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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)
City of Masks
by Mary Hoffman
A young actor travels to a mysterious city where he discovers a world of secrets and intrigue.
Lucien is seriously ill but his life is transformed when an old Italian notebook gives him the power to become a stravagante, a time traveller with access to 16th century Italy. He wakes up in ... (Goodreads)
Night of the Soul Stealer
by Joseph Delaney
The third book in the "Last Apprentice" series. Tom Ward battles the evil witch, Ordeen, who seeks to destroy the world.
As the weather grows colder and the nights draw in, the Spook and his apprentice Tom Ward must be even more vigilant in their battles against the boggarts, witches, and ghosts roaming the county. ... (Barnes & Noble)
Lirael
by Garth Nix
An orphan girl discovers her magical powers and embarks on a quest to save her kingdom.
Lirael, the protagonist of the second and third books, is raised as a Clayr, part of a vast family of precognitive women who dwell in a remote glacier within the Old Kingdom. As she lacks the Clayr's ... (Wikipedia)
The Wish List
by Eoin Colfer
A teenage girl dies and is given a chance to redeem herself by fulfilling the wishes of an old man.
Meg Finn is a teenage girl who tries to rob pensioner Lowrie McCall's house to get money and run away from her abusive stepfather Franco. She is the accomplice of a local thug named Belch and his pit ... (Wikipedia)
The People of Sparks
by Jeanne DuPrau
After fleeing their underground city, Lina and Doon lead their people to a new town, but tensions arise with the locals.
The story resumes after the evacuation of Ember, an underground city, which has been cut off from the surface for more than 200 years. The 400+ refugees from the city cannot return, as the city's ... (Wikipedia)
The City of Ember
by Jeanne DuPrau
A city on the brink of destruction, two young people race against time to unlock its secrets.
As the book starts off, a coalition of architects, scientists, and doctors known as "The Builders" have built Ember, an isolated, underground city with enough supplies for its inhabitants to survive ... (Wikipedia)
Grave Mercy
by Robin LaFevers
A young woman's mission to protect her country by becoming an assassin for the goddess of death.
Grave Mercy is set in a fictionalized fifteenth-century Brittany , at a time when the nation was struggling to maintain its independence from France . , 14-year-old peasant, Ismae Rienne, is feared ... (Wikipedia)
The Emperor's Soul
by Brandon Sanderson
A master of forging faces a seemingly impossible task to restore an emperor's soul in a single night.
Shai is a thief and practitioner of magical forgery who has been arrested and sentenced to death. The Emperor's corrupt advisors offer to free her if she agrees to forge a new soul for the Emperor, ... (Wikipedia)
Inkheart
by Cornelia Funke
A young girl's journey to uncover the secrets of a magical book, and the power of books to shape our lives.
12-year-old Meggie sees a stranger staring at her outside her window and tells her father, Mortimer (or Mo, as Meggie calls him) about it. Her father invites the stranger in, who introduces himself ... (Wikipedia)
Billy and Me
by Giovanna Fletcher
A small-town girl falls in love with a famous actor, but struggles to adapt to his glamorous lifestyle.
In this utterly sweet and moving women's fiction novel, a celebrity comes to town and sweeps a young woman - who is used to being overlooked - off her feet. Sophie May is content with her life in her ... (Goodreads)
Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
by Rachel Cohn
Best friends Naomi and Ely create a "No Kiss List" to avoid romantic complications, but their friendship is tested when they both fall for the same guy.
Naomi and Ely have been best friends and neighbors in the same apartment building in New York City for years. Ely is gay, often having casual hook-ups with other guys, while Naomi is heterosexual and ... (Wikipedia)
The Goose Girl
by Shannon Hale
A young princess must overcome great obstacles to reclaim her rightful throne.
When crown princess Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee was born, she did not open her eyes until her aunt held her. The woman became her nursemaid and constant companion, nicknaming her Ani and telling ... (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)
Everlasting
by Alyson Noel
A girl discovers she has the power to reincarnate and must navigate the consequences of immortality.
Their darkest enemies now defeated, Damen and Ever are free to embark upon their final quest—to free Damen from the poison lingering in his body. If they can just find the antidote, they’ll finally ... (Goodreads)
Gathering Blue
by Lois Lowry
A young girl's story of struggle and resilience in a post-apocalyptic world.
