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Wolf-Speaker
by Tamora Pierce
A young girl embarks on a magical journey to save her wolf friend from his dangerous captor.
Daine receives a summons from some old friends—the wolf pack from her old village, led by Brokefang and his mate Frostfur, who are unhappy with the nobles ruining the Long Lake, their territory. They ... (Wikipedia)
Wild Magic
by Tamora Pierce
A young girl's journey to reclaim her magical powers and defeat an evil sorcerer.
The reader is introduced to Veralidaine, (who goes by Daine), a thirteen-year-old girl who can speak to animals. Daine meets Onua, the woman in charge of the horses for the "Queen's Riders", (the ... (Wikipedia)
Emperor Mage
by Tamora Pierce
A young girl's fantastical journey of self-discovery and growth, learning the power of her own magic.
Daine is sent with a delegation that includes both Sir Gareths of Naxen, Alanna the Lioness , and Numair Salmalin , to the Emperor Mage of Carthak, in hopes that she can smooth the international ... (Wikipedia)
Dealing with Dragons
by Patricia C. Wrede
A young princess embarks on a journey of self-discovery, learning to stand up for herself and others.
Princess Cimorene is frustrated by her life and persuades the castle staff to teach her fencing, magic, cooking, Latin, and other interesting subjects that are considered very "improper" for ... (Wikipedia)
Talking to Dragons
by Patricia C. Wrede
A young girl discovers her destiny to become a powerful wizard and save the kingdom from an evil sorcerer.
Cimorene raises Daystar and tells him legends about the Enchanted Forest, swordsmanship, spells, and magical protocols. One day, Antorell, a member of the Society of Wizards who has a grudge against ... (Wikipedia)
Calling on Dragons
by Patricia C. Wrede
An adventurous girl's mission to save an enchanted kingdom from the dangers of dark magic.
This novel is the third in the Enchanted Forest series, told from the witch Morwen's perspective. Morwen, a witch who lives in the Enchanted Forest, is having trouble with people who believe that ... (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)
Crown Duel
by Sherwood Smith
A young woman's courageous fight against a powerful monarchy to restore justice to her kingdom.
Battle on and off the field, with sword and fan, with might and manners... It begins in a cold and shabby tower room, where young Countess Meliara swears to her dying father that she and her brother ... (Goodreads)
The Looking Glass Wars
by Frank Beddor
A retelling of Alice in Wonderland, where Alice is a warrior princess fighting against the evil Red Queen in a parallel universe.
The premise of the book is that Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice in Wonderland was fiction, but that the character Alice is real, as, indeed, is the world of Wonderland . Carroll's novel is said to ... (Wikipedia)
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
by Robin McKinley
An unconventional retelling of a classic fairytale, exploring themes of love and transformation.
Roderick Huston, a wealthy merchant and widower, has three daughters; Grace, Hope, and Honour. When Honour was a child she asked what her name meant and afterwards said she'd rather be named Beauty, ... (Wikipedia)
Daughter of the Blood
by Anne Bishop
A young woman's journey to claim her power and protect her kingdom from dark forces.
Librarian's Note: Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found, here,. The Dark Kingdom is preparing itself for the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy–the arrival of a new Queen, a Witch who will wield ... (Goodreads)
The Black Gryphon
by Mercedes Lackey
A young gryphon is born with black feathers, shunned by his own kind, but finds a new home and purpose with a human mage.
The book begins with the title character, the gryphon Skandranon Rashkae ("Skan"), creeping into an enemy encampment on a mission to acquire a new, magical weapon instrumental in the fall and capture ... (Wikipedia)
The Queen of Attolia
by Megan Whalen Turner
A young queen must face political upheaval and a dangerous enemy to protect her kingdom.
Eugenides, the Thief of Eddis, has been caught spying on the Queen of Attolia. He expects to be hanged, but the Queen instead resorts to an ancient traditional punishment for thievery and has his ... (Wikipedia)
The Fairy Godmother
by Mercedes Lackey
A young girl's journey to uncover her mysterious past and the magical power that lies within.
It is about a young woman named Elena, the daughter of a wealthy gentleman. After the death of her mother, her father married a devious social climber with two daughters of her own. Not long after ... (Wikipedia)
Heir Apparent
by Vivian Vande Velde
In a virtual reality game, Giannine must survive and win the game to escape. But if she dies in the game, she dies in real life.
