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Young Adult Fantasy Book List Denotes New Titles Recently Added to the List Young Adult Fantasy Book List Denotes new titles recently added to the list Animal Fantasy Epic Fantasy Breen, M.E. Barron, T.A. Darkwood The Lost Years of Merlin A clever and fearless orphan A young boy who has no identity endures increasing danger or memory of his past washes while trying to escape from ashore on the coast of Wales and greedy, lawless men and finds his true name after a series elude the terrifying of fantastic adventures. "kinderstalks"--animals who steal children-- before discovering her true destiny. (Summary Le Guin, Ursula from Follett Destiny, October 2009) The Wizard of Earthsea Sorcerer’s apprentice Clement-Davies, David Sparrowhawk unwittingly Fire Bringer unleashes evil on the land. He This animal epic follows the grows to manhood while fawn Rannoch and his friends attempting to subdue the evil he through many years on the run unleashed on the world. (Summary from from their herd’s harsh NoveList online fiction guide, March 2003.) dictator. Although the animals think and speak, they otherwise have the Tolkien, J.R.R. characteristics of wild deer. Rannoch’s trials The Lord of the Rings are monumental; his character is complex; and A three-part epic depicting the his enemies are truly vile. Set in Scotland Great War of the Ring, a during the thirteenth century, the novel refers struggle between good and evil to some historical events that deepen the in Middle Earth, in which tiny story. Hobbits, elves, dwarves and wizards play key roles. The books are Jacques, Brian Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and Redwall Return of the King. (Summary from NoveList When the peaceful life of online fiction guide, March 2003.) ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the Fairy Tales, Folktale and evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, young Princesses mouse Matthias determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior Cabot, Meg which—he is convinced—will help Redwall’s The Princess Diaries inhabitants destroy the enemy. The Mia is a typical combat-boot- adventures continue in numerous books of wearing, animal-rights-loving, the series. (Summary from NoveList online algebra-failing New York teen fiction guide, March 2003.) until her absentee father reveals she’s the heir to the throne of a small European principality. Media exposure, Unless noted, all summaries are from Greenwood Publishing Group, Horn Book Guide Online, 1989-2002 1 Denotes new titles recently added to the list princess lessons from Grandmere and the ball is over. Feminist Ella, who managed attention from dreamy senior Josh follow. without any fairy godmother, finds palace protocol boring and trophy wifedom Ferris, Jean insulting—so she escapes and finds fulfillment Once Upon a Marigold doctoring suitably bathetic war refugees Christian ran away from home alongside Jed, her nobleman love interest. at six and has happily lived in the forest for eleven years. The girl next door happens to be a Hale, Shannon princess, and the two teens, kept apart by Book of a Thousand Days circumstance, correspond by carrier pigeon Fifteen-year-old Dashti, sworn ("p-mail"). The lighthearted tale maintains the to obey her sixteen-year-old right balance of humor and sentimentality as mistress, the Lady Saren, shares the characters finally meet and discover their Saren's years of punishment love is real. Forbidden love, secret identities, locked in a tower, then brings her safely to the and a happy ending--what more could you lands of her true love, where both must hide ask? who they are as they work as kitchen maids. A reimagined, little-known classic fairy tale from Gaiman, Neil the Brothers Grimm, reset on the central Anansi Boys Asian steppes. (Summary from Hennepin Charlie's dad wasn't just any County, Sept. 2008) dad. He was Anansi, a trickster god, the spirit of rebellion able to overturn the social order, Hale, Shannon create wealth out of thin air, and baffle the Enna Burning devil. When he dies on a karaoke stage, things Enna hopes that her new get very interesting for Charlie. (Summary knowledge of how to wield fire from Hennepin County Library at hclib.org, will help protect her good friend 2007) Isi--the Princess Anidori--and all of Bayern against their enemies, but the need George, Jessica Day to burn is uncontrollable and puts Enna and Princess of the Midnight Ball her loved ones in grave danger. (Summary A retelling of the tale of twelve from Follett Destiny, November 2009). princesses who wear out their shoes dancing every night, and of Hale, Shannon Galen, a former soldier now Goose Girl working in the king's gardens, who follows On her way to marry a prince them in hopes of breaking the curse. she's never met, Princess (Summary from