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Bell, Hilari
The Last Knight
In alternate chapters, eighteen-year-old Sir Michael Sevenson, an anachronistic knight errant, and seventeen-year-old Fisk, his street-wise squire, tell of their noble quest to bring Lady Ceciel to justice while trying to solve her husband's murder.
357 p. 2007
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Bray, Libba
A Great and Terrible Beauty
After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.
403 p. 2005
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Bull, Emma
War for the Oaks
Eddi McCandry has just left her boyfriend and their band when she finds herself running through the Minneapolis night, pursued by a sinister man and a huge, terrifying dog. The two creatures are one and the same: a phouka, a faerie being who has chosen Eddi to be a mortal pawn in the age-old war between the Seelie and Unseelie Courts. Eddi isn't interested--but she doesn't have a choice. Now she struggles to build a new life and new band when she might not even survive till the first rehearsal.
332 p. 2001
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Butcher, Jim
Furies of Calderon
In the kingdom of Alera, the people bond with the furies, elementals of earth, air, fire, water, and metal. In the competition for succession to the old ruling Lord, the high lords plot and manuver to place their Houses in postions of power and, the Marat, the savage enemy of Alera returns to the Valley. Meanwhile, Travis, an unassuming fifteen-year-old orphan boy, struggles with his lack of furycrafting. But, when his homeland erupts in chaos, when rebels war with loyalists, and furies clash with furies, Tavi's simple courage will turn the tides of war in this first book of the series.
440 p. 2004
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Colfer, Eoin
The Lost Colony
When demons begin appearing on Earth unpredictably, foreshadowing a cataclysmic breakdown of their magic, Artemis and his friends face a new foe -- a twelve-year-old girl whose intellect just might match Artemis's own -- as they try to prevent catastrophe.
385 p. 2006
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 Good Reads for Guys
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De Lint, Charles
Little (grrl) Lost
Fourteen-year-old T.J. and her new friend, sixteen-year-old Elizabeth, a six-inch-high Little with a big chip on her shoulder, help one another as T.J. tries to adjust to her family's move from a farm to the big city and Elizabeth tries to make her own way in the world.
271 p. 2007
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Delaney, Joseph
Revenge of the Witch
Young Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son, starts work as an apprentice for the village spook, whose job is to protect ordinary folk from ghouls, boggarts, and all manner of wicked beasties. Capturing witches Binding boggarts Driving away ghosts For years, Old Gregory has been the Spook for the county, ridding the local villages of evil. Now his time is coming to an end. But who will take over for him? Twenty-nine apprentices have tried-some floundered, some fled, some failed to stay alive. Only Thomas Ward is left. He's the last hope; the last apprentice. Can Thomas succeed? Will he learn the difference between a benign witch and a malevolent one? Does the Spook's warning against girls with pointy shoes include Alice? And what will happen if Thomas accidentally frees Mother Malkin, the most evil witch in the county?
344 p. 2005
Appears on the following book lists:
If You Like Harry Potter
Scary Stories
Good Reads for Middle School
Fabulous Reads for Middle Schoolers
Fantasy - modern
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Duane, Diane
So You Want to Be a Wizard
Something stopped Nita's hand as it ran along the bookshelf. She looked and
found that one of the books had a loose thread at the top of its spine. It was one of those So You Want to Be a . . . books, a series on careers. So You Want to Be a Pilot, and a Scientist . . . a Writer. But his one said, So You Want to Be a Wizard.
I don't believe this, Nina thought. She shut the book and stood there holding it in her hand, confused, amazed, suspicious--and delighted. If it was a joke, it was a great one. If it wasn't . . . ?
369 p. 1996
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Fantasy - traditional
If You Like Harry Potter
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
Discussion Guides - Children's Books
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Dunmore, Helen
Ingo
As they search for their missing father near their Cornwall home, Sapphy and her brother Conor learn about their family's connection to the domains of air and of water.
328 p. 2006
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Eddings, David
Pawn of Prophecy
Garion, a simple farm boy, knows the legend of the Orb that protects the West from the evil god Torak. When the Orb is stolen, he sets off on a quest to recover it. This quest takes him to a confrontation with the master of the darkest magic. First of a series.
262 p. 1997
Appears on the following book lists:
If you liked . . . The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Fantasy: Classic
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Gaiman, Neil
M is for Magic
Eleven stories that involve strange and fantastical events.
260 p. 2007
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Gaiman, Neil
Stardust
On seeing a falling star, a girl promises a boy his heart's desire if he will get it for her. As it happens the boy is a member of a magic people so finding it presents no problem, until he runs into evil witches who are also after the star. A fairy love story.
238 p. 1999
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Books to Film
Alex Award - Fiction
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Garrison, Terie
AutumnQuest
After her brother, Breyard, hatches an illegal dragon's egg, fifteen-year-old Donavah finds herself helping him raise it, and in the process discovers what magical powers she has been given.
185 p. 2006
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If You Like Harry Potter
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Hale, Shannon
Book of a Thousand Days
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. A reimagined, little-known classic fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm, reset on the central Asian steppes.
305 p. 2007
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Book Trailers Spring 2008
Fractured Fairy Tales
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Hanley, Victoria
The Seer and the Sword
Princess Torina, who has the ability to see the future, and her friend Landen, who seeks a sword that belongs to his conquered kingdom, are separated when a treacherous murderer gains power, but from exile each works to restore peace and the rightful rulers.
341 p. 2000
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Hoffman, Mary
Stravaganza : City of Masks
While sick in bed with cancer, Lucien begins making journeys to a place in a parallel world that resembles Venice, Italy, and he becomes caught up in the political intrigues surrounding the Duchessa who rules the city.
344 p. 2002
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Hunter, Erin
Fire and Ice
Fireheart, a full-fledged warrior cat, must confront questions of loyalty and identity as he faces the possibility of betrayal from within his own forest clan.
317 p. 2003
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Jordan, Sherryl
The Hunting of the Last Dragon
In England in 1356, as a monk records his every word, a young peasant tells of his journey with a young Chinese noblewoman to St. Alfric's Cove and the lair of a dragon.
186 p. 2002
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Knox, Elizabeth
Dreamhunter
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.
365 p. 2006
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Lanagan, Margo
Tender Morsels
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.
436 p. 2008
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Printz Honor Books
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