-old Robert Weekes, a practitioner of empirical philosophy--an arcane, female-dominated branch of science used to summon the wind, shape clouds of smoke, heal, and even fly--dreams of becoming the first male in an elite team of flying medics"--
Author
Series
Elemental masters volume 1
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Rosalind Hawkins is a medieval scholar from a fine family in Chicago. Unfortunately, her professor father has speculated away the family money and died, leaving young Rosalind with no fortune and no future. Desolate with grief, forced to cut her education short, she agrees to go West to take a job as a governess to a wealthy man in San Francisco. A boom town in the 1850s, in 1905 San Francisco is the center of culture in the new West, and perhaps...
7) Quicksilver
Author
Series
Baroque cycle (Neal Stephenson) volume 1
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Quicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe, in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where catastrophe, natural or otherwise, can alter the political landscape overnight.
It is a chronicle of the breathtaking exploits of "Half-Cocked Jack" Shaftoe -- London street urchin turned swashbuckling...
Author
Series
Accidental alchemist volume 4
Publisher
Midnight Ink
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In an effort to rescue her mentor, Nicolas Flamel, centuries-old alchemist Zoe Faust and her best friend, Dorian the gargoyle chef, delve into the world of art forgery to unearth a clue hidden in a stolen painting.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
Bored with their work, three Milanese editors cook up "the Plan," a hoax that connects the medieval Knights Templar with other occult groups from ancient to modern times. This produces a map indicating the geographical point from which all the powers of the earth can be controlled-a point located in Paris, France, at Foucault's Pendulum. But in a fateful turn the joke becomes all too real, and when occult groups, including Satanists, get wind of the...
Author
Series
Sigma Force novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
When a group of parishioners is burned to death in a German cathedral, the U.S. sends in the SIGMA force. The tragedy is more than a case of arson; someone has stolen the priceless treasure stored in the cathedral's golden reliquary: the bones of the biblical Magi, the legendary Three Kings.
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
While working at pleasant but mundane summer jobs in San Francisco, fifteen-year-old twins, Sophie and Josh, suddenly find themselves caught up in the deadly, centuries-old struggle between rival alchemists, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient and powerful book holding the secret formulas for alchemy and everlasting life.
12) Quicksilver
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Series
Language
English
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"Historical romance novel featuring the Arcane Society, second in The Looking Glass Trilogy"-- $c Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Scientist, mathematician, and court astrologer to Queen Elizabeth I, John Dee is also one of the sixteenth-century's most renowned alchemists, driven by a passion to fathom the elemental secrets of the cosmos. But, when his reckless assistant, Edward Kelley, succeeds in using a crystal sphere to summon angels, Dee is catapulted into an awesome struggle that may extinguish the light of reason forever.
One of the spirits invoked is a cunning demon...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In the year 1543 of King Henry VIII's turbulent reign, the daughter of a notorious alchemist finds herself suspected of cold-blooded murder. Bianca Goddard employs her knowledge of herbs and medicinal plants to concoct remedies for the disease-riddled poor in London's squalid Southwark slum. But when her friend Jolyn comes to her complaining of severe stomach pains, Bianca's prescription seems to kill her on the spot. Recovering from her shock, Bianca...
Author
Series
Flame in the mist volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After an attempt is made on her life, Mariko disguises herself as a boy and infiltrates a gang of bandits known as the Black Clan, determined to hunt down the person responsible"--
16) Bloodlines
Author
Series
Bloodlines (Richelle Mead) volume 1
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
When alchemist Sydney is ordered into hiding to protect the life of Moroi princess Jill Dragomir, the last place she expects to be sent is a human private school in Palm Springs, California. But at their new school, the drama is only just beginning.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Hohenheim finally gets his chance to stop the mysterious homunculus "father" who rules over Central City. Will Hohenheim's surprise be enough to defeat the most powerful homunculus of them all? And when King Bradley makes a triumphant return, will the battle turn in the military's favor?
19) El alquimista
Author
Publisher
Rayo
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
Español
Description
An Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of treasure buried in the pyramids. Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself king, and an alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest. What starts out as a journey to find worldly goods turns into a meditation on the treasures found within.
Author
Series
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Mary Jekyll, alone and penniless following her parents' death, is curious about the secrets of her father's mysterious past. One clue in particular hints that Edward Hyde, her father's former friend and a murderer, may be nearby, and there is a reward for information leading to his capturea reward that would solve all of her immediate financial woes. But her hunt leads her to Hyde's daughter, Diana, a feral child left to be raised by nuns. With the...
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