Title: Magic Bites
Author: Ilona Andrews
Main Character(s): Kate Daniels is an unlucky mercenary,cleaning up magical problems for a living.
Summary/Plot: When Kate's guardian gets murdered,she sets out to find the killer but was drawn into a power struggle between the Pack(a paramilitary clan of shapechangers)and the Masters of the Dead(necromancers who are able to control vampires).
Themes: Fantasy
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Title: The Battle for Gullywith
Author: Susan Hill
Main Character(s): Olly and his family moves to Gullywith, a jinxed house where the roof/walls collapse and things appear and disappear unexpectedly.
Summary/Plot: Olly's family moves Gullywith but he can't imagine being happy in his new home. It seems to be jinxed;roofs falls,walls collapse.Stones with strange markings keep appearing in unexpected places.Olly thinks they are angry about something.He makes a new friend with a local girl,KK,who takes him to see the mysterious Nonny Dreever for advice.They search for the answer to Gullywith's secret and found themselves entering a magical world deep inside the surrounding hills.
Theme(s): Fantasy,Adventure
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Title: The Toymaker
Author: Jeremy de Quidt
Main Character(s): Mathias is a circus boy whose fate was sealed when he stole a piece of paper from his dying grandfather.
Summary/Plot: The toymaker makes toys that never wind down,by using real hearts transferred from living sparrows. When circus boy Mathias takes a slip of paper from his grandfather, a conjurer, his fate is sealed. People would rather kill him than have it told.Pursued by frightening characters: sinister Dr Leiter with his exquisite unfeeling doll; a malevolent dwarf and a vicious woman.Mathias is drawn into an unbroken bad dream.
Theme(s): Horror
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Title: Nevermore
Author: Linda Newbery
Main Character(s): Tizzie’s mum landed a new job in a mysterious house in the middle of the country.She finds herself away from everything she had known before.Tizzie begins inquiring about the lonely house.
Summary/Plot: Tizzie's life with her difficult mother brought her to Roven Mere, a mysterious lonely house.They were greeted by the staff residing there instead of Lord Rupert, the owner, and his daughter, Greta(whom Tizzie hopes will be her friend).Tizzie inquires Finnigan(a hermit)about the house, but was only answered with stories.She unravels the clues and learns the history of the house and its inhabitants-as well as the astonishing reason as to why she was brought to Roven Mere.
Theme(s): History, Family Relations
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Title: Lucky Star
Author: Cathy Cassidy
Main Character(s): Martin Kavanagh aka Mouse is a boy who doesn't go looking for trouble but trouble has a way of finding him. (*In other words: A troublemaker)
Summary/Plot: Mouse falls for a cute,confident,cool girl called Cat but constantly falls in danger and trouble when with her.He doesn't know if he should trust her or whether she is playing a game of cat-and-mouse which can end in tears.
Themes: Family & Friend Relationships, Fear, Fighting back against justice
Note:Im not giving recommandations anymore, just the reviews. Sorry but you(whoever you are)will have to reflect on what you have read in the book to recommand. My meaning:Its too tedious to think up of recommandations.
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Title: Sisters of the Sword
Author: Maya Snow
Main Character(s): Kimi is a noblewoman(because of her father's position)in ancient Japan whom had her wish fulfilled in a tragedy. (*Me: Ironic)
Summary/Plot: 2 aristocractic sisters in ancient Japan disguise themselves as samurai warriors to take revenge on the uncle who betrayed their family.
Theme(s): Family Relations, Betrayal, Revenge
Recommandation: Well-written, interesting read
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Title: Poor Little Witch Girl
Author: Marie Desplechin
Main Character(s): Verbana has her grandmother's & mother's witch genes but is reluctant to be a witch.
Summary/Plot: 11 year old Verbana thinks her hereditary witchcraft is a curse that will keep her from having a normal life and marriage one day, but her mother and grandmother, who help tell/narrate the story, are eager to start her training.
Theme(s): Fantasy(Witchcraft), Interpersonal relations
Recommandation: Easy to read, see the different characters' point of view
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