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What’s New in Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Supernatural Fiction for Children and
Teens 2010
Compiled by
Susan Fichtelberg, Children’s Librarian, Woodbridge Public Library
(732) 634-4450 Ext. 7143 sfichtelberg@woodbridgelibrary.org
Bonnie Kunzel, Youth Services and Adolescent Literacy Consultant
(901) 752-0358 bkunzel@aol.com
Alcantara, Pedro de. Backtracked. Delacorte, 2009. (Gr. 8 - 11) SF
While playing a dangerous subway prank, a fifteen-year-old slacker, who lives a
comfortable life in Brooklyn, falls through a time-travel vortex and is transported to
different time periods in 20th century New York City where he learns firsthand
about hardship.
Alexander, Alma. Worldweavers 1: Gift of the Unmage. EOS, 2007. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Thea is the seventh child of two seventh children and thus destined for greatness.
But her magical talent is so minimal that she's enrolled at the Wandless Academy
for students with no magical abilities. With the help of Cheveyo the mage, she
begins weaving herself a new magical identity, which puts her life in danger.
Sequels: #2 Spellspam, 2008; #3 Cybermage, 2009.
Alexander, R. C. Unfamiliar Magic. Random House, 2010. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
Believing herself capable of greatness but unable to learn spells from her safetyminded mother, young witch Desi explores magic on her own when she is placed in
the charge of her mother's cat familiar, a feline that is transformed into a sushieating teenage girl.
Anthony, Piers. Jumper Cable. Tor, 2009. (A/YA) FAN
In the thirty-third thrilling escapade in Piers Anthony's rousing Xanth fantasy
series, an adventurous arachnid named Jumper must assume human form to save
the enchanted realm from a cosmic peril involving a cataclysmic battle between two
all-powerful Demons, a cryptic prophecy, alluring damsels, and a seductive siren
and her demonic consort. (Newest in the Xanth series.)
Armstrong, Kelley. The Dark Powers #1: The Summoning. Harperteen, 2008.
(Gr. 10+) SUPERNATURAL
Teenagers with supernatural powers are being hunted by a mysterious organization.
Sequels: #2 The Awakening, 2009; #3 The Reckoning, 2010.
Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Token of Darkness. Delecorte, 2010. (Gr. 7+)
SUPERNATURAL
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After Cooper Blake wakes from a serious car accident to find himself in the
company of an attractive, tormented ghost, he keeps his visions to himself until he
discovers that two of his peers also hide supernatural abilities.
Augarde, Steve. X-Isle. David Fickling Books, forthcoming 7/2010. (Gr. 8+) SF
Granted coveted places on an island in a future world devastated by flooding, Baz
and Ray quickly discover that their new home is ruled by an unpredictable religious
fanatic whose violent system compels the boys to plan a dangerous rebellion.
Bacigalupi, Paolo. The Windup Girl. Night Shade Books, 2009. (A/YA) SF
Anderson Lake is a company man, AgriGen's Calorie Man in Thailand. Under
cover as a factory manager, Anderson combs Bangkok's street markets in search
of foodstuffs thought to be extinct, hoping to reap the bounty of history's lost
calories. There, he encounters Emiko. Emiko is the Windup Girl, a strange and
beautiful creature. One of the New People, Emiko is not human; instead, she is an
engineered being, creche-grown and programmed to satisfy the decadent whims
of a Kyoto businessman, but now abandoned to the streets of Bangkok. Regarded
as soulless beings by some, devils by others, New People are slaves, soldiers, and
toys of the rich in a chilling near future in which calorie companies rule the world,
the oil age has passed, and the side effects of bio-engineered plagues run rampant
across the globe.
Bacigalupi, Paolo. Ship Breaker. Little Brown, 2010. (Gr. 9+) SF
In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil
tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the
wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.
Baker, E. D. The Dragon Princess. Bloomsbury, 2008. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
Although a princess, Millie cannot keep herself from turning unexpectedly into a
dragon, so she ventures off to the Frozen North to find the Blue Witch, who she
hopes will help her learn to control her dragon magic. Sequels: Dragon Kiss; A
Prince among Frogs, forthcoming 9/2010.
Baker, E. D. The Wide-Awake Princess. Bloomsbury, 2010. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
A younger sister to a princess destined to be Sleeping Beauty, Princess Annie
remains awake when her older sister pricks her finger, an act that causes all within
the castle to fall asleep, and compels Annie to venture through a rose-covered hedge
to find a spell-breaking prince.
Baker, Kage. The Hotel Under the Sand. Tachyon, 2009. (Gr. 4-6) FAN
Nine-year-old Emma loses all her possessions in a storm that strands her in the
desolate Dunes, where the great Grand Wenlocke hotel once was, and she finds an
odd assortment of friends as the old hotel begins to stir once more.
Balog, Cyn. Fairy Tale. Delacorte, 2009. (Gr. 8+) FAN
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Morgan Sparks and her boyfriend Cam have been best friends since they were
children, but just before their shared sixteenth birthday Cam confesses that he is a
fairy who was switched at birth with a human child, and now the fairies want to
switch them back.
Balog, Cyn. Sleepless. Delecorte, forthcoming 7/2010. (Gr. 8+) FAN
Communicating supernaturally in dreams shared with human charges he seduces
into sleep, Eron experiences a forbidden attraction to Julia, whose sad dreams
reveal the tragic death of her boyfriend and remind Eron of his own lost mortal life.
Barns, Jennifer Lynn. Fate. Delacorte, 2009. (Gr. 9+) FAN
High school senior Bailey Morgan must chose between the mortal world and the
otherworldly Nexus, where each night, as the third Fate, she weaves the web of life.
Previous title: Tattoo, 2008.
Barron, T. A. Merlin’s Dragon. Philomel, 2008. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
Basil, a small, flying lizard who is searching for others like himself, discovers that
there is more to him than he knows, as he becomes engaged in Avalon's great war
between the evil Rhita Gawr and the forces of good. Sequels: Merlin's Dragon:
Doomraga's Revenge, 2009; Ultimate Magic, forthcoming 10/2010.
Bearn, Emily. Tumtum and Nutmeg. Little Brown, 2009. (Gr. 4-6) FAN
Wealthy, married mice Tumtum and Nutmeg find adventure when they secretly try
to help two human siblings who live in a tumbledown cottage with their absentminded inventor father.
Beck, Ian. Pastworld. Bloomsbury, 2009. (Gr. 8+) SF
In 2050, while visiting Pastworld, a Victorian London theme park, teenaged Caleb
meets seventeen-year-old Eve, a Pastworld inhabitant who has no knowledge of the
modern world, and both become pawns in a murderer's diabolical plan that reveals
disturbing truths about the teenagers' origins.
Becker, Bonny. Magical Ms. Plum. Knopf, 2009. (Gr. 2-4) FAN
Entertained by the eccentric ways of their popular teacher Ms. Plum, her students
become even more intrigued when the supply closet transforms into a magical place
wherefrom unique creatures, such as a chatty parrot and tiny alligator, suddenly
emerge and become featured guests for the lesson of the day.
Beckett, Bernard. Genesis. Houghton Mifflin, 2009. (Gr. 9+) SF
Hoping to gain entry into her utopian society's elite governing institution, Anax
uncovers information that forces her to contemplate the nature of consciousness and
the rights of humanity in the face of complex artificial intelligence technology.
Beddor, Frank. Seeing Redd. Dial, 2007. (Gr. 6+) FAN
When Alyss Heart returns to her rightful place on the throne of Wonderland, she is
put to the test as enemies, both inside and outside the borders of her queendom,
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push their own agendas and wield horrific weapons, while she strives to unify them
all. Sequel to: The Looking Glass Wars, 2006. Sequel: ArchEnemy, 2009.
Bell, Hilari. The Last Knight. Eos, 2007. (Gr. 7 +) FAN
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.
Sequels: Rogue’s Home, 2008; and The Player’s Ruse, 2010.
Bell, Hilari. Shield of Stars. Simon & Schuster, 2007. (Gr. 4-7) FAN
When the Justice he works for is condemned for treason, fourteen-year-old and
semi-reformed pickpocket Weasel sets out to find a notorious bandit who may be
able to help save his master's life. Sequels: #2 The Sword of Waters, 2008; #3
Crown of Earth, 2009.
Bell, Hilari. Trickster’s Girl. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, forthcoming 1/2011. (Gr.
7+) FAN
In the year 2098, grieving her father and angry with her mother, fifteen-year-old
Kelsa joins the magical Raven on an epic journey from Utah to Alaska to heal the
earth by restoring the flow of magic that humans have disrupted.
Bell, Hilari. The Goblin Gate. Harperteen, forthcoming 10/2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Berkeley, Jon. The Tiger’s Egg. Julie Andrews Collection, 2007. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
When Miles Wednesday is told by Doctor Tau-Tau, a mysterious fortune-teller, that
his father is still alive, the search begins to uncover all clues--starting with the
location of the Tiger's Egg that he believes will be a direct link to his parents and
their mysterious disappearance, second in The Wednesday Tales. Sequel to: The
Palace of Laughter, 2006. Sequel: The Lightning Key, 2009.
Berkeley, Jon. The Hidden Boy. Katherine Tegen Books, 2010. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
When Bea and her family are transported aboard an underwater bus to a strange
land, her younger brother Theo is lost during the voyage, and somehow it falls to
Bea to find out what has become of him.
Berry, Julie. The Amaranth Enchantment. Bloomsbury, 2009. 1599903342. (Gr. 58) FAN
Lucinda stands up to the man who took everything from her, aided by a thief, a
clever goat, and a mysterious woman called the Witch of Amaranth, while the
prince she knew as a child prepares to marry, unaware that he is also in danger.
Bertagna, Julie. Exodus. Walker, 2008. 0802797458. (Gr. 9+) SF
In the year 2100, as the island of Wing is about to be covered by water, fifteen-yearold Mara discovers the existence of New World sky cities that are safe from the
storms and rising waters, and convinces her people to travel to one of these cities in
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themselves.der to save themselves.der to save themselves. Sequel: Zenith, 2009.
Billingsley, Franny. Chime. Dial, forthcoming 3/2011. FAN
In the early twentieth century in Swansea, Wales, seventeen-year-old Briony, who
can see the spirits that haunt the marshes around their town, feels responsible for
her twin sister's horrible injury until a young man enters their lives and exposes
secrets that even Briony does not know about.
Binding, Tom. Sylvie and the Songman. David Fickling, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
Sylvie uncovers an underground world of magic and evil, and with help from her
friends, she must hold off a power that threatens the lives of all beings in the world.
The Songman is at large, and is determined to steal music and use it for his own evil
ends.
Black, Holly and Tony DiTerlizzi. Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles #1: The Nixie’s
Song. Simon & Schuster, 2007. (Gr. 3-5) FAN
When his father remarries and moves his new wife and daughter into the soon-to-be
completed Mangrove Hollow, eleven-year-old Nicholas Vargas finds an ally in his
new stepsister when a little nixie with a huge problem comes to him for help.
Sequels: #2 Giant Problem, 2008; #3 The Wyrm King, 2009. Sequel to The
Spiderwick Chronicles: #1 The Field Guide, 2003; #2 The Seeing Stone, 2003; #3
Lucinda’s Secret, 2003; #4 The Ironwood Tree, 2004; #5 The Wrath of the Mulgarath,
2004.
Black, Holly. The White Cat. The Curse Workers #1. Margaret K. McElderry, 2010.
FAN
Rendered an outsider because of his dubious family of magical con artists, Cassel
struggles with lingering guilt over his role in a friend's death years earlier and
begins experiencing bizarre dreams about a white cat that make him question his
dead friend's actual fate.
Black, Kat. The Book of Tormond 1: A Templar's Apprentice. Scholastic, 2009. (Gr.
6+) FAN
While trying to harness his power for prophetic visions, a fourteenth-century
Scottish boy joins a Templar knight on his sacred quest to unearth an ancient relic.
Block, Francesca Lia. Pretty Dead. HarperTeen, 2009. (Gr. 9+)
SUPERNATURAL
Beautiful vampire Charlotte finds herself slowly changing back into a human after
the mysterious death of her best friend.
Blubaugh, Penny. Serendipity Market. HarperTeen, 2009. (Gr. 7+) FAN
When the world begins to seem unbalanced, Mama Inez calls ten storytellers to the
Serendipity Market and, through the power of their magical tales, the balance of the
world is corrected once again.
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Boyce, Frank Cottrell. Cosmic. Walden Pond Press, 2010. (Gr. 5-8) SF
Frequently mistaken for an adult because of his mature appearance, 12-year-old
Liam tires of the few benefits he's been able to take advantage of as a result and
cons his way onto a spaceship for civilians by pretending to be an adult chaperone, a
situation that lands him between worlds far from home.
Bracken, Alexandra. Brightly Woven. Egmont, 2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Sixteen-year-old Sydelle Mirabel, an unusually talented weaver and the village
elder's daughter, must master her mysterious power and join a young wizard,
Wayland North, to prevent an imminent war in their kingdom.
Bray, Libba. Going Bovine. Delacorte, 2009. (Gr. 9+) FAN
Cameron Smith, a disaffected sixteen year-old who, after being diagnosed with
Creutzfeld Jakob's (aka mad cow) disease, sets off on a road trip with a deathobsessed video gaming dwarf he meets in the hospital in an attempt to find a cure.
Breen, M. E. Darkwood. Bloomsbury, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
A clever and fearless orphan endures increasing danger while trying to escape from
greedy, lawless men and elude the terrifying "kinderstalks"--animals who steal
children--before discovering her true destiny.
Brennan, Sarah Rees. Demon’s Lexicon. Margaret K. McElderry, 2009. (Gr. 9+)
FAN
Aware that deadly magicians are plotting to take back a charm that was stolen by
his mother, Nick turns to his brother, Alan, for help in keeping the demons away,
but when he uncovers dark secrets about his family, Nick's trust in Alan is shaken
to the core in the midst of their most dangerous mission. Sequel: The Demon’s
Covenant, 2010.
Brewer, Heather. Twelfth Grade Kills. Dutton, forthcoming 9/2010. (Gr. 7+)
SUPERNATURAL
The Council of Elders, having been informed that Tomas still lives, puts off Vlad's
execution, providing Vlad the opportunity to try to set some things right. Previous
titles in The Chronicles of Vlad Tod: #1 Eighth Grade Bites, 2007; #2 Ninth Grade
Slays, 2008; #3 Tenth Grade Bleeds, 2009; #4 Eleventh Grade Burns, 2010.
Briceland, V. The Glass Maker’s Daughter. Flux, 2009. (Gr. 10+) FAN
Sixteen-year-old Risa's disappointment over an unprecedented event is devastating,
but the evil and destruction that follows the king's death show her that the god and
goddess have special need of her talents and those of her new, lower-class friends.
Sequel: The Buccaneer's Apprentice, 2010.
Briggs, Andy. Council of Evil. Walker, 2009. (Gr. 6+) SF
Fourteen-year-old Jake Hunter goes from average bully to villain after finding a
website that lets him download superpowers, but when he joins forces with the
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supervillain Basilisk, he may be in over his head. Companion novel: Rise of the
Heroes, 2009.
Brodien-Jones, Christine. The Owl Keeper. Delacorte, 2010. (Gr. 5-9) FAN
Loving his grandmother's story about a pre-Destruction protector who once united
sages and extinct silver owls against the powers of the dark, Maxwell Unger is
challenged to be brave and protect an important secret when a mysterious girl
comes to town.
Burgis, Stephanie. A Most Improper Magick. The Unladylike Adventures of Kat
Stephenson #1. Atheneum, 2010. (Gr. 5-9) FAN
Destined to be a magical Guardian of Society in 19th-century England, 12-year-old
Kat struggles to gain acceptance from a rigid Order of the Guardians that expelled
her mother, an effort that is challenged by a determination to help her sisters.
Bullen, Alexandra. Wish. Scholastic, 2010. (Gr. 9+) FAN
After her vivacious twin sister dies, a shy teenaged girl moves with her parents to
San Francisco, where she meets a magical seamstress who grants her one wish.
Bryan, Kathleen. The Golden Rose. Tor, 2008. 0765313294. (A/YA) FAN
When she discovers that the traitor King of Lys is preparing a fleet to attack the
Ladies of the Isle, despite his promise to honor her agreement to produce a child,
Averil flees to the side of her beloved Gerient, the Knight of the Rose, to join him in
a battle to protect their world. Sequel to: The Serpent and the Rose, 2007. Sequel:
The Last Paladin, 2009.
Buckley-Archer, Linda. The Gideon Trilogy: The Time Quake. Simon & Schuster,
2009. (Gr. 6+) SF
While sinister Lord Luxon makes himself at home in twenty-first century
Manhattan, Peter and Kate, aided by Gideon, pursue The Tar Man through the
streets of eighteenth-century London, when history is at its tipping point. Previous
titles: #1 Gideon the Cutpurse; #2 The Time Thief.
Buckley, Michael. Tales from the Hood. Abrams, 2008. 081099478X. (Gr. 4-6)
FAN
When the fairy-tale detectives rush to New York City hoping to find an Everafter
who can cure Puck, they trigger a chain of events that includes a murder mystery,
and learn many new things about their mother who, along with their father, is still
in an enchanted sleep. Previous titles in the Sisters Grimm series: #1 The Fairy-Tale
Detectives, 2005; #2 The Unusual Suspects, 2005; #3 The Problem Child, 2006; #4
Once upon a Crime, 2007; #5 Magic and Other Misdemeanors, 2007. Sequels: #7
The Everafter War, 2009; #8 The Inside Story, 2010.
Buckley, Michael. NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society.
