Melissa de la Cruz

STO Series Starters: Kids

Series

Never after volume 1

Language

English

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway Audiobook, Spoken CD

Description

Real life and fairy tales collide in The Thirteenth Fairy, book one in the new middle-grade Never After series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz. Nothing ever happens in Cara Jefferson-Cho's sleepy little suburban town of North Pasadena. The sun shines every day, the grass is always a perfect green, and while her progressive school swears there's no such thing as bullying, she still feels bummed out. But one day, when Cara...

2) The Isle of the Lost

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Wayland YA Booklists: Magic Schools, Training Camps & Apprenticeships

Series

Descendants novels (Melissa de la Cruz) volume 1

Language

English

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Imprisoned on the Isle of the Lost, the teenaged children of Disney's most evil villains search for a dragon's eye--the key to true darkness and the villains' only hope of escape.

3) The Queen's assassin

Author

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

Series

Queen's secret volume 1

Language

English

Formats

Description

Book, eAudiobook, Spoken CD

"Caledon Holt is the kingdom's deadliest weapon. No one alive can best him in speed, strength, or brains, which is why he's the Hearthstone Guild's most dangerous member. Cal is also the Queen's Assassin, bound to her by magic and unable to leave her service until the task she's set for him is fulfilled. Shadow of the Honey Glade has been training all her life to join the Guild, hoping that one day she'll become an assassin as feared and revered as...

4) Return to the Isle of the Lost: a Descendants novel

Author

De La Cruz, Melissa

Series

Descendants novels (Melissa de la Cruz) volume 2

Language

English

Formats

Description

Mal, Evie, Carlos, and Jay have received threatening messages demanding they return home. They have a sneaking suspicion that their villainous parents are behind the messages, and something Evie sees in her Magic Mirror confirms their fears. Although Maleficent's just a tiny lizard after her confrontation with Mal, could she have found a way to escape? Mal and her friends determine to sneak back to the Isle to get to the bottom of the mystery.

5) The super secret Octagon Valley Society

Author

Series

Octagon Valley volume 1

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

"After passing an intense exam, Edwin Edgefield becomes one of the lucky few to attend an exclusive weekend at the mysterious high-tech institute of the uber-famous-ultrabazillionaire-genius-recluse Onasander Octagon. Edwin hopes he'll meet other kids like him--kids who will accept him even though he's got a photographic memory, genius-level math skills, and some very specific personality quirks. But when he meets the other misfits (um, students),...

6) Rise of the Isle of the Lost

Author

Series

Descendants novels (Melissa de la Cruz) volume 3

Language

English

Formats

Description

Mal, Evie, Carlos, and Jay take on the daughter of Disney villain Ursula the sea witch, in a race to save King Triton's magical trident.

7) The broken mirror

Author

Series

Never after volume 3

Language

English

Formats

Description

In their third adventure, Filomena and company set off to Snow Country, rescue Lord Sharif of Nottingham, reverse a spell that turned Prince Charming into a Frog, and form the League of the Seven-fearless warriors devoted to fighting the orges at any cost.

8) Escape from the Isle of the Lost

Author

Series

Descendants novels (Melissa de la Cruz) volume 4

Language

English

Formats

Description

Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos make a plan to use their upcoming visit to the Isle of the Lost to help other villain kids attend Auradon Prep, while Uma teams up with Hades to bring down the barrier and get her revenge on Mal.

9) Cinder & glass

Author

Pub. Date

2022.

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

For this princess, winning the crown is no fairytale. Cendrillon de Louvois has more grace, beauty, and charm than anyone else in France. While she was once the darling child of the king's favorite adviser, her father's death has turned her into the servant of her stepmother and cruel stepsisters--and at her own chateau, too! Cendrillon--now called Cinder--manages to evade her stepmother and attend the ball, where she catches the eye of the handsome...

10) Witches of East End

Author

Series

Beauchamp Family volume 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

From the author of the highly addictive and bestselling Blue Bloods series, with almost 3 million copies sold, comes a new novel, Melissa de la Cruz's first for adults, featuring a family of formidable and beguiling witches.
The three Beauchamp women-Joanna and her daughters Freya and Ingrid-live in North Hampton, out on the tip of Long Island. Their beautiful, mist-shrouded town seems almost stuck in time, and all three women lead...

