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	Dragons Fairies Fairy Tales Gargoyles Magic/Wizardry Mermaids Myths/Legends Time Travel Unicorns Warrior Cats	quick pick The Swan Kingdom new! By Zoë Marriott YOUNG ADULT FICTION MARRIOTT	The Swan Kingdom new! By Zoë Marriott YOUNG ADULT FICTION MARRIOTT When Alexa's mother is killed, her father marries a cunning and powerful woman and her brothers disappear, sending Alexa on a long, dangerous journey as she attempts to harness the mystical power she inherited from her mother and restore the kingdom to its proper balance.
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	The Diary of Pelly D By L. J. Adlington YOUNG ADULT FICTION ADLINGTON When Toni V, a construction worker on a futuristic colony, finds the diary of a teenage girl whose life has been turned upside-down by holocaust-like events, he begins to question his own beliefs.
	The Firehills new! By Steve Alton YOUNG ADULT FICTION ALTON Charly, a recently initiated Wiccan, and her friend Sam reunite at the Green Man Festival in England, and this time find themselves battling the Sidhe, ancient faeries who are trying to conquer the world. Sequel to The Malifex.
	Malifex By Steve Alton YOUNG ADULT FICTION ALTON Sam just wants to be left alone to play his video games as another boring vacation with his parents looms ahead. But within days of arriving in southern England, Sam mistakenly awakes the ancient wizard Amergin from a two-thousand-year sleep and finds himself involved in a timeless battle against the evil Malifex. Aided by his new friend, Charly, Sam finds himself in a race against time to find the Tear of the Sun, the Helm of Herne, and the Spear of Destiny, before the Malifex uses them for his own evil.
	Feed By M.T. Anderson “We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck.” So says Titus, whose ability to read, write, and even think for himself has been almost completely obliterated by his “feed,” a transmitter implanted directly into his brain. Feeds are a crucial part of life for Titus and his friends. After all, how else would they know where to party on the moon, how to get bargains at Weatherbee & Crotch, or how to accessorize the mysterious lesions everyone’s been getting? But then Titus meets Violet, a girl who cares about what’s happening to the world and challenges everything Titus and his friends hold dear. A girl who decides to fight the feed.
	The Game of Sunken Places By M.T. Anderson YOUNG ADULT FICTION ANDERSON When Brian and Gregory receive an invitation to stay at a distant relative’s strange mansion…well, they should know better than to go. Trips to distant relatives’ strange mansions rarely go well. And this mansion is even stranger than most. Uncle Max doesn’t really know what century he’s in. The butler boils socks. And the attic houses the Game of Sunken Places. Is the Game of Sunken Places an ordinary board game? Hardly!

	The Keepers of the Flame By Jennifer Armstrong and Nancy Butcher YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION After a virus destroys most of the world’s adult population, a group of children are delighted to discover a colony of adult survivors in a Florida shopping mall, but soon they discover that they are not as friendly as they appear.
	The Kindling (Fire-us Trilogy, Book 1) By Jennifer Armstrong and Nancy Butcher YOUNG ADULT FICTION ARMSTRONG It's 2007. The world has been wiped out by a deadly plague that killed all the adults. Without them, children perished of hunger and disease. No more people, no more electricity, no more civilization—just mildewed houses, overgrown yards, and abandoned cars. Yet on a highway strip outside a small town in Florida, the words “WE’RE STILL HERE” are painted in letters big enough to be seen from an airplane—although no planes ever cross the empty sky. Miraculously, seven children have survived among the ruins. They cannot remember their names, their families, or much else from the Before Time. But they have forged a new family, with new names: Mommy, Hunter, Teacher, Action Figure, Teddy Bear, Baby, and Doll. They must face each day with enough hope to endure and the strength to realize that there may be nothing out there worth living for. Then one day, a new kid shows up on their doorstep and changes everything.
	The Dream of the Stone new! By Christina Askounis YOUNG ADULT FICTION ASKOUNIS Fifteen-year-old Sarah discovers that her brilliant older brother’s top-secret research for the Institute involves interstellar travel and a threat to a planet millions of light years away




	The Great Tree of Avalon, Book II: Shadows on the Stars new! By T. A Barron YOUNG ADULT FICTION BARR As the warlord Rhita Gawr tries to gather enough power to destroy Avalon, Tamwyn--the heir to the powers of his grandfather, Merlin--and his friends embark on separate quests to try to save their world.
	The Great Tree of Avalon, Book One: Child of the Dark Prophecy By T. A. Barron YOUNG ADULT FICTION BARRON In accordance with prophecy, Avalon's existence is threatened in the year that stars stop shining and at the time when both the dark child and Merlin's heir are to be revealed.

	Sign of the Qin (Outlaws of Moonshadow Marsh, 1) By L.G. Bass YOUNG ADULT FICTION BASS A volcanic eruption releases a vanguard of demons, sealed away for centuries beneath the earth. Soon after, the Emperor's first son is born, marked with the sign of the Qin--the brand of the outlaw! Could the child be the new Starlord, destined to restore justice to the land? The Emperor plots to kill his only heir before the boy can usurp his throne. But the assassin is foiled by a mysterious monk whose magical tattoos foretell the future, and a trickster monkey who longs for immortality. A host of warring guardians must ultimately unite to help the Starlord unlock the kung fu secrets of the Twelve Scrolls and save the earth from destruction. But first, the Prince must fulfill his destiny, and join the twin leaders.
	Seeing Redd new! By Frank Beddor YOUNG ADULT FICTION BEDDOR When Alyss Heart returns to her rightful place on the throne of Wonderland, she is put to the test as enemies, both inside and outside the borders of her queendom, push their own agendas, while she strives to unify them all.
	Spacer and Rat By Margaret Bechard YOUNG ADULT FICTION BECHARD Jack’s predictable existence on Freedom space station is transformed when Kit, the Earthie rat, enters his life and enlists him and a sensitive robot in an effort to outwit the Company.

	The Book of Sorahb, vol. 1: Flame By Hilari Bell YOUNG ADULT FICTION BELL Who was Sorahb? Stories are told of a hero who will come to Farsala’s aid when the need is greatest. But for thousands of years the prosperous land of Farsala has felt no such need, as it has enjoyed the peace that comes from being both feared and respected. Now a new enemy approaches Farsala’s borders, one that neither fears nor respects its name and legend. But the rulers of Farsala still believe that they can beat any opponent. Three young people are less sure of Farsala’s invincibility. Jiaan, Soraya, and Kavi see Time’s Wheel turning, with Farsala headed toward the Flames of Destruction. What they cannot see is how inextricably their lives are linked to Farsala’s fate- until it’s too late.
	Rise of a Hero (Farsala Trilogy, Book 2) By Hilari Bell YOUNG ADULT FICTION BELL Although the Hrum believe their war against Farsala is nearly over, Soraya has strategic information that will help if she can reach Jiaan and Kavi and their separate resistance movements, but discord and Time’s Wheel seem destined to keep them apart.
	The Bonemender By Holly Bennett YOUNG ADULT FICTION BENNETT Gabrielle is a bonemender of extraordinary talent. Between her work as a healer and her duties as one of the royal family of Verdeau, her life is busy, comfortable and predictable—until the day a stranger arrives at her gate, desperately seeking help for his injured friend. To Gabrielle’s wonder, they are Elves, a people not seen in Verdeau in many years. And they bring news of a coming invasion that threatens the freedom of the entire Krylian Basin, Human and Elvish alike.

	The Destiny of Linus Hoppe By Anne-Laure Bondoux YOUNG ADULT FICTION BONDOUX In a utopian world, 14-year-old Linus, who is approaching the test that will determine which Realm he will live in, rejects the accepted way of life and ventures to change his destiny.
	The Second Life of Linus Hoppe By Anne-Laure Bondoux YOUNG ADULT FICTION BONDOUX Having given up his privileged life for the freedom to make his own decision, fourteen-year-old Linus escapes the drudgery of realm two and joins with others to battle the power behind the great processor.
	Being By Kevin Brooks YOUNG ADULT FICTION BROOKS It was just supposed to be a routine examination. But when the doctors snake the telescopic tube down Robert Smith’s throat, what they discover doesn’t make medical sense. In his naked, anesthetized state on the operating table, Robert hears the surgeons’ shocked comments: “what the hell is that?” It’s me, Robert thinks, and I’ve got to get out of here. Armed with a stolen automatic, Robert somehow manages to escape from the hospital. But before he can even begin to make sense of the raw red scar stitched across his stomach, he’s targeted for murder by a steel-eyed assailant with an identity so covert, there’s no proof he actually exists.
	Silverboy new! By N..M. Browne YOUNG ADULT FICTION BROWNE When Tommo, aged about fifteen years, runs away from an apprenticeship as a spellgrinder, he begs for sanctuary and is forced to attempt an impossible journey to leave his country, but help arrives in very unexpected forms.
	The Story of Stone By N. M. Browne YOUNG ADULT FICTION BROWNE Nela's father, a Findsman, is an archaeologist who seeks clues to unlock the mysteries of the past. She, too, is fascinated by the unknown history of her ancestors. On an expedtion to an eerie, decimated land that could hold the answers they are looking for, Nela discovers an unusual black stone. When she touches it, she falls into a trance and glimpses an incredible and mysterious life that unfolded generations before. Nela's attachment to the stone ultimately forces her to make a choice about her own life, and she soon realizes how the dramatic story she sees through the stone is linked disturbingly to her own.
	The Finder: The Watcher’s Quest Series #3 By Margaret Buffie YOUNG ADULT FICTION BUFFIE This is the third novel in Buffie's exciting Watcher's Quest Trilogy. When Emma Sweeney stumbles into a new world beyond the portal with her friend Pictree Bragg - against the orders of Histal, Master of The Watchers Campan - she finds a place of danger, intrigue and deadly Game Playing. Everything she values and everyone she loves is suddenly at risk. Can she trust her friend and Watcher, Tom, who seems to be keeping secrets from her? Can she solve the ominous puzzles set up in the vast and treacherous maze? It won't be easy. But when Emma feels her weakest, she discovers an inner strength she did not realize she had....

	White Midnight By Dia Calhoun YOUNG ADULT FICTION CALHOUN Rose Chandler, a fifteen-year-old bondgirl who lives on Greengarden Orchard, fears everything: the dark, the moon, other people, and the Dalriadas from the Red Mountains who are at war with the Valley folk. But Rose especially fears the Thing locked in the attic of the Bighouse, home of Mr. Brae, the Master of Greengarden. Rose loves Greengarden and dreams of saving it from Mr. Brae’s neglect. That love gives her the courage to confront her fears one by one, until at last she comes face-to-face with the Thing in the attic. There, when Rose lights a candle in the dark, a nightmare beyond her worst imagining comes true, and she learns Mr. Brae has betrayed her.
	Sharp North By Patrick Cave YOUNG ADULT FICTION CAVE In a futuristic world, Great Families rule Britain through a caste system where reproduction is seriously restricted, while the families keep illegal clones or “spares” of themselves.
	Summerland by Michael Chabon YOUNG ADULT FICTION CHABON Summerland is a magical place, where the local Little League gathers to play baseball on a perfectly manicured lawn, and the sun is always shining in a flawless blue sky. However, the small beings known as ferishers, who ensure this perfect weather, are threatened by an ancient enemy and need a hero--a baseball star, in fact--to vanquish their foe. The ferishers recruit Ethan Feld, possibly the worst ballplayer in the history of the league, as their chosen leader. No one is more surprised than Ethan at their choice, but their faith spurs him on. Accompanied by his determined friend Jennifer T. Rideout and a motley crew of creatures that includes everything from a Sasquatch to a werefox, Ethan struggles to defeat giants, bat-winged goblins, and one of the toughest ball clubs in the realms of magic to save the Summerlands, and, ultimately, the world.

	X-Men 2 By Chris Claremont YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION They live among us, each possessing special superhuman abilities—sometimes a blessing, sometimes a curse. Mutants. Since the discovery of their existence, they have been regarded with fear, suspicion, and often hatred. Across the planet, the debate rages: Are mutants the next link in the evolutionary chain or simply a new species of humanity, fighting for their share of the world? Either way, one fact remains: Sharing the world has never been humanity’s defining trait. There are two sects of mutants: One aims to coexist peacefully with a world that despises them; the other group strikes at intolerance with a relentless, often murderous force. But now there is a new, insidious enemy, and no will be safe…. Based on the motion picture screenplay
	Things Not Seen By Andrew Clements YOUNG ADULT FICTION CLEMENTS It wasn’t that unusual for Bobby Phillips to feel invisible now and then like when he smiled at a super popular girl and she seemed to look right through him. But what happens when this perfectly normal high school kid steps out of the shower one morning and can’t see himself? It’s not his imagination, and he isn’t some mad scientist type with dreams of taking over the world. Bobby doesn’t try to become invisible. It just happens. Then he meets Alicia at the library one day. She’s blind, and Bobby can’t resist talking to her, trusting her, and then caring about her. Could she be the one who can help him reclaim his life?
	The Sight By David Clements-Davies YOUNG ADULT FICTION CLEMENT-DAVIES In the shadow of an abandoned castle, a wolf pack seeks shelter. The she-wolf is about to give birth, and her pups could not survive exposure to the bitter Transylvanian winter. But something more threatening than snow and wind stalks the pack—a lone wolf, Morgra, possessed of a mysterious and terrifying power known as the Sight. And with her travels a raven, a bird that feeds on the dead. Morgra’s arts show her that one of the pups born beneath the castle holds a key to power even stronger than her own—power that could give her control of this world and the next.

	The Supernaturalist By Eoin Colfer YOUNG ADULT FICTION COLFER In the future, in a place called Satellite City, fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill enters the world, unwanted by his parents. He’s sent to the Clarissa Frayne Institute for Parentally Challenged Boys. Freight class. At Clarissa Frayne, the boys are put to work by the state, testing highly dangerous products. At the end of most days, they are covered with burns, bruises, and sores. Cosmo realizes that if he doesn’t escape, he will die at this so-called orphanage.
	The Wish List By Eoin Colfer YOUNG ADULT FICTION COLFER Meg Finn is in trouble. Cast out of her home by her stepfather after her mom’s death, Meg is a wanderer, a troublemaker. But after her latest stunt, finding a place to sleep is the least of her worries. Belch, Meg’s partner in crime, has gotten her involved in the attempted robbery of an elderly man, Lowrie McCall. But things go horribly wrong. After an accidental explosion, Meg’s spirit is flung into limbo, and a race begins between the demonic and the divine to win Meg’s soul. Meg’s really not a bad kid, but she hasn’t exactly been an angel either, so the tally of her good and evil deeds is dead even. Her only chance of tipping the scales to salvation is to go back to Earth and do good- - specifically, to help Lowrie McCall. He’s got many regrets in his life to set right-- “wish list”-- and not much time left to do it. But even if Meg can persuade Lowrie to get mixed up with her, she’s going to have to deal with an even scarier, undead Belch- -who’s now definitely on the side of the Devil.
	The Earthborn By Paul Collins YOUNG ADULT FICTION COLLINS Welkin Quinn has always dreamed of setting foot on Earth. As an elite Skyborn teenager aboard a transport ship destined for Tau Ceti, all he knows of his home planet is what he has learned from the Elders as well as from a wealth of records and artifacts archived in the ship’s memory. The creatures known as the Earthborn—brutish survivors of the devastation that laid waste to Earth—are an uncivilized and technologically primitive race in many ways indistinguishable from savages. Yet even though Welkin was born on Colony, Earth is still…home. When Colony is forced to abort its mission to colonize Tau Ceti and crash-lands on Earth, he will finally have a chance to experience Earth—and the Earthborn—firsthand. Assigned to a reconnaissance team to explore Colony’s perimeter, however, Welkin is ambushed by a murderous gang of feral Earthborn known as jabbers. Welkin is rescued by Sarah, an Earthborn hardly older than himself and a leader of a group of young survivors who are trying to unite other displaced families in a war against the jabbers. No question Skyborn Welkin needs the help of these Earthborn to survive. The real question is, Why on earth would they need him?

	X-Men 2 By Ted Conner YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION When Nightcrawler, manipulated by an evil nonmutant, makes an attempt on the president’s life, a world that hates mutants grows even more fearful. Soon Professor Xavier’s school for genetically gifted mutants is under attack. Children are stolen from their beds as specimens for a gruesome experiment. And only the X-Men can save them…


	The Singer of All Songs (The Chanters of Tremaris Trilogy, vol. 1) By Kate Constable YOUNG ADULT FICTION CONSTABLE Calwyn, a young priestess of ice magic, or “chantment,” joins with other chanters with different magical skills to fight a sorcerer who wants to claim all powers for his own.
	The Waterless Sea ( The Chanters of Tremaris Trilogy, vol. 2) By Kate Constable YOUNG ADULT FICTION CONSTABLE Calwyn and her friends have come to the distant Empire of Merithuros to rescue two children with the magical gift of chantment. But saving the children shatters more than just the Palace: It uncovers long-hidden secrets of the man Calwyn loves, and shudders the foundations of the Empire itself. Calwyn will find a way to restore harmony in Merithuros…but its costs will be as deep as they are unexpected.
	The Tenth Power (The Chanters of Tremaris Trilogy, vol. 3) By Kate Constable YOUNG ADULT FICTION CONSTABLE Calwyn used to be exceptional. She was the most talented of all the chanters of Tremaris, and she’d fought hard to become their leader. But then there was an accident, and the magic inside her went silent. Where there once was power, now there is nothing. Her whole life—the future she had planned with Darrow—has somehow slipped away. All Calwyn wants to do is limp home and hide. But she can’t, because although her power is gone and taken all happiness with it, her responsibilities seem to grow every day. There’s a sickness attacking the chanters of Tremaris, a sickness that seems to have infected the land itself. And even though Calwyn is now just an ordinary girl with no magic left in her, she can’t sit by and watch the world die.


	The Naming (the first book of Pellinor) By Alison Croggon YOUNG ADULT FICTION CROGGON Maerad is a slave in a desperate and unforgiving settlement, taken there as a child after her family is destroyed in war. She is unaware that she possesses a powerful gift, one that marks her as a member of the School of Pellinor. It is only when she is discovered by Cadvan, on e of the great Bards of Lirigon, that her true heritage and extraordinary destiny unfold. Now she and her new teacher must survive a punishing and uncertain journey through a time and place where the dark forces they battle stem from the deepest recesses of otherworldly terror.

	The Black Room (Book Two of the Dark Ground Trilogy) By Gillian Cross YOUNG ADULT FICTION CROSS Robert has come back from a horrible ordeal in a strange parallel world. Now he can’t stop thinking about the people he left behind to face a winter that most won’t survive. When Robert sees a chance to save his friend Lorn, he is desperate to succeed. But is he prepared for the realities of her world? Meanwhile, Lorn struggles to lead the little band of survivors, even as she feels herself drawn to a secret tunnel where an unknown menace lurks.
	The Dark Ground (Book One of the Dark Ground Trilogy) By Gillian Cross YOUNG ADULT FICTION CROSS Robert is naked and alone in an alien landscape. The last thing he remembers is being on an airplane with his family on the way home from vacation. Has the plane crashed? Are there any other survivors? How can he live without food, shelter, or tools? As he struggles to stay alive, Robert realizes that he is not alone: there are others living nearby who can help him get back home. But home is farther away than Robert ever imagined, and now he must face the strange and terrifying truth about what has happened to him.

	Arthur Trilogy by Kevin Crossley-Holland
	Arthur: King of the Middle March (Book Three) YOUNG ADULT FICTION CROSSLEY-HOLLAND In the year 1202, newly knighted Arthur de Caldicot finds himself in Venice at the launch of the Fourth Crusade. But jealousies and greed rive the Crusade, turning Christian against Christian at horrifying cost. And Arthur must choose his way in the battle. Arthur: At the Crossing Places (Book Two) YOUNG ADULT FICTION CROSSLEY-HOLLAND Arthur de Caldicot has achieved his dream: He now serves as squire to Lord Stephen of Holt Castle. But this new world opens up fresh visions as well as old concerns. Arthur longs to escape the shadow of his unfeeling father and meet his birth mother. He also yearns to marry the beautiful Winnie, while maintaining his close ties with his friend, Gatty. And ultimately, he wants to become a Crusader, with all the questions of might and right involved. Arthur: The Seeing Stone (Book One) YOUNG ADULT FICTION CROSSLEY-HOLLAND The year is 1199 and on the borders of England and Wales young Arthur de Caldicot waits impatiently to grow up and become a knight. One day his father's friend Merlin gives Arthur a shining black stone, and in it he starts to see stories of his namesake, King Arthur.

The Dreaming Place By Charles de Lint YOUNG ADULT FICTION DELINT At first, they came at night. Strange dreams, terrible dreams, vivid dreams that she was an animal. Trapped in the wrong body, Nina could only watch and wait. Every time, she was attacked…and only then could she wake up. Then the dreams started coming in the daytime…when she was awake. These weren’t normal dreams. Nina knew that. The dreams were magic, bad magic, which meant her despised cousin Ashley, with whom she had to share her room, had to be responsible. With Ashley, anything at all was believable. But the truth was far worse than what Nina could imagine. Soon she would find herself led to a strange, winter world where she would become the center of a great conflict. Her soul would be the prize, and ironically the only way she could survive would be with the help of Ashley, her worst enemy!
Seven Wild Sisters By Charles de Lint YOUNG ADULT FICTION DELINT A modern fairy tale about seven sisters growing up in backwoods hill country, and how one of them finds a mystery in the forest that both endangers and could save them all.
Waifs and Strays By Charles DeLint YOUNG ADULT FICTION DE LINT Here, at long last, is a collection of his stories about teenagers. From the streets of his famed Newford to the alleys of Bordertown to the realms of Faerie, this is storytelling that will transfix and delight, with characters who will linger in the mind.
The Pearl of Anton By Gene Del Vecchio YOUNG ADULT FICTION DEL VECCHIO Jason Del struggles to master himself and the Pearl of Anton in order to defend humanity in the Final Contest.

