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The Grimoire of Grave Fates by Hanna Alkaf & Margaret Owen

8/29/2023

 
Grimoire of Grave Fates

Genre: Fantasy (Mystery)
Short Story Collection

Published June 2023
445 pages
Includes a Map & Illustrations
For Ages 12
​Grade 5 Reading Level


"Crack open your spell book and enter the world of the illustrious Galileo Academy for the Extraordinary. There’s been a murder on campus, and it’s up to the students of Galileo to solve it. Follow 18 authors and 18 students as they puzzle out the clues and find the guilty party.

Professor of Magical History Septimius Dropwort has just been murdered, and now everyone at the Galileo Academy for the Extraordinary is a suspect.

A prestigious school for young magicians, the Galileo Academy has recently undergone a comprehensive overhaul, reinventing itself as a roaming academy in which students of all cultures and identities are celebrated. In this new Galileo, every pupil is welcome—but there are some who aren’t so happy with the recent changes. That includes everyone’s least favorite professor, Septimius Dropwort, a stodgy old man known for his harsh rules and harsher punishments. 
But when the professor’s body is discovered on school grounds with a mysterious note clenched in his lifeless hand, the Academy’s students must solve the murder themselves, because everyone’s a suspect. 

Told from more than a dozen alternating and diverse perspectives, The Grimoire of Grave Fates follows Galileo’s best and brightest young magicians as they race to discover the truth behind Dropwort’s mysterious death. Each one of them is confident that only they have the skills needed to unravel the web of secrets hidden within Galileo’s halls. But they’re about to discover that even for straight-A students, magic doesn’t always play by the rules. . . ."

Find this book and other Titles by Hanna Alkaf in the SMS Destiny Discover Catalog

​Hanna Alkaf Website

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The Isles Of The Gods by Amie Kaufman

8/25/2023

 
Isle of the gods cover
​Genre: Fantasy
Published May 2023
464 pages
Includes a Map
For Grades 6-12
​Grade 7 Reading Level


Find this book and other Titles by Amie Kaufman in the SMS Destiny Discover Catalog
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 Amie Kaufman website


"Selly has salt water in her veins. So when her father leaves her high and dry in the port of Kirkpool, she has no intention of riding out the winter at home while he sails off for adventure. But any plans to follow him are dashed when a handsome stranger with telltale magician's marks on his arms commandeers her ship. He is Prince Leander of Alinor, and he needs to cross the Crescent Sea without detection so he can complete a ritual on the sacred Isles of the Gods."
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Kaufman, Amie. The Isles of the Gods. Alfred P. Knopf, 2023. 




Silver In The Bones by Alexandra Bracken

8/25/2023

 
Silver in the bones cover
Genre: Fantasy
Published April 2023
480 pages
Includes a Map
For Grades 9-12
​Grade 5 Reading Level


Find this book and other Titles by Alexandra Bracken in the SMS Destiny Discover Catalog
​

 Alexandra Bracken website​


"There are three magics to be feared: Curses born of the wrath of gods, poisons that turn the soil to ash, and that which leaves one dark of heart & silver in the bone..."

"As a mortal with no magical talent, she was never meant to break into ancient crypts, or compete with sorceresses and Cunningfolk for the treasures inside. But after her thieving foster father disappeared without so much as a goodbye, it was the only way to keep herself--and her brother, Cabell--alive."
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Alexandra Bracken reads a chapter from Silver in the Bones​​

Bracken, Alexandra. Silver in the Bone. Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. 

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