The Earth is a very different place in the future, and online characters matter just as much, if not more than real life. The world of the Oasis, a videogame, is home for many people as a distraction from the problems and horrors of the real world. The game has the power to fix the world and more than enough money to improve the state of the earth. The only problem is that when the creator of the game died, he left an easter egg in his game that whoever finds first gets to own the game.
In the fifth installment of the Harry Potter series, Harry finds himself being shunned as a mad heretic while the Ministry of Magic desperately tries to deny the Dark Lords return. Harry has to fight to make his voice heard, yet few people believe him. On top of that, a new professor at Hogwarts, Dolores Umbridge, was sent by the Ministry of Magic to keep a watchful eye on Harry and Dumbledore. Harry struggles to deal with the mounting pressure and spiteful government while training hard to protect himself and those he cares about from Lord Voldemort.
Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts for his fourth year after saving his godfather, Sirius Black, from the dementors. However, this year is unlike any other at Hogwarts, as they have decided to bring back an old tradition, the Tri-Wizard Tournament! As this is a very dangerous competition between the three major schools in Europe, the headmaster of Hogwarts, Dumbledore, decides that only students over the age of seventeen may enter the tournament. When someone enters in Harry’s name, and he’s chosen, he must fight for his life against dragons, and merpeople, and solve clues to advance.
A few months after he triumphs over the dark lord, Voldemort, Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts again for another year of practicing magic. This year, Harry discovers that his ability to talk to snakes isn’t the gift he thought it was, causing many students to turn on him. Soon after, a mysterious message written in blood appears, “The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Enemies of the Heir Beware”. Following this event, an unknown individual is going around petrifying students of Hogwarts, including Harry’s friend Hermione.
Old Man's Cave, is a graphic novel, the sixth book of a nine-book series called Bone. At the end of the fourth book, the Bones and the creatures escape the mountain and Roque Ja defeats Kingdok. In addition, Bartleby rejoins the rat creatures. In this book, the Bones meet the little Bug Ted in the forest, who tells them about what happened with the Dragon and the Rat Creatures earlier. They find out that the rat creatures invaded the valley.
Percy Jackson, an ordinary kid who struggles with ADHD and Dyslexia, soon finds out he’s not just some ordinary kid. After his mom is taken to the underworld and his life is flipped upside down does he find out he’s the kid of a Greek God. His dad is Poseidon, the God of the sea. Percy learns of a place for kids just like him, Camp Halfblood. Percy must go on a quest to find the stolen thunderbolt of King Zeus and rescue his mom from Hades, the God of the underworld.
The Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo is a fantasy novel, the second in the Six of Crows Duology and part of the greater Grishaverse series. Following the first book where the group of teenagers broke into the Ice Court to free the chemist who created jurda parem, this book follows the group again as they attempt to get the money they were promised after being double-crossed by the lord who sent them on the mission. At the same time, there are conflicts between the different countries as well.
The Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo is a fantasy novel, the first in the Six of Crows Duology and part of the greater Grishaverse series. It is about a group of teenagers who set out on a mission to free a Grisha chemist who has made a drug that can greatly enhance Grisha's Powers. Grisha are people born with magical powers, highly valued in most countries. However, the country of Fjerda considers them witches and wizards and wants to do away with them.
The Crimson Fortress by Akshaya Raman is a young adult fantasy novel, the sequel to The Ivory Key, mildly inspired by Indian culture and mythology. It features the main character — Vira, Queen of Ashoka, and her journey to recover the Ivory Key and solve its riddle to unlock the hidden quarries. However, the Ivory Key is not what they thought it was. It is bound to unlock more horrors than magic, at least at first.
The Ivory Key by Akshaya Raman is a young adult fantasy novel, mildly inspired by Indian culture and mythology. It features the main character — Vira, Queen of Ashoka. Having grown up in the palace with her three siblings, destined to be the next queen, she idolized her mother’s extroverted personality and grace. She was awed at how her mother was able to gain respect and love from her citizens. Vira, however, is not as perfect and struggles to prove her capabilities to be the perfect queen.
