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Hawksong by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes E-BOOK In a land that has been at war so long that no one remembers the reason for fighting, the shapeshifters who rule the two factions agree to marry in the hope of bringing peace, despite deep-seated fear and distrust of each other.

Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi YA-F AVI and J-F AVI Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret.

The Lost Years of Merlin (series) by T.A. Barron YA-F BARRON A young boy who has no identity nor memory of his past washes ashore on the coast of Wales and finds his true name after a series of fantastic adventures.

Dragon’s Keep by Janet Lee Carey YA-F CAREY In 1145 A.D., as foretold by Merlin, fourteen-year-old Rosalind, who will be the twenty-first Pendragon Queen of Wilde Island, has much to accomplish to fulfill her destiny, while hiding from her people the dragon's claw she was born with that reflects only one of her mother's dark secrets.

The Warrior Heir (The Heir Chronicles) by Cinda William Chima YA-F CHIMA After learning about his magical ancestry and his own powers, sixteen-year old Jack embarks on a training program to fight enemy wizards.

Artemis Fowl (series) by Eoin Colfer YA-F COLFER When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.

The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer YA-F FARMER and EBOOK After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.

The Ranger’s Apprentice (series) by John Flanagan YA-F FLANAGAN When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battleschool, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and winds up protecting the kingdom from danger.

Nobody’s Princess by Esther M. Friesner YA-F FRIESNER Determined to fend for herself in a world where only men have real freedom, headstrong Helen, who will be called queen of Sparta and Helen of Troy one day, learns to fight, hunt, and ride horses while disguised as a boy, and goes on an adventure throughout the Mediterranean world.

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke YA-F FUNKE, J-F FUNKE Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father Mo, a bookbinder, can "read" fictional characters to life when an evil ruler named Capricorn, freed from the "Inkheart" years earlier, tries to force Mo to release an immortal monster from the story.

City of Ember (Books of Ember series) by Jeanne Duprau YA-F DUPRAU, J-F DUPRAU In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.

Savvy by Ingrid Law J-F LAW 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.

Ever by Gail Carson Levine YA-F LEVINE Fourteen-year-old Kezi and Olus, Akkan god of the winds, fall in love and together try to change her fate- -to be sacrificed to a Hyte god because of a rash promise her father made--through a series of quests that might make her immortal.

Fablehaven by Brandon Mull YA-F MULL When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents' estate, they discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures and that a battle between good and evil is looming.

The Experiment (Maximum Ride series) by James Patterson YA-F PATTERSON & F PATTERSON After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "birdkids," who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.

The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott YA-F SCOTT While working at pleasant but mundane summer jobs in San Francisco, fifteen-year-old twins, Sophie and Josh, suddenly find themselves caught up in the deadly, centuries-old struggle between rival alchemists, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient and powerful book holding the secret formulas for alchemy and everlasting life.

The Secret Hour (Midnighters Series) by Scott Westerfeld YA-SF WESTERFIELD Upon moving to Bixby, Oklahoma, fifteen-year-old Jessica Day learns that she is one of a group of people who have special abilities that help them fight ancient creatures living in an hour hidden at midnight; creatures that seem determined to destroy Jess.

Gregor the Overlander (The Underland Chronicles) by Suzanne Collins YA-F COLLINS, J-F COLLINS When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving humans, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy.

Iris, Messenger by Sarah Deming J-F DEMING After discovering that the immortals of Greek mythology reside in her hometown of Middleville, , twelve-year-old Iris listens to their life stories, gaining wisdom, beauty, and startling revelations about her past.

Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy J-F LANDY When twelve-year-old Stephanie inherits her weird uncle's estate, she must join forces with Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton mage, to save the world from the Faceless Ones.

Atlas’ Revenge: Another Mad Myth Mystery by Robyn DiTocco YA-SF DiTOCCO Presents an adventure story for grades seven and up about twenty-year-old PJ Allen, who by day is a college student and graphic artist, and by night a descendant of the Greek gods Perseus and Hercules who is called upon by Zeus to complete Hercules' Twelve Labors.

The Oracle Betrayed by Catherine Fisher YA-SF FISHER After she is chosen to be "Bearer-of-the-god," Mirany questions the established order and sets out, along with a musician and a scribe, to find the legitimate heir of the religious leader known as the Archon.

The Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale YA-SF MacHALE Bobby Pendragon is a seemingly normal and somewhat reluctant 14- year-old boy who is swept into an amazing five-year quest.

Pegasus by Robin McKinley YA-F McKINLEY 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.

Pegasus: the Flame of Olympus by Kate O’Hearn J-F O’HEARN Thirteen-year-old Emily's life is transformed when Pegasus, the mythological winged horse, crashes onto the roof of her building during a City blackout and takes her to Olympus where she faces monsters, a corrupt governmental agency, and the quest to keep the Olympic flame burning.

Gods of Manhattan series by Scott Mebus YA-F MEBUS Thirteen-year-old Rory discovers a spirit world alongside his home, filled with gods and goddesses who used to be creatures and people from the city's past and who want Rory to perform a dangerous mission.

The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Richard Yancey YA-F YANCEY Through a series of dangerous and violent misadventures, teenage loser Alfred Kropp rescues King Arthur's legendary sword Excalibur from the forces of evil.

Magyk (Septimus Heap series) by Angie Sage J-F SAGE Ten-year-olds Septimus Heap, the seventh son of the seventh son, and Jenna, the little girl Septimus's father found abandoned in the snow the night Septimus was born and taken away, are threatened by the evil wizard DomDaniel, who intends to finish off the entire royal line.

So You Want to Be a Wizard ( series) by YA-F DUANE Thirteen-year-old Nita, tormented by a gang of bullies because she won't fight back, finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry which guides her into another dimension.

Reckless by Cornelia Funke YA-F FUNKE 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.

A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle) by Ursula K. Le Guin YA-SF LeGUIN A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard.

Aldwyn’s Academy by Nathan Meyer EBOOK Dorian, a new and reluctant student of wizardry at Aldwyns Academy, meets his mentor, an elven princess, and helps foil a plot to raise a dragon from the dead.

The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare J-F BLACK Warned away from magic all of his life, Callum endeavors to fail the trials that would admit him to the Magisterium only to be drawn into its ranks against his will and forced to confront dark elements from his past.

The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien YA-F TOLKIEN, F TOLKIEN Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.

The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles) by Rick Riordan YA-F RIORDAN Siblings Carter and Sadie join their father in a research project at the British Museum and soon discover that an evil Egyptian god has been unleashed on them, banishing their father into oblivion.

Updated 08/09/16