A Selection of Children's and YA Fantasy Books Cashore, Kristin
A Selection of Children's and YA Fantasy Books Cashore, Kristin Graceling Fire Bitterblue Cashore's novels are complex. since her protagonists must reconcile themselves their undesired powers and the responsibilities their skills impose. Graceling focuses on a young woman, Katsa, whose special talent, or "grace," makes her almnost undefeatable in combat. All "graced" persons must serve the king, and Katsa, from childhood, has been groomed as her royal uncle's personal assassin. She slowly realizes that she can use her skill to protect Bitterblue, the daughter of a neighboring kingdom's sadistic king, Leck. The second novel--the most intensely- realized of the three--focuses on Fire, a woman of the kingdom where Leck was born, who must come to terms with her inherited power of irresistible attraction and to discern the threat the child Leck presents to her country. Bitterblue continues the story of the rescued princess. Collins, Suzanne The Hunger Games Catching Fire Mockingjay The "Hunger Games" series, for which she is best known, is set in a dystopic North America in which political discipline is maintained the twelve (official) districts by annual gladiatorial competitions to the death among young people chosen by lot. The protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, must use her survival skills and struggle between ruthlessness and her humane instincts to become an active exemplar of a movement for social change. Collins is unrelentingly honest in her depictions of decadence and oppressive powers. Cooper, Susan Dawn of Fear Over Sea, Under Stone* The Dark is Rising* Greenwitch* The Grey King* Silver on the Tree* Jethro and the Jumbie The Boggart The Boggart and the Monster King of Shadows Cooper is one of the most accomplished contemporary writers of fantasy.
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