In the virtual reality game, Heir Apparent,, there are, way, too many ways to get killed–and Giannine seems to be finding them all. Which is a darn shame, because unless she can get the magic ring, ... (Barnes & Noble)
Poison Study
by Maria V. Snyder
Yelena, a convicted murderer, is given the choice to be executed or become the Commander's food taster. She must navigate political intrigue and assassination attempts.
Not everyone is pleased by Yelena's acceptance of the role of food taster, especially not General Brazell, whose son was killed by Yelena, despite it being in self-defense. His wants for her death ... (Wikipedia)
The Blue Sword
by Robin McKinley
A young girl embarks on an epic adventure, discovering courage, strength, and her true identity.
This is the story of Harry Crewe, the Homelander orphan girl who becomes Harimad-sol, King's Rider, and heir to the Blue Sword, Gonturan, which no woman had wielded since the legendary Lady Aerin ... (Wikipedia)
Arrow's Fall
by Mercedes Lackey
The final book in the Heralds of Valdemar trilogy. Talia must use her powers to save the kingdom from a dangerous enemy.
Having completed her year and a half interning in the field, Talia returns to Haven as Queen's Own Herald in right. In her absence, the Council of Valdemar has been considering an offer of an ... (Wikipedia)
The Thief
by Megan Whalen Turner
A thief with a hidden agenda sets off on a journey to reclaim an ancient relic.
The main character, a boy named Gen (short for Eugenides), is released from prison by the magus of the King of Sounis. Gen had been imprisoned for stealing the King's seal . The magus, whose name is ... (Wikipedia)
Kushiel's Dart
by Jacqueline Carey
A story of political intrigue, adventure, and forbidden love, set in a world of gods and mortals.
The book follows Phèdre nó Delaunay's life from birth. She's born with a mote in her eye, which makes her appear inappropriate for service as a religious courtesan, but it is revealed that this is ... (Wikipedia)
The Scorpio Races
by Maggie Stiefvater
A thrilling race between magical sea horses, set against a backdrop of danger and suspense.
It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Some riders live. Others die. At age ... (Goodreads)
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)
Bloody Bones
by Laurell K. Hamilton
A supernatural thriller that follows a monster hunter as she navigates a dangerous world of magic and mystery.
Bloody Bones begins on Saint Patrick's Day , shortly after the events of the previous Anita Blake novel,, The Lunatic Cafe, . Like the previous novels, the novel opens with Anita considering a ... (Wikipedia)
Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein
Two female spies' harrowing mission during WWII and the secrets they discover.
In 1943 Nazi-occupied France, a British Lysander spy plane crashes in the fictional town of Ormaie. On board are two best friends, a pilot (Maddie, code name: Kittyhawk) and a spy (Julie, code name: ... (Wikipedia)
The Ordinary Princess
by M.M. Kaye
A young princess who rejects her royal identity and embarks on an adventure to find her own special destiny.
Along with Wit, Charm, Health, and Courage, Princess Amy of Phantasmorania receives a special fairy christening gift: Ordinariness. Unlike her six beautiful sisters, she has brown hair and freckles, ... (Goodreads)
His Majesty's Dragon
by Naomi Novik
A Napoleonic-era naval captain and a dragon join forces to battle their enemies.
Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors ride mighty fighting dragons, bred for size or speed. When HMS Reliant captures a French frigate and seizes ... (Goodreads)
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)
White Is for Magic
by Laurie Faria Stolarz
High school student, Stacey, uses her psychic abilities to solve a mystery involving a missing student.
I'm watching you... A year has passed since Stacey Brown saved her best friend from a horrible death. Now she's having nightmares again, haunted by ghosts of the brutally murdered . . . and by a ... (Goodreads)
Night Watch
by Terry Pratchett
A comedic fantasy adventure story of a man who must save the world with the help of magic and unlikely allies.
On the morning of the 30th anniversary of the Glorious Revolution of the Twenty-Fifth of May (and as such the anniversary of the death of John Keel, Vimes' hero and former mentor), Sam Vimes — whose ... (Wikipedia)
The Ruins of Gorlan
by John Flanagan
A young orphan's rise to become a heroic knight, defending the kingdom against an evil sorcerer.
Morgarath, the exiled lord of the bleak, barren Mountains of Rain and Night has been waiting fifteen years in his dark realm, carefully planning his revenge against the Kingdom of Araluen. His former ... (Wikipedia)