The Cup of the World By John Dickinson YOUNG ADULT FICTION DICKINSON Phaedra, daughter of the Warden of Trant, puts her trust in a man she has only met in dreams. He can see far, and speak far, and pass where no man should be able to pass. With him she may escape to a new beginning, as the Kingdom collapses into war. But why should he choose to help her? And what price has he paid for his power?
The Widow and the King By John Dickinson YOUNG ADULT FICTION DICKINSON When the hooded prince of the evil “undercraft” is released from a magical prison, young Ambrose, the last descendant of a great king, flees for his life, not knowing who his friends or enemies are.
The Ropemaker By Peter Dickinson YOUNG ADULT FICTION DICKINSON Time is a great rope. Only as great a magic can unweave it. Tilja’s grandmother can hear the whispering of the forest cedars. Tahl’s grandfather can listen to the chatter of the magic streams. From them comes strange, disturbing news. The magic they hold, put there generations ago to keep the Valley safe from its enemies, is dying. Tilja and Tahl, along with their grandparents and a bad-tempered horse, must set out on a desperate quest into the great, fearsome Empire to find the one man who can renew that ancient power. But he has not been seen for centuries, and to utter his name means death.
The Tears of the Salamander By Peter Dickinson YOUNG ADULT FICTION DICKINSON Alfredo's whole life seems to be set for him. In the cathedral of his old Italian city, he sings for the sheer love of music. Then tragedy strikes, and a mysterious uncle spirits him away to their ancestral home in the far south, just beneath a great volcano. The fury of fire, the power of music, strange magic. On the savage slopes of Etna, three great forces swirl around young Alfredo as he struggles to come to terms with a bewildering new life. Why has his silent and formidable uncle brought him here? What is the destiny Alfredo's uncle plans for him? Only the salamanders in the heart of the mountain, living in fire and speaking through music, know the truth.


Beatnik Rutabaga From Beyond the Stars By Quentin Dodd YOUNG ADULT FICTION DODD Whisked away on space ships to serve as generals of opposing armies, best friends and sci-fi movie fans Walter Nutria and Yselle Meridian soon convince the aliens they must work together against the real menaces, Space Mice from Galaxy Four and their leader, The Boss.
Dreams and Visions YOUNG ADULT FICTION DREAMS Let your imagination soar and take flight with these fourteen original tales of fantasy and science fiction.
Young Wizards Series by Diane Duane
Wizards at War (Young Wizards Series, # 8) YOUNG ADULT FICTION DUANE Nita and Kit rejoin forces when a strange darkness of the mind overcomes the older wizards, stealing away their power, and forcing the younger wizards to go to war to save the world. Wizard’s Holiday (Young Wizards Series, # 7) YOUNG ADULT FICTION DUANE Nita and Kit find themselves on a planet that seems at first glance to be paradise: Death and pain are so rare as to be virtually unknown, and everyone is happy. This should be a perfect world…so why does Nita get the sense that something is desperately wrong? Back home, Dairine and her dad have to cope with their side of the exchange: three young wizards who’ve just moved in and are eager to start experiencing a strange alien culture…Earth. So much for time off…. A Wizard Alone (Young Wizards Series, # 6) YOUNG ADULT FICTION DUANE Why has Darryl McAllister been on Ordeal for three months? Or has he? Darryl hasn’t actually gone anywhere. His body is still here; it’s his mind that seems to have departed. It’s a puzzle that sends Kit Rodriguez and his dog, Ponch, chasing Darryl through one strange world after another. Kit could use the help of his regular partner, but Nita is struggling with a puzzle of her own: Every night in her dreams, she receives frantic calls for help from—of all things—toy clowns and giant robots. But Nita had better work fast. Because only together can she and Kit unravel the mysteries around Darryl—who he is, what he is, and why the source of all death in the universe, the Lone Power, is desperately trying to destroy him. The Wizard's Dilemma (Young Wizards Series, #5) YOUNG ADULT FICTION DUANE Not everything can be fixed with magic--young wizards Kit and Nita are having such a tough time coping with adolescence, they go their separate ways. But then Nita gets some bad news: Her mother has cancer, and it may be incurable--by medical or magical means.
Skin Hunger new! By Kathleen Duey YOUNG ADULT FICTION DUEY In alternate chapters, Sadima travels from her farm home to the city and becomes assistant to a heartless man who is trying to restore knowledge of magic to the world, and a group of boys fight to survive in the academy that has resulted from his efforts.

Close Kin By Clare B. Dunkle YOUNG ADULT FICTION DUNKLE After the mostly human Emily rejects the elvish Seylin’s marriage proposal, both undertake separate quests to learn about their true natures and discover a royal elf and orphaned goblin to bring to the goblin kingdom. Sequel to The Hollow Kingdom.
The Hollow Kingdom By Clare B. Dunkle YOUNG ADULT FICTION DUNKLE Hallow Hill has a strange and tragic history. For thousands of years, young women have been vanishing from the estate, never to be seen again. Now Kate and Emily have come to live at Hallow Hill. Brought up in a civilized age, they have no idea of the land's dreadful heritage. Until, that is, Marak decides to tell them himself.
In the Coils of the Snake new! By Clare B. Dunkle YOUNG ADULT FICTION DUNKLE After learning that the new goblin king, her promised groom, plans to marry an elf instead, the human Miranda flees the goblin kingdom and is rescued from despair by a mysterious elf lord.
Ambergate By Patricia Elliott YOUNG ADULT FICTION ELLIOTT Unable to tell friend from enemy, Orphan Number 102 tries to hide the identifying scar on her arm as she evades Protectorate soldiers who are trying to return her to the Capital and a certain death.

Murkmere By Patricia Elliott YOUNG ADULT FICTION ELLIOTT Aggie’s life in the village is as normal and dull as any girl’s; she has never questioned the rule of the Ministration or the power of the divine beings—the Birds. Then, the master of the nearby manor, Murkmere, sends for Aggie to become a lady’s companion to his ward, Leah. Aggie accepts, hoping to better her place in life, but the job is not at all what she expects. Wild, moody Leah has a strange bond with the swans, and wants nothing but to escape Murkmere. Her guardian, the mysterious Master, hides blasphemous books and a dangerous machine in the estate’s watchtower. And the powermongering steward, Silas, seems to have more secrets than anyone else at the manor.

The House of the Scorpion By Nancy Farmer YOUNG ADULT FICTION FARMER To most people around him, Matt is not a boy, but a beast. A room full of chicken litter with roaches for friends and old chicken bones for toys is considered good enough for him. But for El Patrón, lord of a country called Opium—a strip of poppy fields lying between the U.S. And what was once called Mexico—Matt is a guarantee of eternal life. El Patrón loves Matt as he loves himself for Matt is himself. They share identical DNA. As Matt struggles to understand his existence, he is threatened by a sinister, grasping cast of characters, including El Patrón’s power-hungry family.
Firebirds Rising: An Anthology of Original Science Fiction and Fantasy YOUNG ADULT FICTION FIREBIRDS This collection takes readers from deep space to Faerie to just around the corner. It is full of magic, humor, adventure, and—best of all—the unexpected. The one thing readers can count on is marvelous writing. Firebirds Rising proves once again that Firebird is more than an imprint—it is a gathering place for writers and readers of speculative fiction from teenage to adult, from the United States to Europe, Asia, and beyond.

Oracle Prophecies Trilogy By Catherine Fisher
The Sphere of Secrets YOUNG ADULT FICTION FISHER Everything has gone wrong. The drought should have ended, but the land is still parched. Mirany should be savoring her role as priestess, but someone may be trying to poison her. Seth should know how to stay away from smuggled goods, but his greed has led him to blackmail. Alexos should stay and rule as the Archon, but his plan is to journey to the Well of Songs--a place from which no one has ever returned. The Oracle Betrayed YOUNG ADULT FICTION FISHER After she is chosen to be “Bearer-of the god,” Moran questions the established order and sets out, along with a musician and a scribe, to find the legitimate heir of the religious leader known as the Archon.
Snow-walker By Catherine Fisher YOUNG ADULT FICTION FISHER From the frozen mists beyond the edge of the world comes Gudrun, the Snow-walker, to rule the Jarl’s people through fear and sorcery. But the enchantress has one weakness---her son, Kari, banished as a child to Thrasirshall, the forbidden fortress in the desolate, snowbound north. The people of the Jarl have never set eyes on Kari, but in secret they wonder: Are the rumors true? Was he born a monster? Now, two will discover the truth. Because their fathers were loyal to the rightful ruler, Gudrun has exiled Jessa and Thorkil…Thrasirshall. The cousins wonder if they can survive the impossible trek to the ruined castle. And if they do, what will they find at the end of their journey? A beast? Or the means to stop Gudrun?
The Stoneheart Trilogy, Book One: Stoneheart new! By Charlie Fletcher YOUNG ADULT FICTION FLETCHER A city has many lives and layers. London has more than most. Not all layers are underground, and not all the lives belong to the living. Twelve-year-old George Chapman is about to find this out the hard way. When, in a tiny act of rebellion, George breaks the head from a stone dragon outside the Natural History Musuem, he awakes an ancient power—a power that has been dormant for centuries—and the results are instant and terrifying.


Pig Tale By Verlyn Flieger YOUNG ADULT FICTION FLIEGER Near the village of Little Wicken, a baby girl is found abandoned in a field and is taken in by the villagers. Unwanted and unloved, the nameless foundling grows up, passed from household to household, existing on the grudging charity of the village folk. It is only when they notice her special way with animals that the girl is given a permanent place—as a pig herder—and a name: Mokie, meaning “little pig girl.” After a brutal attack by the village boys, fifteen-year-old Mokie flees with her beloved pig, Apple, into the heart of the mysterious Wickenwood, where the villagers never venture. For the woods are rumored to the doorway into the Crystal Country, home to Red Sorcha of the Gleaming Teeth, Queen of the Phantom Herd. It is here that Mokie meets a trio of gypsies—Lally Dai, The Skimmer, and Dogger John—who take her under their wing. But Mokie soon discovers that her new friends are more than they appear to be. Could they hold the key to her past…and her future?

The Longlight Legacy Trilogy by Dennis Foon
Freewalker By Dennis Foon YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION One year has passed since Roan, Alandra, and the children escaped from the Brothers. The children have begun traveling the Dreamfield with Alandra, but when they fall into a life-threatening coma, Roan and Lumpy set off to find a cure. Roan's lost sister, Stowe, may be the key. But Stowe, now the icon of the City, has become obsessed with her growing powers--powers that threaten to overwhelm her. The Dirt Eaters By Dennis Foon YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION When Roan’s parents and the people of Longlight perish in a raid, Roan is torn between a desire for revenge and the pledge to peace that ruled his village. Taken in by a sect of warrior priests called the Brothers, his confusion grows when he has exceptional talent as a fighter. But when he learns of the twisted and dark mythology that the guides the Brother’s work, he flees into the most wasted lands of all, the Devastation. Roan is haunted by visions he can’t comprehend-visions that urge him on to lands beyond his imagining. Only when Roan meets the strange girl Alandra does he begin to understand his true purpose in life and why the village of Longlight was destroyed.
Temping Fate By Esther Friesner YOUNG ADULT FICTION FRIESNER Until she stumbled upon the Divine Relief Temp Agency, Ilana Newhouse was having a hard time finding a summer job. Apparently, a T-shirt that reads "Orc: The Other Green Meat" isn’t appropriate for an interview. But when she reports for her first day as a temp, Ilana discovers why Divine Relief isn’t shy about hiring someone a little left of ordinary. Ilana is temping for the extraordinary, life-controlling, Greek mythological goddesses, the Fates. Now her summer is going to be less about surviving a stuffy office and more about avoiding being turned into a pig, or worse!

Colman By Monica Furlong YOUNG ADULT FICTION FURLONG After Juniper and her companions find that the Cornwall, England, castle where she was raised as a princess has been destroyed, they devise a plan to use magic to oppose the oppression of the evil Meroot and the Gray Knight and to restore the authority of Prince Brangwyn. Sequel to Wise Child and Juniper.
M is for Magic new! By Neil Gaiman YOUNG ADULT FICTION GAIMAN
Neverwhere By Neil Gaiman YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION Richard Mayhew is a plain man with a good heart--and an ordinary life that is changed forever on a day he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. From that moment forward he is propelled into a world he never dreamed existed--a dark subculture flourishing in abandoned subway stations and sewer tunnels below the city--a world far stranger and more dangerous than the only one he has ever known....
Dusk By Susan Gates YOUNG ADULT FICTION GATES Dusk is the product of a bizarre military experiment gone wrong--a girl whose DNA was fused with hawk genes as a test for giving soldiers night vision. All her life, she has lived in a government laboratory, hovering somewhere between human and beast. But when the lab burns down, Dusk excapes to a nearby ghost town, along with the other survivors--a horde of mutant rats and a clan of killer guard dogs. There they all live in an uneasy truce, each master of their own part of the day. Then, a teenage boy stumbles into town. Will Dusk follow her human instincts and save him from the animal predators? Or will the hawk in her see an easy prey?
Children of the Lamp: The Blue Djinn of Babylon By P.B. Kerr YOUNG ADULT FICTION KERR John and Philippa Gaunt, twelve-year-old twins who recently discovered themselves to be descended from a long line of djinn (which are commonly called genies) and who are now in possession of great magical powers, have only just returned from their adventures battling an evil djinn in Cairo and London. Now the mystery surrounding a powerful book of djinn magic lures the twins straight into their next extraordinary adventure. Sequel to The Akhenaten Adventure.
Fixed By Beth Goobie YOUNG ADULT FICTION GOOBIE Nellie Joanne Kinnan is an Advanced Cadet in the Black Core Program at the Detta training center. Weapons and violence are second nature to this 12-year-old, but she is never exactly sure what it is she is being trained for. She knows she wants to serve teh Goddess and the Empire. But there is so much that she doesn't understand. Sequel to Flux.
Flux By Beth Goobie YOUNG ADULT FICTION GOOBIE Several years earlier Nellie and her mother fled the Interior and its hated security police for the Outbacks, a loose-knit resistance of small cities, towns and rural areas. Since then her mother has disappeared and twelve-year-old Nellie is on her own, scrounging a living where she can find it. When loneliness opens her mind to flux, the ability to alter her vibratory state in the molecular field, she learns to travel to other levels of reality.

Dr. Franklin’s Island By Ann Halam YOUNG ADULT FICTION HALAM The palm-fringed beaches on a tiny tropical island hide a terrible secret. Beyond the azure waters and white sands is Dr. Franklin's “hospital.” Miranda, Semi, and Arnie, survivors of a plane crash, are about to become the doctor’s next victims. He’s been waiting for them. They’re perfect subjects for his experiments in genetic engineering.
Siberia By Ann Halam YOUNG ADULT FICTION HALAM When Rosita is tiny, her papa disappears. She and her mama have to go and live in an ugly place, outside the warm city, in the frozen wilderness. Rosita doesn't know that the ugly place is a prison camp, and she doesn't understand her mama's magic. She only knows she has to keep the secret until Mama says it is time to start on the great journey, through the forest and across the sea of ice to safety. But by the time Rosita has grown up to be a tough, cynical girl called Sloe, hardened by grim years in the prison school, Mama is gone. Sloe has to make the journey alone, pursued by a mysterious and all-powerful enemy, and carrying the living treasure that she knows is the hope of the world.

Princess Academy By Shannon Hale YOUNG ADULT FICTION HALE High on the slopes of Mount Eskel, Miri’s family has lived forever, pounding a meager living from the stone of the mountain itself. Miri dreams of working alongside the others in the quarry, but she has never been allowed to work there—perhaps, she thinks, because she is so small. Then word comes from the lowlands: the king’s priests have divined that the prince’s bride-to-be—the next princess—will come from Mount Eskel. The prince himself will travel to the village to choose his bride, but first all eligible girls must attend a makeshift academy to prepare for royal lowlander life. At the school, Miri finds herself confronting both bitter competition among the girls and her own conflicted desires to be chosen. Yet when danger comes to the academy, it is Miri, named for a tiny mountain flower, who must find a way to save her classmates—and the chance for the future that each of them is eager to secure as her own.
The Healer’s Keep By Victoria Hanley YOUNG ADULT FICTION HANLEY Something is threatening the legendary Healer’s Keep, where students gifted in the healing arts are trained. Yet even the Ellowens, the most powerful of all the gifted, are unaware that the forces of the Shadow King have begun to move. Two new students arrive at the Keep, selected by the Ellowens because of their singular gifts, gifts that are yet unnamed. One is Dorjan, a mysterious young man, the first foreigner ever admitted to the Keep. Dorjan has many secrets—he comes not from the North as the Ellowens believe, but from the cruel land of Sliviia across the ocean. And he is heir to a family of Dreamwens—people who can walk in dreams. The other calls herself Sara, but she has a secret too. For she is the Princess Saravelda, daughter of the king and queen. As the dark forces begin their relentless march, Dorjan and Sara combine their raw and unpolished gifts in an effort to combat the Shadow King. Will they learn enough in time to keep the darkness at bay? Or will the Shadow King turn their gifts against them and once again walk the world? Companion book to The Seer and the Sword.
The Light of the Oracle By Victoria Hanley YOUNG ADULT FICTION HANLEY A child born to such a calling is often called a dreamer…. Bryn is a humble stonecutter’s daughter, accustomed to being tagged the odd one, the strange girl, the shiftless creature. She is disturbed by visions of things no one else can see, sneered at because she talks to the wind and sky. Why, then, does the village priest think so highly of her? But the day comes when a spinning thistledown leads Bryn to her destiny—to a place very different from the tiny village where she has spent her first fifteen years. She enters the famous Temple of the Oracle, and discovers that her innate gifts make her a terrifying threat to those who seek to abuse the Temple’s power for their own glory. Though her desires are simple—friendship with other handmaids, and gaining the love of Kiran, a remarkable horse-trainer—she soon finds her path obscured by complex troubles. Struggling to keep the flame of her spirit pure and bright, Bryn must overcome more obstacles than she could ever imagine.
The Seer and the Sword By Victoria Hanley YOUNG ADULT FICTION HANLEY Legend states that there exists a mighty sword that makes its possessor invincible to his enemies. But there is a curse on anyone who lifts the sword for conquest. King Kareed of Archeld goes after this sword anyway, winning it from the King of Bellandra. When he returns home from battle, he brings his daughter, Princess Torina, two special gifts. One is a unique crystal, in which she can view visions of the future. The other gift is the defeated king's son Landen, who is to be her slave. Torina immediately releases Landen, who becomes a member of the King's army and her close friend. But trouble is lurking in the kingdom of Archeld and people are accusing Landen of plotting against the King. Torina refuses to believe he would hurt her family. Then Torina begins seeing deadly visions in her crystal. Can she save her father's life and the future of her kingdom?



Hole in the Sky By Pete Hautman YOUNG ADULT FICTION HAUTMAN Ceej Kane lives with his uncle and his Survivor sister Harryette in an abandoned hotel on the rim of the Grand Canyon. His quiet, boring life suddenly becomes a desperate adventure when Uncle and Harryette disappear. Searching for them, Ceej and his only friend, Tim, are attacked by the Kinka, a renegade band of half-mad Survivors who spread the Flu to make more of their own. Worse yet, it appears that Harryette has joined them. Fleeing deep into the Canyon, a narrow land of ghosts and ancient secrets, Ceej and Tim meet Bella, a mysterious Hopi girl. She has been searching the canyon for the Sipapuni, a mystical portal that the Hopi believe leads to another world. Tim thinks Bella is crazy, but Ceej is not so sure. Maybe there is a way out of this Flu-ravaged world. But first they must find out what happened to Uncle, and they must save Harryette from the Kinka -- if she wants to be saved.
Cry of the Icemark By Stuart Hill YOUNG ADULT FICTION HILL A beautiful rincess and an intrepid warrior, Thirrin Freer Strong-in-the-Arm Lindenshiled is only thirteen. But she has been preparing for this moment her whole life. Now she must find a way to protect her tiny kingdom from the most terrible invasion it has ever known. To beat back the cunning general Scipio Bellorum and his conquering army, Thirrin will forge an extraordinary coaliton of noble Snow Leopards, ancient Vampires, and ferocious Wolf-folk. She will find unexpected strength in her friendship with a young warlock. And she will rally her allies with her country's fierce battle cry, "Blood! Blast! And Fire!"

The Foretelling By Alice Hoffman YOUNG ADULT FICTION HOFFMAN Rain is a girl of the Amazon tribe of women warriors, the daughter of Queen Alina, living in a time of blood and fear. As the future leader of her people, she must seek and hold fast to her inner warrior. But amid the horrors of the battlefield, Rain is startled and mystified by the first stirrings of mercy towards the enemy--men--within her. What she encounters along the poignant and harrowing path toward her destiny--a kind young man, a strange recurrent prophecy, and a condemned baby brother--lead her, against odds, to forge mercy, love, and peace.
The Dream Merchant By Isabel Hoving YOUNG ADULT FICTION HOVING Josh Cope is a bit of a dreamer…who sometimes steals things. Otherwise, he’s just your average boy. So why is an international corporation calling him in the middle of the night, insisting that he come and work for them? Why would they be so convinced that Josh is the key to conquering their new market- -the past?


The Books of Magic By Carla Jablonski
The Books of Magic 3: The Children's Crusade YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION Timothy Hunter is just like any other thirteen-year-old boy in London...except for the tiny fact that he might be the most powerful magician of his time. There is a secret world for children in danger, and right now it needs Tim's power to survive. But how can he help when he is still trying to figure out how to use his magic~and when certain dark forces seem to have sinister plans of their own? The Books of Magic 2: Bindings YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION An enigmatic man named Tamlin has decided that Time is the key to saving the dying world of Faerie. But exactly how Tim is supposed to do that--and who Tamlin really is--remains to be seen.... The Books of Magic 1: The Invitation YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION Timothy Hunter is just like any other thirteen-year-old boy in London...except for the tiny fact that he might be the most powerful magician of his time. When four strangers offer to show Tim the realms of magic, he begins a journey beyond imagination. Wizards pursue him, danger threatens at every turn, and he discovers powerful forces that want him on their side--or dead. Based on the graphic novel series The Books of Magic originally created by Neil Gaiman and John Bolton

High Rhulain By Brian Jacques YOUNG ADULT FICTION JACQUES Young Tiria Wildlough is an ottermaid touched by the paw of destiny. Her epic adventure takes her on a journey from Redwall Abbey across the Great Westeren Sea, to the mysterious Green Isle. There she must fulfill an ancient prophecy and gain her inheritance. Green Isle is home to the otterclans, but they are beset by dangers from wildcat chieftain Riggu Felis and his catguard slave masters. Aided by two birds and a platoon of Long Patrol hares, Tiria joins forces with the outlaw leader of the otterclanes in a battle that will test all their courage and skill.
Loamhedge By Brian Jacques YOUNG ADULT FICTION JACQUES Loamhedge, the deserted Abbey, forgotten for countless seasons. What secrets do its ruins hold? Martha Braebuck, a young haremaid, whellchair-bound since infancy, wonders about a mysterious old poem relating to the ancient Abbey. Could it really be the key to her cure? But how could she get to this Loamhedge? As fate has it, two old warriors, travellers returning to Redwall Abbey, are inspired by the spirit of Martin the Warrior to quest for the ancient place--and three young rebels are determined to go with them.
Rakkety Tam By Brian Jacques YOUNG ADULT FICTION JACQUES Two warrior squirrels lead the battle against Gulo, a bloodthirsty wolverine who will stop at nothing to recover the Walking Stone that will give him the authority to rule the lands of ice beyond the Great Sea.

