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July 2013

New in Paperback

July 2013

July's roundup of New in Paperback titles includes THE LAST DRAGONSLAYER by Jasper Fforde, which follows 15 year-old Jennifer Strange who works at an employment agency for magicians, but it's hard to stay in business when magic is drying up; Rick Riordan's THE SEA OF MONSTERS: Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Book Two, in which Percy Jackson finds his seventh-grade school year unnervingly quiet, but it doesn't stay that way for long; and GAME CHANGERS by Mike Lupica, where Ben McBain desperately wants to be starting quarterback on his school's team, but while he has heart, he doesn't have the size and arm strength Shawn O'Brien does --- however, Shawn has a secret Ben has promised not to tell.

The Last Dragonslayer: The Chronicles of Kazam, Book 1 by Jasper Fforde - Fiction

 

In the good old days, magic was indispensable, but now magic is fading. Fifteen-year-old foundling Jennifer Strange runs Kazam, an employment agency for magicians --- but it’s hard to stay in business when magic is drying up. If the visions predicting the death of the world’s last dragon at the hands of an unnamed Dragonslayer, everything will change for Kazam --- and for Jennifer.

I Scream, You Scream! by James Preller - Horror/Mystery
A Hero for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi - Fantasy/Adventure
Alex and the Amazing Time Machine written by Rich Cohen, illustrated by Kelly Murphy - Fantasy/Adventure
Game Changers by Mike Lupica - Fiction