Posts Tagged ‘fantasy’

My Unfair Godmother, by Janette Rallison

January 4, 2012

Summary:  A fairy godmother-in-training is sent to help angry seventeen-year-old Tansy, who reluctantly is staying with her father and his new wife while her mother and sister are travelling, but the unfortunate result of this intended help is chaos and confusion.

Walker

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs

August 27, 2011

Summary: After a family tragedy, Jacob feels compelled to explore an abandoned orphanage on an island off the coast of Wales, discovering disturbing facts about the children who were kept there.

Quirk Books

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, by Catherynne Valente

August 12, 2011

Summary: Twelve-year-old September’s ordinary life in Omaha turns to adventure when a Green Wind takes her to Fairyland to retrieve a talisman the new and fickle Marquess wants from the enchanted woods.

Feiwel and Friends

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The Floating Islands, by Rachel Neumeier

August 10, 2011

Summary:  The adventures of two teenaged cousins who live in a place called The Floating Islands, one of whom is studying to become a mage and the other one of the legendary island flyers.

Knopf

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The False Princess, by Ellis O’Neal

May 22, 2011

Summary: For sixteen years, Nalia has been raised as the princess of Thorvaldor, but one day she learns that her real name is Sinda and that she is part of a complicated plot that would change the future of her country forever.

Egmont

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The Replacement, by Brenna Yovanoff

November 16, 2010

Summary: Sixteen-year-old Mackie Doyle knows that he replaced a human child when he was just an infant, and when a friend’s sister disappears he goes against his family’s and town’s deliberate denial of the problem to confront the beings that dwell under the town, tampering with human lives. 343 p., Razorbill.

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The Poison Eaters and Other Stories, by Holly Black

July 27, 2010

Summary: A girl wagers her soul in a sour-gummy-frog-eating contest with the devil. Love and a homemade coat rescue a boy from his fairyland jailers. A newly bitten teenage vampire uses the Internet to show the world just how uncool the “cold” life is. In this collection of stories, the supernatural intersects with everyday life in surprising and dangerous ways. Big Mouth House

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Magic Under Glass, by Jaclyn Dolamore

July 27, 2010

Summary:A wealthy sorcerer’s invitation to sing with his automaton leads seventeen-year-old Nimira, whose family’s disgrace brought her from a palace to poverty, into political intrigue, enchantments, and a friendship with a fairy prince who needs her help. Bloomsbury

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Finnikin of the Rock, by Marlena Marchetta

July 26, 2010

Summary: Now on the cusp of manhood, Finnikin, who was a child when the royal family of Lumatere was brutally murdered and replaced by an imposter, reluctantly joins forces with an enigmatic young novice and fellow-exile, who claims that her dark dreams will lead them to a surviving royal child and a way to regain the throne of Lumatere. Candlewick Press

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Brightly Woven, by Alexandra Braken

July 24, 2010

Summary:  Sixteen-year-old Sydelle Mirabel, an unusually talented weaver, must master her mysterious power and join a young wizard in stopping an imminent war in land.

Egmont

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