Amulet, 2009. (Gr. 4-6) SF
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While running a spy network from their elementary school, five unpopular misfits
combine their enhanced abilities and use cutting-edge gadgetry to fight evil around
the world. Sequel: M Is for Mama’s Boy, forthcoming 9/2010.
Bujold, Lois Mcmaster. Passage. Eos, 2008. 0061375330. (A/YA) FAN
Unable to overcome the bigotry of their own families in spite of the numerous
hardships they have shared, Fawn and Dag set out to find alternative solutions to
the perilous rift between their races. Previous titles in The Sharing Knife series: #1
Beguilement, 2006; #2 Legacy, 2007. Sequel: Horizon, 2009.
Bullen, Alexandra. Wish: A Novel. Point, 2010. (Gr. 9+) SUPERNATURAL
After her vivacious twin sister dies, a shy teenaged girl moves with her parents to
San Francisco, where she meets a magical seamstress who grants her one wish.
Bunce, Elizabeth. Starcrossed. Arthur A. Levine, forthcoming 10/2010. (Gr. 8+)
FAN
Butcher, Jim. Small Favor: The Dresden Files, Book 10. Roc, 2008. (A/YA) FAN
Chicago wizard Harry Dresden's calm life is interrupted when Mab, monarch of the
Winter Court of the Sidhe, decides to call in the favor that Harry owes her, sending
him on a quest that leaves him trapped between a deadly foe and an untrustworthy
ally. Previous titles: : #1 Storm Front, 2000; #2 Fool Moon, 1/01; #3 Grave Peril,
9/01; #4 Summer Knight, 2002; #5 Death Masks, 2003; #6 Blood Rites, 2004; #7
Dead Beat, 2005; #8 Proven Guilty, 2006; #9 White Night, 2007; #11 Summer Knight,
2009; #12 Death Masks, 2009. #13 Mean Streets: Four Novellas Featuring Harry
Dresden, John Taylor, HarperBlaine, and Remy Chandle,. 2010; #14 Ghost Story,
forthcoming 4/2011.
Byrd, Tim. Doc Wilde and the Frogs of Doom. Putnam, 2009. (Gr. 3-5) SF
Trained by their talented father, Doc Wilde, to survive in the wild, Brian and Wren
are prepared for anything that comes their way--including fighting mutant frogs
from another dimension that have arrived on the planet with evil intentions and bad
attitudes.
Cabot, Meg. Airhead. Point, 2008. (Gr. 7+) SF
Sixteen-year-old Emerson Watts, an advanced placement student with a disdain for
fashion, is the recipient of a "whole body transplant" and finds herself transformed
into one of the world's most famous teen supermodels. Sequels: Being Nikki, 2009;
Runaway, 2010.
Caine, Rachel. The Morganville Vampires: #1 Glass Houses, 2006. (Gr. 10+)
SUPERNATURAL
In Morganville, Texas, a small college town where evil terrorizes the streets under
the cover of darkness, Claire Danvers discovers that her new roommates are
vampires and all hell breaks loose as the living party with the dead. Previous titles:
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#2 The Dead Girls’ Dance, 2007; #3 Midnight Alley, 2007; #4 Feast of Fools, 2008; #5
Lord of Misrule, 2009; #6 Carpe Corpus, 2009; #7 Fade Out, 2009; #8 Kiss of Death,
2010; and Ghost Town, forthcoming 11/2010.
Cann, Kate. Possessed. Point, 2010. (Gr. 10+) SUPERNATURAL
Rayne escapes London for a job in the country at Morton's Keep, where she is
drawn to a mysterious clique and its leader, St. John, but puzzles over whether the
growing evil she senses is from the manor house or her new friends.
Card, Orson Scott. Pathfinder. Simon & Schuster, forthcoming 11/2010. (Gr. 7+)
SF
This series follows Rigg's quest to save his world from destruction and uncover the
truth behind the Tender's prophecy.
Carey, Janet Lee. Stealing Death. Egmont, 2009. (Gr. 8+) FAN
After losing his family, except for his younger sister Jilly, and their home in a tragic
fire, seventeen-year-old Kipp Corwin, a poor farmer, must wrestle with death itself
in order to save Jilly and the woman he loves.
Carey, Janet Lee. The Dragons of Noor. Egmont, forthcoming 10/2010. (Gr. 8+)
FAN
Carman, Patrick. Atherton: House of Power. Little Brown, 2007. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
Edgar, an eleven-year-old orphan, finds a book that reveals significant secrets about
Atherton, the strictly divided world on which he lives, even as geological changes
threaten to shift the power structure that allows an elite few to live off the labor of
others. Sequels: Rivers of Fire, 2008; The Dark Planet, 2009.
Carroll, Michael. The Quantum Prophecy: The Awakening. Philomel, 2007. (Gr.
6+) SF
Ten years after the disappearance of superhumans--both heroes and villains-thirteen-year-olds Danny and Colin begin to develop super powers, making them
the object of much unwanted attention. Sequels: The Gathering, 2008; The
Reckonning, 2009.
Carroll, Michael. Super Human. Philomel, 2010. (Gr. 8+) SF
A ragtag group of young superheroes takes on a powerful warrior who is
transported from 4,000 years in the past to enslave the modern world.
Cashore, Kristin. Graceling. Harcourt, 2008. (Gr. 10+) FAN
In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called
Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace
of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt
king. Prequel: Fire, 2009. Sequel: Bitterblue, forthcoming 4/2011.
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Cast, P. C. and Kristin Cast. The House of the Night 7: Burned. St. Martin’s, 2010.
(Gr. 10+) SUPERNATURAL
As Zoey's fate hangs in the balance, her friends must figure out how to bring her
back from the Otherworld while coping with serious problems of their own.
Previous titles: #1 Marked, 2007; #2 Betrayed, 2007; #3 Chosen, 2008; #4 Untamed,
2008; #5 Hunted, 2009; #6 Tempted, 2009.
Caveney, Philip. Sebastian Darke: Prince of Fools. Delacorte, 2008. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Accompanied by his sardonic buffalope Max, seventeen-year-old Sebastian Darke
meets a spoiled princess and a diminutive soldier who aid in his quest to become
court jester to the evil King Septimus. Sequels: Prince of Pirates, 2009; and Prince
of Explorers, 2010.
Chadda, Sarwat. Devil’s Kiss. Hyperion, 2009. (Gr. 8+) SUPERNATURAL
Fifteen-year-old Billi SanGreal has grown up knowing that being a member of the
Knights Templar puts her in danger, but if she is to save London from catastrophe
she must make sacrifices greater than she imagined.
Chang, Margaret. Cecilia’s Robot. Holiday House, 2009. (Gr. 4-6) SF
Surprised by her scientist father's gift of a robot for her birthday, ten-year-old Celia
comes to appreciate its help in organizing her chaotic day-to-day life until it
suddenly mysteriously disappears.
Childs, Tera Lynn. Oh My Gods. Dutton, 2008. 0525479422. (Gr. 9+) FAN
When her mother marries a man from Greece and moves the family onto an island
in the Aegean Sea, Phoebe's life takes an unexpected turn when she discovers that
her new classmates at her exclusive academy are all descendants of real Greek gods-and her very real competition on the track team! Sequel: Goddess Bootcamp, 2009.
Chima, Cinda Williams. The Demon King. Hyperion, 2009. (Gr. 8+) FAN
Relates the intertwining fates of former street gang leader Han Alister and
headstrong Princess Raisa, as Han takes possession of an amulet that once belonged
to an evil wizard and Raisa uncovers a conspiracy in the Grey Wolf Court. Sequel:
The Exiled Queen, forthcoming 9/2010.
Choldenko, Gennifer. No Passengers Beyond This Point. Dial, forthcoming 2/2011.
(Gr. 5-8) SF
With their house in foreclosure, sisters India and Mouse and brother Finn are sent
to stay with an uncle in Colorado until their mother can join them, but when the
plane lands, the children are welcomed by cheering crowds to a strange place where
each of them has a perfect house and a clock that is ticking down the time.
Clare, Cassandra. City of Bones. McElderry, 2007. (Gr. 8+) FAN
In her first meeting with the Shadowhunters, a secret tribe of warriors dedicated to
ridding the earth of demons, Clary must come to terms with her recently revealed
gift of the Sight while dealing with her brother's near-death encounter with a demon
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and the sudden disappearance of her mother. Sequels: City of Ashes, 2008; City of
Glass, 2009. (New Companion Series: The Infernal Devices #1: The Clockwork
Angel, 2010)
Clayton, Emma. Roar. Chicken House, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) SF
In a world where all signs of nature have been obliterated and a wall keeps out
plague-ridden animals, Mika refuses to believe that his twin sister was killed after
being abducted, and continues to search for her in spite of the danger.
Clement-Davies, David. Scream of the White Bears. Amulet, forthcoming 9/2010.
(Gr. 7+) FAN
The polar bears, who fear no creature except man, await the fulfillment of a
prophecy that a white cub with a black paw will be born among them and will save
the white bears, along with the whole world, from certain destruction.
Clement-Moore, Rosemary. Prom Dates from Hell. Delacorte, 2007. (Gr. 10+)
SUPERNATURAL
Maggie has always suspected that prom is the work of the devil, but it looks like her
attendance will be mandatory. Sometimes a girl's got to do some pretty undesirable
things if she wants to save her town from soul-crushing demons from hell and the
cheerleading squad. Sequels: Hell Week, 2008; Highway to Hell, 2009.
Cockcroft, Jason. Counter Clockwise. Katherine Tegen Books, 2009. (Gr. 4-6) SF
With the aid of Bartleby, an enormous Tower of London guard known as a
Beefeater, Nathan travels through time to stop his father from changing the past.
Cody, Matthew. Powerless. Knopf, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) SUPERNATURAL
Soon after moving to Noble's Green, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Daniel learns
that his new friends have super powers that they will lose when they turn thirteen,
unless he can use his brain power to protect them.
Cole, Steve. Z. Rex. Philomel, 2009. (Gr. 8+) SF
From Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Edinburgh, Scotland, thirteen-year-old Adam Adlar
must elude police while being hunted by a dinosaur come-to-life from a virtual
reality game invented by his father, who has gone missing.
Colfer, Eoin. Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox. Hyperion, 2008. (Gr. 6-9) FAN
Once again, Artemis will have to pair up with his old comrade, Captain Holly Short,
to track down a missing demon and rescue him before the time spell dissolves and
the lost demon colony returns violently to Earth. Previous titles in the Artemis Fowl
series: #1 Artemis Fowl, 2001; #2 Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident, 2002; #3
Artemis Fowl: The Hyperion Code, 2003; #4 Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception,
2005; #5 Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony, 2006. Newest title: Artemis Fowl: The
Atlantis Complex, forthcoming 7/2010.
Collins, Suzanne. Catching Fire. Scholastic, 2009. (Gr. 7+)
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By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and
Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their
families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the
faces of an impending rebellion. Previous title: Hunger Games, 2008. Sequel:
Mockingjay, forthcoming 8/2010.
Condie, Allyson. Matched. Dutton, forthcoming 10/2010. (Gr. 10+) SF
Cassie has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for him, but when it
comes to choosing her match could they have gotten it wrong?
Coombs, Kate. The Runaway Dragon. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2009. (Gr. 5-8)
FAN
When her beloved dragon Laddy runs away from the castle, Princess Meg and some
of her friends embark on a quest to find him and bring him home. Sequel to: The
Runaway Princess, 2006.
Cooper, Brenda The Silver Ship and the Sea. Tor, 2007. 0765315971. (A/YA) SF
Chelo Lee, her brother Joseph, and four other genetically enhanced children who
have been abandoned on the colony world of Fremont struggle to make the
dangerous, wild planet home and discover that a long-deserted space ship could
hold the key to their survival. Sequels: Reading the Wind, 2008; and Wings of
Creation, 2009.
Cornish, D. M. Lamplighter. Putnam, 2008. (Gr. 7+) FAN
As Rosamund starts his life as a lamplighter on the Wormway, he continues his fight
against monsters, making friends and enemies along the way, but questions about
his origins continue to plague him. Previous title in The Monster Blood Tattoo
series: Foundling, 2006. Sequel: Factotum, forthcoming 11/2010.
Coville, Bruce. Darks Whispers. Scholastic, 2008. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
Seeking to unravel the secret of the long enmity between unicorns and delvers, Cara
travels through a strange underground world to the court of the centaur king, while
on Earth, Beloved and her hunters make final plans to jump to the fantasy land of
Luster and drive the unicorns to extinction. Previous titles in The Unicorn
Chronicles: #1 Into the Land of the Unicorns, 1994; #2 The Song of the Wanderer,
1999. Sequel: The Last Hunt, forthcoming 6/2010.
Cowell, Cressida. How to Twist a Dragon’s Tail. Little Brown, 2008. (Gr. 3-5) FAN
When his best friend Fishlegs is stricken with Vorpentitis, Hiccup Horrendous
Haddock III must outwit Sharkworms, Doomfangs, and Hooligans to find a potato-the rare cure for this deadly disease. Previous titles in The Heroic Misadventures of
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III: #1 How to Train Your Dragon, 2004; #2 How to Be
a Pirate, 2005; #3 How to Speak Dragonese, 2006; How to Cheat a Dragon’s Curse,
2007. Sequels: A Hero’s Guide to Deadly Dragons, 2009; How to Ride a Dragon’s
Storm, forthcoming 7/2010.
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Croggon, Alison. The Crow. Candlewick, 2007. (Gr. 8+) FAN
While his sister, Maerad, pursues her dangerous destiny in the frozen North, Hem is
sent south to Turbansk for his own safety, but soon the forces of the Dark overrun
the great city and Hem flees with his mentor Saliman, his white crow Irc, and a
young orphan girl to join the Light's resistance. Previous title in the Pellinor series:
#1 The Naming, 2005; #2 The Riddle, 2006; #3 The Signing, 2009.
Cross, Sarah. Dull Boy. Dutton, 2009. (Gr. 6+) FAN
Avery, a teenaged boy with frightening super powers that he is trying to hide,
discovers other teenagers who also have strange powers and who are being sought
by the icy and seductive Cherchette, but they do not know what she wants with
them.
Cusick, John. Girl Parts. Candlewick, forthcoming 8/2010. (Gr. 10+) SF
Given an attractive robot by his parents to help him with his social skills, David is
frustrated by Companion Rose's restrictive "intimacy schedule" and her unplanned
relationship with Charlie, who overcomes his own reclusiveness while counseling the
robot on how to be more independent.
Cypess, Leah. Mistwood. HarperCollins, 2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Brought back from the Mistwood to protect the royal family, a girl who has no
memory of being a shape-shifter encounters political and magical intrigue as she
struggles with her growing feelings for the prince.
Dakin, Glen. The Society of Unrelenting Vigilance. Egmont, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
Thirteen-year-old Theo, who has lived in seclusion his entire life, discovers he is the
descendant of the Candle Man, a Victorian vigilante with the ability to melt
criminals with a single touch. Sequel: The Society of Dread, forthcoming 9/2010.
Dashner, James. Maze Runner. Delacorte, 2009. (Gr. 6+) SF
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name.
His memory is blank. But he’s not alone. When the lift’s doors open, Thomas finds
himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade—a large, open expanse
surrounded by stone walls. No one knows why or how they got there but every 30
days a new boy arrives. Then the first girl arrives and more surprising yet is the
message she delivers. Companion novel: The Scorch Trial, forthcoming 10/2010.
Davis, Heather. Never Cry Werewolf. Harpercollins, 2009. (Gr. 7+)
SUPERNATURAL
Forced to attend a camp for teens with behavior problems, sixteen-year-old Shelby
Locke's attempts to follow the rules go astray when she meets a handsome British
werewolf.
Davis, Heather. The Clearing. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. (Gr. 9+)
SUPERNATURAL
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Amy, a sixteen-year-old girl recovering from an abusive relationship, moves to the
country in Washington to live with her great-aunt, and there she discovers a
mysterious clearing in the woods where she meets Henry, a boy stuck in the summer
of 1944.
De La Cruz, Melissa. Masquerade. Hyperion, 2007. (Gr. 9+) SUPERNATURAL
Searching for the truth surrounding the mysterious deaths of young Blue Bloods,
Schuyler Van Alen journeys to Venice, Italy, to get help, while back in New York, a
young vampire discovers his true destiny at an after-party masquerade where
danger lurks behind every mask. Sequel to: Blue Bloods, 2006. Sequels: #3
Revelations, 2008; #4 The Van Alen Legacy, 2009; #5 Keys to the Repository, 2010.
Delaney, Joseph. The Attack of the Fiend. Greenwillow, 2008. (Gr. 6-9) FAN
When three of the most powerful witches unite to unleash an unimaginable evil,
Tom Ward and Mr. Gregory set out to stop them while dealing with the contents of
Tom's family's trunks, which could either save them or plunge them into further
danger. Previous titles in The Last Apprentice series: #1 Revenge of the Witch, 2005;
#2 The Curse of the Bane, 2006; #3 The Night of the Soul Stealer, 2007; #5 The
Wrath of the Bloodeye, 2008; #6 The Clash of the Demons, 2009; #7 Rise of the
Huntress, forthcoming 8/2010.
De Lint, Charles. The Painted Boy. Viking, forthcoming 11/2010. (Gr. 8+) FAN
Delsol, Wendy. Stork. Candlewick, forthcoming 10/2010. (Gr. 10+)
SUPERNATURAL
After her parents' divorce, Katla and her mother move from Los Angeles to Norse
Falls, Minnesota, where Kat immediately alienates two boys at her high school and,
improbably, discovers a kinship with a mysterious group of elderly women--the
Icelandic Stork Society--who "deliver souls."