Triss By Brian Jacques YOUNG ADULT FICTION JACQUES Enslaved by the evil ferret King Agarnu and his daughter Princess Kurda--slavers of shackled hundreds--the brave squirrelmaid Triss, along with Shogg the otter and Welfo the hedgehog, plans a daring escape by sea. At the same time, far away in Salamandaston, three young companions, Scarum the hare, Sagax the badger and Kroova the otter, are driven to sail away from their mountain home, too, but for a different reason: they are seeking the adventures of their lives! Something far from family and home. And in Mossflower Woods, a pair of wandering Dibbuns accidentally discovers the long-lost entrance to Brockhall, the most ancient hall of the Badger Lords. The journeyers could not seem more remote from one another in pursuit or kind. Yet fate relentlessly draws them together when, in her flight from Kurda, Triss happens upon Redwall, and the abbey creatures discover a new hero in her. Someone brave enough to carry the sword of Martin and face the evil that threatens him.
Taggerung By Brian Jacques YOUNG ADULT FICTION JACQUES The clan of Sawney Rath kidnaps one of Redwall's own-a baby otter, who they believe is destined to become their Taggerung: the warrior hero of ancient legend. But as the young Taggerung grows, he rebels against his destiny and goes off in search of the place he was born-a home he can barely remember. As the young otter journeys to distant lands, a member of Sawney's clan is close on his heels, out to destroy the deserter and claim for his own the title of Taggerung. With a new friend, a feisty little mouse named Nimbalo, the rugged warrior staves off the avenging vermin, but can he find his way back to Redwall and to the family from whom he was separated so long ago?
Listening at the Gate new! By Betsy James YOUNG ADULT FICTION JAMES In her father's village, she is scorned for her fiery red hair, legacy of her father's shameful marriage to a native woman. And in her mother's mountain town, Kat is an outsider, someone her aunt and cousins love desperately but cannot understand. Her only true home, she feels, is with a gray-eyed young man named Nall....But Nall is an outsider too. Cast out by his tribe, he has no place to call home. Can Kat trust his love and make a new life with him, even amid the terror that is spreading around them? For war is breaking out between two clans who both claim Kat's allegiance, and she can do nothing to stop it.

The New World Order By Ben Jeapes YOUNG ADULT FICTION JEAPES Having ended England’s Civil War between the Roundheads and the Royalist in 1645, the Overlord of the Holekhor, a race from another world, and his half-English son question the decision to colonize the island and convert their beloved English to a faith characterized by witches and myriad gods.
The Xenocide Mission By Ben Jeapes YOUNG ADULT FICTION JEAPES Lieutenant Joel Gilmore is part of a multi-species space observation team stationed in a distant solar system who find themselves attacked by the very aliens they are supposed to be watching. Now Joel and his allies, the enigmatic Rusties, explore the parameters of trust in a lethal confrontation with a deeply alien third species: one with a nasty predilection for mass murder on a planetary scale.
A Fast and Brutal Wing By Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson YOUNG ADULT FICTION JOHNSON She leapt, a perfect arc, lithe muscles propelling her through the air, leaving what was human behind, clothes fallen to the ground. She was cat, claws unsheathed, teeth bared. Loving the hunt, the chase, the pounce and the strike, her teeth sinking into flesh, blood spurting in her mouth. Animal justice: ruthless and swift. And totally satisfying. In their chaotic, human world, the one thing that held the brother and sister together was their shared, private knowledge: their ability to change from human to animal, and back. Their ability to transform. Or was that a lie that would tear them apart?

Castle in the Air By Diana Wynne Jones YOUNG ADULT FICTION JONES Abdullah was a young and not very prosperous carpet dealer. His father, who had been disappointed in him, had left him only enough money to open a modest booth in the Bazaar. When he was not selling carpets, Abdullah spent his time daydreaming. In his dreams he was not the son of his father, but the long-lost son of a prince. There was also a princess who had been betrothed to him at birth. He was content with his life and his daydreams until, one day, a stranger sold him a magic carpet.
Fire and Hemlock By Diana Wynne Jones YOUNG ADULT FICTION JONES A photograph called "Fire and Hemlock" that has been on the wall since her childhood. A story in a book of supernatural stories had Polly read it before under a different title? Polly, packing to return to college, is distracted by picture and story, clues from the past stirring memories. But why should she suddenly have memories. But why should she suddenly have memories that do not seem to correspond to the facts.
Unexpected Magic By Diana Wynne Jones YOUNG ADULT FICTION JONES What if your strangest dreams and wildest imaginings turned out to be...well...true? A collection of sixteen stories including "The Plague of Peacocks," "Aunt Bea's Day Out," "The Fat Wizard," "No One," and "Everard's Ride."

Secret Sacrament By Sherryl Jordan YOUNG ADULT FICTION JORDAN Dreams. Vows. Prophecies. Destiny. The Navoran Empire is wealthy, powerful--and slowly falling under the sway of the Empress's corrupt and sinister adviser. The Shinali nation has been reduced to a single clan on a small strip of land. They cling to their traditional ways, awaiting a hero out of legend. All Gabriel Eshban Vala has ever wanted is to be a healer. It has been this way since his seventh year, when he witnessed a brutal act he was helpless to stop. But he never forgot the eyes of the dying Shinali woman who asked him for help. From that day forward, Gabriel withstood the demands of his father, his family, and even his Empress in order to pursue his dreams of healing the sick. So what could an ancient prophecy foretelling his powerful nation's downfall have to do with him?
Time of the Eagle new! By Sherryl Jordan YOUNG ADULT FICTION JORDAN Avala, the daughter of Gabriel Eshban Vala, dreams of becoming a healer like her mother, but she is instead destined to bring about the Time of the Eagle, in which tribes hunted by the Navoran dictator will unite and win their freedom. Sequel to Secret Sacrament.
Dance of the Assassins By Hervé Jubert YOUNG ADULT FICTION JUBERT In nineteenth-century London, Jack the Ripper has claimed another victim. But this "London" is a crime-free virtual city, a historical theme park for tourists. Qualified witch Roberta Morgenstern and her fresh-out-of-the-police-academy assistant, Clément Martineau, set out to solve the murder. A wild chase through the streets of old London brings the heroes face-to-face with the terrifying new Ripper. But then they realize their true quarry is the man behind the monster: the mastermind who is bringing some of history's most notorious villains back to life. The trail of evidence leads them from the Versailles of Louis XIV through Renaissance Venice to Montezuma's Mexico, where they have a date with the devil himself....
The Hollow People new! By Brian Keaney YOUNG ADULT FICTION KEANEY On an island that houses the asylum where lawbreakers are imprisoned, two teenagers rebel against a rigidly controlled society where dreams are considered antisocial and all citizens over the age of fourteen take a drug to control their behavior.
Jacob’s Ladder new! By Brian Keaney YOUNG ADULT FICTION KEANEY Jacob awakens inexplicably in a gray, grim place called Locus, where the inhabitants live in dormitories, wear identical gray uniforms, and eat spongy, tasteless food. But worse than the dreary conditions is Jacob’s realization that the others have accepted their fate—something he is determined not to do. With companions Toby and Aysha, Jacob slowly unravels the horrifying truth about the people of Locus.

Children of the Lamp, Book One: The Akhenaten Adventure By P. B. Kerr YOUNG ADULT FICTION KERR When 12-year-old twins Philippa and John discover that they are descended from a long line of djinn, their mother sends them away to their Uncle Nimrod, who takes them to Cairo where he starts to teach them about their extraordinary powers.
Owl In Love By Patrice Kindl YOUNG ADULT FICTION KINDL YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION Birds of prey have run in fourteen-year-old Owl Tycho's family for hundreds of years. Every generation or two produces a shape-shifter--an apparently normal human being who can change at will to bird form. Unfortunately for Owl, Mr. Lindstrom is twenty-six years her senior, burdened with a wife, a child, and a split-level in the suburbs. He also has no appetite whatsoever for puréed grasshoppers and raw rodents. As Owl keeps watch nightly over Mr. Lindstrom, she realizes that sinister shadows are gathering around her loved one. An insane owl and a wild vicious boy haunt the woods near his home. Will Owl be called upon to protect her chosen mate? And can Dawn Mitchell, her Twinkie-devouring lab partner, be trusted to help her?

Dreamhunter (Dreamhunter Duet #1) By Elizabeth Knox YOUNG ADULT FICTION KNOX Laura comes from a world similar to our own except for one difference: it is next to the Place, an unfathomable land that fosters dreams of every kind and is inaccessible to all but a select few, the dreamhunters. These are individuals with special gifts: the ability to catch larger-than-life dreams and relay them to audiences in the magnificent dream palace, the Rainbow Opera. People travel from all around to experience the benefits of the hunters' unique visions. Now fifteen-year-old Laura and her cousin Rose, daughters of dreamhunters, are eligible to test themselves at the Place and find out whether they qualify for the passage. But nothing in their darkest nightmares can prepare them for what they are about to discover. For within the Place lies a horrific secret kept hidden by corrupt members of the government.
Epic new! By Conor Kostick YOUNG ADULT FICTION KOSTICK On New Earth, a world based on a video role-playing game, 14-year-old Erik persuades his friends to aid him in some unusual gambits in order to save Erik’s father from exile and safeguard the futures of each of their families.

A Hive for the Honeybee By Soinbhe Lally YOUNG ADULT FICTION LALLY One night Thora dreams she is resting in the petals of a great white rose, the sky pure blue around her, no responsibilities but to feel the light breeze and the warm sun on her wings. It’s a radical dream—for a worker bee. Especially since worker bees aren’t even supposed to dream. They’re just supposed to accept the fact that their lives are one endless task after another: keeping things clean, nurturing the young, taking care of the big, lazy drones who trash the comb and ask for honey at all hours. But something’s happened to Thora. Maybe it was meeting sharp-tongued Belle, her first friend among the workers. Or Alfred and Mo, two rebel drones: one a misunderstood poetry, and the other an authority-flouting bee who questions everything, but can’t get anyone to listen to him. Whatever the cause, Thora starts to see the intricate dance of life and death in the hive in a whole new light.

Will To Conquer Series by Len Lamensdorf
Book Three: The Flying Dragon YOUNG ADULT FICTION LAMENSDORF French teens Willi and Louise serve in the ‘60s Kennedy White House, fly daring rescue missions during the American Civil Rights struggle, uncover the DragonSlayers’ murderous plot during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and make shocking discoveries about Willi’s “real” father. Book Two: The Raging Dragon YOUNG ADULT FICTION LAMENSDORF Willi and Louise fight for their lives against enemies that include the jailed mayor’s vicious son, Tony Bersault. Studying in Paris, they join Clandestin—the second generation of the French Resistance, which meets at a famous bistro, The Raging Dragon. Willi and Louise study Judo, and are taught to fly aircraft, as fantasy and history become a volatile mixture. They learn about the mysterious sewers, catacombs and subways that lie under Paris as they are caught in the violence generated by the Algerian Civil War—a parallel to the American Civil Rights struggle. With their friends, they battle plots that threaten the French president and his wife, Yvonne, as well as the American President John F. Kennedy and his glamorous wife Jacqueline as they visit France—a life or death conflict played out against the splendor of an elegant dinner at the Chateau of Versailles. Meanwhile, Willi continues his search for the American he believes to be his “real” father. Book One: The Crouching Dragon YOUNG ADULT FICTION LAMENSDORF Willi, Louise and their friends secretly occupied a supposedly abandoned castle on the Normandy coast of France, where they unearthed renaissance armor and valuable art and created a fantasy kingdom. Discovered, the kids confronted their parents, the school principal, the crooked mayor and the police—with the intervention of President Charles de Gaulle.
Black Juice By Margo Lanagan YOUNG ADULT FICTION LANAGAN As part of a public execution, a young boy forlornly helps to sing his sister down…. A servant learns about grace and loyalty from a mistress who would rather dance with Gypsies than sit on her throne…. A terrifying encounter with a demonic angel gives a young man the strength he needs to break free of his oppressor…. On a bleak and dreary afternoon a gleeful shooting spree leads to tragedy for a desperate clown unable to escape his fate. Human frailty is put to the test by the implacable forces of dark and light, man and beast.
Shapeshifter’s Quest new! By Dena Landon YOUNG ADULT FICTION LANDON To atone for the misdeed of an ancestor, teen-aged Syanthe, a shape-shifter, journeys outside the safety of the forest where she has always lived to learn the secret of the evil king's magic.


The Underwood See (vol. 3 of the Withern Rise series) new! YOUNG ADULT FICTION LAWRENCE As Alaric and Naia switch into different realities, they begin to wonder whether it is possible for the different worlds to merge.
Small Eternities (vol. 2 of the Withern Rise series) By Michael Lawrence YOUNG ADULT FICTION LAWRENCE Naia and Alaric deal with the consequences of switching realities and discover even more layers to their world.
A Crack in the Line (vol. 1 of the Withern Rise series) By Michael Lawrence YOUNG ADULT FICTION LAWRENCE What if someone else was living your life? You are sixteen. You live with your father in a big Victorian house on the outskirts of London. Your mother is dead, killed in a train crash two years ago. It is snowing. The snow is falling on the house and the wide yard and the gnarled old tree that everyone calls the Family Tree. It makes you restless. You reach out your hands toward an object you've known all your life, and suddenly the walls melt away. When you open your eyes, you are still in your living room. "Who are you?" asks a girl who looks just like you but is not you. "And what are you doing in my house?"

Gifts By Ursula K. Le Guin YOUNG ADULT FICTION LE GUIN Scattered among poor, desolate farms, the families of the Uplands possess gifts. Wondrous gifts: the ability---with a glance, a gesture, a word—to summon animals, bring forth fire, move the land. Fearsome gifts: They can twist a limb, chain a mind, inflict a wasting illness. The Uplanders live in constant fear that one family might unleash its gift against another. Two young people, friends since childhood, decide not to use their gifts. One, a girl, refuses to bring animals to their death in the hunt. The other, a boy, wears a blindfold lest his eyes and his anger kill.

The Dollmage By Martine Leavitt YOUNG ADULT FICTION LEAVITT The Dollmage is the wise woman of Seekvalley. As her powers weaken and age comes upon her, she knows she must choose a successor. On the day she predicts to be the birthday of her chosen one, two girls are born: Annakey and Renoa. One must learns the Dollmage’s magic, but which one? She chooses Renoa, but as Annakey grows, she discovers that she, too, has magic. When Seekvalley is threatened by outside forces, Annakey is the only one with a plan to save her people. But how can she ever persuade the Dollmage that she has the power to help? Who will believe her?
The Claidi Journals by Tanith Lee
The Claidi Journals, Book IV: Wolf Wing YOUNG ADULT FICTION LEE Claidi and her beloved Argul are finally married, but the celebration doesn’t last long. A message has arrived from Ironel, Argul’s powerful grandmother, calling the newlyweds to her palace. There, Claidi and Argul are joined by familiar faces from the past, including Dengwi, Prince Venn, Winter Raven, and Ngarbo. From Ironel, the old friends learn some disturbing news: Argul and Venn’s mother, Ustareth, is actually alive and well and desires to meet them in a new utopia she has built for herself across the sea. The Claidi Journals, Book III: Wolf Queen By Tanith Lee YOUNG ADULT FICTION LEE Claidi is on her way to reunite with her beloved Argul. As she journeys, she imagines a scene of joyous celebration. But when she finally reaches Argul's camp, suspicious faces and hostile words tell her that something is terribly wrong. Someone has been spreading ugly lies about her. And Argul is nowhere to be found. Undaunted, Claidi sets out to search for him. Her quest brings her to the icy threshold of a tower, and within it she encounters a different shadow from her past--a powerful woman Claidi believes is her mother. She hardly dares to hope: Has she found her real family at last? The Claidi Journals Book 2: Wolf Star By Tanith Lee YOUNG ADULT FICTION LEE On the eve of her long-anticipated wedding, Claidi is kidnapped and taken to a mountaintop palace in the shadow of an unearthly star. As she struggles to understand who kidnapped her and why, she must also grapple with strange surroundings, complete with mechanical servants and animals and rooms that move. Claidi wins the trust of the palace's keeper, the enigmatic Prince Venn, and together they struggle to free themselves from the bizarre maze of taboo, repression, and mystery surrounding both of their long-lost families. Soon Claidi is on the run again, still yearning for a life that may be lived freely and with love. Wolf Tower: The Claidi Journals, Book 1 YOUNG ADULT FICTION LEE

Dancing with an Alien By Mary Logue YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION Branko has come to Earth on a grave mission: He must find a female and bring her home. What will happen to her on his planet isn't quite clear. But without her, his planet could die. Tonia has always loved summer, but this one is different. Her best friend is changing and her family seems to be falling apart. Then she meets someone unlike anyone she's ever met before, and she knows that this summer, everything will change. When their worlds collide, it's like nothing Branko or Tonia could have ever imagined
Messenger By Lois Lowry YOUNG ADULT FICTION LOWRY Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand.

Flip By David Lubar YOUNG ADULT FICTION LUBAR Eighth-graders Taylor and Ryan are twins, but that’s where the similarities end. Ryan never met a test he couldn’t fail. Give him a foot, and he’ll take an inch. Given half a chance, there isn’t anything he won’t screw up. According to his teachers and parents, Ryan is the Big Disappointment. Taylor, on the other hand, always turns in her homework on time. She’s the perfect student. Her idea of fun is reading entries from the encyclopedia or planning long trips to the museum. Lately, Taylor and Ryan share at least one thing in common: nothing seems to be working out as they planned. It’s like the rules have changed, and nobody told them what the new rules are. No matter who you are, everyone wants you to be someone else. But who? They may have found an answer: mysterious disks that magically allow them to transform- to “flip"-- into legendary figures from the past. Hercules. Cleopatra. Amelia Earhart. Einstein. The possibilities are endless! Who knew being a hero could be so easy! But, as Ryan and Taylor will discover, it’s being yourself that is really hard.
The Gift Moves By Steve Lyon YOUNG ADULT FICTION LYON The first time Bird Speaks saw Path Down the Mountain, he was taken. She is a Hand, a weaver of brilliantly colored cloth, and it is Path’s talent with the cloth that has brought her to the Banks, the small town where Bird and his family live. She has come to study under the vigilant eye of her teacher, Heron, and weave cloth for the Midsummer Day festival, only weeks away. On Midsummer Day the year turns. It is the day you take everything you have and throw it in a huge fire so that you will be empty, ready to be filled by the new year. But Path does not want to empty herself. She hoards a gift that she will not give. It is a secret, a story from her past. She holds it closely, as tightly as she holds the Sun and Moon pendant that was her mother’s.


Alchemy By Margaret Mahy YOUNG ADULT FICTION MAHY When Roland’s teacher gives him an unusual assignment instead of punishment for shoplifting, he thinks he is home free. All he has to do is find out what he can about a classmate, Jess Ferret, and report back to his teacher. But there is something less than straightforward about this request, especially because the more Roland learns about Jess, the more confused he becomes. Her house is sinisterly tidy, her parents are never home, mysterious books line the bookshelves, and, most intriguing of all, Jess is apparently a student of alchemy. Why is Roland’s teacher so interested in Jess? Why has a shady magician from Roland’s past suddenly come back into his life? What exactly are the voices in Roland’s head cautioning him against?
The Legend of Lady Ilena By Patricia Malone YOUNG ADULT FICTION MALONE Ilena, daughter of Moren and Grenna, has lived in the Vale of Enfert for all of her fifteen years, but it is not her true home. Her parents refused to speak about the place they came from or their lineage. Ilena knows only that her destiny does not lie in the Vale. After the deaths of both of her parents, her questions remain unanswered. Her father’s final words to her provide the single clue: “Go to Dun Alyn. Find Ryamen.” Ilena sets out alone on the dangerous trip across Britain, certain only that Dun Alyn is a fortress somewhere in the East. Her quest leads her to hill forts, over mountain passes, into burial mounds, and through banquet halls. Her skills as a warrior are tested against raiders from the West and painted ones from the Far North, but her most formidable challenge awaits her at Dun Alyn. Will she be able to accept her true identity and fulfill her destiny?
Useful Idiots By Jan Mark YOUNG ADULT FICTION MARK In 2255, a graduate named Merrick unwittingly finds himself thrown into an extraordinary adventure in the Reserve where the Aboriginals live after a violent storm across the North Sea reveals a human skull.

The Mob (Feather and Bone: The Crow Chronicles) By Clem Martini YOUNG ADULT FICTION MARTINI At the peak of the spring migration, hundreds of crows converge for the Gathering. But this year, the unity of the flock is threatened when a Mob, led by the young and impulsive Kyp, mounts a revenge attack on a cat---with disastrous consequences. The Gathering should be a time to rejoice. Instead, it becomes a time of fear, danger and uncertainty when ancient laws and customs are tested. The flock passes judgment---Kyp must be punished. Then, an unexpected blizzard spells more trouble. The flock desperately needs a safe roost. They split, leaving the Gathering tree to see shelter in forbidden worlds….
The Outcasts new! By L.S. Matthews YOUNG ADULT FICTION MATTHEWS Four of the Outcasts don't really participate in class, and all five could care less about a group activity, so the fact that all of them actually go on the fieldtrip is something of a miracle. And when reality splits, and they end up in another dimension, you can imagine how badly they'll all wish they'd stayed home. Five outcasts fall out of reality. How many will make it back to the world as they know it?
The Plague (Feather and Bone: The Crow Chronicles) new! By Clem Martini YOUNG ADULT FICTION MARTINI A mysterious plague hits the Kinaar family. Crows lie dead all around the Gathering Tree and the terrified survivors scatter. Sick and alone, Kyp knows only that he must find Kym, who has been captured by humans and taken far to the east. A crow without a flock flies on only one wing, and Kyp has no one to keep watch or provide warning when danger threatens. But gradually a ragtag band forms as other crows join him on his relentless journey-deep into the heart of a cast and frightening human colony.

