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Title | Sophia and Rainbow
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Author | Julie Sykes
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Cover Art | Lucy Truman
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Publisher | Random House - 2018
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First Printing | Random House - 2018
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Title | Scarlett and Blaze
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Author | Julie Sykes
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Cover Art | Lucy Truman
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Publisher | Random House - 2018
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First Printing | Random House - 2018
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Title | Ava and Star
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Author | Julie Sykes
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Cover Art | Lucy Truman
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Publisher | Random House - 2018
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First Printing | Random House - 2018
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Title | Isabel and Cloud
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Author | Julie Sykes
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Cover Art | Lucy Truman
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Publisher | Random House - 2018
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First Printing | Random House - 2018
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Title | Layla and Dancer
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Author | Julie Sykes
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Cover Art | Lucy Truman
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Publisher | Random House - 2018
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First Printing | Random House - 2018
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Title | Olivia and Snowflake
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Author | Julie Sykes
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Title | Rosa and Crystal
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Title | Ariana and Whisper
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Title | Matilda and Pearl
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Title | Freya and Honey
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Title | Violet and Twinkle
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Title | Isla and Buttercup
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Title | Lyra and Misty
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Author | Julie Sykes
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Cover Art | Lucy Truman
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Publisher | Random House - 2023
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First Printing | Nosy Crow - 2021
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Title | Evie and Sunshine
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Author | Julie Sykes
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Title | Ivy and Flame
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Title | Sienna and Sparkle
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Author | Julie Sykes
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Cover Art | Lucy Truman
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Publisher | Random House - 2023
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First Printing | Nosy Crow - 2022
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Category | Middle Grade
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Warnings | None
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Main Characters | See book titles
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 Sophia and Rainbow
Sophia is so excited to go to Unicorn Academy. Each student gets her own beautiful unicorn! Sophia is sure she and Rainbow will be great partners, but their first test isn't part of their lessons. Sparkle Lake gives unicorns their magic, and when it starts turning a funny colour, everything goes wrong! Can Sophia and Rainbow brave the dangerous woods to save the unicorn's magic?
Scarlett and Blaze
Imagine a school where you meet your own unicorn and have amazing adventures together! That's what happens for the girls at Unicorn Academy on beautiful Unicorn Island. Scarlett and Blaze love being at Unicorn Academy. It's the perfect place to have fun and be a bit naughty, too! But magical Sparkle Lake is starting to ice over and the school might have to close! Scarlett and Blaze can't bear to be parted, so they decide to find out who's behind the big freeze and put things right...
Ava and Star
Imagine a school where you meet your own unicorn and have amazing adventures together! That's what happens for the girls at Unicorn Academy on beautiful Unicorn Island.
Ava and Star love their beautiful garden at Unicorn Academy. It’s where they grow their very own magical plants!
When the sky berries that the unicorns need to survive disappear, Ava and Star will need all their skills and courage to help their friends. Can they find more of the special berries before every unicorn’s magic starts to fade?
Isabel and Cloud
Isabel loves racing around Unicorn Academy with her wonderful unicorn, Cloud. She can't wait for him to discover his magic power!
Someone has cast a bad spell on Sparkle Lake. Isabel and Cloud will have to learn to trust each other as they go on a dangerous adventure to save the school...
Layla and Dancer
Imagine a school where you meet your own unicorn and have amazing adventures together! That's what happens for the girls at Unicorn Academy on beautiful Unicorn Island.
Layla can't believe how lucky she is to be at Unicorn Academy! She adores her lively unicorn, Dancer, though she's too nervous to go jumping and riding fast like their friends.
When the trees around Sparkle Lake start dying, Layla must find her courage and take Dancer on a thrilling adventure to find the cure!
Lyra and Misty
When your best friend is a unicorn, magical adventures are guaranteed! Imagine a school where you meet your own unicorn and have amazing adventures together! That's what happens for the girls at Unicorn Academy on beautiful Unicorn Island.
When Lyra discovers a piece of an ancient map hidden in Unicorn Academy, she's certain it will lead to treasure. She's ready for a big adventure with her beautiful unicorn, Misty! There's a tricky riddle to solve and a dark cave to explore. But Lyra and Misty are in luck. Their friends are ready to help them, whatever dangers lie ahead...
Evie and Sunshine
Ivy and Flame
Sienna and Sparkle
Sienna loves to be the star of the show and she can't wait for her laid-back unicorn, Sparkle, to discover his magic so they can do something amazing together.
Their search for a mysterious treasure is leading them into terrible danger. Luckily, they've got fantastic friends to help them, and when Sienna and Sparkle learn to work together, they're an unstoppable team!
I've been reading a lot of unicorn books for this age group lately and they are starting to grow on me. I like the simplicity of the, the positiveness of them. About the bonding between friends, whether those friends are unicorns or humans. They are very quick reads, usually taking me an hour or two at most, if on my eReader I can finish them during my commute time on a single day. But their optimism raises one's spirit and makes one long for a unicorn of their own.
In Linda Chapman's Unicorn School we have unicorns going to, well, school to learn magic. In her My Secret Unicorn, unicorns in our world bond with humans. Julie Sykes takes the human bonding and the school idea and has Unicorn Academy (note - I saw Linda Chapman's name in the credits of book so seems she's involved here too). Girls and boys living on a magical island go to school to bond with a unicorn at school, and in turn, the unicorns go to learn what their magic powers are. Together they are to graduate and then go out an protect their island home.
I like how in this series it will focus on different pairings in each book, even as other characters show up on the side. One thing I'm disappointed in is that none of the boys get to have any books! I mean sure, the books are meant for girls but it's not like girls can't read a book where a boy is a main character and vice-versa...and besides, isn't everyone reading these books for the unicorns anyway!?!
Since they are so new my library only has some of them, but I'll be keeping an eye out for it adding more to their collection.
April 2024
I decided to take this year to catch up on all the unicorn books published since 2019 and there were quite a few more books added to the Unicorn Academy series, including a couple new spinoffs. I started with the Treasure Hunt, a set of four books where four friends seek to find the four pieces of a treasure map. I guess my one concern was that the girls kept doing things they shouldn't do and sometimes outright risking their lives by seeking "adventure" rather than being sensible (e.g. it was possible to walk alongside the underground river and yet the girls took a raft while the unicorns walked alongside...wanna bet there was a waterfall involved?). Guess I'm just a Misty who likes to err on the not dying side :)
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