Fantasy Fiction
Books in
Series | Individual Titles
Look for these titles in the WHSL fiction collection by the authors' last
name (F LEW).
Books
in Series
Abhorsen (trilogy) Garth 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. Sabriel,
Lirael, Abhorsen.
Annals of the
Western shore
– Ursula Le Guin
When a young
man in the Uplands blinds himself rather than use his gift of
"unmaking"--a violent talent shared by members of his family--he
upsets the precarious balance of power among rival, feuding families, each of
which has a strange and deadly talent of its own. Gifts,
Voices, Powers.
Artimes Fowl - Eoin Colfer
When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his
family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the
fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll. Artimes
Fowl, The
Arctic incident, The Eternity code, The Opal deception, The Last
colony, The Time paradox.
Biterbynd
(trilogy) Cecilia Dart-
Thornton Imrhien, a mute, scarred foundling whom
the other Stormriders despise, scales the Tower
walls in search of a better life. Ill-made mute, Lady
of Sorrows, Battle of Evernight.
Children of
the Lamp
(quartet) Philip Kerr
When
twelve-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. The Akhenaten adventure, The Blue Djinn
of Babylon, The Cobra King of Kathmandu, The Day of the djinn warriors.
Chronicles of Narnia
(series) C. S. Lewis.
C. S. Lewis' series is a timeless classic, sure to feed the voracious
appetite of any fantasy fan, young or old. The journey begins with The
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, continues with Prince Caspian,
Silver Chair, Magician's Nephew, Voyage of
the Dawn Treader, Horse and His Boy,
and Last Battle.
Circle
Trilogy
– Ted Dekker
Fleeing
assailants through alleyways in Denver
late one night, Thomas Hunter narrowly escapes to the roof of an industrial
building. Then a silent bullet from the night clips his head and his world
goes black. Now Thomas wakes from a deep sleep, remembering the vivid dream
he just had of being chased. He's in a green forest, waiting to meet
Rachelle, the woman he's falling madly in love with. That night, Thomas
tumbles into bed and falls into a fitful sleep. He dreams. But here comes the
real mind bender. Every time Thomas falls asleep in one reality, he awakes in
the other. Black, Red, White
Claidi journals (trilogy) Tanith Lee
When a stranger is captured by the Guards of the House and Garden where she
has worked all her life as a slave and maid, sixteen-year-old Claidi helps him escape and sets out with him to journey
to his home city through the dangerous Waste. Wolf Tower,
Wolf Star, Wolf Queen.
Dark is Rising (series) Susan
Cooper
Susan Cooper's take on mythical Celtic adventures featuring the seventh son
of a seventh son and the ominous dark force. Books include: The Dark
is Rising, Grey King, Over Sea, Under Stone,
Greenwitch, and Silver on the
Tree.
Dirk Gently (duet) Douglas Adams.
Unlike most scientific detectives, Dirk Gently deduces with his psychic
abilities and his belief in the interconnectedness of things. Never
lacking for big issues and enormous oposing forces,
Dirk first saves humanity from extinction, then confronts beings, who are in
fact Norse gods, involved in an explosion at Heathrow Airport.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency,
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.
Dragonlance Legends (trilogy) Margaret
Weis and Terry Hickman
Time of the Twins, War of the Twins, Test of the Twins.
Dreamhunter (duet) Elizabeth Knox
In a world
where select people can enter "The Place" and find dreams of every
kind to share with others for a fee, a fifteen-year-old girl is training to
be a dreamhunter when her father disappears,
leaving her to carry on his mysterious mission. Dreamhunter, Dreamquake
Earthsea (tetrology) Ursula K. Le Guin
Sparrowhawk goes from callow youth Ged to magician's apprentice. A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan,
The Farthest Shore, Tehanu,
The Other Wind.
Ender Wiggins – Scott Orson
Card
Ender, who is
the result of genetic experimentation, may be the military genius Earth needs
in its war against an alien enemy. Ender’s Game, Speaker for
the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the
mind, Ender's shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon,
Shadow puppets.