Water Shaper By Laura Williams McCaffrey YOUNG ADULT FICTION MCCAFFREY Having escaped from her father’s control with help from a handsome holy man who is king of a western land, 15-year-old Princess Margot finally travels to the sea where her mother lived, and from which she can draw a powerful magic.
The Gods and Their Machines By Oisín McGann YOUNG ADULT FICTION MCGANN Trainee fighter pilot Chamus Aranson makes an emergency landing in enemy territory and his survival depends on Riadni, a tomboy who wants to become a soldier despite her nation's oppression of women, as Benyan, one of her countrymen, prepares to become a martyr dedicated to killing Chamus's grandfather.

An Earthly Knight By Janet McNaughton YOUNG ADULT FICTION MCNAUGHTON In medieval Scotland, 16-year-old Jenny Avenel is chosen as a potential bride for the king's brother and must navigate the tides of tradition and the power of ancient magic to define her own destiny.
The Secret Under My Skin By Janet McNaughton YOUNG ADULT FICTION MCNAUGHTON In the year 2368, humanity struggles to recuperate from a technocaust that has left a generation of orphans in its wake. Strict government regulations convince people that technology is dangerous; confusion and fear rule the earth. Blay Raytee is a government work-camp orphan. Her future seems as bleak as that of the world around her. But when she is chosen for a special mission by a guardian of the environment named Marrella, Blay begins to discover that all may not be as it seems. The secrets she uncovers could hold the key both to the healing of world and to her own past. What she learns may just empower her to join those who struggle to restore democracy--and to discover at last who she really is.

The Silver Child (Book One of the Silver Sequence) By Cliff McNish YOUNG ADULT FICTION MCNISH Six children are changing, and no one knows why…Milo’s skin turns gold. Walter grows into a giant with incredible strength. Helen can suddenly read minds. Emily and Freda become insect-girls who skitter on all fours. Thomas discovers a mysterious power to comfort and heal. All six are drawn to Coldharbour, a wasteland of garbage dumps. The children sense the approach of a sinister enemy. What is it? How will they face their strange shared destiny?
The Water Mirror (Dark Reflections Book One) By Kai Mayer YOUNG ADULT FICTION MEYER In a place similar to Venice, Italy, two teenaged orphans, apprenticed to a maker of magic mirrors, begin to realize that their fates are tied to the magical protector of the city known as the Flowing Queen and to the ruler of Hell, respectively.
The Stone Light (Dark Reflections, book 2)By Kai Meyer YOUNG ADULT FICTION MEYER While Merle and the Flowing Queen travel to Hell to enlist Lord Light’s help in Venice’s fight against the invading Egyptian army, Serafin joins a resistance group that is led by an ancient sphinx.

Fablehaven new! By Brandon Mull YOUNG ADULT FICTION MULL When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents’ estate, they discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures and that a battle between good and evil is looming.


New Skies YOUNG ADULT FICTION NEW A new generation of science fiction fans is at hand. A new generation that is curious, smart, audacious, and experimental.
Seeker (The Noble Warriors, Book One) new! By William Nicholson YOUNG ADULT FICTION NICHOLSON Having been rejected by the Nomana—the revered warrior-monk order they long to join—sixteen-year-olds Seeker and Morning Star, along with a curious pirate named Wildman, attempt to prove that they are worthy of joining the community, after all.
Wind on Fire Trilogy by William Nicholson
Firesong (Book Three) YOUNG ADULT FICTION NICHOLSON Twins Bowman and Kestrel have saved their family and the rest of the Manth people from slavery and helped bring about the downfall of the cruel city-state of the Mastery. Now, led by their mother, a prophetess, they are free to seek their promised land. But the journey is long and hard, filled with many dangers and temptations. And each of the travelers is preoccupied with his or her own worries. Hanno Hath, the twins’ father, is troubled as his beloved wife weakens as they draw close to the promised land. As well, he must bolster the endurance of the often doubting and disgruntled Manth people. Bowman is torn between his attraction to Sisi, a former princess, and his destiny, as he perceives it, to sacrifice himself for the good of the people. Kestrel also feels a pull toward a mission, toward something—but for some reason, she cannot envision her life beyond the journey. Slaves of the Mastery (Book Two) YOUNG ADULT FICTION NICHOLSON Twins Kestrel and Bowman risked their lives to restore the key to the wind singer. Now, five years later, the people of Aramanth are finally free of the Morah, the evil power that controlled them for generations. But with the new kindness has come weakness, and Aramanth lies undefended--unable to resist a ruthless attack by soldiers from a distant land. The city is burned to the ground, and its people driven off as slaves. During the invasion, the twins are separated for the first time in their lives. Bowman becomes a slave of the Mastery, a city where the rulers live in extraordinary luxury and beauty. Kestrel escapes, then sets off to avenge the enslavement of her family. As the twins embark on their parallel adventures, their mother's prophetic dreams reveal their true identity and their dangerous fate.
Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories By Garth Nix YOUNG ADULT FICTION NIX Thoughts of Lirael and Sam haunt his dreams, and he has come to realize that his destiny lies there, along with all those he cares for. But here in Ancelstierre, far south of the Wall, the Charter is dormant, and among the obstacles Nick faces is one that is not entirely human, and which has a strange power that seems to come from Nicholas himself.
Abhorsen By Garth Nix YOUNG ADULT FICTION NIX The Ninth was strong and fought with might, But lone Orannis was put out of the light, Broken in two and buried under hill, Forever to lie there, wishing us ill. So says the song. But Orannis, the Destroyer, is no longer buried under hill. It has been freed from its subterranean prison and now seeks to escape the silver hemispheres, the final barrier to the unleashing of its terrible powers. Only Lirael, newly come into her inheritance as the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, has any chance of stopping the Destroyer. She and her companions -- Sam, the Disreputable Dog, and Mogget -- have to take that chance. For the Destroyer is the enemy of all Life, and it must be stopped, though Lirael does not know how. To make matters worse, Sam's best friend, Nick, is helping the Destroyer, as are the necromancer Hedge and the Greater Dead Chlorr, and there has been no word from the Abhorsen Sabriel or King Touchstone. Everything depends upon Lirael. A heavy, perhaps even impossible burden for a young woman who just days ago was merely a Second Assistant Librarian. With only a vision from the Clayr to guide her, and the rather mixed help of her companions, Lirael must search in both Life and Death for some means to defeat the Destroyer. Before it is too late. . . .
Lirael : Daughter of the Clayr By Garth Nix YOUNG ADULT FICTION NIX Who is Lirael? Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Abandoned by her mother, ignorant of her father's identity, Lirael resembles no one else in her large extended family living in the Clayr's Glacier. She doesn't even have the Sight -- the ability to see into the present and possible futures -- that is the very birthright of the Clayr. Nonetheless, it is Lirael in whose hands the fate of the Old Kingdom lies. She must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow of an ancient evil -- one that opposes the Royal Family, blocks the Sight of the Clay; and threatens to break the very boundary between Life and Death itself. With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, to help her, Lirael must find the courage to seek her own hidden destiny. Sequel to Sabriel.
Sabriel By Garth Nix YOUNG ADULT FICTION NIX Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead.

Inheritance Trilogy By Christopher Paolini
Inheritance Trilogy, Book 2: Eldest new! By Christopher Paolini YOUNG ADULT FICTION PAOLINI Darkness falls...despair abounds...evil reigns... Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training in the skills of the Dragon Rider: magic and swordsmanship. Soon he is on the journey of a lifetime, his eyes open to awe-inspring new places and people, his days filled with fresh adventure. But chaos and betrayal plague him at every turn, and nothing is what it seems. Before long, Eragon doesn’t know whom he can trust. Meanwhile, his cousin Roran must fight a new battle -– one that might put Eragon in even graver danger. Will the king’s dark hand strangle all resistance? Eragon may not escape with even his life.... Inheritance Trilogy, Book 1: Eragon By Christopher Paolini YOUNG ADULT FICTION PAOLINI When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself. Overnight his simple life is shattered, and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic, and power. With only an ancient sword and the advice of an old storyteller for guidance, Eragon and the fledgling dragon must navigate the dangerous terrain and dark enemies of an Empire ruled by a king whose evil knows no bounds. Can Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders? The fate of the Empire may rest in his hands....
The Wizard, The Witch and Two Girls from Jersey new! By Lisa Papademetriou YOUNG ADULT FICTION PAPADEMETRIOU Two mismatched teenage girls must find their way back home to New Jersey after being zapped into the pages of a fantasy novel.
Maximum Ride #1: The Angel Experiment By James Patterson YOUNG ADULT FICTION PATTERSON After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the “bird kids,” who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their won origins and purpose.
Maximum Ride #2: School’s Out Forever By James Patterson YOUNG ADULT FICTION PATTERSON After a short stay with an FBI agent who gives them a chance to attend school and live a normal life, the six genetically altered, winged youths head toward Florida and Max’s ultimate destiny—to save the world, whether she wants to or not.
Maximum Ride #3: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports YOUNG ADULT FICTION PATTERSON The time has come for Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel to face their ultimate enemy and, despite many obstacles, try to save the world from a sinister plan to re-engineer a select population into a scientifically superior master race.

The Kingdom Keepers new! By Ridley Pearson YOUNG ADULT FICTION PEARSON Five young teens tapped as models for theme park “guides” find themselves pitted against Disney villains and witches that threaten both the future of Walt Disney World and the stability of the world outside its walls. Using a cutting-edge technology called DHI—which stands for both Disney Host Interactive and Daylight Hologram Imaging—Finn Whitman, an Orlando teen, and four other kids are transformed into hologram projections that guide guests through the park. The new technology turns out, however, to have unexpected effects that are both thrilling and scary. Soon Finn finds himself transported in his DHI form into the Magic Kingdom at night. Is it real? Is he dreaming? Finn’s confusion only increases when he encounters Wayne, an elderly Imagineer who tells him that the park is in grave danger. Led by the scheming witch, Maleficient, a mysterious group of characters called the Overtakers is plotting to destroy Disney’s beloved realm, and maybe more.
Treasure at the Heart of the Tanglewood By Meredith Ann Pierce YOUNG ADULT FICTION PIERCE First, she is Brown Hannah-a healer who lives in the Tanglewood, a drab girl who, for reasons unknown to her, unnerves the villagers who come for salves and charms. But when she challenges the magician who has held her captive for longer than she can remember, she becomes Green Hannah. Then she is Golden Hannah traveling through the land, her talking animals and birds (and one silent fox) by her side. And, finally, Russet Hannah, when she finishes the long journey back to where she first grew, and learns the story of who she is, and why her long flaxen hair is interwoven with deep-rooted flowers, plants, berries, and wheat.

The Circle Of Magic Quartet by Tamora Pierce
Tris’s Book YOUNG ADULT FICTION PIERCE It has been centuries since pirates dared to attack winding Circle Temple, a renowned center of magic. But after a recent earthquake the community’s defenses are perilously weakened. For the four young mages studying at the Winding Circle--Briar, a former street thief whose magic is with plants; Daja, the outcast trader honing her power of metal craft; Sandry, a noble whose magic lies in weaving and other thread craft; and Tris, the “weather witch” rejected by her family-the pirates threaten the first real home the four have ever known.The enemy, led by pirate queen Pahua and her mage brother Enahar, has a devastating new weapon. Can the four young mages risk using their fledgling power s against such a strong opponents? At stake for Daja, Briar, Sandry, and especially Tris are not only their own future, but the fate of the entire Winding community. Sandry’s Book YOUNG ADULT FICTION PIERCE Four young misfits find themselves living in a strictly disciplined temple community where they become friends while also learning to do crafts and to use their powers, especially magic. Daja's Book YOUNG ADULT FICTION PIERCE Fire is a friend to Daja Kisubo, the outcast trader whose magic is with metal craft. But for the people living in drought-stricken valleys of the Gold Ridge Mountains, fire would mean devastation. Daja travels to the mountains with her fellow mages in training--Sandry, Tris, and Briar--to help the people of Gold Ridge. In a local smithy, Daja's magic blends with her friend and she creates a living metal vine. Traders covet the astonishing object, and Daja has to deal with the people who exiled her--her people--or are they? In a riveting climax, Daja must decide. And she must summon all the magic she possesses to keep fire from destroying everything, including herself. Briar’s Book YOUNG ADULT FICTION PIERCE Former "street rat" Briar Moss leads a comfortable life at Winding Circle Temple, learning plant magic from his prickly teacher, Rosethorn. Street kids are still his friends, though, and when one of them gets sick, she turns to Briar for help. When her disease proves beyond even Rosethorn's power, Briar realizes that all of Summersea is in dire peril. As the mysterious illness spreads, Briar and his fellow mages in training--Sandry, Tris, and Daja--labor with their teachers to fight the epidemic. Briar and Rosethorn work with Crane, a mage as difficult as he is brilliant, to find a cure. But just as the situation begins to improve, the unthinkable happens. In the spellbinding conclusion to the Circle of Magic quartet, the four young mages must bind together their magic and try to save what Briar loves most.
The Circle Opens Quartet by Tamora Pierce
Book Four: Shatterglass YOUNG ADULT FICTION PIERCE Kethlun Warder was a gifted glassmaker until his world was shattered in a freak accident. Now his remaining glass magic is mixed with lightning, and Tris must teach him to control (if she can teach him to control his temper first). But there’s more at stake than Keth’s education. With his strange magic, he creates glass balls that reflect the immediate past and expose the work of a murderer. If he can harness his power properly, he’ll be able to see the crimes as they take place. Keth and Tris race against time, and the local authorities, to identify a killer who’s living in plain sight. Book Three: Cold Fire By Tamora Pierce YOUNG ADULT FICTION PIERCE Daja and Frostpine expect to have a peaceful winter's visit with old friends in Kugisko, a port city in the vast empire of Namorn. But soon Daja's busy teaching meditation to a pair of unruly twin mages, then mysterious fires begin to blaze across the frigid city, built largely of wood. Daja assists Bennat Ladradun, a local firefighter with a tragic past, to fight the flames. The two become fast friends--Daja even creates a pair of magical gloves Ben can use to reach through any blaze. When they realize that the fires have been deliberately set, the friendship and partnership are tested. Daja's magic helps her track down the arsonist, but no magic can protect her or Ben from the effects of madness and betrayal. Book Two: Street Magic By Tamora Pierce YOUNG ADULT FICTION PIERCE After years of training, 14-year-old Briar Moss, a reformed street-gang member, is now an accredited mage. While in the city of Chammur, he meets Evvy, a street urchin unknowingly gifted with powerful stone magic. Evvy needs a mentor, as well as protection from a local gang seeking to exploit her talents. Reluctantly, Briar becomes her teacher and guardian and soon finds himself caught between warring gangs whose violent lifestyles will lead to continuing tragedy unless he intervenes. It’s been four years since Briar Moss began his training as a plant mage, but he still hasn’t put his past behind him. Wandering through a Chammuri market, Briar comes across a street girl using powerful magic to polish stones for a merchant. The ragged girl reminds Briar of the life he led before he left for Winding Circle. He resolves to find her a teacher. But Briar understands the city’s gangs as well as he understands Evvy, the young mage. Book One: Magic Steps By Tamora Pierce YOUNG ADULT FICTION PIERCE Lady Sandrilene fa Toren is a noble girl whose thread magic wove together the power - and the personal bonds - of four young magicians. Now, Lady Sandrilene is on her own and saddled with teaching magic to a restless boy, safeguarding her uncle's health, and tracking down a brutal murderer.
Trickster's Choice By Tamora Pierce YOUNG ADULT FICTION PIERCE Aly: a slave with the talents of a master spy, a fabled lineage she must conceal, and the dubious blessing of a trickster god. Sarai: a passionate, charming teenage noblewoman who, according to prophecy, will bring an end to a cruel dynasty. Dove: the younger sister of Sarai; she has a calculating mind and hidden depths that have yet to be plumbed. Dawat: a magical young man with a strangely innocent outlook and an even stranger past; Aly's one true friend in a world where trust can cost you your life.
Trickster's Queen By Tamora Pierce YOUNG ADULT FICTION PIERCE Aly fails to foresee the dangers that await as she uses her magic to safeguard Dove and her younger siblings, despite knowing that her 13-year-old charge might be queen of the Copper Isles when the colonial rulers are defeated.


The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents By Terry Pratchett YOUNG ADULT FICTION PRATCHETT The Amazing Maurice runs the perfect Pied Piper scam. This streetwise alley cat knows the value of cold, hard cash and can talk his way into and out of anything. But when Maurice and his cohorts decide to con the town of Bad Blintz, it will take more than fast talking to survive the danger that awaits. For this is a town where food is scarce and rats are hated, where cellars are lined with deadly traps, and where a terrifying evil lurks beneath the hunger-stricken streets....
A Hat Full of Sky By Terry Pratchett YOUNG ADULT FICTION PRATCHETT Tiffany Aching, a young witch-in-training, learns about magic and responsibility as she battles a disembodied monster with the assistance of the six-inch-high Wee Free Men and Mistress Weatherwax, the greatest witch in the world. Sequel to The Wee Free Men.

The Wee Free Men By Terry Pratchett YOUNG ADULT FICTION PRATCHETT Armed only with a frying pan and her common sense, Tiffany Aching, a young witch-to-be, is all that stands between the monsters of Fairyland and the warm, green Chalk country that is her home. Forced into Fairyland to seek her kidnapped brother, Tiffany allies herself with the Chalk’s local Nac Mac Feegle—aka the Wee Free Men—a clan of sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men who are as fierce as they are funny. Together they battle through an eerie and ever-shifting landscape, fighting brutal flying fairies, dream-spinning dromes, and grimhounds—black dogs with eyes of fire and teeth of razors—before ultimately confronting the Queen of the Elves, absolute ruler of a world in which reality intertwines with nightmare. And in the final showdown, Tiffany must face her cruel power alone…
Cold Tom By Sally Prue YOUNG ADULT FICTION PRUE Tom is in trouble. An outcast from his ruthless elfin Tribe, he flees to the city of the hated demons, with its stifling houses and blaring demon voices, far form the cold, fierce freedom of the Tribe’s world. It seems neither place can be his home: for he is not wholly Tribe, and only partly demon. And he is helpless to stop his demon side from emerging. Then Tom is discovered by two young demons, Anna and Joe. And as much he despised them and the twining emotional bonds they use to enslave each other, Tom realizes he cannot escape the Tribe’s deadly silver spears without their help.
Clovermead: In the Shadow of the Beast By David Randall YOUNG ADULT FICTION RANDALL Clovermead, 12-year-old tomboy, learns that her father has been lying about the past and that the truth may be the key to ending the epic battle raging between the followers of Lord Ursus and those of Lady Moon.

The Hungry City Chronicles: Mortal Engines By Philip Reeve YOUNG ADULT FICTION REEVE In the distant future, when cities move about and consume smaller towns, a fifteen-year-old apprentice is pushed out of London by the man he most admires and must seek answers in the perilous Out-Country, aided by one girl and memory of another.
Princess Nevermore By Dian Curtis Regan YOUNG ADULT FICTION REGAN It’s tough being a princess. Studying royal protocol and learning how to perform spells isn’t very exciting- especially when that’s all you do every day. Quinn (that’s short for Princess Quinnella) knows it won’t be long before she’s forbidden to study anything at all. She’s about to turn sixteen- the time when all Mandrian maidens become women. But Quinn isn’t ready to be a woman. And she’s certainly not ready to be a ruling princess- or a wife! What she really wants to do is to go to the land on the other side of the wishing pool. To the place where the maidens don’t have to wear gowns. Quinn gets her wish- though quite by accident. And she winds up on Earth alone, confused, lost. Quinn has a lot to learn about being on Earth. It isn’t at all like Mandria- in fact, it’s pretty cool! But there’s a big problem: Quinn doesn’t know if she can ever get back to her kingdom--or if she ever wants to….
How I Live Now new! By Meg Rosoff YOUNG ADULT FICTION ROSOFF To get away from her pregnant stepmother in New York City, 15-year-old Daisy goes to England to stay with her aunt and cousins, with whom she instantly bonds, but soon war breaks out and rips apart the family while devastating the land.
Breathe new! By Penni Russon YOUNG ADULT FICTION RUSSON Undine is excited about leaving Tasmania for a trip to see her father in Greece but conflicted about using the magic that wells up insider her and confused about her personal relationships, including the one with her best friend, Trout.

Undine new! By Penni Russon YOUNG ADULT FICTION RUSSON Undine gets along well with her unconventional mother, she adores her baby brother, and she has a devoted kindred spirit in her best friend and next-door neighbor, Trout. It’s inconvenient that Trout has a sloppy crush on her, but Undine tries to overlook this. Undine is basically satisfied…until strange things begin happening to her. It starts with an odd feeling, a shadow in the mirror, a whisper only Undine can hear: It’s time to come home. And it builds. One hot day, when Undine imagines knitting together a few scattered clouds, she creates a massive thunderstorm. Who is Undine? Where does her power come from? What is she meant to do? Undine needs answers to these questions, so she sets off in search of a father she’d always believed was dead and a self she’s only beginning to discover. But Undine’s magic is powerful, wild, and dangerous—and her feelings as she uncovers the truth are even fiercer. Will Undine find herself or lose herself…and everyone she loves?



The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel new! By Michael Scott YOUNG ADULT FICTION SCOTT While working at pleasant but mundane summer jobs in San Francisco, fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh, suddenly find themselves caught up in the deadly, centuries-old struggle between rival alchemists, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient and powerful book holding the secret formulas for alchemy and everlasting life.