Derting, Kimberly. The Body Finder. HarperTeen, 2010. (Gr. 9+)
SUPERNATURAL
High school junior Violet uses her uncanny ability to sense murderers and their
victims to try to stop a serial killer who is terrorizing her town, and although her
best friend and would-be boyfriend Jay promises to keep her safe, she becomes a
target.
Despain, Bree. The Dark Divine. Egmont, 2010. (Gr. 8+) SUPERNATURAL
Grace Divine, almost seventeen, learns a dark secret when her childhood friend-practically a brother--returns, upsetting her pastor-father and the rest of her
family, around the time strange things are happening in and near their small
Minnesota town.
Deva, Fagan. Fortune’s Folly. Holt, 2009. (Gr. 8+) FAN
Ever since her mother died and her father lost his shoemaking skills, Fortunata has
survived by pretending to tell fortunes, but when she is tricked into telling the
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fortune of a prince, she is faced with the impossible task of fulfilling her wild
prophecy to save her father's life.
Diamand, Emily. Raiders’ Ransom. Scholastic, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) SF
In 22nd-century Great Britain, where climate change has caused vast flooding, the
piratical Reavers kidnap the Prime Minister's daughter and thirteen-year-old Lilly
Melkun, an English fisher-girl, takes her seacat on a daring rescue attempt, with a
mysterious talking jewel from a past computer age tucked in her belt as ransom.
DiCamillo, Kate. The Magician's Elephant. Candlewick, 2009. (Gr. 3-5) FAN
When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in
the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is
in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately
tries to find her.
Dickinson, John. The Fatal Child. David Fickling Books, 2009.
(Gr. 9+) FAN
With curse of Beyah wreaking havoc on his land and beautiful Atti awakening from
her sleep in fits of terror, Atti takes the throne and becomes king in the hope of
finding a way to bring happiness to the girl he loves and the subjects over whom he
rules in this exciting adventure set in a medieval fantasy world. Previous titles in
The Cup of the World trilogy: #1 The Cup of the World, 2004; #2 The Widow and the
King, 2005.
DiTerlizzi, Tony. The Search for WondLa. Simon & Schuster, forthcoming 9/2010.
(Gr. 4-6) SF
Living in isolation with a robot on what appears to be an alien world populated with
bizarre life forms, a twelve-year-old human girl called Eva Nine sets out on a
journey to find others like her. Features "augmented reality" pages, in which
readers with a webcam can access additional information about Eva Nine's world.
Divakaruni, Chitra. Shadowland. Roaring Brook, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
A search to find the magical conch shell and restore it to its proper home deep in the
Himalayas sends Anand and Nisha to the bleak futuristic city of Coal, where the air
and water are polluted and the upper classes live in luxury under hermetically
sealed domes. Previous titles in The Brotherhood of the Conch: #1 The Conch
Bearer, 2003; #2 The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming, 2005.
D'Lacey, Chris. Fire Eternal. Scholastic, 2008. (Gr. 7+) FAN
As the weather grows wilder and the ice caps melt, Arctic bears starve, dragons
awake, the earth goddess Gaia becomes restless, and Alexa, the daughter of bestselling author David Rain, uses her special abilities in an attempt to save the world
from theforces of evil. Previous titles: #1 The Fire Within, 2005; #2 Icefire, 2006; #3
Firestar, 2007. Sequel: #5 Dark Fire, 2010.
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D’Lacey, Chris. The Dragons of Wayward Crescent: # 1 Gruffen. Orchard, 2009.
(Gr. 4-6). FAN
Lucy thinks there is a monster lurking outside her bedroom window, so her mother
makes a dragon out of clay to protect her while she sleeps. Sequel: Gauge, 2010.
Doctorow, Cory. For the Win. Tor Teen, 2010. (Gr. 8+) SF
Four teenagers, each of whom is a talented player of massively-multiplayer online
games, become involved in the difficulties that threaten to tear the world of virtual
gaming reality apart--all are involved in a conspiracy to crash the world economy of
all the virtual worlds at once, a Ponzi scheme combined with a brilliant hack that
ends up being the biggest and most entertaining game of all.
Dokey, Cameron. Winter’s Child: A Retelling of the Snow Queen. Simon Pulse,
2009. (Gr. 7+) FAN
After Grace rejects next-door neighbor Kai's love, he dreams of a dazzling Snow
Queen, who entices him to leave home and wander to faraway lands, prompting
Grace to realize how much she has lost and set out on a mystical journey to find
him.
Dokey, Cameron. Wild Orchid: A Retelling of "The Ballad of Mulan." Simon Pulse,
2009. (Gr. 7+) FAN
After disguising herself as a boy to join the Chinese army, Mulan returns home only
to face an arena that frightens her more than any battlefield--the royal court where
she must honor her family through marriage.
Dokey, Cameron. The World Above. Simon Pulse, 2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN
When her twin brother, Jack, disappears after scaling a magical beanstalk in an
effort to reclaim their destitute family's riches, Gen enters the mysterious "Land
Above" and confronts a dangerous giant, in a reimagining of the classic tale, "Jack
and the Beanstalk."
Dolamore, Jaclyn. Magic under Glass. Bloomsbury, 2009. (Gr. 8+) FAN
A wealthy sorcerer's invitation to sing with his automaton leads 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.
Doherty, Berlie. The Goblin Baby. Random House 2009. (Gr. 2-4) FAN
After nine-year-old Tam's baby sister is stolen away by faeries and replaced by a
goblin baby, he must journey to the land of the faeries to retrieve her and bring her
back home.
Dowell. Frances O'Roark. Falling In. Atheneum, 2010. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
Middle-schooler Isabelle Bean follows a mouse's squeak into a closet and falls into a
parallel universe where the children believe she is the witch they have feared for
years, finally come to devour them.
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Doyle, Marissa. Bewitching Season. Holt, 2008. (Gr. 7+) FAN
In 1837, as seventeen-year-old twins Persephone and Penelope are starting their
first London Season they find that their beloved governess, who has taught them
everything they know about magic, has disappeared. Sequel: Betraying Season,
2009.
Duane, Diane. A Wizard of Mars. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Joining an elite team to investigate the mysterious "message in a bottle" that holds
clues to the long-lost inhabitants of Mars, Kit and Nita are astonished when a life
form from another era emerges from the bottle and reveals a Martian plan for
interplanetary war. Previous titles in the Young Wizards series: #1 So You Want to
Be a Wizard, 1983; #2 Deep Wizardry, 1985; #3 High Wizardry, 1990; #4 A Wizard
Abroad, 1993; #5 The Wizard’s Dilemma, 2001; #6 A Wizard Alone, 2002 ; #7
Wizard’s Holiday, 2003; #8 Wizards at War, 2005.
Duey, Kathleen. Skin Hunger: A Resurrection of Magic, Book One. Atheneum,
2007. (Gr. 9+) FAN
In alternate chapters, Sadima travels from her farm home to the city and becomes
assistant to a heartless man who is trying to restore knowledge of magic to the
world, and a group of boys fights to survive in the academy that has resulted from
his efforts. Sequel: Sacred Scars, 2009.
Dunmore, Helen. The Tide Knot. Harpercollins, 2008. (Gr. 5-9) FAN
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. Sequel to: Ingo, 2006. Sequel: The Deep, 2009.
Durst, Sarah Beth. Ice. Margaret K. McElderry, 2009. (Gr. 8+) FAN
A modern-day retelling of "East o' the Sun, West o' the Moon" in which eighteenyear-old Cassie learns that her grandmother's fairy tale is true when a Polar Bear
King comes to claim her for his bride and she must decide whether to go with him
and save her long-lost mother, or continue helping her father with his research.
Durst, Sarah Beth. Enchanted Ivy. Margaret K. McElderry, forthcoming 10/2010.
(Gr. 8+) FAN
Ephron, Delia. The Girl with the Mermaid Hair. HarperTeen; 2010. (Gr. 7-10) FAN
A vain teenage girl is obsessed with beauty and perfection until she uncovers a
devastating family secret.
Falkner, Brian. Brain Jack. Random House, forthcoming 9/2010. (Gr. 8+) SF
Las Vegas is gone—destroyed in a terrorist attack. Black Hawk helicopters patrol
the skies over New York City. And immersive online gaming is the most dangerous
street drug around. In this dystopic near-future, technology has leapt forward once
again, and neuro-headsets have replaced computer keyboards. Just slip on a
headset, and it’s the Internet at the speed of thought.
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Falls, Kat. Dark Life. Scholastic, 2010. (Gr. 5-8) SF
Working on his family's undersea farm all his life, Ty is challenged to thwart a band
of outlaws who the government claims is destroying underwater territories, an effort
for which he teams up with a Topside girl who is searching for her prospector
brother. A first novel.
Fantaskey, Beth. Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side. Harcourt, 2009.
0152063846. (Gr. 7+) SUPERNATURAL
Jessica, who was adopted and raised in Pennsylvania, learns that she is descended
from a royal line of Romanian vampires and that she is betrothed to a vampire
prince, who poses as a foreign exchange student while courting her.
Fantaskey, Beth. Jekel Loves Hyde. Harcourt, 2010. (Gr. 10+) SUPERNATURAL
As seventeen-year-old Jill Jekel and classmate Tristen Hyde work together on a
chemistry project, hoping to win a scholarship for her and a cure for his curse, they
also uncover family secrets and a chemistry of their own.
Farmer, Nancy. The Islands of the Blessed. Atheneum, 2009. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Two years after their adventures in The Land of the Silver Apples, the apprentice
bard Jack and his Viking companion Thorgil confront the malevolent spirit of a
vengeful mermaid and begin a quest that casts them among the fin folk of Notland.
Previous titles: #1 The Sea of Trolls, 2004; #2 The Land of the Silver Apples, 2007.
Feasey, Steve. Wereling. Feiwel & Friends 2010. (Gr. 8+) SUPERNATURAL
Fourteen-year-old Trey Laporte?s ordinary life is wrenched apart when he
discovers that he is the last hereditary werewolf and that the most evil bloodthirsty
vampire known to the netherworld wants him dead.
Fisher, Catherine. Incarceron. Dial, 2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN
To free herself from an upcoming arranged marriage, Claudia, the daughter of the
Warden of Incarceron, a futuristic prison with a mind of its own, decides to help a
young prisoner escape. Sequel: Sapphique, forthcoming, 12/2010.
Fitzpatrick, Becca. Hush, Hush. Simon & Schuster, 2009. (Gr. 8+)
SUPERNATURAL
High school sophomore Nora has always been very cautious in her relationships, but
when Patch, who has a dark side she can sense, enrolls at her school, she is
mysteriously and strongly drawn to him, despite warnings from her best friend, the
school counselor, and her own instincts. Sequel: Crecendo, forthcoming 11/2010.
Flanagan, John. The Battle for Skandia (#5). Philomel, 2008. (Gr. 5-9) FAN
After Ranger's apprentice Will battles Temujai warriors to rescue Evanlyn, Will's
kingdom of Skandia joins forces with rival kingdom Araluen to defeat a common
enemy. Previous titles in the Ranger’s Apprentice series: #1 The Ruins of Gorlan,
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2005; #2 The Burning Bridge, 2006; #3 The Icebound Land, 2007; # 4 The Battle for
Skandia. Sequels: #6 The Sorcerer of the North, 2008; #7 Erak’s Ransom, 2010.
Flinn, Alex. A Kiss in Time. Harperteen, 2009. (Gr. 8+) FAN
Princess Talia persuades Jack, the modern-day American who kissed her awake
after a three-hundred-year sleep, to take her to his Miami home, where she hopes to
win his love before the witch who cursed her can spirit her away.
Fombelle, Timothee de. Toby Alone. Candlewick, 2009. (Gr. 4-6) FAN
A Lilliputian world. A tree under threat. A boy hunted by his own people must
protect his father's secrets in a gripping and witty eco-adventure.
Funke, Cornelia. Reckless. Little Brown, forthcoming 9/2010. (Gr. 6+) FAN
Jacob and Will Reckless have looked out for each other ever since their father
disappeared, but when Jacob discovers a magical mirror that transports him to a
warring world populated by witches, giants, and ogres, he keeps it to himself until
Will follows him one day, with dire consequences.
Gaiman, Neil. Odd and the Frost Giants. Harpercollins, 2009. (Gr. 3-5) FAN
An unlucky twelve-year-old Norwegian boy named Odd leads the Norse gods Loki,
Thor, and Odin in an attempt to outwit evil Frost Giants who have taken over
Asgard.
Garcia, Kami. Beautiful Creatures. Little Brown, 2009. (Gr. 9+) FAN
In a small South Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the Civil
War, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with
whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may
be revealed on her sixteenth birthday. Sequel: Beautiful Darkness, forthcoming
10/2010.
Gardner, Sally. The Silver Blade. Dial, 2009. (Gr. 7+) SUPERNATURAL
As the Revolution descends into the ferocious Reign of Terror, Yann, now an
extraordinary practioner of magic, uses his skills to confound his enemies and help
spirit refugees out of France, but the question of his true identity and the
kidnapping of his true love, Sido, expose him to dangers that threaten to destroy
him. Sequel to: The Red Necklace, 2008.
George, Jessica Day. Dragon Flight. Bloomsbury, 2008. (Gr. 5+) FAN
Young seamstress Creel finds herself strategizing with the dragon king Shardas
once again when a renegade dragon in a distant country launches a war against
their country, bringing an entire army of dragons into the mix.
Sequel to: Dragon Slippers, 2007. Sequel: Dragon Spear, 2009.
George, Jessica Day. Princess of the Midnight Ball. Bloomsbury, 2009. Gr. 6+)
FAN
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As one of the princesses forced to dance every night at the midnight balls for the
King Under Stone, Rose and her soldier, Galen, work together to break the evil
curse--using a magic invisibility cloak and their true love to fight their foes in the
dark halls in which she has been imprisoned. Companion novel: Princess of Glass,
2010.
Gidwitz, Adam. A Tale Dark & Grimm. Dutton, forthcoming 10/2010. (Gr. 4-6)
FAN
Follows Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story and into eight more
tales, encountering such wicked creatures as witches, along with kindly strangers
and other helpful folk. Based in part on the Grimms' fairy tales Faithful Johannes,
Hansel and Gretel, The seven ravens, Brother and sister, The robber bridegroom,
and The devil and his three golden hairs.
Goodman, Alison. Eon: Dragoneye Reborn. Viking, 2008. (Gr. 8+) FAN
Living a secret life as boy named Eon in order to gain knowledge in the ancient art
of Dragon Magic in the hopes of one day becoming a Dragoneye, sixteen-year-old
Eona gets her chance to demonstrate her skills at the Imperial Court and discovers
a dangerous enemy, Lord Ido, in her midst. Sequel: Eona, forthcoming 2/2011.
Golding, Julia. Dragonfly. Marshall Cavendish, 2009. (Gr. 7+) FAN
When Tashi, the rigidly formal sixteen-year-old Fourth Crown Princess of the Blue
Crescent Islands, reluctantly weds roguish eighteen-year-old Prince Ramil of
Gerfal, their religious, cultural, and personal differences threaten to end their
political alliance and put both countries at the mercy of a fearsome warlord.
Golding, Julia. The Silver Sea. Marshall Cavendish, forthcoming 10/2010. (Gr. 8+)
FAN
When pirates raid a village in ninth-century Norway, eighteen-year-old Toki is
captured as a prize, while Freydis, his younger sister, is taken to a friendly village
where she and her African slave, Enno, learn that their fates are linked by
prophecy.
Gordon, Roderick. Tunnels. Chicken House, 2008. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
When his father goes missing and he begins to delve into an archaeological dig to
uncover clues, Will Burrows discovers a strange subterranean society where
enslaved citizens live under the control of a cruel sect and so now must convince
some of them to begin a revolt in order to free themselves and his father in the
process. Sequels: Deeper, 2009; Freefall, 2010.
Goto, Hiromi. Half World. Viking, 2010. (Gr. 6+) FAN
The human daughter of parents from the Half World, a limbo between Earth and
the afterlife, Melanie Tamaki is forced to follow her missing mother to Half World,
from which neither may return alive.
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Grabenstein, Chris. The Crossroads. Random House, 2008. (Gr. 6+)
SUPERNATURAL
When eleven-year-old Zack Jennings moves to Connecticut with his father and new
stepmother, they must deal with the ghosts left behind by a terrible accident, as well
as another kind of ghost from Zack's past. Sequel: The Hanging Hill, 2010.
Grant, Michael. Hunger. Katherine Tegen Books, 2009. (Gr. 7+) SF
Conditions worsen for the remaining young residents of a small California coastal
town isolated by supernatural events when their food supplies dwindle and the
Darkness underground awakens. Previous title: Gone, 2008. Sequel: Lies, 2010.
Gray, Claudia. Evernight. Harperteen, 2008. (Gr. 8+) SUPERNATURAL
Sixteen-year-old Bianca, a new girl at the sinister Evernight boarding school, finds
herself drawn to another outsider, Lucas, but dark forces threaten to tear them
apart and destroy Bianca's entire world. Sequels: Stargazer, 2009; Hourglass, 2010.
Haarsma, P. J. Softwire: Wormhole Pirates on Orbis 3. Candlewick, 2009. (Gr. 5-8)
SF
At the start of their third rotation of service, Johnny Turnbull, his sister Ketheria,
and friends face pirates who seem to know Johnny and want him to deliver a
mysterious message. Previous titles: #1 Virus on Orbis 1, 2006; #2 Betrayal on Orbis
2, 2008; #4 Awakening on Orbis 4.
