James Riley
Author
Series
Story thieves volume 3
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Aided by old friends and new, Owen and Bethany try to bring the light back to Jupiter City, a comic book world where they discover a link between the Dark and Bethany's father.
Author
Series
Half upon a time series volume 1
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In the village of Giant's Hand Jack's grandfather has been pushing him to find a princess and get married, so when a young lady falls out of the sky wearing a shirt that says "Punk Princess," and she tells Jack that her grandmother, who looks suspiciously like the long-missing Snow White, has been kidnapped, Jack decides to help her.
Author
Series
Revenge of magic volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
With help from his friends, Fort tries to find and bring the last dragon to the Old Ones in exchange for releasing Fort's father, while they continue to seek the books of magic.
Author
Series
Revenge of magic volume 5
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Fort and his friends face more perilous ancient magic as they prepare for the final battle to prevent the Old Ones from returning and destroying humanity.
Author
Series
Revenge of magic volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When time traveling students from a British magic school warn of a coming world war, Fort and his friends at the Oppenheimer magic school try to change the future without making things worse.
Author
Series
Story thieves volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Mysteries abound as memory-erased Owen Conners, boy magician Kiel Gnomenfoot, and their half-fictional friend Bethany confront secrets, stolen memories, hidden clues, surprising twists and endings, and some very familiar faces.
Author
Series
Revenge of magic volume 4
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The future has been saved, but at a cost: Fort Fitzgerald has been expelled from the Oppenheimer School, and some of Forts friends have been lost in time. But time is the one thing Fort, Rachel, and Jia dont have, as theyll soon be facing one of the eternal Old Ones, the Timeless One, for the fate of the world. If they lose, the Old Ones will return, and humanity is doomed. If they win, the Old Ones will still return, and humanity is doomed. Because...
Author
Series
Revenge of magic volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When long-dead magical creatures are discovered all around the world, each with a buried book of magic, the governments of the world want to unlock the power the books, but need the help of kids to harness the magical power.
Author
Series
Half upon a time series volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Knights, fairy godmothers, giants and beanstalks--all of these and more fill the pages of the conclusion to the Half Upon a Time trilogy"--
10) Worlds apart
Author
Series
Story thieves volume 5
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
After Nobody destroys the connection between fictional and nonfictional worlds, causing nonfictional people to lose their imaginations, Owen and Bethany must risk everything to save multiple realities.
11) Story thieves
Author
Series
Story thieves volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
Except for reading the Kiel Gnomenfoot magic adventure series, Owen's life is boring until he sees his classmate Bethany climb out of a book in the school library and he learns that she's half-fictional and has been searching every book she can find for her missing father, a fictional character.
12) Pick the plot
Author
Series
Story thieves volume 4
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Owen is trapped in a time travel plot-your-own-adventure book, controlled by the reader, and a bizarre fellow prisoner, Kara Dox, might be his only hope for escaping to save Bethany.
Author
Series
Half upon a time series volume 2
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Jack, of the village of Giant's Hand, is now accompanied by a prince as he continues trying to help a reluctant princess find her family, while also attempting to save a city full of fairies from a nameless curse.