Farsalla (trilogy) Hillary Bell
Three young people stand at the crossroads, faced with
critical choices that will shape not only their lives, but also the lives of
everyone living in the country of Farsala. Fall
of a kingdom, Rise of a
hero, Forging the Sword.
Firebringer (trilogy) Meredith Ann
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. Birth of the Firebringer, Dark
moon, Son of Summer Stars.
Hallowmere (quintet) Tiffany Trent
After
her parents' deaths during the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Corrine is sent to
reform school in Culpeper, Virginia, where she discovers a sinister plot
involving a race of faeries and the disappearance of some of the students. The
Serpent’s coils, By venom’s sweet sting, Between golden jaws, Maiden
of the wolf, Queen of the Masquerade.
Harry Potter (series) J. K. Rowling
In J. K. Rowling's slant on the British boarding school tradition, Harry
Potter is a young warlock just discovering his powers and his destiny.
As he goes to school at Hogwarts School of Wichcraft
and Wizardry, Harry meets infamous characters and experiences fun, as well as
the darker side of existance. Books in the
series so far include: The Sorcerer's Stone, The
Chamber of Secrets, The Prisoner of Azkaban, The
Goblet of Fire, The Order of the Phoenix, The
Half-Blood Prince, The
Deathly Hallows.
Heir Trilogy – Cinda Williams Chima
After
learning about his magical ancestry and his own warrior powers,
sixteen-year-old Jack embarks on a training program to fight enemy wizards. Wizard Heir, Warrior Heir, Dragon Heir.
His Dark Materials (trilogy) Phillip
Pullman
Join Lyra and her "daemon" Pan, their
foes, and their friends on a fantastic quest to discover the existance and need for "Dust." The
adventure takes them to the mysterious far north where dwell armored bears,
witches and cliff ghasts, and into paralell worlds. The trilogy includes: The
Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Amber
Spyglass.
Hitchhiker Series
(quartet) Douglas Adams
Follow Ford Prefect, Arthur Dent, and their many extrodinary
acquaintances though zany intergalactic
adventures. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The
Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life, the Universe and
Everything, So long, and Thanks for All the Fish, Mostly
Harmless.
House of
Night –
P.C. and Kristin Cast
Dark forces
are at work at the House of Night and fledging vampyre
Zoey Redbird's adventures at the school take a mysterious
turn. Those who appear to be friends are turning out to be enemies. And oddly
enough, sworn enemies are also turning into friends. Betrayed,
Marked, Untamed, Chosen,
Haunted.
Inkheart – Cornelia Funke
Twelve-year-old Meggie
learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can
"read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters
abducts them and tries to force him into service. Inkheart, Inkspell, Inkdeath.
Legend of Drizzt – R.A. Salvatore
Young
Prince Drizzt lives in strange and exotic Menzoberranzan, a dark society which rejects the honor
and integrity on which the young prince prides himself. Homeland,
Exile, Sojourn, The Crystal
shard, Streams of silver, The Halfling’s gem,
Looking Glass
Wars
(trilogy) Frank Beddor
When she is
cast out of Wonderland by her evil aunt Redd, young
Alyss Heart finds herself
living in Victorian Oxford as Alice Liddell and struggles to keep memories of
her kingdom intact until she can return and claim her rightful throne. Looking
Glass Wars, Seeing Redd
Lord of the Rings (trilogy) J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien, considered by many to be the father of modern fantasy
literature, creates an epic journey for young hobbit, Frodo Baggins and his
comrades, as they embark on a dangerous journey through Middle Earth to save
humanity from a dark lord. The series consists of The Fellowship
of the Ring, The Two Towers, The
Return of the King.
Lost Books (quartet) – Ted Dekker
As the land
of the Forest Dwellers is increasingly decimated by the Horde, Thomas Hunter,
supreme commander of the Forest Guard, chooses four sixteen-year-old recruits
for a special mission--to find the seven lost Books of History that have
power over the past, present, and future.