In her strongest work to date, Lois Lowry once again creates a mysterious but plausible future world. It is a society ruled by savagery and deceit that shuns and discards the weak. Left orphaned and ... (Goodreads)
Half-Moon Investigations
by Eoin Colfer
Fletcher Moon, a twelve-year-old private detective, investigates a crime at his school and uncovers a web of lies and deceit.
Fletcher Moon (often called "Half-Moon" due to his short stature) is a natural born investigator. Knowing this, April, a girl from his school comes to him for help in finding a lock of hair that she ... (Wikipedia)
Princess Academy
by Shannon Hale
A young girl's journey of self-discovery and empowerment, finding her own strength and potential.
Miri is a fourteen-year-old girl from Mount Eskel, an isolated territory of Danland, who has never been allowed to work with the rest of the villagers in the quarry that keeps the community alive. ... (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)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
by C.S. Lewis
An epic fantasy adventure across the seas, encountering magical creatures and lands.
The two youngest Pevensie children, Lucy and Edmund , are staying with their odious cousin Eustace Scrubb while their older brother, Peter , is studying for an exam with Professor Kirke , and their ... (Wikipedia)
Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me?
by Louise Rennison
Georgia Nicolson navigates the ups and downs of teenage life, including boy troubles, family drama, and embarrassing mishaps.
For Georgia, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Just when she thought she was the official one-and-only girlfriend of Masimo, he's walked off into the night with the full hump, ... (Barnes & Noble)
Obernewtyn
by Isobelle Carmody
In a post-apocalyptic world, a young girl with telepathic powers is sent to a remote mountain compound where she discovers secrets about her past and the world's future.
The Obernewtyn Chronicles - Book One,For Elspeth Gordie freedom is-like so much else after the Great White-a memory., It was a time known as the Age of Chaos. In a final explosive flash everything ... (Goodreads)
Graceling
by Kristin Cashore
Adventure story of a young girl who discovers her extraordinary abilities and the risks she must take to protect her kingdom.
This book tells the story of Katsa, a young woman with a "Grace", or power, which enhances her survival skills and makes her a highly efficient killer. It takes place in a world where Gracelings, or ... (Wikipedia)
Last Stand of Dead Men
by Derek Landy
The war between Sanctuaries intensifies as the Dead Men make their last stand against the evil forces.
Five years prior The Man with Golden Eyes meets with the Torment, who tells him that he is onboard with his plans, and the man with the golden eyes sends several mortal mercenaries to kill some ... (Wikipedia)
The False Princess
by Eilis O'Neal
A princess discovers she is not who she thought she was and must navigate a web of lies to uncover the truth about her identity.
Princess and heir to the throne of Thorvaldor, Nalia's led a privileged life at court. But everything changes when it's revealed, just after her sixteenth birthday, that she is a false princess, a ... (Goodreads)
Evil Star
by Anthony Horowitz
The second book in the "Power of Five" series, five teenagers must stop an ancient evil from destroying the world.
Following the events of, Raven's Gate, (which took place a few weeks before the beginning of Evil Star ), Matt goes to a new private school which the Nexus are funding, but is left friendless because ... (Wikipedia)
The Secret of Platform 13
by Eva Ibbotson
A rescue mission to bring back a prince from a magical island through a secret portal at King's Cross Station.
A forgotten door on an abandoned railway platform is the entrance to a magical kingdom–an island where humans live happily with feys, mermaids, ogres, and other wonderful creatures. Carefully hidden ... (Goodreads)
Maniac Magee
by Jerry Spinelli
A young orphan boy, Jeffrey Lionel Magee, becomes a legend in a racially divided town by bringing people together through his incredible feats of athleticism and kindness.
Jeffrey Lionel Magee's parents were killed in a trolley accident when a drunk driver crashed and sunk it into the river in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania , orphaning him at age three. After living with his ... (Wikipedia)
Necropolis
by Anthony Horowitz
The third book in the "Power of Five" series, where five teenagers must fight against evil forces to save the world from destruction.
Scarlett Adams ' school tutor group is taken on a trip to St Meredith's Church where she sees a vision of Matthew Freeman , who leads her to the door with the pentagram etched into it. There, she is ... (Wikipedia)
The Eternity Code
by Eoin Colfer
An exciting adventure story of a young genius trying to outwit a powerful criminal organization.
Artemis Fowl II , the 13-year-old criminal mastermind, has created a supercomputer which he calls the "C Cube", from the stolen fairy LEPrecon helmets confiscated by Butler in the siege of Fowl ... (Wikipedia)