Haberdasher, Violet. Knightley Academy. Aladdin, 2010. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
In an alternate Victorian England, fourteen-year-old orphan Henry Grim, a
maltreated servant at an exclusive school for the "sons of Gentry and Quality,"
begins a new life when he unexpectedly becomes the first commoner to be accepted
at Knightley Academy, a prestigious boarding school for knights.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Found. Simon & Schuster, 2008. (Gr. 5-8) SF
When thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were
discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies with no adults on
board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery involving time travel and
two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time. Sequels: Sent, 2009;
Sabotaged, forthcoming 8/2010.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Claim to Fame. Simon & Schuster, 2009. (Gr. 8+)
SUPERNATURAL
Sixteen-year-old Lindsay, a former child star whose career ended when she
developed the ability to hear what anyone, anywhere says about her and apparently
suffered a nervous breakdown, comes to see this as an asset when, after her father's
death, she learns that she is not alone.
Hahn, Mary Downing. The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall. Clarion, forthcoming 9/2010.
(Gr. 4-6) SUPERNATURAL
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In the nineteenth century, ten-year-old Florence Crutchfield leaves a London
orphanage to live with her great-uncle, great-aunt, and sickly cousin James, but she
soon realizes the home has another resident, who means to do her and James harm.
Hale, Bruce. Pooch in Boots. Harcourt, forthcoming 9/2010. (Gr. 1-3). FAN
Hale, Dean and Shannon Hale. Rapunzel’s Revenge. Bloomsbury, 2008. (Gr.7+)
FAN
Using her long, braided hair as a lasso, Rapunzel teams up with a wild outlaw
named Jack and heads west to start a brand new life filled with grand adventures
and crazy characters in this colorful graphic novel. Sequel: Calamity Jack, 2010.
Hale, Shannon. Forest Born. Bloomsbury, 2009. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Unable to find comfort amongst the tall trees in the forest she calls home, Rin takes
her secret and moves to the city to be with her brother in the hopes of getting
answers to questions that have been plaguing her mind her entire life. Previous
titles: #1 The Goose Girl, 2003; #2 Enna Burning, 2004; #3 River Secrets, 2006.
Hall, Teri. The Line. Dial, 2010. (Gr. 5-8) SF
In a futuristic United States enclosed within an invisible barrier reputed to shut out
bizarre creatures and superhumans who were transformed by an enemy weapon,
Rachel receives a mysterious cry for help from the other side of the barrier that
forces her to make a difficult choice.
Hamilton, Kersten. Tyger Tyger: A Goblin Wars Book. Clarion, forthcoming
11/2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Soon after the mysterious and alluring Finn arrives at her family's home, sixteenyear-old Teagan Wylltson and her disabled brother are drawn into the battle Finn's
family has fought since the thirteenth century, when Fionn MacCumhaill angered
the goblin king.
Hand, Elizabeth. Wonderwall. Viking, 2010. (Gr. 10+) FAN
After Meredith's girlfriend commits suicide, she abandons art school and goes home
to Washington, D.C., intending to kill herself, but a chance street encounter leads
her to create a painting that acts as a magical passage through which the young,
nineteenth-century French poet Arthur Rimbaud emerges, and both their lives are
changed.
Hand, Elizabeth. Illyria. Viking, 2010. (Gr. 9+) SUPERNATURAL
Sharing twin souls and a first love, cousins Madeleine and Rogan, the descendants
of a famous actress, are cast in a school production of Twelfth Night that forces
them to confront their respective strengths and future prospects.
Hanley, Victoria. Violet Wings. Egmont, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
After learning that she is an extreme, powerful fairy, twelve-year-old Zaria
Tourmaline uses her magic to try to learn about her parents and brother's
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disappearance three years before, and to explore the human world--activities which
put her and all of Feyland at risk.
Hannigan, Katherine. Emmaline and the Bunny. Greenwillow, 2009. (Gr. 3-5)
FAN
Everyone and everything in the town of Neatasapin is tidy, except Emmaline who
likes to dig dirt and jump in puddles, and wants to adopt an untidy bunny.
Hardinge, Frances. The Lost Conspiracy. Harpercollins, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
When a lie is exposed and their tribe turns against them, Hathin must find a way to
save her sister Arilou--once considered the tribe's oracle--and herself.
Hardy, Janice. The Shifter. Blazer & Bray, 2009. (Gr. 8+) FAN
Nya, a 15-year-old war orphan, becomes a pawn in a bigger political game when her
uncanny--and dangerous--ability to draw out people's pain and transfer it to
someone else turns out to be the only weapon she has to save her sister. Sequel:
Blue Fire, forthcoming 10/2010.
Harris, Lewis. A Taste for Red. Clarion, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) SUPERNATURAL
When some of her classmates disappear, sixth-grader Svetlana, along with her new
friends go in search of the missing students using her newfound ability as an
Olfactive, one who has heightened smell, hearing, and the ability to detect vampires.
Harrison, Lisi. Monster High. Poppy, forthcoming 9/2010. (Gr. 8+)
SUPERNATURAL
Frankie Stein was created in a laboratory, and when she enters Mount Hood High
School camouflaged as a "normi," all she wants is to fit in, but it takes the help of
another new student who believes that everyone should be treated equally before
Frankie even has a chance.
Harrison, Mette Ivie. The Princess and the Hound. Eos, 2007. (Gr. 7+) FAN
This lovely romantic fantasy is set against the backdrop of a world where animal
magic is considered evil and its practioners persecuted. Prince George hides his
animal magic as he travels to a rival kingdom to court Princess Beatrice. She is stiff
and proud; her huge hound is warm and loving. Both have secrets which must be
revealed for true love to flourish. Sequels: The Princess and the Bear, 2009; The
Princess and the Snowbird, 2010.
Harrison, Michelle. 13 Treasures. Little Brown, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
Bedeviled by evil fairies that only she can see, thirteen-year-old Tanya is sent to stay
with her cold and distant grandmother at Elvesden Manor, where she and the
caretaker's son solve a disturbing mystery that leads them to the discovery that
Tanya's life is in danger.
Harvey, Alyxandra. Hearts at Stake: Drake Chronicles, 1. Walker, 2010. (Gr. 8+)
SUPERNATURAL
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As her momentous sixteenth birthday approaches, Solange Drake, the only born
female vampire in 900 years, is protected by her large family of brothers and her
human best friend Lucy from increasingly persistent attempts on her life by the
powerful vampire queen and her followers.
Hawkins, Rachel. Hex Hall #1. Hyperion, 2010. (Gr. 7+) SUPERNATURAL
After a prom-night spell goes badly wrong, witch Sophie Mercer is exiled to an
isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, supernaturally gifted teenagers,
where she learns that an unknown predator has been attacking students.
Hawthorne, Rachel. Dark Guardian: #1 Moonlight, 2009. (Gr. 7+)
SUPERNATURAL
Waiting for the moment when Kayla discovers her hidden power of being able to
turn into a wolf, Lucas keeps his distance from her until the time is right to reveal
the special bond they share and the dangers he knows they shall soon face in the
days ahead. Sequels: #2 Full Moon, 2009; #3 Dark of the Moon, 2009; #4 Shadow of
the Moon, 2010.
Hayter, Rhonda. The Witchy Worries of Abbie Adams. Dial, 2010. (Gr. 4-6) FAN
Fifth-grader Abbie, descended from a long line of witches, tries to keep her family's
magic powers secret from everyone she knows until her father brings home a kitten
with some very unusual characteristics.
Healy, Karen. Guardian of the Dead. Little Brown, 2010. (Gr. 9+)
SUPERNATURAL
Eighteen-year-old New Zealand boarding school student Ellie Spencer must use her
rusty tae kwon do skills and new-found magic to try to stop a fairy-like race of
creatures from Maori myth and legend that is plotting to kill millions of humans in
order to regain their lost immortality.
Henderson, Jason. Vampire Rising. Harperteen, 2010. (Gr. 7+) SUPERNATURAL
At a boarding school in Switzerland, fourteen-year-old Alex Van Helsing learns that
vampires are real, that he has a natural ability to sense them, and that an agency
called the Polidorium has been helping his family fight them since 1821.
Hennesy, Carolyn. Pandora Gets Jealous. Bloomsbury, 2008. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Thirteen-year-old Pandy is hauled before Zeus and given six months to gather all of
the evils that were released when the box she brought to school as her annual
project was accidentally opened. Sequels: Pandora Gets Vain, 2008; Pandora Gets
Lazy, 2009; Pandora Gets Heart, 2010.
Higgins, F. E. The Eyeball Collector. Feiwell & Friends, 2009. (Gr. 6+)
SUPERNATURAL
When a blackmail artist reveals a secret from the past, wealthy Hector Fitzbaudly
ends up losing his social standing and fortune, prompting him to seek revenge on the
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man responsible for the act, the sinister Eyeball Collector. Companion novels: The
Black Book of Secrets, 2007; The Bone Magician, 2008.
Hill, Stuart. Blade of Fire. The Icemark Chronicles. Vol. 2. Chicken House, 2007.
(Gr. 8+) FAN
Queen Thirrin’s son, Charlemagne, must overcome his kingdoms internal problems
and like his mother before him defeat an invasion from Bellorum. Sequel to: The
Cry of the Icemark. The Icemark Chronicles. Vol. 1. 2005. Sequel: Last Battle of
the Icemark, 2009.
Hobb, Robin. Dragon Keeper. Eos, 2010. (A/YA) FAN
Trader's wife Alise and 16-year-old Thymara must join the caravan traveling up the
toxic and inhospitable Rain Wild River, with the aim of relocating weakened
dragons from outside their home town of Cassarick to the long-lost city of
Kelsingra. Sequel: Dragon Haven, 2010.
Hoffman, Alice. Green Witch. Scholastic, 2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN
A year after her world was nearly destroyed, Green has become the one villagers
turn to for aid, but Green will need the help of other women who are believed to be
witches if she is to find her best friend and her one true love. Sequel to: Green
Angel, 2003.
Hoffman, Mary. City of Secrets. Bloomsbury, 2008. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Seventeen-year-old Matt, painfully dyslexic and insecure, discovers that he can
travel between worlds after being transported to Talia, where he joins Luciano and
other Stravaganti in trying to prevent the di Chimici family's breakthrough into our
world. Previous titles in the Stravaganza series: #1 City of Masks, 2002; #2 City of
Stars, 2003; #3 City of Flowers, 2005. Sequel: # 5 City of Ships, forthcoming 6/2010.
Hoffman, Nina Kiriki. Thresholds. Viking, forthcoming 8/2010. (Gr. 8+) FAN/SF
Relocating with her family to a new home in Oregon, Maya is astonished to discover
that the kids in a nearby apartment building perform magic and use portals to visit
other worlds, a situation that is complicated by a need for secrecy and Maya's
efforts to safeguard an alien.
Holt, K. A. Mike Stellar: Nerves of Steel. Random House, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) SF
Mike is suspicious when his family joins an expedition to Mars at the last minute,
and his fears are confirmed when all of the adults on the colonizing mission,
including his parents, begin to act strangely.
Holt, Simon. The Devouring. Little Brown, 2008. (Gr. 10+) SUPERNATURAL
The existence of Vours, supernatural creatures who feast on fear and attack on the
eve of the winter solstice, becomes a terrifying reality for fifteen-year-old Reggie
when she begins to suspect that her timid younger brother might be one of their
victims. Sequels: Soulstice, 2009; Fearscape, forthcoming 10/2010.
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Horowitz, Anthony. Nightrise. Gatekeepers. Vol. 3. Scholastic, 2007. (Gr. 5-8)
FAN
As fourteen-year-old telepathic twins struggle to escape the clutches of the Nightrise
Corporation, one of them travels through dreams to a time when the evil Old Ones
ruled and learns the role that he, his brother, and three other Gatekeepers must
play to keep the world safe from the Old Ones' return. Previous titles: #1 Raven’s
Gate, 2005; #2 Evil Star, 2006. Newest titles: Necropolis, 2009.
Huff, Tanya. Enchantment Emporium. Daw Books, 2009. (A/YA) FAN
Moving to Calgary to take over her late grandmother's junk shop, charm-caster
Alysha Gale learns that she will be serving the fey community, which proves to be
deeply troubled with problems that may be more than Alysha's family can solve.
Hughes, Mark Peter. A Crack in the Sky. Random House, forthcoming 8/2010.
(Gr.5-8) SF
In a post-apocalyptic world, thirteen-year-old Eli, part of the most powerful family
in the world, keeps noticing problems with the operations of his domed city but his
family denies them, while in the surrounding desert, the Outsiders struggle to
survive while awaiting a prophesied savior.
Hulme, John and Michael Wexler. The Seems: The Glitch in Sleep. Bloomsbury,
2007. 1599901293. (Gr. 5-8) SF
When a glitch is reported in the Department of Sleep and jeopardizes The Plan that
keeps the world running, twelve-year-old Becker must find out who or what is
behind the problem and solve it quickly before the situation with The Seems gets
totally out of control. Sequels: #2 The Split Second, 2008; #3 The Lost Train of
Thought, 2009.
Hunter, Erin. Sunset. Warriors: The New Prophecy. Vol. 6. HarperCollins, 2007.
(Gr. 6-9) FAN
Amidst ongoing strife within and between the clans of warrior cats, Brambleclaw is
tempted by the dark plans of his father and brother, and the meaning of Leafpool's
ominous visions becomes clear. Previous titles in the Warriors series: #1 Warriors:
Into the Wild, 2003; #2 Warriors: Fire and Ice, 2003; #3 Warriors: Forest of Secrets,
2004; #4 Warriors: Rising Storm, 2004; #5 Warriors: A Dangerous Path, 2004; #6
Warriors: The Darkest Hour, 2004; #1 Warriors: The New Prophecy: Midnight, 2005;
#2 Warriors: The New Prophecy: Moonrise, 2005; #3 Warriors: The New Prophecy:
Dawn, 2006; #4 Warriors: The New Prophecy: Starlight, 2006; #5 Warriors: The New
Prophecy: Twilight, 2006; Eclipse, 2008; Long Shadows, 2008; Bluestar’s Prophecy,
2009; The Fourth Apprentice, 2009; Fading Echoes, 2010; Battle of the Clans,
forthcoming 6/2010; Night Whispers, forthcoming 11/2010.
Hunter, Erin. The Power of Three: Outcast. Harpercollins, 2008. (Gr. 6-9) FAN
Firestar's grandchildren--Lionpaw, Hollypaw, and Jaypaw--progress in their
training to become warrior cats and are drawn for different reasons to the
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mountains and the Tribe of Rushing Water. Previous titles: #1 The Sight, 2007; #2
Dark River, 2008; #3 Long Shadows, 2008; #4 Sunrise, 2009.
Hunter, Erin. Firestar’s Quest. Harpercollins, 2007. (Gr. 6-9) FAN
Firestar, leader of the Thunder Clan, sets off on a harrowing journey to find a longlost clan of cats that had been forced to leave the forest many moons ago.
Hunter, Erin. The Clan of the Cats. Harpercollins, 2008. (Gr. 6-9) FAN
Rock, the keeper of the world beneath the world, tells about the most famous cats of
the warriors Clans as well as the rogues, kittypets, and others, to three kits that have
recently entered his realm. Sequel: The Code of the Clans, 2009.
Hunter, Erin. Seeker. Harpercollins, 2008. (Gr. 6-9). FAN
Taken away from their families when they were young cubs, a black bear, a polar
bear, and grizzly bear are suddenly brought together to complete a dangerous quest
in the hopes of figuring out where their true destiny lies after so many years away
from the ones they love. Sequels: Great Bear Lake, 2009; Smoke Mountain, 2009;
Last Wilderness, 2010; Fire in the Sky, forthcoming 5/2010.
Huntley, Amy. The Everafter. Blazer & Bray, 2009. 0061776793. (Gr. 8+)
SUPERNATURAL
A haunting and hopeful debut teen novel in the vein of The Lovely Bones about a
girl who revisits random moments in her life through the objects she has lost and
learns surprising things about her life and death.
Hurley, Tonya. Ghostgirl. Little Brown, 2008. (Gr. 9+) SUPERNATURAL
Having been unpopular and practically invisible by those around her when she was
alive, Charlotte Usher's world changes dramatically after she suddenly dies and
ends up as a ghost lingering in a place somewhere between the living and the dead.
Sequels: Homecoming, 2009; Lovesick, forthcoming 7/2010.
Jacques, Brian. Doomwyte. Philomel, 2008. (Gr. 5+) FAN
The Redwallers face some of their most dangerous villains yet in a treacherous hunt
for long-lost treasure. Previous titles: #1 Redwall, 1986; #2 Mossflower, 1988; #3
Mattimeo, 1990; #4 Mariel of Redwall, 1992; #5 Salamandastron, 1993; #6 Martin the
Warrior, 1994; #7 The Bellmaker, 1995; #8 Outcast of Redwall, 1996; #9 The Pearl’s
of Lutra, 1997; #10 The Long Patrol, 1998; #11 Marlfox, 1998; #12 The Legend of
Luke, 1999; #13 Lord Brocktree, 2000; #14 Taggerung: a Tale from Redwall, 2001;
#15 Triss, 2002; #16 Loamhedge, 2003; #17 High Rhulian, 2005; #18 Eulalia! 2007.
Sequel: The Sable Queen, 2010.
Jennewein, James. Runewarriors: Dane and the Shield of Odin. Laura Geringer
Books, 2008. 0061449369. (Gr. 7+) FAN
In an ancient and mystical time, fourteen-year-old Dane joins forces with his rival,
Jarl the Fair, to retrieve the Shield of Odin and Astrid, the girl they love, from the
tyrant Thidrick, fulfilling a destiny long foretold. Sequel: Sword of Doom, 2010.