Chosen, Infidel, Renegade, Chaos
Monster Blood
Tattoo
(trilogy) David M. Cornish
Having grown
up in a home for foundlings and possessing a girl's name, Rossamund
sets out to report to his new job as a lamplighter and has several adventures
along the way as he meets people and monsters who are more complicated that
he previously thought. Includes glossaries and maps. Foundling, Lamplighter.
Nobel
Warriors (trilogy) William 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. Seeker,
Jango, Noman.
Nursery
Crimes
– Jaspar Fforde
Detective
inspector Jack Spratt and his partner, sergeant Mary Mary,
are called on to solve the nursery crimes, i.e., Humpty Dumpty's
murder. As they search through Humpty's sordid
past, they uncover a plot that involves money laundering, bullion smuggling,
beanstalk problems, asylum-seeking Titans, and international chiropody. Over
Easy, The Fourth Bear
Oracle
Prophecies
– Catherine Fisher
After she is chosen to be "Bearer-of-the-god," Mirany 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. The Oracle betrayed, Sphere of
secrets, Day of the scarab.
Paradise (trilogy) Ted Dekker
A stranger
arrives in the small town of Paradise
and becomes the center of attention when he reveals he has the power to grant
any unfulfilled dream, but his actions lead to a deadly showdown between good
and evil that will change the town and its residents forever. Sinner,
Saint, Showdown
Prydain Chronicles (series)
Lloyd Alexander
Lloyd Alexander's series features elaborate battles between good and evil
while focusing on may classic themes of Welsh mythology. The series
consists of: The Book of Three, The Black Cauldron,
The Castle of Llyr, Taran Wanderer, and The
High King.
Redwall (series) Brian
Jacques
Beloved continuing saga about the animals of Redwall
Abbey. Books include: Redwall, Marial of Redwall,
Salamandastron.
Legend of Luke, Lord Brocktree.
More, more, more. Check the online catalog (author=Jacques) for other
titles.
Shannara (series) Terry
Brooks
Terry Brooks is known for his well developed characters and adventures.
The Shannara series consists of: Elfstones of Shannara,
Talismans of Shannara, Sword of
Shannara, Elf Queen of Shannara, Scions of Shannara,
Druid of Shannara, and Wishsong of Shannara.
Thursday Next – Jaspar
Fforde
Follows
Thursday Next, a Special Operative in literary detection, as she searches for
the character of Jane Eyre who has been kidnapped from the pages of Bronte's
novel. The Eyre Affair, Lost in a good book, Something
Rotten, Well of lost plots.
Time Fantasy
(tetrology) Madeleine
L'Engle
Meg and her brother Charles Wallace are off on a journey through the
dimensions to rescue their scientist father. A Wrinkle in Time,
A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Titling Planet, Many
Waters.
Wee Free Men – Terry Pratchett
A young
witch-to-be named Tiffany Aching teams up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of
six-inch-high blue men, to rescue her baby brother and ward off a sinister
invasion from Fairyland. Wee Free Men, A Hat full of sky, Wintersmith.
Wicked Years – Gregory Maguire
A fable for
adults on the subject of destiny and free will by a writer of children's
books. It tells the story of Elphaba before she
became the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz. The novel traces her
career as nun, nurse, pro-democracy activist and animal rights defender. Wicked,
Son of a Witch, A Lion among men.
Wind on Fire
(trilogy) William Nicholson
After Kestrel Hath rebels against the stifling rules of Amaranth society and
is forced to flee, she, along with her twin brother and a tagalong classmate,
follow an ancient map in quest of the legendary silver voice of the wind
singer, in an attempt to heal Amaranth and its people. Wind
Singer, Slaves of the Mastery, and Firesong.
