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Sabriel
by Garth Nix
A young woman embarks on a quest to save her kingdom from an ancient evil, confronting her own mortality.
The book opens with Sabriel raising a freshly killed rabbit from death. She is a young girl attending Wyverly College, an all-female boarding school in Ancelstierre. An undead creature enters the ... (Wikipedia)
The Assault
by Harry Mulisch
A young boy's struggle to come to terms with his father's past during WWII.
The novel consists of a brief prologue and five "episodes" dated 1945, 1952, 1956, 1966, and 1981. Twelve-year-old Anton Steenwijk is living with his parents and older brother on the outskirts of ... (Wikipedia)
The Cry of the Icemark
by Stuart Hill
A young queen must lead her people in a war against an invading army of werewolves and vampires.
The Polypontian Empire has conquered much of the known world in recent years, much thanks to its fearsome general, Scipio Bellorum. Bellorum has finally decided to invade his small neighbor to the ... (Wikipedia)
Lord Sunday
by Garth Nix
The final battle between Arthur and Lord Sunday, the ultimate enemy, for the fate of the House and the entire universe.
Falling from the Incomparable Gardens in Superior Saturday , Arthur, having won the Sixth Key, escapes impalement on Saturday's Tower by entering the Improbable Stair. His uncontrollable falling ... (Wikipedia)
Scorpia Rising
by Anthony Horowitz
Teen spy Alex Rider faces his final mission as he battles the criminal organization Scorpia.
Zeljan Kurst, chief executive of the criminal organization Scorpia, is approached by Yannis Ariston Xenopolos, a Greek billionaire suffering from terminal cancer, to return the Elgin Marbles to ... (Wikipedia)
The Forbidden Game
by L.J. Smith
A group of friends become trapped in a deadly game with a mysterious and dangerous host.
When Jenny buys a game for her boyfriend, Tom, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to the guy behind the counter. There is something mysteriously alluring about Julian's pale eyes and bleached-blond ... (Goodreads)
Shade's Children
by Garth Nix
In a dystopian world, children are hunted by evil overlords for their body parts. A group of children fight back to reclaim their humanity.
A boy nicknamed Gold-Eye, a fifteen-year-old, was born near the time of the Change. He was physically affected by the Change radiation and his eyes, including his pupils, are a bright golden color. ... (Wikipedia)
The Amber Spyglass
by Philip Pullman
A powerful journey through multiple realms of existence to save the world from destruction.
Having learned of the prophecy regarding Lyra, the Magisterium decides she must be killed to prevent a new fall. Lyra's mother, Mrs Coulter , hides her in a remote cave. In her drugged sleep, Lyra ... (Wikipedia)
Princess of the Midnight Ball
by Jessica Day George
A retelling of the classic fairy tale "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" where a young soldier must break a curse that plagues a family of princesses.
Princess Rose and her sisters Lily, Jonquil, Hyacinth, Violet, Daisy, Poppy, Iris, Lilac, Orchid, Pansy, and Petunia are trapped in a curse. Every third night, they have to dance at the Midnight Ball ... (Wikipedia)
Spirit Walker
by Michelle Paver
A young boy embarks on a dangerous journey to become a Spirit Walker and save his tribe from a deadly curse.
The story takes place in Northern Europe, in an area inhabited by clans of humans named after different animals. These clans live a hunter-gatherer existence with a shamanic belief system. Six months ... (Wikipedia)
Wither
by Lauren DeStefano
In a future where genetic engineering has gone wrong, young girls are forced into polygamous marriages to repopulate the world.
Wither describes a future where genetic engineering has cured humanity of all diseases and defects. People worldwide have foregone conceiving children naturally in favor of this new science. This ... (Wikipedia)
Black Sheep
by Georgette Heyer
A dashing young man attempts to unite his family and win the heart of a beautiful heiress.
The novel is set in Bath, Somerset and centres on two main characters: Miss Abigail Wendover and Mr Miles Calverleigh. At the beginning of the novel, Abigail's niece Fanny claims to have formed a ... (Wikipedia)
Diggers
by Terry Pratchett
A group of misfits join forces to take on an ancient evil threatening their kingdom.
'And Grimma said, We have two choices. We can run, or we hide. And they said, Which shall we do? She said, We shall Fight.' A Bright New Dawn is just around the corner for thousands of tiny nomes ... (Goodreads)
The Golem's Eye
by Jonathan Stroud
A young magician's pursuit of a powerful, ancient creature threatens to unleash an ancient evil.
Two years after the events of the first novel, Nathaniel (alias John Mandrake ) serves in London’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, working to eliminate the anti-magician Resistance. Under pressure from ... (Wikipedia)
The Atlantis Complex
by Eoin Colfer
Artemis Fowl is suffering from the Atlantis Complex, a mental illness that causes him to behave erratically. He must overcome it to save the world.