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Jinks, Catherine. Evil Genius. Harcourt, 2007. 0152059881. (Gr. 7+) SF
Child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers his true
identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an advanced crime academy.
Sequels: Genius Squad, 2008; Genius Wars, forthcoming 9/2010.
Jinks, Catherine. The Reformed Vampire Support Group. Harcourt, 2009. (Gr. 7+)
SUPERNATURAL
Fifteen-year-old vampire Nina has been stuck for fifty-one years in a boring support
group for vampires, and nothing exciting has ever happened to them--until one of
them is murdered and the others must try to solve the crime. Companion novel:
The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group, forthcoming 4/2011.
Johnson, Christine. Claire De Lune. SimonPulse, 2010. (Gr. 9+)
SUPERNATURAL
Astonished to discover she is the latest in a line of female werewolves, 16-year-old
Claire hides her lupine identity from her boyfriend, whose father is a werewolf
hunter, and resolves to help her pack defeat a human-killing rogue werewolf.
Jones, Carrie. Need. Bloomsbury, 2008. (Gr. 10+) SUPERNATURAL
When her family falls apart and she is sent to live with her grandmother in a rural
town in Maine, Zara begins to feel as though she may be able to start life anew-until a stalking pixie with bad intentions makes himself known and causes chaos in
her emotionally fragile world. Sequel: Captivate, 2010.
Jones, Diana Wynne. Enchanted Glass. Harpercollins, 2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN
After his grandfather dies, Andrew Hope inherits a house and surrounding land in
an English village, but things become very complicated when young orphan Aidan
shows up and suddenly a host of variously magical townsfolk and interlopers start
intruding on their lives.
Jones, Frewin. The Faerie Path. Eos, 2007. 0060871024. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Anita, an ordinary sixteen-year-old girl, is transported from modern-day London to
the realm of Faerie where she discovers that she is Princess Tania, the long-lost
daughter of King Oberon and Queen Titania. Sequels: #1 The Lost Queen, 2007; #2
The Sorcerer King, 2008; #3 The Sorcerer King, 2008; #4 The Immortal Realm, 2009;
#5 The Enchanted Quest, 2010.
Jones, Frewin. Warrior Princess: The Emerald Flame. Harperteen, forthcoming
10/2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Branwen has accepted the role of Chosen One, and now, with a growing army
including her half-owl half-human friend Rhodri and the dashing yet maddening
Iwan, she must overcome terrifying odds if she is to succeed in saving Wales from
the Saxon invaders.
Jones, Patrick. The Tear Collector. Walker, 2009. (Gr. 9+) SUPERNATURAL
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As one of an ancient line of creatures who gain energy from human tears, seventeenyear-old Cassandra offers sympathy to anyone at her school or the hospital where
she works, but she yearns to be fully human for the boy she loves, even if it means
letting her family down.
Kasai, Kirsten Imani. Ice Song. Del Rey, 2009. (A/YA) SF
Sorykah Minuit is a scholar, an engineer, and a Trader: one who can switch genders
suddenly. When a wealthy, reclusive madman known as the Collector abducts her
children to use in his dreadful experiments, Sorykah and her male alter-ego, Soryk,
must cross icy wastes and a primeval forest to get them back.
Kay, Gay Gavriel. Under Heaven. Roc, 2010. (A/YA) FAN
Shen Tai, a general serving the Emperor of Kitai, receives 250 Sardian horses, an
unthinkable gift fit to overwhelm an emperor, and travels to claim the horses in
person in this novel from the award-winning author of Ysabel.
Keaney, Brian. The Promises of Doctor Sigmundus: The Hollow People. Knopf,
2007. (Gr. 8+) SF
On an island that houses the asylum where law-breakers are imprisoned, two
teenagers rebel against a rigidly controlled society where dreams are considered
antisocial and all citizens over the age of fourteen take a drug to control their
behavior. Sequels: The Cracked Mirror, 2008; The Resurrection Fields, 2009.
Kerr, P. B. The Day of the Djinn Warriors. Orchard, 2008. (Gr. 6+) FAN
While traveling around the globe in order to rescue their mother from the Blue
Djinn of Babylon, twins John and Philippa discover that an evil force has put a spell
on a battalion of terra-cotta warriors created by a Chinese emperor and now must
find a way to put their planned reign of destruction in check before the entire world
is ruined forever. Previous titles in The Children of the Lamp series: #1 The
Akhenaten Adventure, 2004; #2 The Blue Djinn of Babylon, 2006; #3 The King Cobra
of Kathmando, 2007; #4 The Day of the Djinn Warrior, 2008; #5 The Eye of the
Forest, 2009.
Kessler, Liz. Philippa Fisher’s Fairy Godsister. Candlewick, 2008. (Gr.4-6) FAN
This is the story of two girls, one of whom happens to be a fairy. Sequels: Philippa
Fisher and the Dream-Maker’s Daughter, 2009; Philippa Fisher and the Stone
Fairy's Promise, forthcoming 10/2010.
Kiernan, Celine. The Moorehawk Trilogy,1: The Poison Throne. Orbit, 2010.
(A/YA) FAN
Fifteen-year-old Wynter Moorehawke faces a terrible choice: bow to the king's will
while tending to her ailing father; or risk assassination, torture and imprisonment
to join her friend Razi and the mysterious Christopher Garron in their efforts to
restore the kingdom to its former stability.
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Kimmel, Elizabeth. Suddenly Supernatural: School Spirit. Little Brown, 2008. (Gr.
4-6) SUPERNATURAL
Like her mother, a professional medium, Kat has been able to see dead people since
turning thirteen, and although they would prefer to be normal, Kat and her best
friend come to terms with their own talents while helping free the spirit of a girl
trapped at their middle school. Sequels: Scaredy Kat, 2009; Unhappy Medium,
2009; Crossing Over, 2010.
Kirk, Daniel. Elf Realm. Abrams, 2008. 0810970694. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
When Matt and his family move to a new development, they stumble into the middle
of massive upheaval in the Fairy world, and as the elves' territory disintegrates and
dark factions try to seize control, an apprentice mage sees in Matt the key to saving
the realms from destruction.When Matt and his family move to a new development,
they stumble into the middle of massive upheaval in the Fairy world, and as the
elves' territory disintegrates and dark factions try to seize control, an apprentice
mage sees in Matt the key to saving the realms from destruction. Sequel: The High
Road, 2009.
Klass, David. Timelock: The Caretaker Trilogy Book 3. Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
2009. (Gr. 8+) SF
Jack discovers that the only way to protect the Earth from ecological disaster at the
hands of the Dark Army is to lock time, and he must choose between staying in the
present or returning to the future world from which he came. Previous titles: #1
Firestorm, 2006; #2 Whirlwind, 2008.
Klien, Lisa. Lady MacBeth’s Daughter. Bloomsbury, 2009. (Gr. 9+) FAN
In alternating chapters, ambitious Lady Macbeth tries to bear a son and win the
throne of Scotland for her husband, and Albia, their daughter who was banished at
birth and raised by three weird sisters, falls in love, learns of her parentage, and
seeks to free Scotland from tyranny in this tale based on Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Klimo, Kate. The Dragon in the Sock Drawer. Random House, 2008. (Gr. 3-5)
FAN
Cousins Jesse and Daisy always knew they would have a magical adventure, but
they are not prepared when the "thunder egg" Jesse has found turns out to be a
dragon egg that is about to hatch. Sequels: The Dragon in the Driveway, /2009; The
Dragon in the Library, 2010.
Knudsen, Michelle. The Dragon of Trelian. Candlewick, 2009. (Gr. 4-6) FAN
A mage's apprentice, a princess, and a dragon combine their strength and magic to
bring down a traitor and restore peace to the kingdom of Trelian.
Knight, E. E. Dragon Strike. Roc, 2008. 9780451462350. (A/YA) FAN
Part of the last desperate hope to preserve the survival of their dying species, three
dragon siblings--AuRon, Wistala, and Copper--find themselves at odds over the
coming human war, with AuRon believing that dragons should remain out of
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human affairs, Wistala hoping for peaceful coexistence, and Copper seizing the
opportunity to fulfill his own plans. Previous titles in the Age of Fire series: #1
Dragon Champion, 2005; #2 Dragon Avenger, 2006; #3 Dragon Outcast, 2007.
Sequels: Dragon Rule, 2009; Dragon Fate, forthcoming 12/2010.
Lackey, Mercedes and James Mallory. The Phoenix Unchained. Tor, 2007. (A/YA)
FAN
After a millennium of peace in which much Magick has vanished from the world,
Bisochim, a powerful Wild Mage, launches a campaign to reintroduce Darkness into
the world. Sequels: The Phoenix Endangered, 2008; The Phoenix Transformed,
2009.
LaFevers, R. L. Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris, Houghton Mifflin, 2008. (Gr. 58) FAN
When mummies go missing all over London, eleven-year-old Theodosia puts aside
her fight against the Serpents of Chaos to save her father, who is suspected in the
thefts, all the while avoiding a string of new governesses. Sequel to: Theodosia and
the Serpents of Chaos, 2007. Sequel: Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus, 2010.
LaFevers, R. L. The Flight of the Phoenix. Houghton Mifflin, 2009. (Gr. 3-5) FAN
After his parents are lost at sea and further disaster strikes, Nathaniel Fludd is
tasked with ensuring that a phoenix's egg is safely hatched, but he also must keep
his pet gremlin out of trouble and rescue his cousin and guardian from the Bedouin
or risk the extinction of all the world's mythical creatures. Sequels: The Basilisk's
Lair, 2010; The Wyverns' Treasure, forthcoming 10/2010.
Lairamore, Dawn. Ivy’s Ever After. Holiday House, 2010. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
A whimsical fractured fairy tale finds a spirited, non-conformist princess teaming
up with an undersized dragon to foil an evil prince's dastardly plot to destroy their
kingdom.
Lake, Nick. Blood Ninja. Simon & Schuster, 2009. (Gr. 9+) SUPERNATURAl
After his father is murdered and a ninja saves his life, Taro discovers the connection
between ninjas and vampires and finds himself being dragged into a bitter conflict
between the rival lords ruling Japan. Sequel: The Revenge of Lord Oda,
forthcoming 12/2010.
Landy, Derek. Skulduggery Pleasant. HarperCollins, 2007. (Gr. 6+) FAN
Skulduggery Pleasant is an ace detective, a crackerjack sorcerer and a fire-throwing
skeleton. He's also the protector of Stephanie Edgley (12). It's these two against an
ancient evil for the fate of the world. Sequels: Playing with Fire, 2008; The Faceless
Ones, 2009.
Langrish, Katherine. The Shadow Hunt. Harpercollins, 2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN
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On the haunting, windswept moors of Devil's Edge, Wolf and Nest discover a
sinister enemy too close for comfort, making it difficult to discern who they can
trust and who needs to be kept at arm's length. 25,000 first printing.
Larbalestier, Justine. Liar. Bloomsbury, 2009. (GR. 9+) SUPERNATURAL
Having lied to so many throughout the years, Micah is justifiably known by all as a
compulsive liar, but when her boyfriend suddenly dies, truth and fiction are blurred
in entirely new ways and Micah must come to terms with the damage she has done
through the complex web of deceit she has woven.
Lasky, Katherine. Daughters of the Sea, 1: Hannah. Scholastic, 2009. (Gr. 7+)
FAN
In 1899, a fifteen-year-old orphan named Hannah obtains employment as a servant
in the home of one of Boston's wealthiest families, where she meets a noted portrait
painter who seems to know things about her that even she is not aware of, and when
she accompanies the family to their summer home in Maine, she feels an undeniable
pull to the sea.
Law, Ingrid. Savvy. Dial, 2008. (Gr. 4-6) FAN
Recounts the adventures of Mibs Beaumont, whose thirteenth birthday has revealed
her "savvy"--a magical power unique to each member of her family--just as her
father is injured in a terrible accident. Companion novel: Scumble, forthcoming
8/2010.
Leavitt, Lindsey. Princess for Hire. Hyperion, 2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Longing for a bit of glamour in her Idaho life, Desi Bascomb gets it when she
discovers her ability to look like any princess who needs subbing services, but Desi
soon learns that being royalty involves more than wearing a tiara and waving at
cameras.
Levine, Gail Carson. Fairies and the Quest for Never Land. Disney, formcoming
6/2010. (Gr. 3-5+) FAN
Gwendolyn Carlisle, descendant of Wendy Darling, tries to help the fairies of Fairy
Haven recapture the evil dragon Kyto, but the fairies aren't so sure Gwendolyn can
help their cause. Previous titles: Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg, 2005; Fairy
Haven and the Quest for the Wand, 2007.
Lin, Grace. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. Little Brown, 2009. (Gr. 4-6)
FAN
Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish, and then
joins a dragon who cannot fly on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon in hopes
of bringing life to Fruitless Mountain and freshness to Jade River.
Lindskold, Jane. Thirteen Orphans. Tor, 2008. (A/YA) FAN
In an alternate world inspired by ancient Chinese lore and magic, Brenda learns
about her magical ancestry after an attack on her father and finds herself among a
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band of orphans who each represent an animal from the Chinese zodiac. Sequels:
Nine Gates, 2009; Five Odd Honors, 2010.
Lisle, Holly. The Ruby Key. Orchard, 2008. (Gr. 6+) FAN
In a world where an uneasy peace binds Humans and Nightlings, fourteen-year-old
Genna and her twelve-year-old brother Dan learn of their uncle's plot to gain
immortality in exchange for human lives, and the two strike their own bargain with
the Nightlinglord, which sets them on a dangerous journey along the Moonroads in
search of a key. Sequel: The Silver Door, 2009.
Littlefield, Sophie. Banished. Delacorte, forthcoming 2010. (Gr. 9+)
SUPERNATURAL
Sixteen-year-old Hailey Tarbell, raised by a mean, secretive grandmother, does not
know that she comes from a long line of healers until her Aunt Prairie arrives with
answers about her past that could quickly threaten her future.
Livingston, Lesley. Darklight. Harperteen, 2010. (Gr. 8+) FAN
After a dangerous encounter in Central Park, actress Kelley Winslow, who has only
recently learned that she is a Faerie, journeys to the Otherworld and begins to
untangle the strands of a magical conspiracy with far-reaching consequences.
Previous title: Wondrous Strange, 2009.
Llewellyn, Sam. The Well Between the Worlds. Orchard, 2009. (Gr. 5-9) FAN
Eleven-year-old Idris finds his life taking a dramatic turn when, after a neardrowning incident, he is accused of being allied to the feared sea monsters of
Lyonesse and is rescued from a death sentence by a mysterious and fearsome
stranger. Sequel: Darksoltice, 2010.
Lloyd, Saci. The Carbon Diaries: 2015. Holiday House, 2009. (Gr. 8+) SF
In 2015, when England becomes the first nation to introduce carbon dioxide
rationing in a drastic bid to combat climate change, sixteen-year-old Laura
documents the first year of rationing as her family spirals out of control. Sequel:
The Carbon Diaries 2017, 2010.
Lo, Malinda. Ash. Little Brown, 2009. (Gr. 10+) FAN
Forced into becoming an indentured servant when her family dies, Ash lives a lonely
and desperate life with no hopes for the future, until she meets Kaisa, the King's
royal Huntress, who teaches her to love, live, and dream once again.
Lubar, David. My Rotten Life. Starscape, 2009. (Gr. 3-5) SUPERNATURAL
Ten-year-old Nathan Abercrombie is having a really bad day. First, Shawna
Lanchester, the prettiest girl in his class, doesn’t invite him to her party. Then he
gets picked last in gym class. Things couldn’t get any worse…until he gets doused
with an experimental serum that turns him into a half-dead zombie! Sequels: Dead
Guy Spy, 2010; Goop Soup, 2010; Big Stink, forthcoming 8/2010.
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Lupica, Mike. Hero. Philomel, forthcoming 11/2010. (Gr. 6+) SUPERNATURAL
Fourteen-year-old Billy learns he has the same special abilities as his father, who
was the President's globe-trotting troubleshooter until "the Bads" killed him, and
now Billy must decide whether to use his powers in the same way at the risk of his
own life.
Lynch, Chris. Monkey See, Monkey Don’t. Scholastic, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) SF
In a future where electronic surveillance has taken the place of love, young Zane
uses technology to talk to animals and battles an evil veterinarian who is working on
a new device to control animal movement and speech, employing Zane's dog as his
first test case. Previous title: Cyberia, 2008.
Maberry, Jonathan. Rot and Ruin. Simon & Schuster, forthcoming 10/2010. (Gr.
9+) SUPERNATURAL
In a post-apocalyptic world where fences and border patrols guard the few people
left from the zombies that have overtaken civilization, fifteen-year-old Benny Imura
is finally convinced that he must follow in his older brother's footsteps and become a
bounty hunter.
MacCullough, Carolyn. Once a Witch. Clarion, 2009. (Gr. 7+) SUPERNATURAL
Born into a family of witches, seventeen-year-old Tamsin is raised believing that she
alone lacks a magical "Talent," but when her beautiful and powerful sister is taken
by an age-old rival of the family in an attempt to change the balance of power,
Tamsin discovers her true destiny.
Madigan, L. K. The Mermaid’s Mirror. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, forthcoming
10/2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Lena, almost sixteen, has always felt drawn to the waters of San Francisco Bay
despite the fears of her father, a former surfer, but after she glimpses a beautiful
woman with a tail, nothing can keep Lena from seeking the mermaid in the
dangerous waves at Magic Crescent Cove.
Mahy, Margaret. The Magician of Hoad. McKelderry, 2009. (Gr. 7+) FAN
A young farm boy who possesses mysterious powers is chosen by the king to be the
court's royal magician.