Wolfblade (trilogy) –
Jennifer Fallon
While Marla Wolfblade plots revenge for the death of her confidante Elezaar, Damin, Marla's oldest
son and heir to the High Prince throne, tries to rally an army to repel the
invading forces of Fardohyna, and maneuvers to secure
his power by putting Wolfblade allies in position
as Warlords of Hythria's provinces. Wolfblade, Warrior,
Warlord
Xanth (series) Piers Anthony
Romp with mythical characters, princes, princesses, and fairies in the
magical world of Xanth. Titles to begin the
(lengthy) series include: Spell for Chameleon, Source
of magic, Ogre,ogre,
Castle Roogna, and Centar aisle. If you
love puns, you'll love this series! Check the online catalog
(author=Anthony, Piers) for many more titles.
Individual Titles
Alexander,
Alma. The hidden queen. [2005].
The
child Anghara Kir Hama
was forced to flee the kingdom she rightfully ruled, escaping the murderous
wrath of her brother, the usurper, who would see her dead to secure the
throne.
Anderson,
Kevin J. The last days of Krypton. [2007].
Discover
what led up to the final days of the planet Krypton and the beginning of the Superman
story on Earth.
Atwater-Rhodes,
Amelia. Hawksong.
In a land that has been at war so long that no one remembers the reason for
fighting, the shapeshifters who rule the two
factions agree to marry in the hope of bringing peace, despite deep-seated
fear and distrust of each other. Other shape-shifter books
include: Snake Charm, Falcon Dance, Wolfcry.
Banks,
L. A. Minion: a vampire huntress legend. [2004].
Barlough, Jeffrey E. The house in the high wood : a story of Old Talbotshire.
Rationalist Squire Mark Trench and his guest, writer Oliver Langley, decide
to investigate when mysterious Bede Wintermarch
takes up residence in the long-abandoned mansion overlooking the town of Shilston Upcot, setting off a rash of
strange signs and omens.
Black, Holly. Tithe : a modern
faerie tale.
Sixteen-year-old Kaye, who has been visited by faeries since childhood,
discovers that she herself is a magical faerie creature with a special
destiny. (Valiant, Ironside)
Bosworth, Beth. Tunneling : a novel.
Twelve-year-old Rachel Finch is in love with libraries, books, and a
time-traveling superhero she knows only as S-Man, and soon finds herself
taking clandestine excursions through time to help S-Man rescue some of
history's greatest library geniuses.
Bujold, Lois McMaster. The Spirit Ring.
When her father, a goldsmith and master mage, dies during the siege of their
Italian village, fifteen-year-old Fiametta finds
her own fledgling magic tested in the ensuing battle against the evil Lord Ferrante.
___________ . The Curse of Chalion.
Cazaril, a former courtier and soldier, escapes
from slavery and is appointed secretary-tutor to the future king's sister,
where he learns that the royal family lies in danger of a sinister
curse--prompting him to employ forbidden magic to save them. (Chalion, 1)
___________. Paladin of Souls.
Three years have passed since the widowed Dowager Royina
Ista found release from the curse of madness that
kept her imprisoned in her family's castle of Valenda. Her newfound
freedom is costly, bittersweet with memories, regrets, and guilty secrets,
for she knows the truth of what brought her land to the brink of destruction.
And now the road, the escape beckons. A simple pilgrimage, perhaps. Quite
fitting for the Dowager Royina of all Chalion. (Chalion,
2)
___________. Hallowed Hunt.
Lord Ingrey kin Wolfcliff
has been sent to the estate of Prince Bolesco, the
half-mad son of the king of the Weald. The prince has been murdered, and Ingrey is to investigate. The accused is an orphaned
young noblewoman. But the prince had been dabbling in forbidden sorcery, it
seems, and the young woman lies under an ill-cast spell. (Chalion, 3)
Card, Orson
Scott. Magic street. [2005].
When Mack Street
discovers an entryway into another world, he discovers his own magical powers
and realizes his actions have a strange impact on the real world.
Cashore, Kristin. Graceling [2008].
In a world
where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called
Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own
horrifying Grace of killing and teams up with another young fighter to save
their land from a corrupt king.
Del Franco,
Mark. Unshapely things. [2007].
