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Matt Haig

Aunt Eda's Rule #9: NEVER?UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES? GO INTO THE FOREST.Samuel and Martha have just moved to Norway to live with their aunt Eda, and she's taking some getting used to. She has too many rules, no TV, and insists that they eat local delicacies like brown cheese and reindeer soup. And then there?s the most peculiar thing about her?her irrational fear of her own backyard. Sure, Uncle Henrik hasn?t been heard from since he disappeared into it ten years ago, but that can't be the forest's fault . . . can it?Samuel is skeptical, until he disobeys Rule #1?Never go up to the attic?and finds an unusual book: The Creatures of Shadow Forest, which gives scary descriptions of the fantastic creatures supposedly living in the forest. So when Sam starts seeing strange things venture past the treeline after dark, he can't help wondering . . . could Aunt Eda be right, and what really happened to Uncle Henrik?This highly inventive fantasy is full of amazing characters and unexpected twists that will elicit both laughter and chills.

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David Anthony Durham

The thrilling new installment in the ambitious Acacia trilogy, praised by the Washington Post as "gripping and sophisticated."A few years have passed since the conquering of the Mein, and Queen Corinn is firmly in control of the Known World-perhaps too firmly. With plans to expand her empire, she sends her brother, Daniel, on an exploratory mission to the Other Lands. There Daniel discovers a lush, exotic mainland ruled by an alliance of tribes that poses a grave danger to the stability of the Known World. Is Queen Corinn strong enough to face this new challenge? Readers of this bold, imaginative sequel will not be disappointed in the answer.From the Hardcover edition.

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Helen Dunmore

When the ferocious shape-shifting Kraken awakes after thousands of years and threatens the Mer, Sapphire agrees to help them by going with her brother Conor and their friend Faro into the Deep to lull the monster back to sleep.

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Anna Holmes

"Emmet Brickowski was the most ordinary guy in the whole world. That is, until he found the Piece of Resistance! Now a group of rebels called the Master Builders want Emmet to use the Piece of Resistance to stop Lord Business from gluing the world together. Emmet isn't quite sure he has what it takes. But there's one thing Emmet is sure of: Today is going to be the most awesome day of his entire life."--Page 4 of cover. After finding the Piece of Resistance, Emmet is drafted into a group of rebels, the Master Builders. The rebels are on an epic quest to stop the evil Lord Business, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly underprepared.