On Vatnajökull , a glacier in Iceland, Artemis unveils the Ice Cube, his invention to stop global warming (by shooting reflective nano wafers into the clouds, and having them rain down with the snow, ... (Wikipedia)
Beyond the Deepwoods
by Paul Stewart
Young boy's adventure through a mysterious, dangerous forest, in search of his destiny.
Raised by woodtrolls in the Deepwoods all his life, Twig believes he is one of them, yet strongly suspects there is something different about him, as he does not fit in with them; in particular, he ... (Wikipedia)
Ark Angel
by Anthony Horowitz
A teenage spy embarks on a mission to save the world from a criminal mastermind.
Maximilian Webber, a former SAS man, gives a speech denouncing an extreme eco-terrorist organisation known as Force Three (named after Earth being the third planet from the sun ). After the speech, ... (Wikipedia)
The Thief Lord
by Cornelia Funke
Two orphaned brothers navigate a magical world in Venice, searching for a way to be reunited with their mother.
The Thief Lord follows the story of two brothers, Prosper and Boniface (Bo), who run away to Venice, Italy. They are taken in by a group of street children who live in an abandoned movie theater, the ... (Wikipedia)
Howl’s Moving Castle
by Diana Wynne Jones
A young woman embarks on an adventure to break a curse and reclaim her identity in a magical world.
18-year-old Sophie Hatter is the eldest of three sisters living in Market Chipping, a town in the magical kingdom of Ingary, where fairytale tropes are accepted ways of life, including that the ... (Wikipedia)
Curse of the Bane
by Joseph Delaney
A young boy's quest to save his family and the world from an ancient evil.
Now it's the dark's turn to be afraid , The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, deal with the dark. Together they rid the county of witches, ghosts, and boggarts. But now there's some unfinished ... (Goodreads)
The Sweet Far Thing
by Libba Bray
Gemma Doyle navigates the magical realms of the Victorian era, facing challenges and betrayals in her quest for power and freedom.
The prologue begins with two men who are searching a river in London (three years before the events of the book) for dead bodies to fence any jewelry or money left upon them. They come across the ... (Wikipedia)
Wolf Brother
by Michelle Paver
A young boy named Torak embarks on a perilous journey to defeat an evil force with the help of a wolf cub.
In pre-agricultural Europe, the hunter-gatherers of the Forest live in clans, each represented by a particular animal or life form. Torak and his father, of "Wolf Clan", live together in the forest. ... (Wikipedia)
Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot
by Patricia C. Wrede
Two cousins in Regency England exchange letters detailing their adventures with magic, romance, and a mysterious chocolate pot.
A great deal is happening in London and the country this season. For starters, there's the witch who tried to poison Kate at the Royal College of Wizards. There's also the man who seems to be spying ... (Goodreads)
A Hat Full of Sky
by Terry Pratchett
A young witch must use her newfound magical powers to survive the trials of her witch apprenticeship.
A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett is a fantasy novel about a girl who is learning her place as a witch. Early in the novel, Tiffany Aching leaves her home in the chalk country (based on England's ... (Wikipedia)
Alanna: The First Adventure
by Tamora Pierce
A young girl disguises herself as a boy to achieve her dreams of becoming a knight.
Alanna of Trebond and her twin brother Thom may be twins , but are very different; Alanna is a tomboy who dreams of being a knight, and Thom wishes to become a sorcerer. Unfortunately, Alanna is ... (Wikipedia)
Inkspell
by Cornelia Funke
A magical sequel to a beloved fantasy novel, with characters journeying between the real and imaginary worlds.
A year has passed, and Meggie now lives with Elinor, Darius and her parents, Mo and Resa. Life is peaceful, but not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of Inkheart and the characters that came to ... (Wikipedia)
Shiver
by Maggie Stiefvater
A teenage girl falls in love with a werewolf, but their romance is threatened by the dangers of his transformation.
For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf—her wolf—is a chilling presence she can't seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In ... (Goodreads)
Anne of Avonlea
by L.M. Montgomery
A young girl's coming-of-age in rural Prince Edward Island, full of adventures and misadventures.
Anne is about to start her first term teaching at the Avonlea school, although she will still continue her studies at home with Gilbert, who is teaching at the nearby White Sands School. The book ... (Wikipedia)
Outside In
by Maria V. Snyder
Trella, a scrub, discovers secrets about the inside of her world and must decide whether to risk everything to save it.
Me? A leader? Okay, I did prove that there's more to Inside than we knew. That a whole world exists beyond this cube we live in. And finding that led to a major rebellion—between worker scrubs like ... (Barnes & Noble)
Assassin's Apprentice
by Robin Hobb
A humble orphan discovers his true identity, rising through the ranks to become a powerful assassin.
The novel covers the early life of FitzChivalry , a royal bastard living in Buckkeep Castle as he begins his training as an assassin and successfully safeguards the throne from his over-ambitious ... (Wikipedia)