Conner Grey,
a druid and Guild investigator, is called in by Boston police to investigate the murder of
fairy prostitutes and realizes, despite the loss of his magical abilities,
that the killings are part of an ancient ritual.
Dickinson,
John. The Cup of the World.
[2004].
Phaedra, the
willful daughter of a baron, sets off an unforeseeable chain of events and a
battle between good and evil when she announces her intention to marry for
love.
Dickinson,
John. The widow and the king. [2005].
Sequal to Cup of the World. 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.
Dickinson,
Peter and Andrew, Ian. The ropemaker.
When the magic that protects their Valley starts to fail, Tilja
and her companions journey into the evil Empire to find the ancient magician Faheel, who originally cast those spells.
__________. Angel
Isle c2006.
Sequal to Ropemaker. Saranja, Maja, and Ribek must outwit the
Watchers, twenty-four of the empire's most powerful and evil magicians, while
seeking the Ropemaker to restore the ancient magic
that will protect their valley.
Duncan, Dave. Paragon lost : a chronicle of
the King's Blades.
Bound by magic to serve the King or one of his chosen nobles, the King's
Blades represent the epitome of loyalty and swordsmanship. Only Beaumont, once the
finest Blade, brings disgrace to his calling.
DuPrau, Jeanne. The city of Ember.
In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs
on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but
beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.
___________. People of the Sparks.
Having escaped to the Unknown Regions, Lina and the
others seek help from the village people of Sparks.
___________. The prophet of Yonwood c2006.
While visiting the
small town of Yonwood,
North Carolina,
eleven-year-old Nickie makes some decisions about
how to identify both good and evil when she witnesses the townspeople's
reactions to the apocalyptic visions of one of their neighbors.
___________. The diamond of Darkhold . 2008.
When a roamer trades them an ancient book with only a few
pages remaining, Lina and Doon
return to Ember to seek the machine the book seems to describe in hopes that
it will get their new community, Sparks,
through the winter.
Elliott,
Patricia. Murkmere. [2006].
A
village girl, new companion to the Master's ward in the days following the
Ministration, challenges the motives of the religious leaders of the Divine
Beings, the birds.
Emshwiller, Carol. The
mount. [2005].
After
the Hoots invade Earth and turn humans into Mounts, Charley's
father and other who have not been changed, plan to rise up against the Hoots
and take the world back.
Gaiman, Neil. American gods
: a novel.
Shadow sets out on a journey across America fighting old myths and
the gods of modern technology and material obsession when he takes employment
with a man named Wednesday--otherwise known as the god Odin--after his
release from prison and his wife's sudden death.
_________. Anansi Boys.
Charles "Fat Charlie" Nancy leads a
normal, boring existence in London.
However, when he calls the U.S.
to invite his estranged father to his wedding, he learns that the man just
died. After jetting off to Florida
for the funeral, Charlie not only discovers a brother he didn't know he had,
but also learns that his father was the West African trickster god, Anansi.
Gaiman, Neil and Terry Pratchett.
Good omens : the nice and accurate prophecies of
Agnes Nutter, witch.
When a scatterbrained Satanist nun goofs up a baby-switching scheme and
delivers the infant Antichrist to the wrong couple, it's just the beginning
of the comic errors in the divine plan for Armageddon which this fast-paced
novel by two British writers zanily details. Aziraphale,
an angel who doubles as a rare-book dealer, and Crowley, a demon fiend who's
assigned to the same territory, like life on Earth too much to allow the
long-planned war between Heaven and Hell to happen.
Gallego García, Laura
and Peden, Margaret Sayers. The valley of the wolves. [2006].
Dana,
a young girl with a friend and protector only she can see, goes to study
witchcraft at the school of the Tower, a mysterious facility manned by an
elf, a dwarf, and a teacher.
Genesse, Paul. The golden cord. [2008].