The Safe-Keeper’s Secret By Sharon Shinn YOUNG ADULT FICTION SHINN Damiana is safe-keeper in the small village of Tambleham. Neighbors and strangers alike come one by one, in secret, to tell her things they dare not share with anyone else, knowing that Damiana will keep them to herself. One late night, a mysterious visitor from the city arrives with an unusual secret for the Safe-Keeper—a newborn baby. Damiana, who is expecting her own child, agrees to take the foundling. She names him Reed and raises him side by side with her daughter, Fiona. As the years pass and the two children grow into teenagers, they must come to terms with who they are—and who they may be.
The Truth-Teller’s Tale new! By Sharon Shinn YOUNG ADULT FICTION SHINN Innkeeper’s daughters Adele and Eleda are “mirror twins”—identical twins whose looks are reflections of each other’s—and their special talents are like mirrors, too. Adele is a Safe-Keeper, entrusted with hearing and never revealing others’ secrets; Eleda is a Truth-Teller, who cannot tell a lie when asked a direct question. The residents of Merendon often turn to the twins—especially their best friend Roelynn Karro, whose strict, wealthy father is determined to marry her off to the prince. When the twins and Roelynn are seventeen, a handsome dancing-master and his apprentice come to stay at the inn, and thus begins a chain of romance, mistaken identity, and some very surprising truths and falsehoods. Sequel to The Safe-Keeper’s Secret.
GemX new! By Nicky Singer YOUNG ADULT FICTION SINGER Maxo Strang, the most perfect human ever made, suddenly discovers a “crack” in his face, which leads him to expose his community’s dark underworld of secret scientific research and the city’s corrupt supreme leader.


The Clones By Gloria Skurzynski YOUNG ADULT FICTION SKURZYNSKI Corgan, hero of the Virtual War, has been living a blissful, if placid, life on the Isles of Hiva, his reward for winning the War with Sharla and Brig. But what he doesn’t know is that Brig died soon after the War, and yet is not truly gone. Sharla had saved some of Brig’s DNA and has created clone-twins with it. Corgan’s world is disrupted when Sharla brings one of the clone-twins, Seabrig, to him to raise on the island, while she keeps the other, Brigand, with her in the Domed City. However, when circumstances force Sharla to bring Brigand to the island, they find that while the boys may look identical, their temperaments are not. Sequel to Virtual War		.
The Virtual War Chronologs, Book 3: The Revolt new! By Gloria Skurzynski YOUNG ADULT FICTION SKURZYNSKI What do you do when someone truly hates you? Corgan is used to being the hero. Leader of the team that won the Virtual War, he chose for his reward to live on the Isles of Hiva, in an idyllic paradise. Idyllic until the clones, Brigand and Cyborg, arrived, that is. Life hasn’t been the same for Corgan since.
The Virtual War Chronologs, Book 4 : The Choice YOUNG ADULT FICTION SKURZYNSKI Tired and disillusioned, Corgan tries living a more peaceful life on Nuku Hiva, but soon must confront his nemesis, Brigand, for the last time.
Dust By Arthur Slade YOUNG ADULT FICTION SLADE Eleven-year-old Robert is the only one who can help when a mysterious stranger arrives, performing tricks and promising to bring rain, at the same time children begin to disappear from a dust bowl farm town in Saskatchewan in the 1930s.
Marco’s Millions By William Sleator YOUNG ADULT FICTION SLEATOR When Marco’s sensitive little sister, Lilly, tells him about the strange lights in the basement, he thinks she’s imagining things. But if doesn’t take long for his deep curiosity to lead them through the bizarre hole in the basement wall and into another world. The insectlike inhabitants of this strange, slow-moving place are convinced that Lilly and Marco can prevent their god from destroying the planet. They have terrifying tasks for one of the children: surviving a ride on a giant swing and traveling to "The Lord." Marco soon realizes that this frenzied, chaotic mass hovering in the sky is actually a naked singularity, a force so terrible it can swallow light, stop time, and snuff out entire universes—including Earth’s. Marco and Lilly must help the creatures, but at what cost?
The Forest in the Hallway By Gordon Smith YOUNG ADULT FICTION SMITH Accompanied by a mysterious lost boy and a rowdy family with strange powers, Beatriz searches for her missing parents while evading a band of slave traders and a vengeful witch.
Betwixt new! By Tara Bray Smith YOUNG ADULT FICTION SMITH Beautiful Morgan D’Amici wakes in her meager home with blood under her fingernails. Paintings come alive under Ondine Mason’s violet-eyed gaze. Haunted runaway Nix Saint-Michael sees halos of light around people doomed to die. At a secret summer rave in the woods, these teenagers learn of their true origins and their uncertain, intertwined destinies.

Hannah’s Garden By Midori Snyder YOUNG ADULT FICTION SNYDER Seventeen-year-old Cassie Brittman is looking forward to her violin recital and the prom—and then the hospital calls. Her grandfather, noted mystical painter Daniel Brittman, is dying. Cassie, her mother Anne, and Anne’s new boyfriend travel north to the farm where Anne was raised, and immediately know that things are far from normal. The farm, including Great-Grandmother Hannah’s spiral garden, is almost destroyed, and someone (or something) seems to be stalking them. Cassie soon finds herself at the center of an age-long conflict between two supernatural clans—the sinister, dark Red Clan and her own family, the Green Clan. For it turns out that Cassie’s grandfather is half nature spirit, half human….

The Oran Trilogy By Midori Snyder
Beldan’s Fire (Book Three of the Oran Trilogy) new! YOUNG ADULT FICTION SNYDER The Fire Queen’s oppressive 200-year rule of Oran is coming to a close. In the streets, the rebel army that calls itself the New Moon is marshaling its forces. The old nature powers of the land, each embodied by a woman, are rising. Earth, Air, and Fire have taken their places. Now the woman who is Water has come to join them—and, at last, the Queen’s Quarter Knot, so viciously destroyed by the Fire Queen, is pulling tight once more, freeing the country…. Sadar’s Keep (Book Two of the Oran Trilogy) new! YOUNG ADULT FICTION SNYDER Fire. Earth. Air. Water. These are the elements of Oran magic. These were the elements of the Queen’s Quarter Knot, until the Fire Queen stole youth and power from her sisters and suppressed the magic of the land. But magic cannot be suppressed forever. In the fields and mountains, far from the city and the Fire Queen’s control, strange powers are stirring: Men who fly as birds. Men who watch and wait as trees. Children born of the old Oran blood. Women whose magic may rival the Queen’s. Fire. Earth. Air. Only Water magic is missing now. A new Queen’s Quarter Know is forming…. New Moon (Book One of the Oran Trilogy) new! YOUNG ADULT FICTION SNYDER Two hundred years ago, the Fire Queen destroyed her rival queens of Earth, Air, and Water in the fateful Burning and took power over the land. No child with a trace of the elemental magic was allowed to live. Years later, the country of Oran still trembles under her oppression. There is unrest in the city--and, for the first time in decades, rumors of hope. They say that four young women bearing the ancient magic escaped--four who have the powers of Earth, Fire, Water, and Air--and are even now finding one another.

Truesight By David Stahler YOUNG ADULT FICTION STAHLER In a distant frontier world, 13-year-old Jacob is uncertain of his future in a community that considers blindness a virtue and "Seers" as aberrations.
Avatars By Tui T. Sutherland
Avatars, Book Two: Shadow Falling YOUNG ADULT FICTION SUTHERLAND Avatars, Book One: So This Is How It Ends YOUNG ADULT FICTION SUTHERLAND In New York, Kali wakes to an empty subway car, and an even emptier city. Venus and Gus survive an earthquake in Los Angeles and realize they have to deal with more than just the aftershocks. In Chile, Tigre finds himself in an unfamiliar jungle, and strangely not alone. And Amon, in Egypt, can see his path but is blind to the full picture. They are suddenly trapped in a deserted world, five teenagers with no hope of escape.

The Shadowmancer By G.P. Taylor YOUNG ADULT FICTION TAYLOR When Obadiah Demurral, the power-hungry Vicar of Thorpe, attempts to become a god himself by dabbling in magic, Kate, Thomas, and Raphah—who has come from Africa to get back the artifact stolen from his Temple and sold to Demurral—join forces to stop him.
Tersias the Oracle new! By G.P. Taylor YOUNG ADULT FICTION TAYLOR After a near-Apocalypse, London's streets have taken on a frenzied air, and more than a few people are trying to take advantage of the confusion. For some, this means pursuing Tersias, the blind boy oracle. Awareness of his prophetic gift is growing, and so is the desire to harness it. Solomon, a self-proclaimed prophet, believes that possessing an oracle will put him in a position to finally control all of London, then the world. Tersias's friends swear to rescue him from Solomon's clutches, but they have no idea what kind of lunatic they're up against.
Wormwood By G. P. Taylor YOUNG ADULT FICTION TAYLOR In 1756, as a deadly comet hurtles toward London, Dr. Sabian Blake and his 14-year-old housemaid, Agetta, struggle against dark forces that seek an ancient, powerful book in Blake’s possession that would enable them to carry out an evil plan in which Agetta unknowingly plays a pivotal role.


The Beguilers By Kate Thompson YOUNG ADULT FICTION THOMPSON In Rilka’s village, it isn’t safe to go out after dark. That’s when the beguilers drift through the streets, issuing their mournful cries, tempting people to follow them. Everyone knows their power—they hypnotize their victims and ultimately drive them to their death. No one has ever caught one, but every generation has offered up a beguiler-hunter, a tragic soul considered by the rest of the village to be insane.
Ariel new! By Grace Tiffany YOUNG ADULT FICTION TIFFANY A magical retelling of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" from the point of view of Ariel, the mischievous air spirit.

Wishing Moon By Michael O. Tunnell YOUNG ADULT FICTION TUNNELL Aminah is one of many orphans living on the streets of the Arabian city Al-Kal'as. When, out of desperation, she appeals to Princess Badr for work, the black-hearted wife of Aladdin responds by throwing a beat-up lamp at her head. "Why couldn't the Princess have flattened me with a jeweled cup instead?" Aminah muses, rubbing her aching forehead. But when she polished the tarnished brass, clouds of glowing purple gases--and a jinni--spew forth. With the rising of each full moon, the jinni informs her, she will have three wishes.
The King of Attolia new ! By Megan Whalen Turner YOUNG ADULT FICTION TURNER By scheming and theft, the Thief of Eddis has become King of Attolia. Eugenides wanted the queen, not the crown, but he finds himself trapped in a web of his own making. Attolia's barons seethe with resentment, the Mede emperor is returning to the attack, and the king is surrounded by the subtle and dangerous intrigue of the Attolian court. When a naive young guard expresses his contempt for the king in no uncertain terms, he is dragged by Eugenides into the center of the political maelstrom.

Heir Apparent By Vivian Vande Velde YOUNG ADULT FICTION VANDE VELDE In Heir Apparent there are as many ways to win as there are to get killed. Giannine can testify to how many ways there are to die—it’s about all she’s been able to do since she started playing. Now all she has to do is get the magic ring, find the stolen treasure, answer the dwarf’s dumb riddles, come up with a poem for the head-chopping statue, cope with the army of ghosts, outmaneuver her half brothers, and defeat the man-eating dragon. If she can do all of that, why, she just might save her own life!
Now You See It By Vivian Vande Velde YOUNG ADULT FICTION VANDE VELDE Wendy isn't as blind as a bat--there are bats who can see better than she can. That's why, when her new glasses breaks, she's all too happy to wear the dorky sunglasses she found on her lawn. Oddly enough, they match her prescription exactly.... But the glasses do more than correct her vision--she begins to see things that aren't usually there: cheerful corpses, little blue men who eat socks for lunch, and stone portals to other worlds. But even weirder is how different certain people appear when Wendy wears the glasses: The head of the cheerleading squad is a ninety-year-old crone, the nerd in the back row suddenly has pointy ears, and both of them have suddenly taken an unhealthy interest in Wendy's new shades...and will do anything to get their hands on them.


Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance Chronicles, Volume 1) By Margaret Weis and Trachy Tracy Hickman YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION Life-long friends, they went their separate ways. Now they are together again, though each holds secrets from the others in his heart. They speak of a world shadowed with rumors of war. They speak of tales of strange monsters, creatures of myth, creatures of legend. They do not speak of their secrets. Not then. Not until a chance encounter with a beautiful, sorrowful woman, who bears a magical crystal staff, draws the companions deeper into the shadows, forever changing their lives and shaping the fate of the world. No one expected them to be heroes. Least of all, themselves.
Midnighters, vol. 3: Blue Noon new! By Scott Westerfeld YOUNG ADULT FICTION WESTERFELD The secret hour when time freezes arrives every night at midnight in Bixby, Oklahoma. It's a dangerous time, when five teenagers are the only humans awake and dark creatures crawl out of the shadows, but at least the midnight hour is regular and predictable. Until suddenly, the blue time comes...in the middle of the day. The noise of school stops. Cheerleaders are frozen in midair, teachers brought to a standstill. Everything is the haunted blue color of the midnight hour. The Midnighters can't understand what's happening, but as they scramble for answers, they discover that the walls between the secret hour and real time are crumbling.
Midnighters: The Secret Hour By Scott Westerfeld YOUNG ADULT FICTION WESTERFELD Upon moving to Bixby, Oklahoma, 15-year-old Jessica Day learns that she is one of a group of people who have special abilities that help them fight ancient creatures living in an hour hidden at midnight; creatures that seem determined to destroy Jess.
Specials new! By Scott Westerfeld YOUNG ADULT FICTION WESTERFELD "Special Circumstances": The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary. And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.
Pretties new! By Scott Westerfeld YOUNG ADULT FICTION WESTERFELD Tally has finally become pretty. Now her looks are beyond perfect, her clothes are awesome, her boyfriend is totally hot, and she’s completely popular. It’s everything she’s ever wanted. But beneath all the fun is a nagging sense that something’s wrong. Something important. Then a message from Tally’s ugly past arrives. Reading it, Tally remembers what’s wrong with pretty life, and the fun stops cold.
Uglies By Scott Westerfeld YOUNG ADULT FICTION WESTERFELD Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license--for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there. But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She'd rather rish life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world--and it isn't very pretty. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.
The Bar Code Tattoo By Suzanne Weyn YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION The bar code tattoo. Everybody’s getting it. It will make your life easier, they say. It will hook you in. It will become your identity. But what if you say no? What if you don’t want to become a code? For Kayla, this one choice changes everything. She becomes an outcast in her high school. Dangerous things happen to her family. There’s no option but to run…for her life.




Trollbridge: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Fairy Tale new! By Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple YOUNG ADULT FICTION YOLEN Sixteen-year-old harpist prodigy Moira is transported to a strange and mystical wilderness, where she finds herself in the middle of a deadly struggle between a magical fox and a monstrous troll.



A Plague of Sorcerers By Mary Frances Zambreno YOUNG ADULT FICTION ZAMBRENO Young Jermyn fears he is not destined to be a wizard because no cat has chosen to become his familiar, although he has shown some surprising signs of ability. At a time of peril, he acquires a skunk named Delia, and finds himself responsible for attempting to stop a mysterious plague.
Elsewhere new! By Gabrielle Zevin YOUNG ADULT FICTION ZEVIN Welcome to Elsewhere. It is usually warm with a breeze, the sun and the stars shine brightly, and the beaches are marvelous. It’s quiet and peaceful here. And you can’t get sick or any older. Curious to see new paintings by Picasso? Swing by one of Elsewhere’s museums. Need to talk to someone about your problems? Stop by Marilyn Monroe’s psychiatric practice. Elsewhere. It’s where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place so like Earth, yet completely different from it. Here Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby again and returns to Earth.

TIME TRAVEL/SPACE AND TIME


		Warriors of Alavna by N.M. Browne YOUNG ADULT FICTION BROWNE When the thick fog descends on a school group, Dan and Ursula, two normal students from a modern school find themselves transported back to what looks like the year AD75. And nothing is the same. Dan finds that survival depends on his fighting skills and fearless ability to fight to the death. Ursula discovers that she has magical abilities worthy of the most accomplished priestess. Soon these two become involved in the greatest struggles of their lives, as they realize that survival depends on skills that they never imagined they possessed.
		Warriors of Camlann By N.M. Browne YOUNG ADULT FICTION BROWNE When the thick fog of the Veil descends, Dan and Ursula, who traveled back to A. D. 75, expect to return to the present day. They arrive instead in a world that looks no different from the one they have escaped. Except the battle they fought hours before is ancient history to those around them, and their deeds on the battlefield are legend. They have traveled forward in time, but they don’t know how far, or what has become of their allies and enemies. They must quickly piece the clues together and rely on all their newfound skills of survival, because this time they were not the only one to step through the mist.

		For All Time By Caroline B. Cooney YOUNG ADULT FICTION COONEY Annie, a teenager in 1999, tries to travel back in time to join her lost love Strat in Egypt in 1899, but instead she ends up in ancient Egypt and in great danger. Annie Lockwood is testing Time. She's traveled through it before, but always at Time's bidding. Now she is asking Time to take her to the year 1899, when Strat is in Cairo. But Time doesn’t like to be tested. In what feels like a cruel joke, Annie is transported to ancient Egypt, thousands of years before Strat was born — to a world far removed from the one she knows. Meanwhile, in 1899, Strat is photographing the same pyramids that Annie walks among. But while Strat eagerly awaits Annie’s arrival, another visitor arrives: his father, Hiram Stratton, Sr., has come to Egypt to collect his son. Powerless, Annie and Strat both look to Time. Can its force, which brought them together once, help them find each other again?
The Guardians Of Time Trilogy
The Key: Book Three By Marianne Curley YOUNG ADULT FICTION CURLEY Australian teenagers Matt and Rochelle overcome their misgivings to help the other Named confront the forces of evil and chaos. The Dark By Marianne Curley YOUNG ADULT FICTION CURLEY Isabel and Ethan are two of the Named, sworn to fight the Order of Chaos, an evil band trying to distort the course of history. In this epic quest the two are joined by Isabel's brother Matt, who is still getting accustomed to life in the Guard. This time, they must find Arkarian, their ageless mentor, who has been kidnapped and sent to the underworld--a nightmarish landscape full of bizarre creatures. Although Isabel and Ethan have been forbidden to rescue him, an ever-increasing connection to Arkarian drives Isabel to convince Ethan and Matt that they must risk everything to find him, despite the potential consequences. Sequel to The Named. The Named By Marianne Curley YOUNG ADULT FICTION CURLEY Ethan is one of the Named, a Guardian of Time bound by duty to fight the Order of Chaos—evildoers who alter the proper course of history. Ethan is also a regular boy in school, who tries to keep up with his homework. When he is assigned a classmate, Isabel, as his apprentice, his two distinct lives begin to blur and the people he used to trust begin to take on new roles—both good and evil.
The Fire Thief trilogy by Terry Deary
The Fire Thief Fights Back (Book 3 in The Fire Thief Trilogy) new! YOUNG ADULT FICTION DEARY Sam and his mother are swindling the people of Eden City with their medicine show, selling "miracle" cures to their gullible audiences. When their ruse is rumbled and the Eden City residents go after them, Prometheus steps in to help out. Meanwhile, they find an unlikely ally in Zeus—who helps get them out of their predicament, but not without a cost. In exchange, he wants Sam and Prometheus to help settle a score with the monsters of Greek mythology. The Fire Thief YOUNG ADULT FICTION DEARY Prometheus was a Greek god on the sun. His crime? Stealing fire from Zeus and giving it to the human race. His punishment? To be chained to a rock and have his liver torn out by a monstrous bird-every day for the rest of his live-until he escaped, that is. And that’s how he came to Eden City in 1858-and into my life.

		Sign of the Raven By Julie Hearn YOUNG ADULT FICTION HEARN In the basement of his grandmother's home in London where his mother is recuperating from cancer, 12-year-old Tom discovers a path to the past where, in the year 1717, a "fairy child" and her friends desperately need his help.

		The Last Grail Keeper By Pamela Smith Hill YOUNG ADULT FICTION HILL Tall, flame-haired Felicity has just moved to England to be with her mom while she works on an archeological dig. The sixteen-year-old thinks her summer will be dull, but when the dig makes a major find, her life changes entirely. The find may be the famous Grail, and it may fall into the wrong hands. Soon Felicity discovers that she has a mysterious connection to the Grail: she is descended from the Grail Keepers, and it is her job—her duty—to protect it, no matter what the cost.

Stravagazna Series by Mary Hoffman
Stravaganza: City of Stars YOUNG ADULT FICTION HOFFMAN Georgia loves horses and hates Russell, her stepbrother. It seems Russell's goal in life is to make Georgia miserable. All Georgia wants is to go horseback riding whenever she can--and to avoid Russell. When Georgia finally saves up enough money to buy the little model of a winged horse she has admired in the window of an antique shop, she knows she has to keep it out of Russell's way. But what Georgia doesn't know is that the little horse offers her an escape to another world and another time, that of sixteenth-century Remora, a city that is similar to Siena, Italy, but that has evolved quite differently.... Stravaganza: City of Masks YOUNG ADULT FICTION HOFFMAN Lucien is very sick: he struggles just to sit up in bed, plagued with exhaustion brought on by the treatment for his cancer. But a mysterious gift from his father changes all that. Whenever Lucien holds the beautiful Italian journal, his mind is swept away to an enchanting Venice-like city called Bellezza while his earthly body sleeps peacefully. During his many visits to the city, which become more and more real, Lucien learns that he is a Stravagante, capable of traveling between two worlds. But as his body begins to follow his mind to this other world, there is always the chance that Lucien may be caught on the other side to time and not be able to return.
		Silent Echoes By Carla Jablonski YOUNG ADULT FICTION JABLONSKI When sixteen-year-old Lindsay hears the voice of a girl from nineteenth century New York in her head, she thinks she may be going crazy, while Lucy, the nineteenth-century con artist whose voice Lindsay hears, thinks she might truly be a spiritual medium after all.
		Choices new! By Deborah Lyn Jacobs YOUNG ADULT FICTION JACOBS Consumed by guilt over her brother's death Kathleen shifts among alternate universes in an attempt to find one which he is alive.

		Blood Secret By Kathryn Lasky YOUNG ADULT FICTION LASKY Fourteen-year-old Jerry Luna, mute since her mother’s disappearance, is sent to her great-great-aunt Costanza’s house, where she discovers a trunk that draws her into the world of her ancestors during the Spanish Inquisition.


