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The Arctic Incident
by Eoin Colfer
A daring mission to save a kidnapped friend, uncovering a dastardly plot.
The story opens at the Bay of Kola , just after the Russian Mafia have sunk the Fowl Star. Two low-ranking Mafia members discover the body of the former Irish crime lord Artemis Fowl I, who has ... (Wikipedia)
The Lost Colony
by Eoin Colfer
An adventurous group of teens travel to a mysterious island to unravel its secrets.
In Barcelona , Spain, Artemis Fowl II and Butler, his bodyguard, wait for a demon . They suddenly encounter a demon who transports Artemis through time. Before Artemis is lost in time, Butler is able ... (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)
Eldest
by Christopher Paolini
An epic fantasy adventure, with a young hero struggling to save his kingdom from a dark force.
Darkness falls…despair abounds…evil reigns…Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now ... (Goodreads)
Ptolemy's Gate
by Jonathan Stroud
A young magician's quest to confront an ancient evil and restore balance to the magical world.
The British Empire is falling apart. Many commoners are unhappy with the current government, though none of the commoners claim responsibility for the status quo. The magician's demons are being ... (Wikipedia)
Brisingr
by Christopher Paolini
An epic fantasy tale of a young man's quest to restore justice and peace to his kingdom.
Brisingr begins about three days after the events in, Eldest, conclude. It continues the story of the, Inheritance Cycle, and takes place on the fictional continent of Alagaësia during a struggle for ... (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)
Fairest
by Gail Carson Levine
A tale of self-discovery, as a young girl learns to embrace her true beauty.
In the kingdom of Ayortha, who is the fairest of them all? Certainly not Aza. She is thoroughly convinced that she is ugly. What she may lack in looks, though, she makes up for with a kind heart, and ... (Goodreads)
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
by Helen Simonson
A widower finds love and acceptance in an unlikely place, challenging social conventions.
You are about to travel to Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village in the English countryside filled with rolling hills, thatched cottages, and a cast of characters both hilariously original and as ... (Goodreads)
Dairy Queen
by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
A teenage girl's journey of self-discovery, learning to find her place in the world.
15-year-old girl Darlene Joyce (D.J.) Schwenk lives on a farm in Red Bend, Wisconsin, where she and her family own a dairy farm. When D.J.'s father hurts his hip, leaving him unable to work, D.J. ... (Wikipedia)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
by Susanna Clarke
A whimsical tale of two magicians mastering the mysteries of English magic.
The novel opens in 1806 in northern England with The Learned Society of York Magicians, whose members are "theoretical magicians" who believe that magic died out several hundred years earlier. The ... (Wikipedia)
Grave Sight
by Charlaine Harris
A young woman uses her supernatural powers to uncover a murderer in a small town.
Grave Sight (Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 1) Harper Connelly has what you might call a strange job: she finds dead people. She can sense the final location of a person who's passed, and share ... (Goodreads)
Keturah and Lord Death
by Martine Leavitt
A young woman's quest to find true love by outsmarting Death himself.
Martine Leavitt offers a spellbinding story, interweaving elements of classic fantasy and high romance in this National Book Award Finalist. Keturah follows a legendary hart into the king's forest, ... (Goodreads)
Enna Burning
by Shannon Hale
A young girl's journey of self-discovery, unlocking the secrets to mastering her magical powers.
Enna has returned to the forest to live with her elder brother, Leifer. After finding a vellum scroll, Leifer learns the secret of 'fire-speaking', the ability to control the element of fire. ... (Wikipedia)
The Long Patrol
by Brian Jacques
The Long Patrol, a group of hares, must defend their land against an evil fox and his army.
Tamello De Fformelo Tussock (or Tammo), a young hare who lives at Camp Tussock, longs to be part of the Long Patrol at Salamandastron. However, his father, Cornspurrey De Fformelo Tussock, will not ... (Wikipedia)
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)
A Countess Below Stairs
by Eva Ibbotson
A young woman takes on the identity of a housemaid in a wealthy Russian household, discovering a new life and unexpected love.
After the Russian revolution turns her world topsy-turvy, Anna, a young Russian Countess, has no choice but to flee to England. Penniless, Anna hides her aristocratic background and takes a job as ... (Goodreads)
Ship Breaker
by Paolo Bacigalupi
In a post-apocalyptic world, a young scavenger discovers a valuable and dangerous secret that could change his life forever.
Nailer, a small-framed teenage boy, is scavenging through an old rusty ship for copper wire. As he crawls through the darkness looking for scavenge to make quota, he dreams of traveling through the ... (Wikipedia)
Crooked Kingdom
by Leigh Bardugo
A gang of criminals must band together to take down a powerful adversary.
In the prologue, a Grisha man named Emil Retvenko is kidnapped by a winged Shu man. The book commences in a gambling parlor known as Club Cumulus where Jesper and Nina keep Jan Van Eck's lawyer, ... (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)
Mortal Engines
by Philip Reeve
In a post-apocalyptic world, cities are mobile and hunt each other for resources. Two teens uncover a sinister plot that could destroy everything.
"It was a dark, blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across the dried-out bed of the old North Sea." The great traction city London has been skulking ... (Goodreads)
Standing in the Rainbow
by Fannie Flagg
A comedic story of a small town in Alabama and its eccentric inhabitants, highlighting the beauty of human relationships.
Along with Neighbor Dorothy, the lady with the smile in her voice, whose daily radio broadcasts keep us delightfully informed on all the local news, we also meet Bobby, her ten-year-old son, destined ... (Goodreads)
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)
Sleeping Giants
by Sylvain Neuvel
A mysterious discovery of an ancient machine begins a thrilling adventure to uncover its secrets.
A girl named Rose is riding her new bike near home in Deadwood, South Dakota, when she falls through the earth. She wakes up at the bottom of a square-shaped hole, its walls glowing with intricate ... (Goodreads)
Leviathan Wakes
by James S.A. Corey
Space adventure of two unlikely allies in a fight to save humanity.
The ice hauling ship Canterbury (nicknamed the Cant by Belters) is en route from Saturn's Rings to Ceres Station when it encounters a distress signal . Five members of the Cant 's crew are dispatched ... (Wikipedia)
The Seeing Stone
by Tony DiTerlizzi
A magical tale of adventure, friendship, and courage in the face of darkness.
we said no still you looked , now instead , someone gets cooked, The Grace kids are just beginning to get used to Aunt Lucinda's strange old mansion when Simon suddenly disappears. Jared and his ... (Goodreads)
Forward the Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
The final book in the Foundation series, following the life of Hari Seldon as he creates the science of psychohistory.
Forward the Foundation continues the chronicles of the life of Hari Seldon , first begun in, Prelude to Foundation, . The story takes place on Trantor , and begins eight years after the events of ... (Wikipedia)
The Angel Experiment
by James Patterson
A group of genetically engineered children on the run from a dangerous government agency.
Six unforgettable kids — with no families, no homes — are running for their lives. Max Ride and her best friends have the ability to fly. And that's just the beginning of their amazing powers. But ... (Goodreads)
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)
A Wizard Abroad
by Diane Duane
Nita and Kit travel to Ireland to help a young wizard, but find themselves caught up in a battle against ancient evil.
To give Nita a vacation from magic–and to separate her from Kit, her partner in wizardry--Nita's parents pack her off for a monthlong stay with her eccentric aunt in Ireland. But the Old World is ... (Goodreads)
