Odinsall: The Stolen Children is a book about a young teenage boy named Val. During a field trip to the once Viking inhabited town of York, he is mysteriously teleported to a castle. There, he learns from Odin, the main god in Norse Mythology, that his parents, his friends, and almost everyone he knows is dead because of ragnarok, or doomsday. Now, only Val and a group of other teenagers are the last humans left. They learn they were saved because they are closely related to the gods.
Holly Goodchild has a happy life living with her parents and brother Edwin, even if their family doesn't have the most money. This changes one day when her father mysteriously disappears, which their mom explains as him going abroad to work. A few days later, their mom disappears as well, and Holly and Edwin are taken to a home for orphans. This home turns out to secretly be a witches' lair where the children are forced to do chores and work for the witches. Holly finally figures out a way to escape the witches, and she and Edwin go to live with their Aunt and Uncle in Strawbridge.
The book, Ugo and Jack 2 authored by Geoff Parton, is a smooth continuation of the first book but with new characters, events, and circumstances.
Ugo, the spiritual guide, reappears in Jack's life so that the boy can continue his mission to help people on earth. However, Jack didn't remember anything about the events he experienced with Ugo. But that did not prevent them from feeling a strong connection with each other because Ugo was always around to watch after Jack.
Val is just a regular 16-year-old boy living with his mother in a world filled with plague and crime. One day while on a field trip with his school, Val's school bus gets into a crash, and Val gets transported to a magical world. He finds a large group of other children around his age, and they meet the so-called "All-Father". He tells them that their world has been destroyed, and they are now the chosen few who have been transported to the world of the gods.
Having supernatural powers, Alex and Andy are capable of healing and shifting illness from one person to another. Combined, the boys hold tremendous power. Together, they can control life and death. As they get to know each other, the brothers start to test their abilities together. However, as secret organizations and military operations vie for control of their power, they must make difficult decisions that could save people... or kill them.
After failing his Guardian training, Johan feels as if he has lost everything he'd ever hoped and dreamed for.
That is, until a brownie halfling named Felix appears at his door under orders of Pius to take him and train him. When Johan comes, he meets Pius, the wizard and Arlo, a human like Johan.
Pius tells him that he is Chosen and that he would be tasked to retrieve Blazer, a sword that holds unspeakable power, from the hands of dangerous goblins.
After the plague took Thomas's parents, he knew he had to leave behind the village of his old life and his parents' death. He takes his parents' advice and heads east, hoping to start a new life while keeping his parents' legacies in his heart. However, he soon becomes part of an attack from a thieves group known as Neydis. He meets other travelers in a similar position, and together they come up with a plan. They want to find adventure... with dragons. Everyone knows dragons are dangerous, but is it a risk that Thomas is willing to take to start his new life?
Ever since Tipani's father went into a coma, her perfect family life has turned into a nightmare. She has started having terrible nighmares, and her mom slowly has started to pull further away, leaving Tipani to raise herself. Plus, the Spoon Man from her nightmares seems to be crawling into her real life and trapping her own mother with his spell. Just as things seem to be getting worse for Tipani, she meets Piper. Piper is magical fairy, and he tells her that she is a "weaver", a person with the power to fight nightmares.
This book starts with Piki, a young dog who thinks he is in jail. He figures out that it is just an animal shelter and gets adopted by a human named Joan. Joan starts to train Piki and even teaches him special tricks and gives him a special vest. Piki doesn't always want to behave; he wants to run around and have fun with things like the Piki Flop and Roll! Then one day, Piki hears a woman say that he is going to college! He realizes that he has a very special job: being a service dog.
Steampunk meets Sherlock in this delightful novel set in London. When Quillian Watson, apprentice to Dr. M, nears the achievement of her dreams to be a surgeon, the winds change.
When a boy needing a mechanical arm dies on their operating table, it heralds the first of many clues that not everything is as it seems: prostitutes disappearing, shadows from her past, and a dashing Greyson Holmes enter her previously peaceful life.