Pendragon: An Adventure Through Time and Space Series by D. J. MacHale new!
Pendragon, Book 8: The Pilgrims of Rayne new! YOUNG ADULT FICTION MACHALE With Saint Dane seemingly on the verge of toppling all of the territories, Pendragon and Courtney set out to rescue Mark and find themselves traveling--and battling--their way through different worlds as they try to save all of Halla. Pendragon, book 7: The Quillan Games YOUNG ADULT FICTION MACHALE With more questions than answers about Saint Dane, Bobby travels to the territory of Quillan and is forced to play games where only the winner survives. Pendragon, Book 6: The Rivers of Zadaa YOUNG ADULT FICTION MACHALE The struggle of good versus evil continues as Bobby Pendragon follows Saint Dane to the territory of Zadaa. Saint Dane's influence has fueled the fire of discontent between two warring tribes: the Rokador and the Batu. This is also the territory where the Traveler Loor lives as a member of the Batu. Together she and Bobby must work to thwart Saint Dane's efforts to destroy Zadaa. But as Bobby pursues Saint Dane, he begins to notice changes in himself. He is no longer a flip kid looking for excitement. He is a young man beginning to see this quest as more than a series of adventures. He is also learning that as a Traveler, he has powers no normal human should have. Pendragon, Book 5: Black Water YOUNG ADULT FICTION MACHALE Just when 15-year-old Bobby Pendragon thinks he understands his purpose as a Traveler—to protect the territories of Halla from the evil Saint Dane—he is faced with an impossible choice. The inhabitants of Eelong are in danger of being wiped out by a mysterious plague. The only way Bobby can stop it is to bring the antidote from another territory. Since moving items between territories forbidden by the Traveler rules, if Bobby chooses to save Eelong he could endanger himself, his friends, and the future of every other being in Halla. Pendragon, Book 4: The Reality Bug YOUNG ADULT FICTION MACHALE Fresh from his battle with Saint Dane on 1937 Earth, Bobby is confident that he can defeat whatever Saint Dane has planned for this world. But once Bobby enters the virtual world, will he be able to resist the lure of the ultimate in escapism? Pendragon, Book 3: Never War YOUNG ADULT FICTION MACHALE Bobby and the Traveler from Cloral—Spader—have flumed to New York City, 1937. Against a backdrop of gangsters, swing music, and distant sound of a brewing war, the two must uncover the evil Saint Dane’s newest plot. But is Bobby ready for the difficult choices ahead? Pendragon, Book Two, The Lost City of Faar YOUNG ADULT FICTION MACHALE Fresh from his first adventure on Denduron, Bobby finds himself in the territory of Cloral, a vast world that is entirely covered by water. Cloral is nearing a disaster of huge proportions. Reading the journals Bobby sends home, his friends learn that the desperate citizens of the endangered floating cities are on the brink of war. Can Bobby—suburban basketball star and all-around nice guy—help rid the area of marauders, and locate the legendary lost land of Faar, which may hold the key to Cloral’s survival? Pendragon, Book One: The Merchant of Death YOUNG ADULT FICTION MACHALE Bobby Pendragon is a seemingly normal fourteen-year-old boy. He has a family, a home, and even Marley, his beloved dog. But there is something very special about Bobby. He is going to save the world. And not just Earth as we know it. Bobby is slowly starting to realize that life in the cosmos isn't quite what he thought it was. And before he can object, he is swept off to an alternate dimension known as Denduron, a territory inhabited by strange beings, ruled by a magical tyrant, and plagued by dangerous revolution. If Bobby wants to see his family again, he's going to have to accept his role as savior, and accept it wholeheartedly. Because, as he is about to discover, Denduron is only the beginning....
		Maddigan's Fantasia new! By Margaret Mahy YOUNG ADULT FICTION MAHY In a world made uncertain by "the Chaos," two time-traveling boys, Timon and Eden, seek to protect a magic talisman, aided by Garland, a member of a traveling circus known as Maddigan's Fantasia.
		Out of Time By John Marsden YOUNG ADULT MARSDEN James reads by his open bedroom window at night. Other lives and other worlds beckon. One of these worlds is conjured by old Mr Woodford, a physicist who looks more like an accountant and who constructs a strange black box. One day when James slips into the laboratory, he makes a dreadful discovery and learns to master a great power. Who is the little boy in Mexico who scratches pictures of aeroplanes in the dust? How will the girl caught in a wartime bomb blast be reunited with her parents? And why does James sit alone in his island of silence?
		The Navigator By Eoin McNamee YOUNG ADULT FICTION MCNAMEE Owen has always been different, and not only because his father committed suicide, but he is not prepared for the knowledge that he has a mission to help the Wakeful—the custodian of time—to stop the Harsh from reversing the flow of time.


		A Circle of Time By Marisa Montes YOUNG ADULT FICTION MONTES Fourteen-year-old Allison Blair hears this urgent demand pulsing through her head as she lies comatose in the hospital following an accident on a winding mountain road. It is the voice of Becky Lee Thompson, pleading with her for help, and Allison is drawn back in time to 1906--and into Becky's body. But why? What is Allison supposed to do? Is she to prevent Becky's tragic death or the death of Joshua, the boy who loves her? And how is possible that she can change the past? Becky's spirit keeps Allison alive in the present, but Allison's body is weakening. Can Allison save Becky and Joshua and return to her own body before time runs out?
		The World of Eldaterra, vol. 1: The Dragon Conspiracy By P.R. Moredun YOUNG ADULT FICTION MOREDUN In 1895…a policeman follows a trail of murders that leads to a discovery too incredible to believe. In 1910…fourteen-year-old James Kinghorn finds an entrance to Eldaterra, the Old World, where magic forces--good and evil--struggle for domination. With the help of some unexpected friends, including two dwarf brothers, a beguiling elf, parlanimals, and a wizard with many secrets, James uncovers a deadly conspiracy that began fifteen years before. If the enemy’s plans are not stopped, both worlds will plunge into unthinkable chaos….
		Rewind By Jon Page YOUNG ADULT FICTION PAGE Time is a funny thing. Some people believe it only moves in one direction--forward. But others think Time is more fluid. Of course, no one really knows the answer. No one, that is, until Liam has a terrible accident at a Battle of the Bands competition and suddenly finds himself in the middle of his teenaged parents’ band rehearsal. Liam may have the opportunity to change the course of his parents’ history, but if he helps them along, will he cancel out his own existence? If only he could figure out how to use Time to his own advantage.
		The Sterkarm Handshake By Susan Price YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION For generations, the Sterkarms plundered the Scottish border. They were known for shaking on a bargain with a dagger clutched firmly in one hand—and for not keeping their promises. Now people from the 21^st century have found a way to travel to the Sterkarms’ time. The 16^th century is rich in natural resources and historical detail, perfect for the modern investor or scholar. Anthropologist Andrea Mitchell finds more than research there, as she falls in love with a young Sterkarm warrior. But when he realizes how powerful and destructive the visitors truly are, he vows to keep them from his land forever. And in the bloody battle that ensues, Andrea must choose between her love and her world.
		The Sterkarm Kiss By Susan Price YOUNG ADULT FICTION PRICE The Time Tube has opened again between the 16^th and 21^st centuries, and a wedding is arranged between the Sterkarms and the Grannams, catching Andrea up in the disastrous consequences. Sequel to The Sterkarm Handshake.
		The Last Universe By William Sleator YOUNG ADULT FICTION SLEATOR From their isolated house, 14-year-old Susan and her wheelchair-bound brother, Gary, venture daily into the tangled, sprawling garden planted by their late uncle and tended by a mysterious gardener. Overgrown with impossibly large plants and exotic flowers, the garden holds at its heart a hedge maze that hides a quantum secret, outside the laws of the macro world. And Susan and Gary may not return from the labyrinth unchanged.

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FAIRY TALES and FAIRY TALES RETOLD
The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold by Francesca Lia Block YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION Escaping the poisoned apple, Snow frees herself from possession to find the truth of love in an unexpected place. A club girl from L.A., awakening from a long sleep to the memories of her past, finally finds release from its curse. And Beauty learns that Beasts can understand more than men. Within these singular, timeless landscapes, the brutal and the magical collide, and the heroine triumphs because of the strength she finds in a pen, a paintbrush, a lover, a friend, a mother, and finally, in herself.
Beauty By Nancy Butcher YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION Queen Veda of Ran does not believe in growing old gracefully. In fact she will shun anything that makes her look or feel less than the fairest in the land, including her daughter, Ana. Luckily Ana has both beauty and intelligence. She realizes the way to remain close to her beloved mother is to make herself ugly. Ana does everything she can to maintain her new disheveled appearance: She doesn't bathe for days, doesn't wash or brush her hair, and bites her nails down to the quick. Her plan works. She has finally won her mother's love. Then Ana realizes all the lovely young girls of Ran are being sent to the prestigious Academy for Girls, including Ana's best friend, Pell. When Ana's told she must go too, she resists. She doesn't want to leave her loving mother. But Ana has no choice. She goes and once there leans how potent a drug beauty can be.
The Phoenix Dance new! By Dia Calhoun YOUNG ADULT FICTION CALHOUN On the island of Faranor in the kingdom of Windward, twelve princesses dance their shoes to shreds each night. No one knows why. Not the king and queen, not the knights, lords, or ladies-in-waiting. When the queen blames the royal shoemaker, his apprentice Phoenix Dance puts her life at risk to solve the mystery. She braves magic spells, dragons, evil wizards, and the treachery of the princesses themselves.

Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins By Emma Donoghue YOUNG ADULT FICTION DONOGHUE Cinderella forsakes the handsome prince and runs off with the fairy godmother; Beauty discovers the Beast behind the mask is not so very different from the face she sees in the mirror; Snow White is awakened from slumber by the bittersweet fruit of an unnamed desire. In these fairy tales, women young and old tell their own stories of love and hate, honor and revenge, passion and deception.

Beauty Sleep By Cameron Dokey YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION With these seemingly innocent words, the fate of a newborn princess is sealed. For years the king and queen despaired of ever having a child. When Aurore arrives, thought the entire kingdom celebrates, not all are overjoyed. They use her christening as an occasion for revenge, and her young life is overshadowed by a curse of death almost as soon as it has begun. Those who can, intervene, but evil has a way of holding fast. A sleep of a hundred years following the pricking of a finger is the that can be done. And so Aurore grows up. Forbidden princesslike tasks of embroidery and sewing, she explores the great outdoors, reveling in the flora and fauna that surround her castle home. Then one day she meets a handsome stranger in an enchanted wood and begins an adventure the likes of which she never dreamed of. This is the story of the Sleeping Beauty, here quite awake and given new voice. Taunted by fate, Aurore soon learns that although she cannot sidestep her won destiny, love itself is actually the most powerful magic of all.
The Storyteller’s Daughter By Cameron Dokey YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION Once upon a time, there lived a king whose heart was heavy. He had been betrayed by the woman he loved. Though the queen’s schemes were discovered before she could deprive her husband of his life, her dying curse killed something deep within him: his ability to love and trust. And so he makes a terrible resolution: He will take a bride for one night only. In the morning she will face a horrible fate. Then he will choose another. Nothing can change his course, until one brave woman steps forward. Shahrazad, the Storyteller’s Daughter. Steeped in the ancient art of her mother’s people, Shahrazad embarks upon a perilous course. With words alone, she will seek to restore the king’s heart. As she tells her tales a bond forms between them that neither can deny. But will be strong enough to hold them together when unexpected danger erupts?
Sunlight and Shadow By Cameron Dokey YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION In a time when the world was young and many things were quite commonplace that are now entirely forgotten, Sarastro, Mage of the Day, wed Pamina, the Queen of the Night. And in this way was the world complete, for light was joined to dark. For all time would they be joined together. Only the ending of the world could tear them apart. In other words, in the days in which my parents married, there was no such thing as divorce.... Thus begins the tale of Mina, a girl-child born on the longest night of the darkest month of the year. When her father looked at her, all he saw was what he feared: By birth, by name, by nature, she belonged to the Dark. So when Mina turned sixteen, her father took her away from shadow and brought her into sunlight. In retaliation, her mother lured a handsome prince into a deadly agreement: If he frees Mina, he can claim her as his bride. Now Mina and her prince must endure deadly trials -- of love and fate and family -- before they can truly live happily ever after....

Once Upon a Marigold By Jean Ferris YOUNG ADULT FICTION FERRIS Who knew love could be so amazing—and stupefying? Not Christian. He was clueless when he started spying on the royal family through his telescope. He lived in a cave with a troll for a dad, after all. If his dad had only warned him about all that mind-boggling love stuff, maybe things wouldn’t be such a mess. But then, maybe, Princess Marigold would be dead. Christian wasn’t warned. And now that he’s fallen for the princess, it’s up to him to untwist an odd love triangle—er, rectangle—and foil a scheming queen who wants to take over the kingdom, even if it means bumping off her own daughter.
Truly Grim Tales By Priscilla Galloway YOUNG ADULT FICTION GALLOWAY YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION Based on the well-known fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault, and Hans Christian Andersen, these retellings will intrigue and disturb readers. From a futuristic "Little Red Riding Hood" in which giant clams and carnivorous beasts stalk humans, to the real reason why the giant in "Jack and the Beanstalk" needs to eat human bones, to a version of "Snow White" told from the wicked stepmother's point of view, fans of fairy and folk tales will find much to interest them.
I, Coriander new! By Sally Gardner YOUNG ADULT FICTION GARDNER It is night, and I have lit the first of seven candles to write my story by. My name is Coriander Hobie, and I have a great many things to tell—of silver shoes that tempted me and an alligator most rare; of London, the home of my childhood, and another, stranger land, one that I thought only existed in dreams; and of an ebony box whose treasure only now am I beginning to understand. The box was once my mother’s, but its secrets were meant for me.
The Witch's Boy By Michael Gruber YOUNG ADULT FICTION GRUBER They call him Lump. Ugly, misshapen -- more goblin than human child -- abandoned as an infant and taken in by a witch, he is nursed by a bear, tutored by a djinn; his only playmates are the creatures of the forest, whose language he learns to speak. But when Lump inevitably stumbles into the human world, his innocence is no match for the depths of people's cruelty, which turns his heart to stone, and fuels a vengeance that places him and his witch mother in deadly peril. Yet these disasters also send Lump on a journey of self-discovery, to realms deep within the earth and far beyond mortal imagination.
My Love, My Love Or The Peasant Girl: A Fable By Rosa Guy YOUNG ADULT FICTION GUY My Love, My Love tells the tragic yet lyrical tale of an impossible love—that of a poor peasant girl for a rich boy from the city. Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fable “The Little Mermaid,” it is set on a lush and beautiful Caribbean island, a place where the tempers of the gods loom large in the daily lives of people and where differences in color and class loom equally as large.

Just Ella By Margaret Peterson Haddix YOUNG ADULT FICTION HADDIX
It's a familiar story. In spite of the obstacles put in her way by her wicked stepmother, Ella goes to the ball, sweeps Prince Charming off his feet, and is chosen to be his bride. Now she's comfortably ensconced in the palace, awaiting marriage to the man of her dreams. It's happily ever after, right? Wrong! Life for Ella has become an endless round of lessons and restrictions; even worse, Prince Charming turns out to be more like Prince Boring. Why can't she talk with him the way she can with Jed, her earnest young tutor? Slowly, Ella comes to realize she doesn't want the life she fought so hard to win. But breaking her engagement proves more difficult--and dangerous--than escaping her stepmother's tyranny.

Enna Burning new! By Shannon Hale YOUNG ADULT FICTION HALE Enna’s life was not meant to be simple. When her brother, Leifer, brings home a mysterious piece of vellum that teaches him how to set fires—without a spark, without flint—Enna cannot decide if this power is one she wants for herself, or something should be extinguished forever. And when Bayern, their country, goes to war, the choice becomes nearlyunbearable. Enna never imagined that the warm, life-giving energy of a fire could destroy everything she loves, but she must now save herself and Bayern before fire consumes her entirely.
Goose Girl By Shannon Hale YOUNG ADULT FICTION HALE She was born with her eyes closed and a word on her tongue, a word she could not taste. Her name was Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree, and she spent the first years of her life listening to her aunt’s stories and learning the language of the birds, especially the swans. When she was older, she watched as a colt was born, and she heard the first word on his tongue, his name, Falada. Based on the Grimm’s fairy tale of the princess who became a goose girl before she could become queen.
Mira, Mirror By Mette Ivie Harrison YOUNG ADULT FICTION HARRISON Abandoned by her parents, then apprenticed to a witch, Mira is captivated by the witch's other young apprentice--a girl with dark beauty and a talent for magic. Mira is overjoyed when the girl adopts her as a sister. She would do anything for this beautiful girl. And that is what her sister bargains on. With the utterance of a simple spell, Mira's life is changed forever. Her body is turned to wood, her face to glass. Her only power is the magic her sister gives her, the power to make her sister a queen. But one day the sister disappears, and where one fairy tale ends, another begins.
The Princess and the Hound new! By Mette Ivie Harrison YOUNG ADULT FICTION HARRISON George has always felt burdened by his princely duties, and even more by the need to hide the magic through which he speaks with animals, but when he is betrothed to the strange princess of a neighboring kingdom, his secret, and the persecution of people like himself, must come to an end.
The Rose Bride new! By Nancy Holder YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION When Rose’s mother dies, her only comfort is the exquisite rose garden her mother left behind. The purple blossoms serve as an assurance of her mother’s love. But Rose is dealt a second blow when her father dies and his greedy widow, Ombrine, and her daughter, Desirée, move in and take over the manor in true Cinderella fashion.

Spirited By Nancy Holder YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION In May of 1756 war is formally declared between the British and the French. During this highly dangerous time, Isabella Stevens is traveling with her father to the British stronghold Fort William Henry. In the forest, Wusamequin, the young and handsome medicine man, looks to avenge the death of his wife and child at the hands of British soldiers. When Wusamequin spots Isabella and her father, he alerts his warriors to capture them. But Wusamequin is quite taken with how bravely Isabella battles. He orders the warriors to spare her and her father, and they are dragged back to their village. However, many members of the Mohican tribe still want them to be killed. In a desperate plea to Wusamequin, Isabella vows to stay as his hostage if he lets her father go.

Goose Chase By Patrice Kindl YOUNG ADULT FICTION KINDL Her name is Alexandria Aurora Fortunato, and she is lovely as the dawn. But that is only one of her problems. There's also the matter of those three magical gifts of treasure bestowed on her by a mysterious old woman. King Claudio the Cruel wants to marry her for her beauty and her wealth, and so does his rival, prince Edmund of Dorloo. That's two more problems. Worst of all, she is locked up in a tower, with a grille of iron bars and several hundred tons of stone between her and freedom. Some days Alexandria wishes she looked like a pickled onion. Clearly the only thing to do is escape--and that's what Alexandria does, aided by her twelve darling goose companions.
Keturah and Lord Death By Martine Leavitt YOUNG ADULT FICTION LEAVITT When Keturah follows a legendary hart into Lord Temsland’s forest she becomes lost, and eventually Lord Death comes to claim her, but when she is able to charm him with her story, she gains a reprieve of twenty-four hours, if she can find her one true love.
Ever new! By Gail Carson Levine YOUNG ADULT FICTION LEVINE Kezi is to be sacrificed to the Hyte god because of a rash promise made by her father, but young Olus, Akkan god of the winds, falls in love with her and together they try to change her fate through a series of quests.
Snow By Tracy Lynn YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION In a tiny Welsh estate, a duke and duchess lived happily, lacking only a child—or, more importantly, a son and heir to the estate. Childbirth ultimately proved fatal for the young duchess. After she died, the duke was dismayed to discover that he was not only a widower, but also father to a tiny baby girl. He vowed to begin afresh with a new wife, abandoning his daughter in search of elusive contentment. Independent—virtually ignored—and finding only little animals and a lonely servant boy as her companions, Jessica is pale, lonely, and headstrong…and quick to learn that she has an enemy in her stepmother. “Snow,” as she comes to be known, flees the estate to London and finds herself embraced by a band of urban outcasts. But her stepmother isn’t finished with her, and if Jessica doesn’t take control of her destiny, the wicked witch will certainly harness her youth—and threaten her very life….
Wildwood Dancing By Juliet Marillier YOUNG ADULT FICTION MARILLIER Five sisters who live with their merchant father in Transylvania use a hidden portal in their home to cross over into a magical world, the Wildwood.

Serafin by Sophie Masson YOUNG ADULT FICTION MASSON When the people of a small village discover the miraculous powers of the young woman they know as Catou, they decide to execute her. Only the miller's son, Frederick, defends her, and the two are forced to leave their village and seek refuge at the king's court--a journey filled with danger and discovery.
Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast by Robing McKinley YOUNG ADULT FICTION MCKINLEY A young woman, well educated and honourable, accepts responsibility for her father's act and leaves her family to enter the enchanted world of castle and Beast. The Beast she finds is not the one she imagined, but can she stay with him?

Beast By Donna Jo Napoli YOUNG ADULT FICTION NAPOLI Meet the Beast -- before there was Beauty. Orasmyn is the prince of Persia and heir to the throne. His religion fills his heart and his mind, and he strives for the knowledge and leadership his father demonstrates. But on the day of the Feast of Sacrifices, Orasmyn makes a foolish choice that results in a fairy's wretched punishment: he is turned into a beast, a curse to be undone only by the love of a woman. Thus begins Orasmyn's journey through the exotic Middle East and sensuous France as he struggles to learn the way of the beast, while also preserving the mind of the man. This is the story of his search, not only for a woman courageous enough to love him, but also for his own redemption.

