Ultimate Mighty Girl Fantasy Book List | Pueblo City-County Library

41) Handbook for Dragon Slayers

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Haskell, Merrie

Description

Like Gail Carson Levine's books, Merrie Haskell's middle grade fantasy adventure Handbook for Dragon Slayers mixes magic, mythical creatures, thrilling action, and a wonderful cast of characters. Political upheaval sends Princess Tilda fleeing from her kingdom in the company of two hopeful dragon slayers. The princess never had any interest in chasing dragons. The pain from her crippled foot was too great, and her dream was to write a book. But the...

42) A dash of trouble

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Wanting to be a part of her family's Dia de los Muertos preparations, Leonora sneaks out of school to discover her mother, aunt, and older sisters have been keeping a secret.

43) Red: the true story of Red Riding Hood

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Shurtliff, Liesl

Description

Followed by a wolf, a huntsman, and a porridge-sampling nuisance called Goldie, Red embarks on a quest to find a magical cure for her ailing grandmother--

44) Bigger than a breadbox

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Devastated when her parents separate, twelve-year-old Rebecca must move with her mother from Baltimore to Gran's house in Atlanta, where Rebecca discovers an old breadbox with the power to grant any wish--so long as the wished-for thing fits in the breadbox.

45) A tangle of knots

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Destiny leads 11-year-old Cady to a peanut butter factory, a family of children searching for their own Talents, and a Talent Thief who will alter her life forever--Provided by publisher. Includes cake recipes.

46) Where the mountain meets the moon

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Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish, and then joins a dragon who cannot fly on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon in hopes of bringing life to Fruitless Mountain and freshness to Jade River.

47) Ella enchanted

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Levine, Gail Carson

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.

48) The Two Princesses of Bamarre

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Levine, Gail Carson

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eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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A kingdom beset by monsters . . . A disease that weakens and destroys . . . An epic poem and a hero of long ago . . . A story of danger and desperation. The two princesses of Bamarre couldn't be more different. Princess Addie is fearful and shy. Her deepest wish is for safety. Princess Meryl is bold and brave. Her deepest wish is to save the kingdom of Bamarre. They are sisters, and they mean the world to each other. Then disaster strikes,...

49) The Land of Yesterday

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eAudiobook, eBook

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A tender and fantastical adventure story perfect for fans of Coraline. After Cecelia Dahl's little brother, Celadon, dies tragically, his soul goes where all souls go: the Land of Yesterday-and Cecelia is left behind in a fractured world without him. Her beloved house's spirit is crumbling beyond repair, her father is imprisoned by sorrow, and worst of all, her grief-stricken mother abandons the land of the living to follow Celadon into Yesterday. It's...

50) The Fairy-Tale Detectives

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Buckley, Michael

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eAudiobook, eBook

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Fans of fractured fairy tales will be delighted to discover the fantasy, mystery, adventure, and humor in the beloved New York Times bestselling Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley, now with new cover art. As featured on NBC's The Today Show, the nine wildly popular books are favorites around the world. They were among the first books to bring a distinctly girl-power spin to fairy tales-a spin taken up by hit movies and shows TV such as Once Upon...

51) very grimm guide a sisters grimm companion

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52) The serpent's secret

Author

DasGupta, Sayantani

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Pre-loaded Audiobook

Description

Up until her twelfth birthday, Kiranmala considered herself an ordinary sixth-grader in Parsippany, New Jersey, but then her parents disappear and a drooling rakkhosh demon shows up in her kitchen, and soon she is swept into another dimension, full of magic, winged horses, talking birds (very annoying), and cute princes--and somehow Kiranmala needs to sort it all out, find her parents, and basically save the world.

53) The Mad Wolf's daughter

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In 1210 Scotland, when invading knights capture 12-year-old Drest's father, the Mad Wolf of the North, and her beloved brothers who make up his fearsome war-band, she sets off to rescue them from the castle prison, taking along a wounded knight as her captive to trade for her family's freedom--

54) Evangeline of the bayou

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Studying folk magic and practicing to fight supernatural beings in the Louisiana bayou, young apprentice Evangeline anticipates her approval by the haunt huntress council only to uncover dark secrets during an unusual case.

55) City of islands

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Servant to the powerful Lady of the Tides, Mara scavenges the sea for magical treasures and finds the remains of extinct creatures that used to exist in the archipelago city, a discovery that prompts her to sneak into a fortress, uncovering secrets along the way.

56) The jumbies

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Baptiste, Tracey

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Eleven-year-old Corinne must call on her courage and an ancient magic to stop an evil spirit and save her island home.

57) Heartseeker

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Beatty, Melinda

Description

When the King hears that Only Fallow can see lies and only tells the truth, he summons her, and she must learn to navigate the dangerous, political world of the King's court--

58) The dragon with a chocolate heart

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Burgis, Stephanie

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Book, eAudiobook

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After drinking enchanted hot chocolate, a brave young dragon is transformed into a twelve-year-old human girl with a passion for chocolate.

59) Furthermore

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Twelve-year-old Alice Queensmeadow, with the help of her friend Oliver, travels through the dangerous, magical land of Furthermore in order to rescue her missing father and prove her own magical abilities--

60) The stone girl's story

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Durst, Sarah Beth

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

A girl made of stone, forever twelve years old, has outlasted the father who carved her and gave her life, but now the magical marks that animate her are fading and she must leave her mountain home and find help in the valley below if she wants her story--and those of her family--to continue.