The Palace of Glass

Written by Django Wexler

Part of the The Forbidden Library series

A girl battles magical forces in a library, unsure who to trust.

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368 pages· 65,404 words· Est. 9 hour read· 780L

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Bookroo's summary

Alice uncovers her uncle Geryon's dark secrets and seeks a spell from a mysterious feline guardian to stop him. But trapping Geryon leaves the library vulnerable to other Readers. As danger looms, Alice must rally allies, including former friends and magical creatures, to defend against an impending attack. Can she navigate the treacherous alliances and uncover the truth before it's too late?

From the publisher

An action-packed middle-grade fantasy with classic writing, a resourceful heroine, a host of magical creatures, and no shortage of narrow escapes–for fans of Story Thieves, Inkheart, Coraline, and Harry Potter. For Alice, danger threatens from inside the library as well as out. Having figured out the role her master and uncle, Geryon, played in her father’s disappearance, Alice turns to Ending–the mysterious, magical giant feline and guardian of Geryon’s library–for a spell to incapacitate Geryon. But, like all cats, Ending is adept at keeping secrets and Alice doesn’t know the whole story. Once she traps Geryon with Ending’s spell, there’s no one to stop the other Readers from sending their apprentices to pillage Geryon’s library. As Alice prepares to face an impending attack from the combined might of the Readers, she gathers what forces she can–the apprentices she once thought might be her friends, the magical creatures imprisoned in Geryon’s library–not knowing who, if anyone, she can trust.

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