Bound By Donna Jo Napoli YOUNG ADULT FICTION NAPOLI Young Xing Xing is bound. Bound to her father’s second wife and daughter after Xing Xing’s father has passed away. Bound to a life of servitude as a young girl in ancient China, where the life of a woman is valued less than that of livestock. Bound to be alone and unmarried, with no parents to arrange for a suitable husband. Dubbed “Lazy One” by her stepmother, Xing Xing spends her days taking care of her half sister, Wei Ping, who cannot walk because of her foot binding, the painful but compulsory tradition for girls who are fit to be married. Even so, Xing Xing is content, for now, to practice her gift for poetry and calligraphy, to tend to the mysterious but beautiful carp in her garden, and to dream of a life unbound by the laws of family and society. But all of this is about to change as the time for the village’s annual festival draws near, and Stepmother, who has spent nearly all of the family’s money, grows desperate to find a husband for Wei Ping. Xing Xing soon realizes that this greed and desperateion may threaten not only her memories of the past, but also her dreams for the future.
Crazy Jack By Donna Jo Napoli YOUNG ADULT FICTION NAPOLI Once there was a boy named Jack who traded away a cow for a handful of beans. But Jack was no fool, he was haunted since the day his father climbed up into the clouds and vanished. When the beans provide a way for Jack to pursue his father, he enters the Giant’s world, where he discovers the terrifying ends of greed and desire.
Spinners By Donna Jo Napoli YOUNG ADULT FICTION NAPOLI YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION This is the story of two spinners. The first honed his craft at a stolen wheel, crippling his leg, turning a room full of straw into a glittering dress for his beloved-and losing her. The second steals moments to teach herself. Saskia is her name, and she grows up to be a master spinner. Nothing is beyond her-until she, too, must spin straw into gold. And it is then that they meet ...
Zel By Donna Jo Napoli YOUNG ADULT FICTION NAPOLI Based on the fairy tale Rapunzel, the story is told in alternating chapters from the point of view of Zel, her mother, and the nobleman who pursues her, and delves into the psychological motivations of each of the characters.

Straw into Gold By Gary D. Schmidt YOUNG ADULT FICTION SCHMIDT Tousle’s life depends on the answer to a riddle. He must solve it in seven days or be killed. With no one to ease his way in this challenging quest but the cruelly blinded Innes, Tousle sets off to find the banished queen. She alone possesses the answer that can save them. Running for their lives—pursued through dark woods and across raging rivers by the king’s men—the boys soon find themselves challenged by another, even more mystifying, riddle: What happened to the young prince, who was taken away so long ago by a magical little man who could spin straw into gold?
Between By Jean Thesman YOUNG ADULT FICTION THESMAN Charlotte Thacker and her siblings have been sent to stay with family friends, the Warders, at their hotel on the edge of Puget Sound. As they settle in, Charlotte realizes that something is very disturbing about Gull Walk, and it is affecting her adopted younger brother, Will. He doesn't seem to have a shadow anymore. He claims to be able to talk with birds and "Spirit Lights." And he is spending too much time with the hotel's teenage handyman, Jonah. Then Charlotte learns Jonah and the Warders' secret: the nearby forest is a Darkwood, one of earth's mythical places, home to griffins, unicorns, wyverns, and dragons, and it is in mortal danger. The only one who can help is Will, who is himself an otherworldly Fair One. Will he abandon his adopted human family to save the Darkwood?
The Swan Maiden new! By Heather Tomlinson YOUNG ADULT FICTION TOMLINSON Raised as a chastelaine-in-training unlike her sisters who are learning the arts of sorcery, Doucette discovers when she is sixteen years old that she too has magic in her blood, and she must brave her mother’s wrath—and the loss of the man she loves—in order to follow her birthright.
Midnight Pearls By Debbie Viguié YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION They say the prince married a girl who was not what she appeared and that another girl who saved the kingdom vanished without a trace. Some said it was witchcraft. Some said it was only a legend. For those who knew the truth, it was magic.... Rescued from the sea at an early age, Pearl grew up within sight of the water...and the castle. With her pale skin and silvery hair, she was an outcast in the village. Her only friend was a boy she met on the beach -- a young prince named James, who understood Pearl's desire just to be like everyone else. Their friendship is viewed from afar by many: a disdainful king, Pearl's worried foster parents, a jealous young mermaid, a lovestruck merman, and the powerful sea witch. Now a storm brews in the kingdom, with a tidal force that could keep Pearl and James apart.
Scarlet Moon By Debbie Viguié YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION Ruth's grandmother lives in the forest, banished there for the "evil" that the townsfolk believed she practiced. But if studying the stars, learning about nature, and dreaming of flying are evil, then Ruth is guilty of it too. Whenever Ruth took food and supplies to her grandmother, she would sit with the old woman for hours, listening and learning. When she wasn't in the woods, Ruth was learning the trade of her father, a blacksmith, now that her brother would never return from the Crusades. Amidst these dark days, a new man enters Ruth's life. William is a noble with a hot temper and a bad name, and he makes her shiver. But the young man is prey to his heritage, a curse placed on his family ages ago, and each male of the family has strange blood running in his veins. Now Ruth must come face-to-face with his destiny at Grandma's house....

The Night Dance new! By Suzanne Weyn YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION Rowena, the youngest of twelve sisters, loves to slip out of the castle at night and dance in a magical forest. Soon she convinces her sisters to join her. When Sir Ethan notices that his daughters’ slippers look tattered every morning, he is certain they’ve been sneaking out. So he posts a challenge to all the suitors in the kingdom: The first man to discover where his daughters have been is free to marry the one he chooses.
Once Upon A Time: Water Song new! By Suzanne Weyn YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION Young, beautiful, and wealthy, Emma Pennington is accustomed to a very comfortable life. Although war rages abroad, she hardly feels its effect. She and her mother travel from their home in Britain to the family estate in Belgium, never imagining that the war could reach them there. But it does. Soon Emma finds herself stranded in a war-torn country, utterly alone. Enemy troops fight to take over her estate, leaving her with no way to reach her family, and no way out. With all of her attention focused on survival and escape, Emma hardly expects to find love.
A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION WOLF These are not your mother's fairy tales... Did you ever wonder how the dwarves felt after Snow White ditched them for the prince? Do you sometimes wish Cinderella hadn't been so helpless and petite? Are you ready to hear the Giant's point of view on Jack and his beanstalk? Then this is the book for you. Thirteen award-winning fantasy and science fiction writers offer up their versions of these classic fairy tales as well as other favorites, including The Ugly Duckling, Ali Baba, Hansel and Gretel, and more.


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MYTHS/LEGENDS
The Garden By Elsie V. Aidinoff YOUNG ADULT FICTION AIDINOFF There was the Serpent, there for Eve's awakening, and for all the days since. Teacher, mentor, companion, friend, and more. There was God. The Creator. Quick to anger. Dangerous. Majestic. There was Adam: as God said, a joy to behold. And there was Eve. There four hold the future in their hands. And only Eve--or perhaps the Serpent, too--wonders what lies outside the Garden of Eden.
Forbidden Forest: The Story of Little John and Robin Hood By Michael Cadnum YOUNG ADULT FICTION CADNUM Our adventure begins on a ferry north of Nottingham. A thwarted attempt to save a man’s life forces Little John into the life of an outlaw. As he flees the king’s men, Little John pushes farther into Sherwood Forest, and it is here that he joins Robin Hood’s band of merry men—and the excitement begins. From his humble beginnings as John Tannerson, son of the Tanner, Little John’s story unfolds in a riveting tale of passion and deceit, honor and courage, bravery and loyalty.
The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest Edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling YOUNG ADULT FICTION GREEN One of our most enduring, universal myths is that of the Green Man—the spirit who stands for Nature in its most wild and untamed form, a man with leaves for hair, who dwells deep within the mythic forest. Through the ages and around the world, the Green Man and other nature spirits have appeared in stories, songs, and artwork, as well as many beloved fantasy novels, from Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings to Charles de Lint’s Forests of the Heart.
The World Before This One By Rafe Martin YOUNG ADULT FICTION MARTIN Crow is a Seneca boy, coming of age in a time of war, in a time before stories. Cast out and living on the fringes of the community with his grandmother, Crow struggles merely to find enough food to make it through the harsh winter. Until one day he finds a boulder in the woods that startles him by speaking. And what it tells Crow are the great legends of the Seneca: How the world was created when Sky Woman fell from the clouds. How a young boy became a buffalo and outraced the herd’s tyrant leader. How two brothers escaped the spell of the Quilt of Eyes. And more! But Grandmother is suspicious of Crow'’ long afternoons in the forest. She fears some evil magic has ensnared him, and she lays out a plan to put an end to it. The question is: Will she succeed before Crow gains the power to become the world’s first storyteller?

The Outlaws of Sherwood By Robin McKinley YOUNG ADULT FICTION MCKINLEY In the days of King Richard the lionheart, a young forester named Robin set out one morning for the Nottingham Fair, but he never arrived. By the end of the day a man lay dead in the King's Forest, and Robin was an outlaw with a price on his head.
Breath By Donna Jo Napoli YOUNG ADULT FICTION NAPOLI Salz is a boy afflicted with a strange disease--he coughs and coughs and cannot catch his breath. The only way he can stay alive is by doing things that make him an outcast: joining a coven, throwing himself into a handstand when t he fists overtake him, avoiding the ale that his brothers and all the townspeople drink. Salz lives in a time of superstition and fear, in the medieval town of Hameln. This summer his bare-bones existence has been more fearsome than ever. Salz's father and brothers are affected by horrifying fits. The rest of the townspeople are gripped by a plague of madness. And the entire town is visited by a pestilence of rats--rats that crawl in their soup bowls, swarm in their sick beds, jump into their babies' cradles. Only Salz remains unaffected. But is that because he is innocent? Or is he the devil himself?

Orphans of the Night edited by Josepha Sherman YOUNG ADULT FICTION ORPHANS Welcome to the world of the strange, the eerie, the unfamiliar, and the wonderfully bizarre. In short, welcome to the world of the Orphans of the Night. Sometimes terrifying, sometimes deadly, always fascinating, the Orphans of the Night lurk just out of sight in the depths of the forest or the sea--or in the recesses of our own dreams. But now some of those dreams have been brought into the waking world....
Singer By Jean Thesman YOUNG ADULT FICTION THESMAN Imprisoned by her wicked and power-hungry mother, Lady Rhiannon, Gwenore escapes toa women’s healing community, later changing her name and becoming nursemaid and protector to the children of the magical king of Lir, who is now married to Rhiannon.

The Book of Mordred new! By Vivian Vande Velde YOUNG ADULT FICTION VANDE As the peaceful King Arthur reigns, the five-year-old daughter of Lady Alayna, newly widowed of the village wizard, Toland, is abducted by knights, who leave their barn burning and their only servant dead.

A Coalition of Lions By Elizabeth E. Wein YOUNG ADULT FICTION WEIN After the death of virtually all her family, Goewin--Princess of Britain, daughter of the High Kind Artos and his wife, Ginerva--makes a desperate journey to African Aksum, to meet with Constantine, the British ambassador and her husband-to-be. But Aksum has its own political turmoil, and GOewin's relationship with Priamos, Aksum's ambassador to Britain, makes her position more than precarious.

Sword of the Rightful King By Jane Yolen YOUNG ADULT FICTION YOLEN The newly crowned King Arthur is unsure of himself; worse, the people are unsure of him. Too many people want the throne, and treachery is everywhere. Merlin must do something before the king is betrayed, or murdered, or--worst of all--gets married. So Merlin magically places a sword into a slab of rock, lets it be known that whosoever removes the blade will rule all of England, and invites any man who would dare, to try to pull out the sword. After a bit of showmanship, Arthur will draw the blade (with a little magical help, of course), and the people will rally around the young king. Except someone else pulls the sword out first. . . .

FAIRIES

Ironside: A Modern Faery’s Tale new! By Holly Black YOUNG ADULT FICTION BLACK As the possessor of Roiben’s true name, sixteen-year-old Kaye returns to Faeryland to try and complete a nearly impossible quest that will release Roiben from the spell of the faery queen who holds him in thrall. Sequel to Tithe.
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale By Holly Black YOUNG ADULT FICTION BLACK Sixteen-year-old Kaye is a modern nomad. Fierce and independent, she travels from city to city with her mother's rock band until an ominous attack forces the sixteen-year-old back to her childhood home. There, amid the industrial, blue-collar New Jersey backdrop, Kaye soon finds herself an unwilling pawn in an ancient power struggle between two rival faerie kingdoms--a struggle that could very well mean her death.
Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie new! By Holly Black YOUNG ADULT FICTION BLACK When seventeen-year-old Valerie Russell runs away to New York City, she's trying to escape a life that has utterly betrayed her. Sporting a new identity, she takes up with a gang of squatters who live in the city's labyrinthine subway system. But there's something eerily beguiling about Val's new friends. Impulsive Lolli talks of monsters in the subway tunnels they call home and shoots up a shimmery amber-colored powder that makes the shadows around her dance. Severe Luis claims he can make deals with creatures that no one else can see. And then there's Luis's brother, timid and sensitive Dave, who makes the mistake of letting Val tag along as he makes a delivery to a woman who turns out to have goat hooves instead of feet.
I Was A Teenage Fairy By Francesca Lia Block YOUNG ADULT FICTION BLOCK A tiny fairy winging her way through the jasmine-scented L.A. night. A little girl caught in a grown-up glitz-and-glitter world of superstars and supermodels. A too beautiful boy with a secret he can never share...
Dangerous Angels By Francesca Lia Block YOUNG ADULT FICTION BLOCK These post-modern fairy tales chronicle the thin line between fear and desire, pain and pleasure, cutting loose and holding on in a world where everyone is vulnerable to the most beautiful and dangerous angel of all: love. read a teen review of this title

Faerie Wars (The Faerie Wars Chronicles, book 1) By Herbie Brennan YOUNG ADULT FICTION BRENNAN When Henry Atherton helps Mr. Fogarty clean up around his house he expects to find a mess and a cranky old man; what he doesn’t expect to find is…Pyrgus Malvae, crown prince of the Faerie realm, who has escaped the treacherous Faeries of the Night by traveling to the human world through a portal powered by trapped lightning. An egomaniacal demon prince, greedy glue factory owners Brimstone and Chalkhill, and the nefarious Lord Hairstreak, leader of the Faeries fo the Night, all dream of ruling the Faerie realm and are out to kill Pyrgus. Enlisting the help of his sister, Blue, and his new friend, Henry, Pyrgus must get back to the Faeries world alive before one of his many enemies gets to him instead. But how many portals are open, and can Pyrgus find the right one before it falls into the wrong hands?
The Purple Emperor (The Faerie Wars Chronicles, book 2) By Herbie Brennan YOUNG ADULT FICTION BRENNAN Good friends Pyrgus, Henry, and Holly Blue thought they'd defeated the leaders of the Faeries of the Night, Hairstreak and his henchmen, no to mention the demons they'd raised from Hael. But when Henry finds himself on the other side of the Blue Fire Portal and back in the land of Faerie, everything has changed. Hairstreak has resurrected Pyrgus's father, the murdered Purple Emperor, in order to control the entire Faerie Realm. This zombie is not the father Pyrgus and Blue loved. Now his body and mind are enslaved to Hairstreak, and Pyrgus is no longer heir to the throne.
Ruler of the Realm (The Faerie Wars Chronicles, book 3) YOUNG ADULT FICTION BRENNAN While simultaneously trying to prevent and prepare for war between the Faeries of the Night and Faeries of the Light, Queen Holly Blue is kidnapped from her Uncle Hairstreak’s home by human Henry Atherton and learns she must face another, far greater enemy.
Faerie Lord (Book Four in the Faerie War Chronicles) YOUNG ADULT FICTION BRENNAN When a terrible plague takes over the faerie realm and causes its inhabitants to age unnaturally quickly, Henry and Blue must find a cure in order to save the realm.
The Turning By Gillian Chan YOUNG ADULT FICTION CHAN Sixteen-year-old Ben Larsson is angry. His mother is dead. His estranged father has dragged him to England, hoping that a fresh start in a new country will repair their damaged relationship. Ben is determined that this will never happen. Then, Ben’s life is consumed by unexplained events. A complete stranger attacks him. The school outcast follows him around like a stray puppy. He finds a twig image of himself on his doorstep. What is happening? Who or what is behind this? Meanwhile, an ancient force is luring Ben into the woods nearby. Will the knowledge he finds there bring back order to his life or complicate it in ways unimaginable?
The Blue Girl By Charles de Lint YOUNG ADULT FICTION DE LINT When her family moves to Newford, Imogene decides to turn over a new leaf. This feisty teenager won't relinquish her punk/thrift shop look, but she does attempt to clean up her act at school and look for more responsible friends. She finds two new companions: One is Maxine, a super-straight, straight-A loser, and the other is a ghost.


The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm YOUNG ADULT FICTION FAERY Faeries, or creatures like them, can be found in almost every culture the world over—benevolent and terrifying, charming and exasperating, shifting shape from country to country, story to story, and moment to moment.
The Faerie Path new! By Frewin Jones YOUNG ADULT FICTION JONES Anita, an ordinary 16-year-old girl, is transported from modern-day London to the realm of Faerie where she discovers that she is Princess Tania, the long-lost daughter of King Oberon and Queen Titania.
Wicked Lovely new! By Melissa Marr YOUNG ADULT FICTION MARR Rule #3: Don't stare at invisible faeries. Rule #2: Don't speak to invisible faeries. Rule #1: Don't ever attract their attention. Suddenly none of the rules that have kept Aislinn safe are working anymore, and everything is on the line: her freedom; her best friend, Seth; her life; everything.
The Chronicles of Faerie, Book 1: The Hunter’s Moon By O.R. Melling YOUNG ADULT FICTION MELLING Two teenage cousins, one Irish, the other from the United States, set out to find a magic doorway to the Faraway Country, where humans must bow to the little people.
The Chronicles of Faerie, Book 2: The Summer King By O.R. Melling YOUNG ADULT FICTION MELLING Seventeen-year-old Laurel returns to her grandparents' home in Ireland, where she encounters "the roly-poly man," a cluricaun who sets Laurel on a quest to free her twin sister, thought to be dead, to live with her lover in the legendary world of Faerie.
The Light-Bearer’s Daughter (The Chronicles of Faerie, Bk. 3) new! YOUNG ADULT FICTION MELLING In exchange for the granting of her heart’s desire, Dana agrees to make an arduous journey to Lugnaquillia through the land of Faerie in order to warn King Lugh, second in command to the High King, that an evil destroyer has entered the Mountain Kingdom.
The Same Place But Different By Perry Nodelman YOUNG ADULT FICTION NODELMAN Young John Nesbit enters the world of the Strangers in order to rescue his baby sister whom the fairies have replaced with a Changeling.
A Completely Different Place By Perry Nodelman YOUNG ADULT FICTION NODELMAN Johnny Nesbitt returns to Stranger country with his former classmate Cheryl to try to save a group of kidnapped children from the nasty fairies.

Windleaf By Josepha Sherman YOUNG ADULT FICTION SHERMAN In 1510 eighteen-year-old Thierry, orphaned Count of Foretterre, undertakes a series of difficult challenges in order to free the half-human, half-fairy girl he loves from the hold of her cold-hearted father, Lord of Faerie.
Elsewhere By Will Shetterly YOUNG ADULT FICTION SHETTERLY Ron, a teenage runaway, comes of age among the punk elves and humans of Bordertown, a run-down city on the border between the real world and the magic world of Faerie.
Nevernever By Will Shetterly YOUNG ADULT FICTION SHETTERLY Ron has been cursed by a beautiful elf named Leda, and now he’s a werewolf. As if meeting girls hadn’t already been hard enough. Ron would love to break the curse, but he’s got other things on his mind. His best friend, Strider, has been framed for murder. Another friend is kidnapped. And a third friend has gone into hiding—right in plain sight with Ron. Some dangerous elements from Elfland are looking for her: a few, to safeguard the power she wields; others, to seize possession of it; none of them counting on her having friends like Ron, who will do anything to protect her. Sequel to Elsewhere.
The New Policeman By Kate Thompson YOUNG ADULT FICTION THOMPSON Irish teenager J.J. Liddy discovers that time is leaking from his world into Tír na n’Óg, the land of the fairies, and when he attempts to stop the leak he finds out a lot about his family history, the music that he loves, and a crime his great-grandfather may or may not have committed.

Poison By Chris Wooding YOUNG ADULT FICTION GATES Poison has always been a willful, contrary girl, prone to being argumentative and stubborn. So when she discovers that her younger sister has been snatched by the phaeries, she decides to seek out the Phaerie Lord to get her back. But finding him is not easy, and he's a little preoccupied when she does. Poison has stepped into a murderous world of intrigue, where the Lords of teh Realm, a sinister pantheon of demigods, conspire to overthrow the Hierophant--the most powerful lord of all. For the Hierophant is writing again, and his pen will decide all their fates.... With only her wits and her friends to aid her, Poison must survive the lethal attentions of the Phaerie Lord, rescue her sister, and thwart a plot that could mean the end of her people. What awaits her is beyond anything she can imagine....
Twilight Child By Sally Warner YOUNG ADULT FICTION WARNER Taken from eighteenth century Finland by her father, teenager Eleni eventually finds a home in Scotland, receiving help along the way from brounies, fairies, and other creatures she has the ability to see and talk with.

Pay The Piper: A Rock ‘N’ Roll Fairy Tale By Jane Yolen YOUNG ADULT FICTION YOLEN A rock 'n' roll band to die for? Callie is about to find out.... Not much happens in fourteen-year-old Callie McCallan's sleepy Massachusetts town. So when the famous rock 'n' roll band, Brass Rat, schedules a concert in the Valley, it's big news. As a reporter for her school paper, Callie scores the scoop of a lifetime--a backstage pass to interview the lead singer of Brass Rat! Her friends are so jealous. But Callie isn't sure what the fuss is all about...until she meets the band. Lead singer Peter Gringras and his band mates are so cool. Especially Peter. When he plays his flute, it's as if he has some kind of hypnotic power. But there is something strange about the band, something Callie can't quite put her finger on. Maybe she's just being weird, but it's as if they're from here--but not from here--at the same time.


DRAGONS

Dragon’s Keep new! By Janet Lee Carey YOUNG ADULT FICTION CAREY Far away on Wilde Island, Princess Rosalind is born with a dragon claw where her ring finger should be. To hide the secret, the Queen forces her to wear gloves at all times until a cure can be found, so Rosalind can fulfill the prophecy to restore the family to their rightful throne. But Rosalind’s flaw cannot be separated from her fate. When she is carried off by the dragon, everything she thought she knew falls apart. The dragon sees beauty in her talon where her mother saw only shame, and Rosalind finally understands what her mother has truly denied her.