Follett Destiny, November Anidori is betrayed by her 2009) guards and her lady-in- waiting and must become a goose girl to Haddix, Margaret Peterson survive until she can reveal her true identity Just Ella and reclaim the crown that is rightfully hers. Combining modern sarcasm with (Summary from Hennepin County Library, stilted medievalism, Just Ella Sept. 2008) picks up the Cinderella tale after Unless noted, all summaries are from Greenwood Publishing Group, Horn Book Guide Online, 1989-2002 2 Denotes new titles recently added to the list Hanley, Victoria Levine, Gail Carson Healers Keep Ella Enchanted When the Healer's Keep is Cursed at birth with the gift of attacked by dark forces, obedience by an irresponsible Princess Sara and the foreigner fairy, Ella is powerless to resist Dorjan join forces with the the commands of others. slave girl Maeve and freeman Expert characterization and Jasper to defend it. (Summary original ideas enliven this from Hennepin County Library, Oct. 2004) novelization of Cinderella. Built around the traditional elements of the fairy tale and at times limited by those restraints, the retelling boasts an admirable heroine who Hanley, Victoria discovers her inner strength by combating her The Seer and the Sword greatest weakness. The fates of Princess Torina of Archeld and Landen, a former Levine, Gail Carson prince of a conquered country The Two Princesses who was brought to Archeld as a of Bamarre captive, are tightly entwined. When a Courageous Princess Meryl murderous despot seizes the throne, Torina contracts the disease that plagues and Landen flee the country separately and Bamarre, and it is known that each becomes a trusted adviser to the high courage demonstrated by a king. former coward could extinguish the epidemic. Her timid sister Hoffman, Alice Addie arms herself with her sister’s sword and Foretelling sets out to find the cure. Rain, the product of a rape and shunned by her distant queen Levine, Gail Carson mother, struggles to find her The Wish identity and prove herself in a Wilma Sturtz endures most of world where an Amazonian band the eighth grade as of horsewomen warriors fight to defend their “unpopular,” but a few weeks territory and sovereignty. Rain is a gifted before graduation she does a warrior herself, but begins to question her good deed and is granted her tribe's combative, man-hating traditions and wish to be the most popular kid unlike the rest of her army, she does not find at school. Author Levine convincingly any pleasure in watching her enemies die. captures Wilma’s adolescent distress between Haunted by a dream of a black horse, which is wanting her friends to like her for her and a common symbol of deal, Rain fears that her never wanting the spell to end. people will someday rise against her. After her mother dies giving birth to her second child, Marillier, Juliet Rain is forced to determine the future of her Daughter of the Forest community and her own. To reclaim the lives of her brothers, Sorcha leaves the only safe place she has known Unless noted, all summaries are from Greenwood Publishing Group, Horn Book Guide Online, 1989-2002 3 Denotes new titles recently added to the list and starts on a journey of pain, loss and Napoli, Donna Jo terror. Beast Elaborates on the tale of Beauty McKinley, Robin and the Beast told from the point Beauty of view of the beast and set in Kind Beauty grows to love Beast Persia. (Summary from NoveList at whose castle she is compelled online fiction guide, March 2003.) to stay and through her love releases him from the spell that Napoli, Donna Jo had turned him from a Zel handsome prince into an ugly beast. (Summary The girl in the tower, the witch from NoveList online fiction guide, March 2003.) and the prince tell this re- visioning of Rapunzel in turns. McKinley, Robin This book transforms myth Rose Daughter without flippancy, honoring Nearly 20 years after the the power of its roots. publication of Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty Nielsen, Jennifer and the Beast, McKinley has— The False Prince quizzically—produced In the country of Carthya, a another full-length novel retelling the same devious nobleman engages four tale. orphans in a brutal competition to be selected to impersonate the Meyer, Carolyn king's long-missing son in an effort to avoid a Mary, Bloody Mary civil war. (Summary from Destiny Follett, An engaging account of the January, 2013). childhood of Mary Tudor, King Henry VIII’s oldest daughter, Pullman, Philip childhood and early adulthood. The Tin Princess Long before she ascends the High melodrama and throne, Mary is dismayed by the way Henry adventure greet Becky discards her mother after failing to produce a Winter, companion to the male heir. new queen of Razkavia—a beautiful London commoner.
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