In
Ae'leron, a magical world were dwarves rule over
humans, two dwarves, Bellor Fardelver
and Thor Hargrim, and a human, Drake Bloodstone,
journey to the lair of the Dragon King who threatens the survival of both
races.
Gideon,
Melanie. Pucker. [2006].
A
seventeen-year-old disfigured boy travels to an alternate world to save his
mother's life.
Golden,
Christopher and Lebbon, Tim. Mind
the gap : a novel of the hidden cities. [2008].
Jasmine
Towne, warned by her mother to always assume someone is after her, learns the
truth of that caution when she finds herself on the run from black-clad
strangers known as the "Uncles" who force her to take refuge in London's
vast underground where she learns the truth about her destiny and why there
are people who want to keep her from fulfilling it.
Gruber,
Michael. The witch's boy. [2006].
A
grotesque foundling turns against the witch who sacrificed almost everything
to raise him when he becomes consumed by the desire for money and revenge
against those who have hurt him, but he eventually finds his true heart's
desire.
Hale,
Shannon and Smith, James Noel. Book of
a thousand days. [2007].
Fifteen-year-old
Dashti, sworn to obey her sixteen-year-old mistress,
the Lady Saren, shares Saren's
years of punishment locked in a tower, then brings her safely to the lands of
her true love, where both must hide who they are as they work as kitchen
maids.
Harris,
Joanne. Runemarks.
[2008].
Maddy Smith, who bears the mysterious mark of a rune
on her hand, learns that she is destined to join the gods of Norse mythology
and play a role in the fate of the world.
James,
Betsy. Long night dance. [2005].
Sixteen-year-old
Kat, child of a scandalous, disastrous marriage between a Hill woman and an
Upslope man, rescues a Rigi man from the sea during
the week of the Long Night Dance and begins to realize a person's value does
not come from his background nor appearance.
________.
Dark heart. [2005].
Sequal to Long Night Dance. Seventeen-year-old Kat's struggle to learn
the ways of her dead mother's people in the hill country is complicated by
her failure in the bear ceremony, a spiritual rite of passage, and her
attraction to the blind outcast Raim.
________.
Listening at the gate. [2006].
Sequal to Dark Heart. After seventeen-year-old Kat leaves the
Creek home of her mother's sister, she returns to Downshore
and becomes embroiled in upheaval there and in the land of the Rigi, as well as in Nall's
quest to go to the Gate.
Jenkins,
A. M. Repossessed. [2007].
A
fallen angel, tired of being unappreciated while doing his pointless,
demeaning job, leaves Hell, enters the body of a seventeen-year-old boy, and tries
to experience the full range of human feelings before being caught and punished,
while the boy's family and friends puzzle over his changed behavior.
Johansen,
K. V. Nightwalker. [2007].
After
being sentenced to death for being a Nightwalker, Maurey
is rescued by Annot, a young baroness, and the two
set out to learn about his descendants.
Jones, Diana Wynne. Dark Lord of Derkholm.
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.
___________ . Year of the Griffin.
Elda, the
griffin daughter of the great Wizard Derk, arrives
for schooling at the Wizards' University where she encounters new friends,
pirates, assassins, worry, sabotage, bloodshed, and magic misused.
___________. Howl's Moving Castle.
Eldest of three sisters, in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune,
Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns
her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly
feared Wizard Howl.
Jordan, Sherryl. Secret sacrament.
A disturbing incident when he is only seven years old foreshadows the role Gabriel will play in the relations between
his Navorran people and the Shinali,
a role which is solidified when he becomes an Elected One and trains to be a
Healer.
Lanagan, Margo. Tender morsels. [2008].
A young
woman who has endured unspeakable cruelties is magically granted a safe haven
apart from the real world and allowed to raise her two daughters in this
alternate reality, until the barrier between her world and the real one
begins to break down.
Levine, Gail
Carson. Fairest. [2006].
In the Kingdom of Ayortha, Aza, an unattractive woman with a magical voice, learns
to balance her appearance with her talent,
meanwhile, her singing attracts both Prince Ijori,
who cannot resist it, and Queen Ivi, who plots to
use it to benefit herself.