Malley, Gemma. The Returners. Bloomsbury, 2010. (Gr. 8+) SF
Experiencing brutal nightmares in the aftermath of his mother's death and in
reaction to his father's alienating radical political beliefs, Will Hodge discovers he is
being followed by a group of people who claim that they have been reincarnated to
witness historical atrocities.
Mantchev, Lisa. Eyes Like Stars. Feiwel & Friends, 2009. (Gr. 8+) FAN
Seventeen-year-old Bertie strives to save Theater Illuminata, the only home she has
ever known, but is hindered by the Players who magically live on there, especially
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Ariel, who is willing to destroy the Book at the center of the magic in order to escape
into the outside world. Sequel: Perchance to Dream, 2010.
Marchetta, Melina. Finnikin of the Rock. Candlewick, 2010. (Gr. 8+) FAN
Finnikin reluctantly joins forces against the imposter who has ruled Lumatere for
years with an enigmatic young novice who claims that her dark dreams will lead
them to a surviving royal child and a way to regain the throne.
Marillier, Juliet. Heart’s Blood. Roc, 2009. (A/YA) FAN
When young scribe Caitrin is retained to sort through family documents at
Whistling Tor, she discovers, and begins and to unravel, a web of ancestral sorcery
that that has crippled Anluan since childhood.
Marr, Melissa. Wicked Lovely. HarperTeen, 2007. 0-06-121465-5. (Gr. 8+) FAN
Aislinn has the sight. She can see faeries. But she keeps this ability a secret, until
Keenan comes after her. He's the Summer King. He's been looking for his queen
for nine centuries. Now he's found her -- in Aislinn, whether she wants to join him
or not. Sequels: Ink Exchange, 2008; Fragile Eternity, 2009; Radiant Shadows,
2010.
Marriott, Zoe. Daughter of the Flames. Candlewick, 2009. (Gr. 8+) FAN
After learning that she is the heir to the Ruan throne, Zira, who has been trained as
a warrior priestess, must unravel the secret of her identity, decide her people's fate,
and face her feelings for a man who should be her enemy.
Marsh, Katherine. The Night Tourist. Hyperion, 2007. (Gr. 5-9) FAN
When he suffers a near fatal accident, Jack Perdu, a shy, ninth-grade Classics
prodigy, is sent to New York City where he meets a young girl who, showing him the
secrets of Grand Central Station, leads him to a ghostly underworld where he gets a
chance to see his late mother one last time. Sequel: The Twilight Prisoner, 2009.
Maxwell, B. E. Faerie Door. Harcourt, 2008. (Gr. 4-6) FAN
Victoria Deveny is transported from her Northumberland, England, home in 1890
to 1964 Alton Bay, New Hampshire, where she meets Elliot Good and they agree to
help the Faerie Queen defeat the Shadow Knight, who is trying to close the portals
that allow fairies to help humans in time of need. Sequel forthcoming 10/2010.
McBride, Regina. The Fire Opal. Delacorte, 2010. (Gr. 8+) FAN
Having spent her life peacefully collecting kelp with her mother and dreaming of the
legendary Holy Isles, Maeve O'Tullagh is horrified when her mother and new sister
fall into a mysterious trance.
McCaffrey, Anne and Elizabeth Ann. Catalyst: A Tale of the Barque Cats. Random
House, 2010. (A/YA) SF
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In a universe in which space-faring humans are aided by remarkable telepathic cats,
a government edict to control a health threat by impounding and destroying
animals throughout the galaxy threatens the survival of these invaluable felines.
McCaffrey, Todd. Dragonheart. Del Rey, 2008. (A/YA) SF
The dragons of Pern are dying...and the only person who can save them has been
dead for over 400 Turns. This fantasy is written by Anne McCaffrey's son, Todd,
heir to the literary world of Pern. Sequel: Dragongirl, forthcoming 7/2010.
McKenzie, Nancy. Guinevere's Gift. Knopf, 2008. 0375843450. (Gr. 6+) FAN
Having been told that she is destined to wed a great king and be the highest lady in
the land, young Guinevere is beginning to have doubts about the prophecy based on
the dull life she leads as a ward to her aunt and uncle, but a sudden encounter with
a strange young man in the woods makes her reconsider her destiny as dark secrets
and dangerous plots are revealed. Sequel: Guinevere's Gamble, 2009.
McKillip, Patricia A. The Bards of Bone Plain. Ace, forthcoming 10/2010. (A/YA)
FAN
McKinley, Robin. Pegasus. Putnam, forthcoming 11/2010. (Gr. 6+) FAN
Because of a thousand-year-old alliance between humans and pegasi, Princess Sylvi
is ceremonially bound to Ebon, her own pegasus, on her twelfth birthday, but the
closeness of their bond becomes a threat to the status quo and possibly to the safety
of their two nations.
McKinley, Robin and Peter Dickinson. Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits. Putnam,
2009. (Gr. 8+) FAN
Presents a collection of five suspenseful stories, including "Hellhound" and
"Fireworm," incorporating the powerful and enchanting element of fire.
McMann, Lisa. Wake. Simon Pulse, 2008. (Gr. 7+) SUPERNATURAL
Tired of being dragged into other people's dreams and watching their subconscious
fantasies and fears revealed in all their glory, Jane's powers take a dangerous turn
after she discovers that she is in a very scary dream in which she is not only an
observer but an unwilling participant as well. Sequels: Fade, 2009; Gone, 2010.
McNamee, Eoin. The Navigator. Wendy Lamb Books, 2007. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
Owen's ordinary life is turned upside-down the day he gets involved with the
Resisters and their centuries-long feud with an ancient, evil race called The Harsh,
in a page-turning time travel adventure. Sequels: City of Time, 2008; The Frost
Child, 2009.
McNamee, Eoin. The Ring of Five. Wendy Lamb Books, 2010. (Gr. 5-8)
SUPERNATURAL
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Arriving at a mysterious paranormal school where he befriends two kids with
supernatural abilities, Danny Caulfield discovers a latent talent for spying before
being sent on a terrifying mission.
Mead, Richelle. Vampire Academy: #1 Vampire Academy, 2007. (Gr. 9+)
SUPERNATURAL
Two years after a horrible incident made them run away, vampire princess Lissa
and her guardian-in-training Rose are found and returned to St. Vladimir's
Academy, where one focuses on mastering magic, the other on physical training,
while both try to avoid the perils of gossip, cliques, gruesome pranks, and sinister
plots. Sequels: #2 Frostbite, 2008; #3 Shadow Kiss, 2008; Blood Promise, 2009;
Spirit Bound, 2010.
Mebus, Scott. Gods of Manhattan. Dutton, 2008. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
Thirteen-year-old Rory discovers a spirit world that thrives alongside his
contemporary New York City, filled with fantastical creatures and people from the
city's colorful past who have become gods and goddesses and who have chosen Rory
to perform a dangerous mission. Sequels: Spirits in the Park, 2009; The Sorcerer’s
Secret, 2010.
Melling, O.R. The Light-Bearer's Daughter. The Chronicles of Faerie. Vol. 3.
Abrams, 2007. (Gr. 8+) FAN
In exchange for the granting of her heart's desire, twelve-year-old Dana agrees to
make an arduous journey to Lugnaquillia through the land of Faerie in order to
warn King Lugh, second in command to the High King, that an evil destroyer has
entered the Mountain Kingdom.In exchange for the granting of her heart's desire,
twelve-year-old Dana agrees to make an arduous journey to Lugnaquillia through
the land of Faerie in order to warn King Lugh, second in command to the High
King, that an evil destroyer has entered the Mountain Kingdom.
Previous titles: #1 The Hunter’s Moon, 2005; #2 The Summer King, 2006. Sequel:
The Book of Dreams, 2009.
Michaelis, Antonia. Dragon of Darkness. Amulet, 2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Jumar and Christopher, two boys from very different backgrounds, are thrown
together by magic, mayhem and a common foe as they battle deadly dragons in the
wilderness of Nepal.
Miller, Kirsten. The Eternal Ones. Razorbill, 2010. (Gr. 8+) SUPERNATURAL
Experiencing recurring visions of a romance from a past life that ended tragically,
dressmaker Haven leaves the home of her tyrannical grandmother to start over in
New York, where she falls in love with a man who is under suspicion for murder
and who Haven finds both familiar and threatening.
Milway, Alex. The Mousehunter. Little Brown, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
Working for the wealthy Isiah Lovelock and dreaming of the day she can become a
famous mousehunter, Emiline is thrilled when she finally gets her chance--venturing
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to far away lands on a grand adventure to capture the legendary pirate
Mousebeard! Sequel: The Curse of Mousebeard, 2010.
Mitchard, Jacquelyn. The Midnight Twins. Razorbill, 2008. (Gr. 7+)
SUPERNATURAL
Mirror twins born on either side of midnight on New Year's Eve, Meredith and
Mallory Bryn have always shared a close bond, until a mysterious, near-fatal fire on
their thirteenth birthday gives rise to visions and dreams--Mallory of the past, and
Meredith of the future--that reveal the deep and dangerous secrets of the people
around them. Sequels: Look Both Ways, 2009; Watch for Me by Moonlight, 2010.
Martin, John. How to Grow Up and Rule the World, by Vordak the Incomprehensible.
Egmont, forthcoming 8/2010. (Gr. 3-5) SF
The evil genius Vordak the Incomprehensible conveys to the inferior masses his
nefarious methods for achieving ultimate control of the planet.
Morris, Gerald. Squire’s Quest. Houghton Mifflin, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
After nearly six months without contact with the World of the Faeries--not even
from his old friend, the mischievous sprite Robin--Terence is sure something is
rotten in King Arthur's court. Previous titles: #1 The Squire’s Tale, 1998; #2 The
Squire, His Knight, & His Lady, 1999; #3 The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf, 2000; #4
Parsifal’s Page, 2001; #5 The Ballad of Sir Dinadan, 2003; #6 The Princess, the
Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight, 2004; #7 The Lioness & Her Knight, 2005; #8 The
Quest of the Fair Unknown, 2006. Forthcoming: The Legend of the King, 9/2010.
Moss, Jenny. Shadow. Scholastic, 2010. (Gr. 8+) FAN
When Shadow, whose job all her life has been to stay close to the young queen and
prevent her prophecied death at the age of sixteen, fails in her task and the castle is
thrown into chaos, she escapes along with a young knight, embarking upon a
journey that eventually reveals her true identity.
Nadol, Jen. The Mark. Bloomsbury, 2010. (Gr. 9+) FAN
While in Kansas living with an aunt she never knew existed and taking a course in
philosophy, sixteen-year-old Cass struggles to learn what, if anything, she should do
with her ability to see people marked to die within a day's time
Nayeri, Daniel. Another Faust. Candlewick, 2009. (Gr. 9+) SUPERNATURAL
Years after five children mysteriously disappeared from cities across Europe, they
reappear at an exclusive party in New York City under the tutelage of a suspicious
benefactor, but their unique gifts--reading minds, stopping time, seducing with false
beauty, and more--begin to bring them more consequences then benefits. Sequel:
Another Pan, forthcoming 10/2010.
Neff, Henry. The Hound of Rowan. Random House, 2007. 0375838945. (Gr. 5-8)
FAN
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When Max McDaniels discovers a mysterious Celtic tapestry, he is led to Rowan
Academy, where he, while investigating the disappearance of priceless artwork and
gifted children, discovers his true destiny, plunging him into an ancient battle
between good and evil. Sequels in The Tapestry series: #2 The Second Siege, 2008;
#3 The Fiend and the Forge, 2010.
Ness, Patrick. The Knife of Never Letting Go. Candlewick, 2008. (Gr. 10+) SF
Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, young Todd and Viola
set out across New World searching for answers about his colony's true past and
seeking a way to warn the ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World. Sequels:
The Ask and the Answer, 2009. Monsters of Men. Chaos Walking, 2010.
Nichols, Lee. Deception. Bloomsbury, 2010. (Gr. 9+) SUPERNATURAL
When Emma Vaile’s parents go missing while away on a mysterious business trip,
she’s left all alone in her creepy old house. But her brother’s very cute best friend,
Bennett Stern—Emma’s knight in J. Crew armor—arrives unexpectedly to whisk
her away to New England. There, Emma settles into his family’s museum-like
mansion and enrolls at an old-fashioned private school. She quickly finds friends in
the popular legacy crowd at Thatcher and spends her free time crushing on Bennett.
But the eerie visions she’s been hiding from everyone have gotten worse. Emma has
memories of Thatcher that she can’t explain—it’s as if she’s returning home to a
place she’s never been. Finally, Emma confides in Bennett and learns she is a
ghostkeeper, a person who can communicate with ghosts. Bennett brought Emma to
Thatcher to protect her, but now he needs her help tracking an other-worldly
murderer.
Nimmo, Jenny. Charlie Bone and the Shadow. Orchard, 2008. 0439846692. (Gr. 58) FAN
After his family is kidnapped and taken away to Badlock, Charlie Bone wastes no
time in venturing to the forbidden land to fight his greatest enemy and free his
beloved family. Newest in The Children of the Red King series. Previous titles: #1
Midnight for Charlie Bone, 2003; #2 Charlie Bone and the Time Twister, 2003; #3
Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy, 2004; #4 Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors,
2005; #6 Charlie Bone and the Beast, 2007. Sequel: Charlie Bone and the Red
Knight, 2010.
Nix, Garth. Superior Saturday. Scholastic, 2008. 0439700892. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
As Arthur Penhaligon prepares to face the most powerful and knowledgeable
Trustee of the Will, Superior Saturday, Arthur's mother is still missing, his home
city is under attack, and his allies are unreliable when it comes to gaining the Sixth
Key. Previous titles in The Keys to the Kingdom series: #1 Mister Monday, 2003; #2
Grim Tuesday, 2005; #3 Drowned Wednesday, 2005; #5 Sir Thursday, 2006; #7 Lady
Friday, 2007. Newest title: Lord Sunday, 2010.
Noel, Alyson. The Immortals: #1 Evermore, 2009. (Gr. 9+) SUPERNATURAL
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Since the car accident that claimed the lives of her family, sixteen-year-old Ever can
see auras and hear people's thoughts, and she goes out of her way to hide from other
people until she meets Damen, another psychic teenager who is hiding even more
mysteries. Sequels: #2 Blue Moon, 2009; #3 Shadowland, 2009; #4 Dark Flame,
2010.
North, Pearl. Libyrinth. Tor Teen, 2009. (Gr. 8+) FAN
In a distant future where Libyrarians preserve and protect the ancient books that
are housed in the fortress-like Libyrinth, Haly is imprisoned by Eradicants, who
believe that the written word is evil, and she must try to mend the rift between the
two groups before their war for knowledge destroys them all. Sequel: The Boy from
Ilysies, forthcoming, 9/2010.
Novik, Naomi. Victory of Eagles. Del Rey, 2008. (A/YA) FAN
As Napoleon launches an attack on Britain, Captain Will Laurence, accused of
treason, escapes from his prison ship and sets out on a desperate quest to reunite
with his fighting dragon, Temeraire, who has been consigned to breeding grounds in
Wales. Previous titles in the Temeraire Series: #1 His Majesty’s Dragon, 3/06; #2
Throne of Jade, 4/06; #3 Black Powder War, 5/06; #4 Empire of Ivory, 9/07; #6
Tongues of Serpents, forthcoming 7/2010.
O’Brien, Caragh M. Birthmarked. Roaring Brook, 2010. (Gr. 7+) SF
When her midwife mother is forcibly taken away by the very people she serves, 16year-old Gaia Stone wonders whether the Enclave deserves the loyalty her family
has so faithfully given.
O’Brien, Johnny. Day of the Assassins: A Jack Christie Adventure. Candlewick,
2009. (Gr. 8+) SF
Fifteen-year-old Jack is sent to 1914 Europe as a pawn in the battle between his
long-lost father, who has built a time machine, and a secret network of scientists
who want to prevent him from trying to use it to change history for the better.
Includes historical notes. Sequel: Day of Deliverance, forthcoming 9/2010.
Okorafor, Nnedi. Akata Witch. Viking, forthcoming 4/2011.
Oppel, Kenneth. Starclimber. Harperteen, 2009. (Gr. 6+) SF
As members of the first crew of astralnauts, Matt Cruse and Kate De Vries journey
into outer space on the Starclimber and face a series of catastrophes that threaten
the survival of all on board. Previous titles: #1 Airborn, 2004; #2 Skybreaker, 2005.
Oliver, Lauren. Before I Fall. The Bowen Press, 2010. (Gr. 9+)
SUPERNATURAL
After she dies in a car crash, teenage Samantha relives the day of her death over
and over again until, on the seventh day, she finally discovers a way to save herself.
Patterson, James. Max. Little Brown, 2009. (Gr. 7+) SF
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Fourteen-year-old Max, leader of a flock of genetically engineered part-human/partbird hybrids, must volunteer, along with the five youngest members of the group, to
join the Navy in learning why fish are dying off the coast of Hawaii, in order to be
able to rescue her mother who has been kidnapped by a criminal mastermind.
Previous titles: #1 The Angel Experiment, 2005; #2 School’s Out—Forever, 2006; #3
Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, 2007; #4 The Final Warning, 2008.
Newest titles: Fang, 3/2010; Angel, 2/2011.
Patneaude, David. Epitaph Road. Egmont, 2010. (Gr. 7+) SF
In 2097, men are a small and controlled minority in a utopian world ruled by
women, and fourteen-year-old Kellen must fight to save his father from an outbreak
of the virus that killed ninety-seven percent of the male population thirty years
earlier.