Flight of the Dragon Kyn By Susan Fletcher YOUNG ADULT FICTION FLETCHER There is a story about Kara and dragons. When she was four, she came down with vermillion fever. Her parents, thinking there was no cure, left her in a cave to die. A month later she walked back into her parents’ home as healthy as if she had never been sick. It is said that a mother dragon lived in that cave, and she nursed young Kara back to life. Now, eleven years later, the only reminder of Kara’s illness is a small scar on her cheek. Of her contact with the dragon, there is more. Her eyes, which once were blue, are now green. And she can call down birds, which many believe is a sign that she can also call down dragons, for the two are distant cousins. Only Kara has her doubts. How can a beast as huge and terrifying as a dragon be related to a sweet, gentle bird? But could this explain why the king has sent for her? Does he think she has power over dragons? For Kara, the answer to this question means life or death—not only for her, but for all the dragons, also.
Dragon Slippers new! By Jessica Day George YOUNG ADULT FICTION GEORGE Orphaned after a fever epidemic, Creel befriends a dragon and unknowingly inherits an object that can either save or destroy her kingdom.

The Saint of Dragons By Jason Hightman YOUNG ADULT FICTION HIGHTMAN After a lonely childhood at the Lighthouse School for Boys, 13-year-old Simon learns that he is descended from a medieval dragonslayer, and that his father needs his help to face the last of these evil monsters.
Samurai By Jason Hightman YOUNG ADULT FICTION HIGHTMAN Dragons. Masquerading as regular men and women, they walk unnoticed among their victims. But there are those who can see past the serpents’ disguises. Simon St. George and his father, Aldric, the last living descendants of the legendary Saint George, drive fear into the hearts of the western dragons whom they hunt. In the Far East, the St. Georges must face a new threat of Asian dragons, aided by the samurai, a group of warriors bound by a pledge to rid their land of the creatures. Sequel to The Saint of Dragons.

The Hunting of the Last Dragon By Sherryl Jordan YOUNG ADULT FICTION JORDAN High overhead, a dragon flies on coppery wings and rains down fire and destruction. It is the last of the great beast, bent on wreaking havoc. Everywhere it flies, it chars the medieval English countryside, turning it and its people to gray ash with its fiery breath. Despairing and terrified, the people pray for a hero to save them. Jude is no hero. But when his family falls victim to the terrifying menace, he sets out to destroy the beast, even though he knows he has no hope of succeeding. Joined by a strange, beautiful young woman from a country far beyond the sea, Jude tells his tale of the hunting of the last dragon.
Dragonsong By Anne McCaffrey YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION Dragonsong, is the enchanting tale of how Menolly of Half Circle Hold became Pern’s fist female Harper, and rediscovered the legendary fire lizards who helped to save her world.
Dragonhaven new! By Robin McKinley YOUNG ADULT FICTION MCKINLEY Jake Mendoza lives at the Makepeace Institute of Integrated Dragon Studies in Smokehill National Park. Smokehill is home to about two hundred of the few remaining draco australiensis. Keeping a preserve for dragons is controversial. Environmentalists and friends say there are no records of them eating humans and they are a unique example of specialist evolution and must be protected. But they are up to eighty feet long and breathe fire. On his first overnight solo trek, Jake finds a dragon—a dragon dying next to the human she killed. Jake realizes this news could destroy Smokehill. But then Jake is struck by something more urgent—he sees that the dragon has just given birth, and one of the babies is still alive. What he decides to do will determine not only their futures, but the future of Smokehill itself.
Dragon’s Plunder By Brad Strickland YOUNG ADULT FICTION STRICKLAND Having been kidnapped by former pirates because of his ability to whistle up the wind, fifteen-year-old Jamie agrees to help their leader, a living corpse, find the dragon of Windrose Island.

Dragon’s Bait By Vivian Vande Velde YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION YOUNG ADULT FICTION VANDE VELDE Fifteen-year-old Alys is not a witch. But that doesn't matter--the villagers think she is and have staked her out on a hillside as a sacrifice to the local dragon. It's late, it's cold, and it's raining, and Alys can think of only one thing--revenge. But first she's got to escape, and even if she does, how can one girl possibly take on an entire town alone? Then the dragon arrives--a dragon that could quite possibly be the perfect ally. . . .

The Dragonlance Chronicles new! by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Night of the Dragons, DragonLance Chronicles, Part 2 By Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman YOUNG ADULT FICTION WEIS What began as a hopeful reunion of friends has turned into a nightmare. The Companions vowed to protect a beautiful barbarian princess and the mystical staff she bears. But they never dreamed the price would be so high. Called by their dark goddess, dragons have awoken again. As the servants of the Dark Queen ravage the land, the Companions seek refuge in the fair city of the elves. New allies and powerful enemies join their struggle as the War of the Lance begins. A Rumor of Dragons, DragonLance Chronicles, Part 1 By Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman YOUNG ADULT FICTION WEIS Fear and dread have fallen on the land of Ansalon as life-long friends reunite at the inn of the Last Home. They are as different as friends can be—an outcast in love with a princess, a would-be warrior, his brother a wizard-in-training, a stern knight, a grizzled old dwarf, and a childlike kinder—but they have come together again in hopes of saving all they hold precious. But their beloved homeland has fallen farther into darkness than they can imagine. What began as a gathering of friends soon turns into a struggle for survival and a quest to stop the dreaded Dark Queen from enslaving the world.


The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede
Talking to Dragons (#4) By Patricia C. Wrede YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION YOUNG ADULT FICTION WREDE Daystar has never seen his mother, Cimorene, actually perform magic. Nor has he ever known her to enter the Enchanted Forest in all the years they have lived on its edge. That is not until a wizard shows up at their cottage shortly after Daystar's sixteenth birthday. Much to Daystar's surprise, Cimorene melts the unsavory fellow. And the following day, she comes out of the Enchanted Forest carrying a sword. With that and little else, she sends him off into adventure. Calling on Dragons (#3) By Patricia C. Wrede YOUNG ADULT FICTION WREDE Those wicked wizards are back--and they've become very smart. (Sort of.) They intend to take over the Enchanted Forest once and for all . . . unless Cimorene finds a way to stop them. And some people think being queen is easy. Searching for Dragons (#2) YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION Cimorene, the princess who refuses to be proper, meets her match in the not-quite-kingly Mendanbar. With the aid of a broken-down magic carpet and a leaky magical sword, the two tackle a series of dragon-nappings. Dealing with Dragons (#1) YOUNG ADULT FICTION WREDE YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION Cimorene is everything a princess is not supposed to be: headstrong, tomboyish, smart. . . . And bored. So bored that she runs away to live with a dragon . . . and finds the family and excitement she's been looking for.
Pit Dragon Trilogy By Jane Yolen
A Sending of Dragons, book 3 YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION Young dragon master Jakkin and his beloved Akki are on the run from government forces. In a forbidding mountain wilderness, they stumble upon a network of caves, and think they’ve at last found a refuge. But within the mountains is something bloodier than anything Jakkin and Akki have ever imagined, something so monstrous that the only thing they can do is battle it with everything they have—even if they have to die fighting. Heart’s Blood, book 2 YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION Jakkin now has everything he’s ever desired—the rank of freeman, a string of victories in the dragon pits, and the companionship of his dragon, Heart’s Blood. Everything, that is, except his beloved Akki, who vanished a year ago. Then one night she sends him a desperate message: Ask Jakkin Stewart at my father’s nursery—are you a man yet? If so, I need you. To answer that question, Jakkin must risk everything that matters most—Heart’s Blood, her hatchlings, even his hard-won rank—and join in a game fiercer than any dragon pit match, a game he’ll lose no matter how well he plays. Dragon’s Blood, book 1 YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION Fifteen-year-old Jakkin Stewart is a bond servant in Master Sarkkhan’s dragon barns. Stealing a dragon to secretly train as a fighter is Jakkin’s only hope to earn his freedom. But what if he is caught? Or, worse, what if he does not know enough to train his dragon properly to become a true champion?

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GARGOYLES & GRIFFINS
The Year of the Griffin By Diana Wynne Jones YOUNG ADULT FICTION JONES When Elda, the griffin daughter of the great Wizard Derk, arrives for schooling at the Wizards' University, she encounters new friends, pirates, assassins, worry, sabotage, bloodshed, and magic misused. Sequel to Dark Lord of Derkholm.
Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones YOUNG ADULT FICTION JONES YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION Derk, an unconventional wizard, and his magical family become involved in a plan to put a stop to the devastating tours of their world arranged by the tyrannical Mr. Chesney.
The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral by Robert Westall YOUNG ADULT FICTION WESTALL Soon after steeplejack Joe Clarke begins work on one of the spires of Muncaster's medieval cathedral, terrible things start to happen and Joe realizes that there is a malevolent force connected to the spire's gargoyle.

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MAGIC/WIZARDRY


		Abarat, Book 2: Days Of Magic, Nights of War By Clive Barker YOUNG ADULT FICTION BARKER Candy Quackenbush’s adventures in the amazing world of the Abarat are getting more strange by the hour. Christopher Carrion, the Lord of Midnight, has sent his henchmen to capture her. Why? She wonders. What would Carrion want with a girl from Minnesota? And why is Candy beginning to feel that the world of Abarat is familiar to her? Why can she speak words of magic she doesn’t even remember learning? There is a mystery here.
		The Warrior Heir new! By Cinda Williams Chima YOUNG ADULT FICTION CHIMA After learning about his magical ancestry and his own warrior powers, Jack embarks on a training program to fight enemy wizards.
		The Wizard Heir new! By Cinda Williams Chima YOUNG ADULT FICTION CHIMA Seph McCauley has spent the past three years getting kicked out of one exclusive private school after another. Unfortunately it's not his attitude that's the problem. It's the trail of magical accidents" lately, disasters" that follow in his wake. Seph is a wizard, orphaned and untrained—and now that the only person who could protect him has died, his powers are escalating out of control.
		Angel Isle new! By Peter Dickinson YOUNG ADULT FICTION DICKINSON While seeking the Ropemaker to restore the ancient magic that will protect their valley, Saranja, Maja, and Ribek must outwit twenty-four of the empire’s most powerful and evil magicians. Sequel to The Ropemaker.

		Magic or Madness (Magic or Madness trilogy) By Justine Larbalestier YOUNG ADULT FICTION LARBALESTIER Reason has lived fifteen years in the Australian outback with her mother, Sarafina. They’re on the run from Reason’s grandmother Esmeralda, who believes in magic and practices horrifying dark rituals. But when Sarafina suffers a mental breakdown, Reason is sent to the one place she fears most – Esmeralda’s home in Sydney. Nothing about the house or Esmeralda is what Reason expected. For the first time she finds herself questioning her mother’s teachings. Then, when she walks through Esmeralda’s back door in Sydney and finds herself on a New York City street, Reason is forced to face the shocking truth. Magic is real. And Reason is magic.
		Magic’s Child (Book III in the Magic or Madness trilogy) new! By Justine Larbalestier YOUNG ADULT FICTION LARBALESTIER Reason Cansino has been given more power than she could ever have imagined. Suddenly, Reason can do anything, go anywhere, and live for centuries….The only cost? Her humanity. As Reason begins to lose herself into the intoxicating essence of magic itself, her friends Tom and Jay-Tee must choose between magic and death, or madness.

		Magician’s Circle YOUNG ADULT FICTION MAGICIANS Magic can be black or white and those with the power to control it can conjure up demons, play with forces of nature and mystify the innocent. The stories in this collection unlock the magicians’ secrets, reveal wonders and dare you to enter their world. Enter worlds where magic works, where people fly and with a flick of a thumb travel through time. Enter the magicians’ circle where anything happens. In these worlds a magician can control natural forces and demonic beings by supernatural means, unleashing powers than can destroy, or they can perform cures and wonders that will astonish.
		Snow, Fire, Sword By Sophie Masson YOUNG ADULT FICTION MASSON In the mythical, Indonesia-like country of Jayangan, a village girl and an apprentice sword-maker embark on a magical journey to defeat a hidden evil that threatens their land.
		The Spell Book of Listen Taylor new! By Jaclyn Moriatry YOUNG ADULT FICTION MORIATRY The Zing family lives in a world of misguided spell books, singular poetry, and state-of-the-art surveillance equipment. They use these things to protect the Zing Family Secret—one so huge it draws the family to the garden shed for meetings every Friday night, and sometimes involves breaking and entering. Into their world comes Listen Taylor, inexplicably friendless, about to enter Junior High. Her father is dating a Zing, and she barely knows what she’s getting into. Enter Cath Murphy, a young teacher at the elementary school that Cassie Zing attends, suffering from a broken heart. How will the worlds of these two young women connect with the delightful madness that is the family Zing?
		Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague By Brandon Mull YOUNG ADULT FICTION MULL When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents’ estate, they discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures and that a battle between good and evil is looming.
		Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star new! YOUNG ADULT FICTION MULL When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents' estate, they discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures and that a battle between good and evil is looming.
		A School for Sorcery By E. Rose Sabin YOUNG ADULT FICTION SABIN Nothing could have been more unexpected—or exciting—than the letter that arrived in the mail informing Tria Tesserell that she has been accepted at the prestigious Lesley Simonton School for the Magically Gifted. Tria has known since she was a child that she has special gifts. Now she will be able to master her craft among peers as powerful as she. But Tria is crestfallen to discover the school is…well…a bit less grand than advertised. The shock of her dismal, tumbledown surroundings, however, is nothing compared to the surprise that awaits her: her roommate, Lina Mueller. But real trouble looms when Oryon—a classmate of formidable power but bent to dark purpose—decides to ally himself with evil forces. Conspiring with witches known as Dire Women, Oryon causes two classmates to disappear…imprisoned in a terrifying world beyond the reach of anyone but Tria. Has she the power to subdue Oryon and the Dire Women? If she fails, her classmates will die. Tria will have to make a journey unlike any she has ever undertaken. A journey alone into the heart of Evil.
		When the Beast Ravens new! By E. Rose Sabin YOUNG ADULT FICTION SABIN As Gray Becq is about to discover, there are fates worse than death. It has been a full year since his perilous escape from the Dire Realms. A year since a fellow student—having used his emerging powers of sorcery to league himself with dark forces—betrayed Gray. Locked him in a world beyond time, a world of unspeakable evil and unbearable tortures. Had it not been for Tria Tesserell, and her extraordinary power, he surely would have died. Now he almost wishes he had. For no sooner has Gray readjusted himself to the familiar surroundings of the Lesley Simonton School for the Magically Gifted—and renewed his friendship with third-year student Rehanne—than a series of horrible “accidents” occur. Suspicion falls on Gray. Could he have brought a demon back with him from the Dire Realms?
		The Book of Dead Days By Marcus Sedgwick YOUNG ADULT FICTION SEDGWICK With the help of his servant and an orphan girl, a magician named Valerian searches graveyards, churches, and underground waterways for a book he hopes will save him from a pact he has made with evil.
		The Dark Flight Down By Marcus Sedgwick YOUNG ADULT FICTION SEDGWICK In the morning you should think You might not last unto the night In the evening you should think You might not last unto the morn Boy has survived the terrors of life with the magician Valerian, dark magic, and deadly chases, but he is still on the run. Now, as the City lies frozen, he is captured and incarcerated in the Emperor Frederick's palace. Boy is transported to a world of splendor, and wealth beyond his wildest imagining. But beneath its golden veneer, this world is full of madness and cruelty, closely guarded secrets, and terrifying revelations.
		I Am Morgan le Fay: A Tale from Camelot By Nancy Springer YOUNG ADULT FICTION SPRINGER Once there was a girl named Morgan, a girl of magic! She saw her father killed and her mother stolen by a king named Pendragon. But the king was not long to live, and now-with an entire country at war and no one to claim the throne-there are many who want this girl dead. And out of the way. But this girl of magic is powerful. She is about to change the course of history. She is about to become Morgan le Fay.
		The Grand Tour or The Purloined Coronation Regalia By Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer YOUNG ADULT FICTION WREDE Shopping in Paris, sightseeing in the Alps, riding gondolas in Venice---the Grand Tour planned by spirited cousins Kate and Cecy and their new husbands, Thomas and James, should be the perfect celebration of their whirlwind courtships. That is, until…The seasickness. The long carriage rides over bumpy roads. The midnight intruder who leaves behind a fashionable Turkish slipper. The tediously educational visits to ancient sites (where they always seem to run into the same peculiar people). And, oh yes, the mysterious parcel that hints at a murderously magical plot of international importance. Now the newlyweds must embark on a daring chase across the Continent. But what with Cecy’s explosive attempts to hone her wizardry, Kate’s alarming propensity for losing gloves, and a trail of misconstrued clues, will they be able to thwart the evil conspiracy in time?
		The Mislaid Magician new! YOUNG ADULT FICTION WREDE In 1828, English cousins Cecelia and Kate and their husbands search for a missing German railway engineer and with the help of their wizardry skills, uncover a plot that could endanger the unity of England.
		Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot By Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer YOUNG ADULT FICTION WREDE Magic is a seriously deadly and dangerous business. A witch has already tried to poison Kate at the Royal College of Wizards. There's also the strange spell that's made Dorthea the toast of the town. And Oliver...He hasn't bothered telling anyone where he is ever since Cecelia and Kate turned him into a tree. The girls might be in for the fear of their lives...if they weren't having so much fun!


UNICORNS
Glory of Unicorns edited by Bruce Coville YOUNG ADULT FICTION GLORY To nonbelievers unicorns are merely horses with horns. But to those who truly believe in the fantasy and mystery of these beautiful creatures, the unicorn is a symbol of everything good, pure, and magical. Bruce Coville has compiled a collection of stories that unicorn lovers will treasure for a lifetime. Each story takes the reader on a journey to find the magic in life.
Unicorn Series by Tanith Lee
Black Unicorn YOUNG ADULT FICTION LEE It was big and beautiful and so black that it was like a hole in space, and it was completely impossible. Everybody knew there were no unicorns. Unicorns didn’t belong in this world except in legends. But there it stood, radiating magical power, in the shattered wreck of the party. Nobody knew where it had come from, or what it wanted. Not even Jaive, the sorceress, could fathom the mystery of the fabled beast. But Tanaquil, Jaive’s completely unmagical daughter, understood it at once. She knew why the unicorn was there. It had come for her. It needed her. Yet she was the girl with no talent for magic. She could only fiddle with broken bits of machinery and make them work again. What could she with a unicorn? Red Unicorn (Unicorn Series 3) By Tanith Lee YOUNG ADULT FICTION LEE YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION The young wanderer Tanaquil can mend anything that is broken—except her own heart. With the engagement of her beloved Honj to her sister, Empress Lizra, she returns home to her sorcerous mother—and her mother’s new lover, the magician Worabex. Caught up in their combined magic, Tanaquil and her mischievous familiar—a literal pet peeve—find themselves in a parallel world where she meets Tanakil, a mirror-image princess with murder on her mind. Gold Unicorn (Unicorn Series 2) By Tanith Lee YOUNG ADULT FICTION LEE (CENTRAL DOES NOT HAVE THIS BOOK) Tanaquil is shocked to learn that the tyrant is really her half sister, Lizra, who has constructed a tremendous mechanical unicorn as the symbol of her reign. Lizra commands Tanaquil to use her abilities to make the unicorn move. Now Tanaquil must choose between assisting a war of conquest or betraying her sister
		Firebringer Trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce
The Son of Summer Stars (bk. 3) YOUNG ADULT FICTION PIERCE At last the unicorns are able to return to their home from which they were driven out centuries ago by the white serpents called wyverns. Jan, aided by his twin children who have the gift of prophecy, are able to neutralize the effect of the wyverns' poison on the unicorns. Jan, with the help of his mate Tek, not only discovers the secret of his mad father but also wins a spirited battle before he leads the unicorns back to their Hallow Hills homeland. Dark Moon (bk. 2) YOUNG ADULT FICTION PIERCE Jan the unicorn is faced with the difficult tasks of conquering his tribe's enemies, leading his tribe back to the Hallow Hills, and escaping from the mysterious two-legged race that has captured him. Birth of the Firebringer (bk. 1) YOUNG ADULT FICTION PIERCE Aljan, the headstrong son of the prince of the unicorns, becomes a warrior and discovers his destiny in his people's struggle against the hideous wyrms usurping their land.
The Twilight Gate By Rhondi Vilott Salsitz YOUNG ADULT FICTION SALSITZ Tortured by a guilty secret, fifteen-year-old George accidentally opens a gateway to another world, releasing forces for good and evil in the form of a unicorn and a horde of hairy beastlike creatures. Life isn’t always like a fairy tale. First George’s father dies in a car accident. Then his mother finds out she has cancer. George feels responsible for his younger sisters and tries to bring some magic back into their lives by writing and illustrating a story about unicorns. George’s magical world can’t protect them from the reality of their mother’s illness. To undergo chemotherapy she has to send them away to live with her ex-husband, Dave, a troubled Vietnam veteran. On their way to his house in the country, strange things begin to happen. The bus they are riding in is nearly driven off the road by a dark, wolfish figure. An astonished George sees the illustrations in his unicorn story begin to change into something quite sinister. All too soon, the young people realize that a gate has opened between this world and one of strange, ancient magic, and savage, evil creatures are slipping through. George, Leigh, and Mindy are able to draw a unicorn through the gate and into their world to help them. In doing so, they upset the fragile balance between Good and Evil. If they fail to close the Twilight Gate, their world will be lost forever. But only by giving up their most cherished dreams can that balance be restored. Can George, Leigh, and Mindy possibly bear to make so great a sacrifice?

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MERMAIDS
Water Trilogy by Kara Dalkey
Water Book Three: Transformation YOUNG ADULT PBRACK FICTION Nia and Corwin have each fought their own battles. Now they are joined together to face their most dangerous enemy yet: Ma'el, the evil Avatar. In order to defeat Ma'el, they must retrieve a magical sword from Atlantis. But after a treacherous journey through the sea, they are shocked to discover that the sword is nowhere to be found. As Nia and Corwin search for the sword, they realize that the good people of Atlantis are now enslaved by Ma'el. Worse still, Ma'el plans the same for Corwin's native land of Wales. Nia and Corwin must find t