Levine, Gail Carson. The Two Princesses of Bamarre.
With her adventurous sister, Meryl, suffering from the Grey death, meek
and timid Princess Addie sets out to find a cure.
Marr,
Melissa. Wicked lovely [2007].
Seventeen-year-old
Aislinn, who has the rare ability to see faeries,
is drawn against her will into a centuries-old battle between the Summer King
and the Winter Queen, and the survival of her life, her love, and summer all
hang in the balance.
Martinez, A. Lee. Too many curses. [2008].
Housekeeper Nessy is given the responsibility of taking care of a
castle after her employer, Margle the Horrendous,
dies and must figure out how to control the evil beings Margle
has imprisoned there.
________. A nameless witch. [2007].
Hiding her
inherent beauty while hunting for men to consume, an immortal witch enters a
reluctant partnership with the pure-hearted White Knight in order to counter
the efforts of an insane sorcerer who is threatening their world.
________. In the company of ogres. [2006].
For
someone who's immortal, Never Dead Ned manages to die with alarming frequency;
he just has the annoying habit of rising from the grave. But this soldier
might be better dead than face his latest assignment. Ogre Company is the
legion's dumping ground, a motley, undisciplined group of monsters whose
leaders tend to die under somewhat questionable circumstances.
McCaffrey,
Anne and McCaffrey, Todd J. Dragon's kin.
After losing his family in a sudden tragedy, young Kindan
takes his father's job in the mines and finds solace in his friendship with a
mysterious girl and his training of a new watch-wher,
a dragon-like guard creature, whose unique powers may prove to save an entire
community from destruction.
McCaffrey, Anne and Scarborough, Elizabeth
Ann. Acorna's rebels.
Acorna's quest to find her lifemate
Aari takes her to the planet Makahomia,
home of the mysterious Temple
cats. Makahomia is in the grips of a raging plague,
a dangerous situation made worse by the discovery that the plague has been
spread deliberately to rid the planet of both the cats and shapechangers who can take feline form.
_________. Acorna's search.
Acorna embarks on a search for her ancestry.
She gets caught up in the plight of another race, which is starving, and,
while trying to help them, another people land there, looking for a person
lost as a child.
McKinley, Robin. Spindle's end.
The infant princess Briar Rose is cursed on her name day by Pernicia, an evil fairy, and then whisked away by a young
fairy to be raised in a remote part of a magical country, unaware of her real
identity and hidden from Pernicia's vengeful
powers.
McKinley,
Robin. Chalice. [2008].
A
beekeeper by trade, Mirasol's life changes
completely when she is named the new Chalice, the most important advisor to
the new Master, a former priest of fire.
Meyer, Kai
and Crawford, Elizabeth D. The stone light. [2007].
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.
Moon, Russell. Dark prince.
A young man struggles with the strange power he has been given after killing
Jules, the only girl he could ever love.
Murphy, Pat. Adventures in time and space with Max Merriwell.
Famous author Max Merriwell receives a threatening
note from one of his own pseudonyms when the cruise ship he is aboard--the
"Odyssey"--passes into the Bermuda Triangle.
_________. There and back again.
A reworking of Tokien's novel, The Hobbit, in a
science-fiction setting. It tells of a search by a group of adventurers
for a lost colony in space. The protagonists include Bailey, an
asteroid miner, Gitana, a woman who is part cyborg, and Fluffy, a part-cat spaceship.
Odom, Mel. The rover.
Edgewick Lamplighter, a little halfling librarian, hardly has time to daydream of
adventure before it finds him--in the form of pirates, slaveholders, and
thieves.
Okorafor-Mbachu, Nnedi. The shadow speaker. [2007].
Fourteen-year-old
"shadow speaker" Ejii sets off across the
Sahara in 2070 in search of her father's
killer, and discovers a greater purpose to her life and to the mystical
powers she possesses.
Oppel, Kenneth. Airborn [2004].