Paver, Michelle. Outcast. Katherine Tegen Books, 2008. (Gr. 6-9) FAN
Cast out of the clans because his mark as a Soul-Eater has been revealed, Torak
finds refuge on a distant island, but when he discovers that Seshru the Viper Mage
has discovered his whereabouts, Torak has no choice but to stand and fight.
Previous titles in The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series: #1 Wolf Brother, 2005;
#2 The Spirit Walker, 2006; #3 Soul Eater, 2007. Sequels: Oathbreaker, 2009; Ghost
Hunter, 2010.
Paxson, Diana L. Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Sword of Avalon. Roc, forthcoming
10/2010. (A/YA) FAN
Continuing the saga of the inhabitants of Avalon, a young boy raised in secret after
his parents are killed by traitors returns home to prove his worth and lead his
followers to victory while wielding the newly forged sword Excalibur. Previos titles:
#1 Priestess of Avalon, 2001; #2 Ancestors of Avalon, 2004; #3 Ravens of Avalon,
2007.
Pearce, Jackson. Sisters Red. Little Brown, 2010. (Gr. 8+) SUPERNATURAL
After a Fenris, or werewolf, killed their grandmother and almost killed them, sisters
Scarlett and Rosie March devote themselves to hunting and killing the beasts that
prey on teenaged girls, learning how to lure them with red cloaks and occasionally
using the help of their old friend, Silas, the woodsman's son.
Peck, Richard. Three Quarters Dead. Dial, forthcoming 10/2010. (Gr. 7+)
SUPERNATURAL
Sophomore loner Kerry is overjoyed when three popular senior girls pick her to be
in their clique until the seniors die in a car crash, return from the dead, and insist
that Kerry help them exact revenge on a disloyal classmate.
Peterfreund, Diana. Rampant. Harperteen, 2009. (Gr. 7+) FAN
After sixteen-year-old Astrid Llewelyn survives a vicious unicorn attack, she learns
that she is a descendant of the most famous unicorn hunter of all time and she must
travel to Rome, Italy, to train in the ancient arts in order to carry on her family
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legacy and save the world from the threat posed by the reemergence of lethal
unicorns. Sequel: Ascendant, forthcoming 9/2010.
Pfeffer, Susan Beth. The Dead and the Gone. Harcourt, 2008. (Gr.7+) SF
After a meteor hits the moon and sets off a series of horrific climate changes,
seventeen-year-old Alex Morales must take care of his sisters alone in the chaos of
New York City. Companion novel to: Life As We Knew It, 2006. Newest title: The
World I Live In, 2010.
Pierce, Tamora. Bloodhound: The Legend of Beka Cooper. Random House, 2009.
0375814698. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Beka, who has been promoted from "Puppy" to "Dog" and who is now a fullfledged member of the Provost's Guard, heads with her former partner to a
neighboring port city to investigate a case of counterfeit coins. Previous title:
Terrier, 2006.
Pike, Aprilynne. Spells. HarperTeen, 2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN
A sequel to the best-selling Wings finds Laurel honing her Fall faerie skills six
months after saving the gateway to Avalon and wondering how to proceed when she
realizes her loved ones are still in danger, a situation complicated by her torn
feelings for David and Tamani. Previous title: Wings, 2009.
Pinkwater, Daniel. Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl. Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt, 2010. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
Big Audrey, who has cat-like whiskers, and her telephathic friend Molly set out on a
journey to find out why flying saucers are landing behind the old stone barn in
Poughkeepsie, New York, and, more importantly, to determine whether another catwhiskered girl really exists. Previous titles: The Neddiad, 2007; The Yggyssey, 2009.
Pogue, David. Abby Carnelia's One and Only Magical Power. Roaring Brook, 2010.
(Gr. 4-6) FAN
After eleven-year-old Abby discovers that she has a completely useless magical
power, she finds herself at a magic camp where her hope of finding others like
herself is realized, but when a select group is taken to a different camp, a sinister
plot comes to light.
Pon, Cindy. Silver Phoenix: Beyond the Kingdom of Xia. Greenwillow, 2009. (Gr.
9+) FAN
With her father long overdue from his journey and a lecherous merchant
blackmailing her into marriage, seventeen-year-old Ai Ling becomes aware of a
strange power within her as she goes in search of her parent.
Pratchett, Terry. Unseen Academicals. Discworld #37. HarperCollins, 2009.
(A/YA) FAN
While Archchancellor Ridcully, at the request of benevolent tyrant Lord Ventinari,
attempts to assemble a capable football team from the unathletic rabble at Ankh-
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Morpork's Unseen University, handsome yet lazy Trev falls for dim yet pretty
kitchen maid Juliet. (Newest in the Discworld Series which began with The Color of
Magic, 1983.
Pratchett, Terry. The Illustrated Wee Free Men. Harpercollins, 2008. 0061340804.
(Gr. 6+) FAN
A young witch-to-be named Tiffany teams up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of sixinch-high blue men, to rescue her baby brother and ward off a sinister invasion
from Fairyland, in an illustrated gift edition with fold-outs and new material by the
author. The original Tiffany Aching Adventures: #1 The Wee Free Men, 2003; #2 A
Hat Full of Sky, 2004; #3 Wintersmith, 2006; # 4 I Shall Wear Midnight, forthcoming
9/2010.
Prineas, Sarah. The Magic Thief: Stolen. Harpercollins, 2008. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
When a local pickpocket puts his hand in the pocket belonging to the wizard
Nevery, Conn gets more than he expected when he is drawn into the world of
wizardry as a result of his mischievous deed. Sequels: Lost, 2009; Found, 2010.
Reeve, Philip. Fever Crumb. Scholastic, 2009. (Gr. 6+) SF
Foundling Fever Crumb has been raised as an engineer although females in the
future London, England, are not believed capable of rational thought, but at age
fourteen she leaves her sheltered world and begins to learn startling truths about
her past while facing danger in the present. This is a prequel to The Hungry City
Chronicles: #1 Mortal Engines, 2003; #2 Predator’s Gold, 2004; #3 Infernal Devices,
2006.
Reeve, Philip. No Such Thing as Dragons. Scholastic, forthcoming 9/2010. (Gr. 8+)
FAN
A young, mute boy who is apprenticed to a dragon-slayer suspects that the winged
beasts do not exist, until he--and his master--learn the truth.
Rees, Douglas. Vampire High: Sophomore Year. Delacorte, forthcoming 7/2010.
(Gr. 7+) SUPERNATURAL
When Cody’s Goth cousin Turk moves into his house, enrolls at Vlad Dracul, and
decides to turn an abandoned nineteenth-century mill into an art center, the
vampire (Jenti) students are not pleased, and Cody’s hopes for a great sophomore
year are blighted. Previous title: Vampire High, 2003.
Reichs, Kathy. Virals. Razorbill, forthcoming 11/2010. (Gr. 8+) SF
Reisman, Michael. Simon Bloom, the Gravity Keeper. Dutton, 2008. (Gr. 5-8) SF
Nerdy sixth-grader Simon Bloom finds a book that enables him to control the laws
of physics, but when two thugs come after him, he needs the formulas in the book to
save himself. Sequel: The Octopus Effect, 2009.
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Rex, Adam. Fat Vampire: A Never Coming of Age Story. Balzer + Bray, 2010. (Gr.
10+) SUPERNATURAL
After being bitten by a vampire, not only is fifteen-year-old Doug doomed eternally
to be fat, but now he must also save himself from the desperate host of a publicaccess-cable vampire-hunting television show that is on the verge of cancellation.
Riordan, Rick. The Battle of the Labyrinth. Hyperion, 2008. (Gr. 6+) FAN
Percy Jackson hurries to Camp Half Blood, from whence he and his demigod
friends set out on a quest through the Labyrinth, while the war between the
Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Previous titles in the Percy
Jackson & the Olympians series: #1 The Lightning Thief, 2005; #2 The Sea of
Monsters, 2006; #3 The Titan’s Curse, 2007. Sequel: The Last Olympian, 2009.
Riordan, Rick. The Red Pyramid. Hyperion, 2010. (Gr. 6+) FAN
Brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane unites his children, Sadie and Carter, for a
"research experiment" at the British Museum, hoping to set things right for his
family after the death of the children's mother--instead, he awakens the gods of
Egypt and unleashes the worst of them, the god Set, who banishes Julius to oblivion
and forces the children to flee for their lives.
Rodda, Emily. The Key to Rondo. Scholastic, 2008. (Gr. 4-6) FAN
Through an heirloom music box, Leo, a serious, responsible boy, and his badlybehaved cousin Mimi enter the magical world of Rondo to rescue Mimi's dog from a
sorceress, who wishes to exchange him for the key that allows free travel between
worlds. Sequel: The Wizard of Rondo, 2009.
Rollins, James. Jake Ransom and the Skull King’s Shadow. Harpercollins, 2009.
(Gr. 5-8) FAN
Connecticut middle-schooler Jake and his older sister Kady are transported by a
Mayan artifact to a strange world inhabited by a mix of people from long-lost
civilizations who are threatened by prehistoric creatures and an evil alchemist, the
Skull King. Sequel: Jake Ransom and the Howling Sphinx, forthcoming 5/2011.
Rowen, Michelle. Demon Princess: Reign Check. Walker, 2010. (Gr. 9+)
SUPERNATURAL
Sixteen-year-old Nikki is again summoned to the Underworld to appear before the
Demon Council, the king of the faerie realm enrolls at her small-town Canada high
school to experience human life, and her mother begins dating one of her teachers.
Rushdie, Salman. Luka and the Fire of Life. Random House, forthcoming 11/2010.
(A/YA) FAN
“You’ve reached the age at which people in this family cross the border into the
magical world. It’s your turn for an adventure—yes, it’s finally here!” So says
Haroun to his younger brother, twelve-year-old Luka, in Salman Rushdie’s
thrilling, delightful, lyrically crafted fable for the young and young at heart.
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Rutkoski, Marie. The Cabinet of Wonders. FS&G, 2008. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
Twelve-year-old Petra, accompanied by her magical tin spider, goes to Prague
hoping to retrieve the enchanted eyes the Prince of Bohemia took from her father,
and is aided in her quest by a Roma boy and his sister. Sequel: The Celestial Globe,
2010.
Ryan, Amy. Vibes. Houghton Mifflin, 2008. (Gr. 10+) SUPERNATURAL
Kristi, a sophomore in an alternative high school, is aware that nearly everyone
dislikes her--even those obsessed by her large breasts--but begins to doubt her
psychic insights after learning long-held family secrets and some classmates' true
feelings.
Ryan, Carrie. The Forest of Hands and Teeth. Delacorte, 2009. 0385736819. (Gr.
10+) SUPERNATURAL
Through twists and turns of fate, orphaned Mary seeks knowledge of life, love, and
especially what lies beyond her walled village and the surrounding forest, where
dwell the Unconsecrated, aggressive flesh-eating people who were once dead.
Sequel: The Dead-Tossed Waves, 2010.
Sage, Angie. Queste. Harpercollins, 2008. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
Nicko and Snorri are trapped in Time, and Septimus Heap goes on a quest to find
the House of Foryx, a place where all Time meets. Previous titles in the Septimus
Heap series: #1 Magyk, 2005; #2 Flyte, 2006; #3 Physik, 2007. Sequel: Syren, 2009.
St. John, Lauren. Dolphin Song. Dial, 2008. (Gr. 4-6) FAN
When Martine and five of her classmates are thrown overboard while on a school
trip to South Africa and are brought to shore by a pod of helpful dolphins, the
castaways must learn how to survive on their deserted island home while trying to
find a way to get their animal saviors back to deep water after they become beached.
Sequel to: The White Giraffe, 2007. Sequels: The Last Leopard, 2009; The
Elephant’s Tale, 2010.
Sanderson, Brandon. Warbreaker. Tor Books, 2009. (A/YA) FAN (Also with the
deceased Robert Jordan: The Gathering Storm. The Wheel of Time #12, 2009. First
of a trilogy with separate titles that concludes the Robert Jordan epic fantasy series:
#1 A Memory of Light, 2009. (Brandon Sanderson is currently working on the
second volume: Towers of Midnight.)
Sanderson, Brandon. Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones. Scholastic, 2008.
0439925533. (Gr. 4-6) FAN
Thirteen-year-old Alcatraz Smedry and his companions seek Al's father and
grandfather in the Great Library of Alexandria, where they face undead, soulstealing wraiths called the Curators of Alexandria, and one of the Scrivener's Bones,
a part-human, part-machine mercenary. Sequel to: Alcatraz and the Evil
Librarians, 2007. Sequels: Alcatraz and the Knights of Crystallia, 2009; Alcatraz
Versus the Shattered Lens, 12/2010.
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Saunders, Kate. The Little Secret. Feiwel & Friends, 2009. (Gr. 4-6) FAN
When she is invited to her new friend's home for summer vacation, eleven-year-old
Jane discovers that Staffa and her family are not what they seem to be.
Sawyer, Robert J. WWW: Wake. Ace Books, 2009. (A/YA) SF
When Webmind, an emerging consciousness, befriends Caitlin Decter to learn about
her world, a secret government agency, WATCH, believes Webmind is a risk to
national security and wants it destroyed, despite Caitlin's acceptance and belief in
her new friend.
Schiltz, Laura Amy. The Night Fairy. Candlewick, 2010. (Gr. 3-5) FAN
When Flory the night fairy's wings are accidentally broken and she cannot fly, she
has to learn to do everything differently.
Schreiber, Ellen. The Coffin Club. Katherine Tegen Books, 2008. (Gr. 7+)
SUPERNATURAL
As teen vampire twins Luna and Jagger try to trick a high school soccer star into
bonding with Luna for eternity, 16-year-old goth girl Raven Madison and her
vampire boyfriend, Alexander, strive to save him. Previous titles in the Vampire
Kisses series: #1 Vampire Kisses, 2003; #2 Kissing Coffins, 2005; #3 Vampireville,
2006; #4 Dance with a Vampire, 2007. Sequels: Royal Blood, 2009; Love Bites, 2010.
Scott, Michael. The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel).
Delacorte, 2007. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Nicholas Flamel, born in Paris in 1330, discovered the secret of eternal life and hid it
in the Book of Abraham the Mage. Now Dr. John Dee is after the book, planning to
use it to destroy the world. Sophie and Josh Newman are the only ones who can
stand against him. The fate of the world is in their hands. Sequels: The Magician,
2008; The Sorceress, 2009; The Necromancer, 2010.
Selfors, Suzanne. Fortune’s Magic Farm. Little Brown, 2009. (Gr. 4-6) FAN
Rescued from a rainy, boggy town where she works in a dismal factory, ten-year-old
orphan Isabelle learns that she is the last surviving member of a family that tends
the world's only remaining magic-producing farm.
Selfors, Suzanne. Coffeehouse Angel. Walker, 2009. (Gr. 8+) SUPERNATURAL
Sixteen-year-old Katrina's kindness to a man she finds sleeping behind her
grandmother's coffeehouse leads to a strange reward as Malcolm, who is actually a
teenage guardian angel, insists on rewarding her by granting her deepest wish.
Selzer, Adam. I Kissed a Zombie, and I Liked It. Delacorte, 2010. (Gr. 9+)
SUPERNATURAL
Living in the post-human era when the undead are part of everyday life, high
schooler Alley breaks her no-dating rule when Doug catches her eye, but classmate
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Will demands to turn her into a vampire and her zombie boyfriend may be unable
to stop him.
Sensel, Joni. The Farwalker's Quest. Bloomsbury, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
When twelve-year-old Ariel and her friend Zeke find a mysterious artifact which
has not been seen in a long time, it proves to be the beginning of a long and arduous
journey that will ultimately reveal to them their true identities. Sequel: The
Timekeeper’s Moon, 2010.
Service, Pamela. My Cousin Is an Alien. Carolrhoda, 2008. 0822576279. (Gr. 4-6)
SF
While at a resort on a vacation trip his uncle won, Zack begins wondering if his
cousin has been telling the truth for years--that he really is an alien prince sent to
Earth for protection, and who is now being chased by enemy aliens disguised as
bald, fat men. Sequel: Camp Alien, 2009.
Sherman, Delia. The Magic Mirror of the Mermaid Queen. Viking, 2009.
(Gr. 6+) FAN
As the official Changeling of Central Park, Neef is required to attend Changeling
school where she meets others like herself and learns important lessons for her
future, but when the Mermaid Queen gets hold of the Magic Mirror and threatens
to turn the city's freshwater to salt, Neef must get it back before she succeeds in her
deadly mission. Sequel to: Changeling, 2006.
Shinn, Sharon. Gateway. Viking, 2009. (Gr. 9+) SF
While passing through the Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, a Chinese American
teenager is transported to a parallel world where she is given a dangerous
assignment.
Shusterman, Neal. Everlost. Simon & Schuster, 2006. (Gr. 8+) SUPERNATURAL
After dying in a car accident together and ending up in Everlost, a netherworld
filled with children and teens, Nick accepts his fate while Allie decides to pursue new
adventures by taking over the bodies of the living, but with threats coming from
within Everlost, the two friends must stick together in order to reach their true and
final destination. Sequel: Everwild, 2009.
Simmons, Michael. Alien Feast. Roaring Brook, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) SF
In 2017, human-eating aliens have kidnapped two scientists who might cure the
disease that is destroying them, and twelve-year-old William Aitkin, his elderly,
ailing Uncle Maynard, and the scientists' daughter, Sophie, set out to rescue them.
Sequel forthcoming 9/2010.
Simner, Janni Lee. Bones of Faerie. Random House, 2009. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Fifteen-year-old Liza travels through war-ravaged territory in a struggle to bridge
the faerie and human worlds and to bring back her mother while learning of her
own powers and that magic can be controlled.