11) The Headmaster's List

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Language

English

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YA Mystery/Thrillers

Formats

Book, Playaway Audiobook

Description

Eighteen-year-old Spencer Sandoval goes to dangerous lengths to uncover the truth about a fatal car crash and its relation to her school's honor roll. Eighteen-year-old Spencer Sandoval wishes she knew. As rumors swirl that her ex, Ethan, was the driver that fateful night, she can't bring herself to defend him. And their messy breakup has nothing to do with it - she can't remember anything from that night, not even what put her in that car with Ethan,...

12) All for one

Author

Book, eAudiobook, Spoken CD

Series

Alex & Eliza volume 3
Alex and Eliza story volume 3

Language

English

Formats

Description

1785. New York, New York. As a young nation begins to take shape, Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler are on top of the world. They're the toast of the town, keeping New York City buzzing with tales of their lavish parties, of Eliza's legendary wit, and of Alex's brilliant legal mind. But new additions to Alex & Eliza's little family mean change is afoot in the Hamilton household. When they agree to take in an orphaned teenage girl along with...

13) The Missing Sword

Author

eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Series

Never after volume 4

Pub. Date

2023

Language

English

Formats

Description

Return to the land of Never After, where real life and fairy tales collide, in book four of #1 New York Times-bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz's hit middle grade fantasy saga perfect for fans of The Land of Stories series.
To save her mother from Olga's evil clutches, Filomena and her friends will set off for new lands and new adventures. Without a moment to lose, Filomena must travel to the legendary land of Camelot to find

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14) Something in between

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Book, eAudiobook, Spoken CD

Language

English

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Description

Jasmine de los Santos has studied hard, made her Filipino immigrant parents proud and is ready to reap the rewards in the form of a full college scholarship to the school of her dreams. Then her parents reveal the truth: their visas expired years ago. Her entire family is illegal. That means no scholarships, maybe no college at all and the very real threat of deportation. Royce Blakely is funny, caring and spontaneous-- and the son of a congressman...

15) The ring & the crown

Author

Book, eBook, Kindle, Spoken CD

Series

Ring and the Crown

Language

English

Formats

Description

In an alternative past where the Franco-British Empire controls the world's only source of magic, Princess Marie-Victoria, heir to the throne, and Aelwyn Myrddyn, a bastard mage, rekindle their childhood friendship as they plot to save Marie from a loveless, political marriage.

16) Never After--The Broken Mirror: The Broken Mirror

Author

Series

Never after volume 3

Publisher

Roaring Brook Press

Pub. Date

2022

Language

English

Formats

eBook, Kindle

Description

Real life and fairy tales collide in Never After: The Broken Mirror, book three of the thrilling middle-grade saga perfect for fans of The Land of Stories series from the #1 New York Times bestselling creator of the Descendants, Melissa de la Cruz.
The Never After crew is back for another twisted adventure. This time, they're off to Snow Country—that is, after they rescue the beleaguered Lord Sharif of Nottingham from

...

17) The Stolen Slipper: The Stolen Slippers

Author

Series

Never After

Publisher

Roaring Brook Press

Pub. Date

2022

Language

English

Formats

eBook, Kindle

Description

Real life and fairy tales collide in Never After: The Stolen Slippers, book two of the funny and thrilling middle grade saga perfect for fans of The Land of Stories series from the #1 New York Times bestselling creator of the Descendants, Melissa de la Cruz.
Tossed back into the not-so-familiar fairy-tale world of Never After, Filomena Jefferson-Cho and her friends set off on another adventure . . . this time in search of

...

18) Winds of Salem: a witches of East End novel

Author

Series

Beauchamp Family volume 3
Witches of east end novel volume 3

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

Modern-day witch Freya Beauchamp is cast back in time to 1692 amongst the Salem Witch Trials by an enemy spell, as her present-day family attempts to reopen the passages of time to bring her home. Freya Beauchamp is trapped in 1692, in Salem of all places, with no recollection of her past. A powerful enemy spell has sent her spiraling away so that she is separated by centuries from her mother, Joanna, and sister, Ingrid. This is not good news for...

19) Blue Bloods: After Life

Author

De La Cruz, Melissa

Publisher

Disney Hyperion

Pub. Date

2022

Language

English

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Trending on BookTok

Description

The Blue Bloods are back— and their fangs are sharper than ever. After defeating Lucifer and sacrificing the love of her life, Jack, Schuyler wakes up back in New York safe and sound. Only it's not quite the New York she knows, and she's not in her regular body. She looks different and feels different, and so does everyone else. Schuyler soon discovers that in this world, her best friend has a different last name, her parents are both alive and...

20) The (Super Secret) Octagon Valley Society

Author

Publisher

Disney Hyperion

Pub. Date

2023

Language

English

Description