Garth Nix
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When their house mysteriously explodes and they are sent to live with an unknown relative named Grandma X, twelve-year-old twins Jaide and Jack Shield learn that they are troubletwisters, young Wardens just coming into their powers, who must protect humanity from The Evil trying to break into Earth's dimension.
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Old kingdom volume 5
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English
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Lirael is no longer a shy Second Assistant Librarian. She is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, with dead creatures to battle and Free Magic entities to bind. She's also a Remembrancer, wielder of the Dark Mirror. Lirael lost one of her hands in the binding of Orannis, but now she has a new hand, one of gilded steel and Charter Magic. When Lirael finds Nicholas Sayre lying unconscious after being attacked by a hideous Free Magic creature, she uses her powers...
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291 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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After the Newington Emerald is stolen at the height of a conjured storm, eighteen-year-old Lady Truthful Newington goes to London, disguised as a man, to search for the magical heirloom of her house, and is soon caught up in a dangerous adventure where she must risk her life, her reputation, and her heart.
4) The missing
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Troubletwisters volume 4
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308 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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The Wardens have devised a plan to get rid of The Evil once and for all, and troubletwister twins Jack and Jaide, and Grandma X, are at the heart of the scheme -- but even if it works a lot of innocent people may die or end up abandoned in the dimension of Evil.
5) The monster
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Troubletwisters volume 2
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289 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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Jaide and Jack Shield learn that they're troubletwisters, with powers they must use to stop the Evil from taking over our world. Before, they'd defeated the Evil through luck and intuition. Now though, Jaide and Jack will have to learn how to use their powers, and how to keep on their toes when evil forces return.
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274 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
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English
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Odo is the seventh son of the village miller and he just wants to get away from work for awhile, Eleanor's mother was a soldier, and she yearns for adventure, but it is Odo who finds the magic talking sword named Biter, and thereby instantly becomes a knight -- and together they set out on a quest (somewhat reluctantly on Odo's part) to save their kingdom from threats both human and dragon.
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Spirit animals volume 3
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186 pages : map ; 22 cm.
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English
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As the Conquerors try to destroy Erdas, Meilin -- fed up with waiting and ready to fight -- sets off into enemy territory with her spirit animal, a panda named Jhi. Her friends Conor and Abeke aren't far behind ... but they're not the only ones.