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Simner, Janni Lee. Thief Eyes. Random House, 2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN
After her mother mysteriously disappears,16-year-old Haley convinces her father to
take her to Iceland, where her mother was last seen and where she meets gorgeous
Ari, a boy with a dangerous secret who appoints himself her protector--help she will
need after she becomes ensnared by an ancient spell cast by her ancestor Hallgerd.
Skye, Obert. Leven Thumps and the Wrath of Ezra. Shadow Mountain, 2008. (Gr.
5-8) FAN
While Leven, Winter, and sidekicks Geth and Clover battle fantastical creatures in
Foo, contrary forces in Reality plan to reconstruct the destroyed gateway between
the mythical Foo and their own land. Previous titles: #1 Leven Thumps and the
Gateway to Foo, 2005; #2 Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret, 2006. Sequel:
Leven Thumps and the Ruins of Alder, 2009.
Slade, Arthur. The Hunchback Assignments. Random House, 2009. (Gr. 7+) SF
In Victorian London, fourteen-year-old Modo, a shape-changing hunchback,
becomes a secret agent for the Permanent Association, which strives to protect the
world from the evil machinations of the Clockwork Guild. Sequel: The Dark Deeps,
forthcoming 9/2010.
Smith, Alexander Gordon. Lockdown: Escape from the Furnace. FS&G, 2009.
(Gr. 6+) SF
When fourteen-year-old Alex is framed for murder, he becomes an inmate in the
Furnace Penitentiary, where brutal inmates and sadistic guards reign, boys who
disappear in the middle of the night sometimes return weirdly altered, and escape
might just be possible. Sequel: Solitary, forthcoming 12/2010.
Smith, Cynthia Leitich. Tantalize. Candlewick, 2007. (Gr. 8+) SUPERNATURAL
When multiple murders in Austin, Texas, threaten the grand re-opening of her
family's vampire-themed restaurant, seventeen-year-old, orphaned Quincie worries
that her best friend-turned-love interest, Keiren, a werewolf-in-training, may be the
prime suspect. Companion novel: Eternal, 2009.
Smith, L. J. The Vampire Diaries: #1 The Awakening, 1991. (Gr. 7+)
SUPERNATURAL
Stefan and Damon, two vampire brothers, compete for the love of Elena Gilbert, a
beautiful high school senior who is searching for excitement. Sequels: #2 The
Struggle, 1991; #3 The Fury, 1991; #4 Dark Reunion, 1992; The Return: Shadow
Souls, 2010.
Smith-Ready, Jeri. Shade. Simon Pulse, 2010. (Gr. 9+) SUPERNATURAL
Sixteen-year-old Aura of Baltimore, Maryland, reluctantly works at her aunt's law
firm helping ghosts with wrongful death cases file suits in hopes of moving on, but it
becomes personal when her boyfriend, a promising musician, dies and persistently
haunts her.
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Snow, Carol. Snap. Harperteen, 2009. (Gr. 9+) SUPERNATURAL
When fifteen-year-old Madison's parents, who are having problems, bring her to a
seedy beachside town, she relies on some quirky new friends for help figuring out
how her camera is taking pictures of people who are not there, and who later suffer
tragedies.
St. Crow, Lili. Strange Angels. Razorbill, 2009. (Gr. 8+) SUPERNATURAL
Sixteen-year-old Dru's psychic abilities helped her father battle zombies and other
creatures of the "Real World," but now she must rely on herself, a "werwulf"bitten friend, and a half-human vampire hunter to learn who murdered her parents,
and why. Sequels: Betrayals, 2009; Jealousy, forcoming 7/2010.
Stead, Rebecca. When You Reach Me. Wendy Lamb Books, 2009. (Gr. 6+) SF
As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show, "The
20,000 Pyramid," a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a
series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the
laws of time and space.
Stevermer, Caroline. Magic Below Stairs. Dial, 2010. (Gr. 4-6) FAN
Ten-year-old Frederick, who is surreptitiously watched over by a household elf, is
plucked from a London orphanage to be a servant to a wealthy wizard, and
eventually his uncanny abilities lead him to become the wizard's apprentice.
Stewart, Paul and Chris Riddell. Immortals. Random House, forthcoming 9/2010.
(Gr. 5-8) FAN
Nate Quarter is a lowly lamplighter in the phraxmines of the Eastern Woods, until
treachery forces him to flee for his life to the mighty city of Great Glade. Previous
titles in The Edge Chronicles: #1 Beyond the Deepwoods, 2004; #2 Stormchaser,
2004; #3 Midnight over Scantaphrax, 2004; #4 The Curse of the Gloamglozer, 2005;
#5 The Last of the Sky Pirates, 2005; #6 Vox, 2005; #7 Freeglader, 2006; #8 The
Winter Knights, 2007; #9 Clash of the Sky Galleons, 2007.
Stewart, Trenton Lee. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma.
Little Brown, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) SF
Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance embark on a daring new adventure that
threatens to force them apart from their families, friends, and even each other.
When an unexplained blackout engulfs Stonetown, the foursome must unravel clues
relating to a nefarious new plot, while their search for answers brings them closer to
danger than ever before. Previous titles: #1 The Mysterious Benedict Society, 2007;
#2 The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey, 2008.
Stiefvater, Maggie. Shiver. Scholastic, 2009. (Gr. 9+) SUPERNATURAL
In all the years she has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house, Grace
has been particularly drawn to an unusual yellow-eyed wolf who, in his turn, has
been watching her with increasing intensity. Sequel: Linger, forthcoming 7/2010.
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Stiefvater, Maggie. Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie. Flux, 2009. (Gr. 9+) FAN
When music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private
conservatory for musicians, his talent attracts Nuala, a faerie muse who fosters and
feeds on creative energies, but soon he finds himself battling the Queen of the Fey
for the very lives of Deirdre and Nuala. Sequel to: Lament: The Faerie Queen’s
Deception, 2008.
Stone, Jeff. Eagle. Random House, 2008. (Gr. 5-9) FAN
Angered that his grandmaster wouldn't let him train as a Dragon, Ying took his
revenge by burning his temple to the ground, but after being rescued by his younger
sister after betraying the emperor, Ying learns the truth about his past, his five
younger brothers, and the manipulative Tonglong. Previous titles in The Five
Ancestors series: #1 Tiger, 2005; #2 Monkey, 2005; #3 Snake, 2006; #4 Crane, 2007.
Sequels: #6 Mouse, 2009; #7 Dragon, 2010.
Stringer, Helen. Spellbinder. Feiwel & Friends, 2009. (Gr. 7+) SUPERNATURAL
Twelve-year-old Belladonna Johnson, who lives with the ghosts of her parents in the
north of England, teams up with an always-in-trouble classmate to investigate why
all of the ghosts in the world have suddenly disappeared.
Stroud, Jonathan. Heroes of the Valley. Hyperion, 2009. (Gr. 5+) FAN
When young Halli Sveinsson takes a practical joke too far, he is forced to leave the
House of Svein and go on a hero's quest where he encounters highway robbers,
terrifying monsters, and a girl who may be as fearless as he is.
Stroud, Jonathan. The Ring of Solomon: A Bartimaeus Novel. Hyperion,
forthcoming 11/2010.
Tanigawa, Nagaru. The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya. Little Brown, 2009. (Gr. 9+) SF
The SOS Brigade decides to make a movie starring the club's members, but it seems
as though Haruhi is causing the plot elements of the film to really happen.
Tanner, Lian. Museum of Thieves. Random House, forthcoming 9/2010. (Gr. 4-6)
FAN
When Separation Day is canceled, Goldie, who has always been both im-patient and
bold, runs away, risking not only her own life but also the lives of those she has left
behind. In the chaos that follows, she is lured to the mysterious
Taylor, Laini. Blackbringer: Faeries of Dreamdark, Book One. Penguin, 2007. (Gr.
5-8) FAN
Magpie Windwitch, faerie, devil hunter, and granddaughter of the West Wind, must
defeat an ancient evil creature, the Blackbringer, who has escaped from his bottle
and threatens to unmake all of creation. Sequel: Silksinger, forthcoming 9/2010.
Taylor, Laini. Lips Touch. Arthur A. Levine, 2009. (Gr. 9+) SUPERNATURAL
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Three girls face very different circumstances while pursuing romance as powerful
supernatural forces impact their lives and first loves in this suspenseful tale.
Teague, Mark. The Doom Machine. Scholastic, 2009. (Gr. 4-6) SF
When a spaceship lands in the small town of Vern Hollow in 1956, juvenile
delinquent Jack Creedle and prim, studious Isadora Shumway form an unexpected
alliance as they try to keep a group of extraterrestrials from stealing eccentric Uncle
Bud's space travel machine.
Thompson, Kate. Creature of the Night. Roaring Brook, 2009. 1596435119. (Gr.
9+) FAN
Bobby recklessly smokes, drinks, and steals cars in Dublin, and when his mother
relocates the family to a small cottage in the countryside, Bobby believes a certain
spookiness lurks in the corners of the new home.
Thompson, Kate. The White Horse Trick. Greenwillow, forthcoming 8/2010. (Gr.
7+) FAN
Tiernan, Cate. Immortal Beloved. Little Brown, forthcoming 9/2010. (Gr. 8+)
SUPERNATURAL
After seeing her best friend, a Dark Immortal called Incy, torture a human with
magick, Nastasya, a spoiled party girl, enters a home for wayword immortals and
finally begins to deal with life, even as she learns that someone wants her dead.
Tomlinson, Heather. Toads and Diamonds. Holt, 2010. (Gr.7+) FAN
In a retelling of the Perrault fairy tale set in pre-colonial India, two stepsisters
receive gifts from a goddess and each walks her own path to find her gift's purpose,
discovering romance along the way.
Townley, Roderick. The Blue Shoe. Knopf, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
A mysterious stranger commissions a single, valuable shoe from a humble cobbler,
changing the cobbler's life and the life of his young apprentice forever.
Turner, Megan Whalen. The Conspiracy of Kings. Harpercollins, 2010. (Gr. 7+)
FAN
Kidnapped and sold into slavery, Sophos, an unwilling prince, tries to save his
country from being destroyed by rebellion and exploited by the conniving Mede
empire. Previous titles: #1 The Thief, 1996; #2 The Queen of Attolia, 2000; #3 The
King of Attolia, 2006.
Umansky, Kaye. Clover Twig and the Magical Cottage. Roaring Brook, 2009. (Gr.
4-6) FAN
Capable and hardworking ten-year-old Clover Twig takes a job as housekeeper for
a messy witch, Demelza, but while Demelza is away Clover and an accident-prone
neighbor boy must defend the weird cottage from the witch's evil sister.
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Ursu, Anne. The Siren Song. The Cronus Chronicles. Book Two. Atheneum, 2007.
(Gr. 7-9) FAN
Thirteen-year-old Charlotte must rescue humankind again when the evil
Philonecron captures her cousin Zee, and Poseidon himself sends a sea monster to
eat the cruise ship on which Charlotte's parents are trapped. Sequel to: The Shadow
Thieves, 2006. Sequel: The Immortal Flame, 2009.
Van Cleve, Kathleen. Drizzle. Dial, 2010. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
When a drought threatens her family's magical rhubarb farm, eleven-year-old Polly
tries to find a way to make it rain again.
Van Diepen, Allison. Raven. Simon Pulse, 2009. (Gr. 9+) SUPERNATURAL
New York City breakdancer Nicole loves fellow dancer Zin, who keeps her at a
distance, harboring a very old secret.
Vaughn, Carrie. Voice of Dragons. Harperteen, 2010. (Gr. 9+) FAN
In a parallel world where humans and dragons live in a state of cold war, seventeenyear-old Kay and her dragon friend, Artegal, struggle to find a way to show that
dragons and humans can co-exist.
Verrillo, Erica. Elissa’s Quest. Random House, 2007. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
Thirteen-year-old Elissa knows nothing of her origins until her father comes and
takes her to the Citadel of the evil Khan, in exchange for soldiers to protect the
kingdom that will one day be hers, but upon discovering her power, she chooses to
follow her own destiny. Sequels: Elissa’s Odyssey, 2008; World’s End, 2009.
Ward, Rachel. Numbers. Scholastic, 2010. (Gr. 9+) SUPERNATURAL
Fifteen-year-old Jem knows when she looks at someone the exact date they will die,
so she avoids relationships and tries to keep out of the way, but when she meets a
boy named Spider and they plan a day out together, they become more involved
than either of them had planned.
Waters, Daniel. Generation Dead. Hyperion, 2008. (Gr. 9+) SUPERNATURAL
When teenagers that die come back to life and are labeled "living impaired" or
"differently biotic," they are integrated into the school population, but the living
teens don't want them around. Sequel: The Kiss of Life, 2009.
Wells, Rosemary. On the Blue Comet. Candlewick, forthcoming 9/2010. (Gr. 5-8)
FAN
When the Depression hits in Cairo, Illinois, and Oscar Ogilvie's father must sell
their home and vast model train set-up to look for work in California, eleven-yearold Oscar is left with his dour aunt, where he befriends a mysterious drifter,
witnesses a stunning bank robbery, and is suddenly catapulted onto a train that
takes him to a different time and place.
Werlin, Nancy. Extraordinary. Dial, forthcoming 9/2010. (Gr. 10+) FAN
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Phoebe, a member of the wealthy Rothschilds family, befriends Mallory, an
awkward new girl in school, and the two become as close as sisters, but Phoebe does
not know that Mallory is a faerie, sent to the human world to trap the ordinary
human girl into fulfilling a promise made by her ancestor Mayer to the queen of the
faeries.
Westerfeld, Scott. Leviathan. Simon Pulse, forthcoming 10/2009. (Gr. 8+) SF
In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from
the Clanker Powers who are attempting to take over the globe using mechanical
machinery, forms an uneasy alliance with Deryn who, disguised as a boy to join the
British Air Service, is learning to fly genetically-engineered beasts. Sequel:
Bohemeth, forthcoming 10/2010.
Whitcomb, Laura. The Fetch. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. (Gr. 9+)
SUPERNATURAL
After 350 years as a Fetch, or death escort, Calder breaks his vows and enters the
body of Rasputin, whose spirit causes rebellion in the Land of Lost Souls while
Calder struggles to convey Ana and Alexis, orphaned in the Russian Revolution, to
Heaven.
Whitley, David. The Midnight Charter. Roaring Brook, 2009. (Gr. 6+) FAN
A special document and the lives of two children who know its secrets are at the
center of a dangerous adventure upon which the fate of the materialistic world in
which they live rests.
Wilks, Mike. Mirrorscape. Egmont, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
In a world where all pleasures are severely restricted, Melkin Womper is
apprenticed to a master painter where he discovers the Mirrorscape, a world inside
paintings, and becomes entangled in a war between the restrictive Fifth Mystery
and the rebels fighting to stop them. Sequel: Mirrorstorm, forthcoming 10/2011.
Wilson, N. D. 100 Cupboards. Random House, 2007. 0375838813. (Gr. 4-6). FAN
After his parents are kidnapped, timid twelve-year-old Henry York leaves his
sheltered Boston life and moves to small-town Kansas, where he and his cousin
Henrietta discover and explore hidden doors in his attic room that seem to open
onto other worlds. Sequels: Dandelion Fire, 2009; The Chestnut King, 2010.
Winterson, Jeanette. The Battle of the Sun. Bloomsbury, forthcoming 5/2010. (Gr.
7+) FAN
Chosen by the dark genius Magus to perfect an alchemy that will transform 17thcentury London into a golden place, Jack resolves to defy his evil master and save
the city, an effort marked by dragons, knights and the contributions of Elizabeth I.
Wooding, Chris. Malice. Scholastic, 2009. (Gr. 6+) FAN
Having read all about the sinister world in which the villainous Tall Jake resides,
fans Luke, Seth, and Kady learn more about it than they ever wanted when they are
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suddenly pulled into the pages of their comic book and come face-to-face with Tall
Jake himself!
Wrede, Patricia. Thirteenth Child. Scholastic, 2009. (Gr. 7+) FAN
Eff must finally get over believing she is bad luck and accept that her special
training in Aphrikan magic, and being the twin of the seventh son of a seventh son,
give her extraordinary power to combat evil magical creatures.
Yep, Laurence. City of Fire. Tor, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) FAN
Twelve-year-old Scirye and her companions travel to Houlani, a new Hawaiian
island created by magic, where they enlist the help of volcano goddess Pele in an
attempt to stop an evil dragon and a mysterious man from altering the universe.
Yolen, Jane. Dragon’s Heart. Harcourt, 2009. (Gr. 6+) SF
Having been presumed dead, Jakkin and Akki finally return to Austar IV with
newfound skills, and the knowledge that what they have learned could either
transform their planet or destroy it. Previous titles: #1 Dragon’s Blood, 1982; #2
Heart’s Blood, 1984; #3 A Sending of Dragons, 1987.
Yolen, Jane and Midori Snyder. Except the Queen. Roc, 2010. (A/YA) FAN
Banished by the Fairy Queen to the mortal realm of Earth, two sisters, Serena and
Meteora, find themselves fighting a rising dark power that threatens both the fairy
and human worlds.
Yovanoff, Brenna. Replacement. Razorbill, forthcoming 9/2010. (Gr. 9+)
SUPERNATURAL
Zink, Michelle. Prophecy of the Sisters. Little Brown, 2009. (Gr. 9+)
SUPERNATURAL
An ancient prophecy has turned sixteen-year-old twin sisters, Lia and Alice, into
archenemies, forcing Lia to review the history of past generations in order to stop
Alice from taking part in a devastating act of betrayal that will destroy their special,
sisterly bond forever. Sequel: Guardian of the Gate, forthcoming 8/2010.