Kel McDonald

• Oct-2014
• / Fantasy
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Four modern-day misfit teens are reluctant recruits to save the mystical isle of Avalon. Magically empowered--and chained to the task--by a set of rings, and directed in their mission by a tight-lipped talking dog, they must stop the rise of King Art...

• Mar-2016
• / General Fiction
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Smart-mouthed, modern-day teens Morgan, Elsie, Kimber, and Rae couldn't be more different. That is, until a mysterious fairy sets them on a harrowing mission. Imbuing them with magical powers, the girls are tasked with capturing the sword Excalibur f...

• Nov-2016
• / Fantasy
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When Buffy and Xander sign up for home ec, assuming it will be an extra-credit cakewalk, they aren't aware that the teacher is a ravenous tiger demon in disguise. The demon's unquenchable appetite has him kidnapping his top students and forcing them ...

• Oct-2017
• / Fantasy
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Smart-mouthed teens Elsie, Kimber, Morgan, and Rae have enough to handle with magical rings, talking dogs, and faeries, but when they discover that the knight they've been battling for Excalibur is a familiar face with a mission of his own, they must...

• Jun-2020
• / General Fiction
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“Wait until the full moon rises, sit at the bank and play a beautiful tune. Then you will see what happens.”

Giant beanstalks, trickster cats, magic pipers, royal werewolves, marauding trolls, and wooden battle spoons? You may think you...

• Apr-2021
• / Graphic Novel
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Death - the one aspect of life we all have in common - is waiting for everyone, yet our practices, beliefs, myths, and stories about it are as diverse as we are. YOU DIED celebrates these vibrant cultural expressions of the great equalizer in a ...

• Oct-2021
• / Fantasy
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"A resonant graphic novel about the price of growing up—or avoiding it." — FOREWORD"McDonald's tale blends elements of realism and fantasy into a distinctly modern take on the supernatural." — NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO&#...

• Jun-2022
• / Graphic Novel
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The mighty Stone King roams the landscape… When you become an adult, you have to prove yourself, at least that's how it works for the Stoneport thieves. Ave has decided to illegally harvest healing moss from the Stone King, a mighty giant who ...

• Sep-2023
• / Graphic Novel
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"Incredibly fascinating." — BOOKLIST Starred ReviewNot all dreams come true! While history is written by the winners, the full story of humanity is built on the moments when things went completely sideways; the spectacular screw-ups, mo...

• / General Fiction
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"Dynamic and thought-provoking." ― KIRKUS

Have you heard the one about the skull who borrowed body parts to pass himself off as a human so he could trick the village beauty into marriage? No? Well, what about when the daughters of Frog an...

• / General Fiction
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"A must for myth-loving middle schoolers." ― SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

“And they lived happily ever after . . . I assume.”

Vengeful spirits, flying ogres, helpful teapots, ghost pepper ghosts, and trickster tigers? That’s just t...