Heidi Lang; Kati Bartkowski

The Mystic Cooking Chronicles

1 - A Dash of Dragon (Jul-2017)
2 - A Hint of Hydra (Jul-2018)
3 - A Pinch of Phoenix (Jul-2019)

Whispering Pines

1 - Whispering Pines (Sep-2020)
2 - Infestation (Sep-2021)

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  A Dash of Dragon
  

  • Jul-2017
  • / Fantasy
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  The Mystic Cooking Chronicles - 1
  

  A thirteen-year-old chef has a lot to prove as she tries to run a five-star restaurant, repay a greedy loan shark, and outsmart the Elven mafia in this entertaining novel that combines all the best ingredients -- fantasy, humor, adventure, action, cu...

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  A Hint of Hydra
  

  • Jul-2018
  • / Fantasy
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  The Mystic Cooking Chronicles - 2
  

  Thirteen-year-old chef Lailu Loganberry must stop a war between the elves and scientists in this follow-up to A Dash of Dragon, which Kirkus Reviews calls “a recipe for success.” It’s the Week of Masks, a festival held to chase away evil spi...

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  Rules of the Ruff
  

  • Aug-2018
  • / General Fiction
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  Twelve-year-old Jessie is in for a long summer at her aunt and uncle’s house. Her cousin Ann has a snotty new best friend, which leaves Jessie all alone. But Jessie is industrious, and -- not content with being ignored all summer -- she convinces W...

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  A Pinch of Phoenix
  

  • Jul-2019
  • / General Fiction
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  The Mystic Cooking Chronicles - 3
  

  With elves waging war on scientists, it’s up to thirteen-year-old master chef Lailu Loganberry to save both her restaurant and her city in this final book in The Mystic Cooking Chronicles, which Kirkus Reviews calls “perfect for Top Chef fans wit...

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  Wrong Way Summer
  

  • Apr-2020
  • / General Fiction
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  A moving summer road-trip story for fans of Crenshaw and The Someday Birds Claire used to love her dad’s fantastical stories, especially tales about her absent mom -- who could be off with the circus or stolen by the troll king, depending on th...

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  Whispering Pines
  

  • Sep-2020
  • / General Fiction
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  Whispering Pines - 1
  

  Stranger Things meets The X-Files in this eerie, heart-pounding middle grade adventure about a young boy and girl who must protect their small town from otherworldly forces threatening to destroy it.Rae’s father vanished without a trace -- and Rae ...

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  Infestation
  

  • Sep-2021
  • / General Fiction
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  Whispering Pines - 2
  

  In this “creepy-crawly…easy to get lost in” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) second book in the Whispering Pines middle grade series, Rae and Caden take on flesh-eating centipedes that may be alien in nature -- perfect for fans of Stranger Thin...

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  Out of Range
  

  • Jun-2022
  • / General Fiction
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  Hatchet meets Raina Telgemeier’s Sisters in this “realistic, riveting” (Kirkus Reviews) middle grade tale of three warring sisters who find themselves lost in the wilderness and must learn to trust each other if they want to survive.Sisters Abb...

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  Reckoning
  

  • Sep-2022
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  In this thrilling addition to the Whispering Pines middle grade series that’s “a cosmic blend of magical monsters and scary science as frightening as it is fun” (Kirkus Reviews), Rae and Caden venture into the monstrous Other Place to rescue th...

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  Extinction
  

  • Sep-2023
  • / General Fiction
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  In this spine-tingling final book in the Whispering Pines middle grade series that’s Stranger Things meets The X-Files, Caden searches for a way to destroy the creatures from the Other Place for good while Rae tries to free her father from the sini...

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