Matt, a
young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling
with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged
creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface.
Oppel, Kenneth. Skybreaker. [2006].
Sequal to Airborn. Matt Cruse, a student at the Airship Academy, and Kate de Vries, a young heiress, team up with a gypsy and a daring
captain, to find a long-lost airship, rumored to carry a treasure beyond
imagination.
Owen, James
A. Here, there be dragons. [2006].
Three young
men are entrusted with the Imaginarium Geographica, an atlas of fantastical places to which they
travel in hopes of defeating the Winter King, whose bid for power is related
to the First World War raging in the Real World.
Pierce,
Meredith Ann. Treasure at the heart of the Tanglewood.
Hannah, a healer with unusual powers, leaves the wizard she has always served
and, along with her animal companions, begins a journey which uncovers the
truth about her real nature.
Pratchett, Terry. Night watch
: a novel of Discworld.
A psychopathic cop-killer named Carcer has been
cornered on a rooftop at Unseen
University. Vimes -- a hands-on sort of commander --sets off in hot
pursuit. The “Discworld”
series also includes: Monstrous regiment, Thief
of time, Going postal, The truth, Wyrd sisters, Jingo,
and many more.
Reichert, Mickey Zucker. The lost dragons of Barakhai.
Graduate student Benton Collins finds himself transported through a secret
gateway to a realm called Barakhai, where Benton finds his life in
danger after accidentally committing a crime punishable by death.
Reisz, Kristopher. Unleashed. [2008].
Daniel
Morning is shocked to learn that his new friend Misty has mastered the art of
shapeshifting, and convinces her to share the
secret, but Daniel soon becomes obsessed with shifting, until he learns that
his new freedom has a terrible price.
Resnick, Mike. Amulet of power.
Trapped beneath the ruins of an Egyptian tomb, Lara faces certain death,
until fate intervenes and sets her on the trail of an ancient talisman of
power.
Roberts, Katherine and Down, Chris. Spellfall.
After twelve-year-old Natalie, unaware of her own powers, is kidnapped by a
wizard, she, her stepbrother, and their friends are caught up in the
sorcerer's attempt to cross an invisible boundary in order to invade another
world.
Springer, Nancy. I am Morgan le Fay : a
tale from Camelot.
In a war-torn England
where her half-brother Arthur will eventually become king, the young Morgan
le Fay comes to realize that she has magic powers and links to the faerie
world.
Swanwick, Michael. The dragons of Babel. [2008].
Will
finds himself the unwilling lieutenant of a war-dragon of Babel that has
arrived in postindustrialized Faerie and declared himself king, and soon becomes a hero to the
city's homeless, who view him as a savior who can help them rebuild their
lives.
Thompson, Kate. The beguilers.
When she comes of age Rilka sets out to capture a
beguiler, one of the lifelike spirit creatures with mesmerizing powers that
haunt the mountains above her village, and her quest reveals the secret of
their origin.
Tower, S. D. The assassins of Tamurin.
After growing up abused and unloved, eleven-year-old Lale
finds a home at a special school for orphaned and unwanted girls - where
they're trained as spies and assassins.
Turtledove, Harry. Ruled Britannia.
In 1597, the island of Britain has been under the rule of King Philip in the
name of Spain for nearly a decade and William Shakespeare has no interest in
politics, until he is asked to pen his greatest work yet, a play that may
incite the people of Britain to rise against their persecutors and change the
course of history.
Uehashi, Nahoko and Shimizu, Yuko. Moribito: Guardian
of the Spirit. [2008].
The
wandering warrior Balsa is hired to protect Prince Chagum
from both a mysterious monster and the prince's father, the Mikado.
Wells, Martha. The wizard hunters.
(book 1, The Fall of Ile-Rien) With the
country of Ile-Rien under attack, a mystical sphere
created by Ile-Rien's greatest sorcerer
accidentally sends Tremaine Vallarde
and others to another world filled with chaos, where Tremaine
must unearth the secrets of the sphere.
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