Showing 1–16 of 16 titles

• Audience: Older
• Format: Book
• Genre: Fantasy

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  Children of Blood and Bone

  By Tomi Adeyemi

  In an adventure infused with West African mythology, Zélie's magic reawakens and she battles to restore magic to the oppressed kingdom of Orïsha.

  • Fiction, Fantasy
  • Notable Children's Books 2019
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9781250170972
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  The Cruel Prince

  By Holly Black

  In this dark high fantasy, twin mortal girls are caught up in the political machinations of powerful, blood-thirsty Faeries.

  • Fiction, Fantasy
  • Notable Children's Books 2019
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9780316310277
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  Elatsoe

  By Darcie Little Badger (Author), Rovina Cai (Illustrator)

  When her cousin is killed, Ellie must delve into the town’s evil past and use her Lipan Apache family’s ability to call spirits back to life in order to identify and bring the murderer to justice.

  • Fiction, Mystery, Fantasy
  • Notable Children's Books 2021
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9781646140053
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  Ella Enchanted

  By Gail Carson Levine

  Spunky, stubborn, and very clever, this new Cinderella spends a lifetime trying to outwit the curse of a fairy's unwelcome gift of obedience. In a kingdom populated with ogres, giants, princes, and fairies, Ella begins a fruitless quest to have the curse lifted, only to discover that she has that power within herself.

  • Fiction, Fantasy
  • John Newbery Medal 1998 (Honor Title)
  • Middle, Older
  • ISBN: (0-06-027510-3)
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  A Face Like Glass

  By Frances Hardinge

  Restless, impulsive Neverfell, with no memory of her past, finds herself in the underground city of Caverna, where faces are expressionless and her life is in incredible danger.

  • Fiction, Fantasy
  • Notable Children's Books 2018
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9781419724848
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  Hurricane Child

  By Kheryn Callender

  As a hurricane approaches her Caribbean island home, 12-year-old Caroline desperately searches for her mother in this story of abandonment, mysterious spirits, and a first crush.

  • Fiction, Fantasy
  • Notable Children's Books 2019
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9781338129304
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  The Last Dragon

  By Silvana De Mari, Shaun Whiteside (Translator)

  A young elf and an irascible dragon, with the help of twobewildered but kindly humans and later a feisty orphan, attempt to fulfill aprophecy that tests their courage and resilience. The tale offers the readeradventure, romance and a wonderfully realized magical world.

  • Fiction, Fantasy
  • Mildred L. Batchelder Award 2007 (Honor Title)
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9780786836369
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  The Lie Tree

  By Frances Hardinge

  In Victorian Britain, Faith Sunderly investigates the mysterious murder of her father, discovering a tree that feeds that feeds upon lies and gives visions to those who eat its fruit.

  • Fiction, Mystery, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
  • Notable Children's Books 2017
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9781419718953
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  The Mad Wolf's Daughter

  By Diane Magras

  Drest sets out on a medieval quest in the Scottish highlands to rescue her five brothers and father, who have been captured by a neighboring Lord.

  • Fiction, Fantasy
  • Notable Children's Books 2019
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9780735229266
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  Moorchild

  By Eloise McGraw

  Moorchild Moql becomes the changeling Saaski, half-human, half-Folk, and an outcast in both worlds. The reader is drawn into the lives of the moorfolk who fear Saaski and those who try to understand her and support her.

  • Fiction, Fantasy
  • John Newbery Medal 1997 (Honor Title)
  • Older
  • ISBN: (0-689-80654-X)
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  Orphan Island

  By Laurel Snyder

  Jinny lives on an idyllic, secluded island with eight other children. The fundamental mystery of the island's rules is exposed amid distress and anxiety.

  • Fiction, Fantasy
  • Notable Children's Books 2018
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9780062443410
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  Princess Academy

  By Shannon Hale

  Miri and the other young women of her rocky highland village are forced to leave their close-knit community when the prince must choose a bride. Miri soon becomes the strong, resilient, and courageous leader of the academy. The book is a fresh approach to the traditional princess story with unexpected plot twists and great emotional resonance.

  • Fiction, Fantasy
  • John Newbery Medal 2006 (Honor Title)
  • Older
  • ISBN: 1-58234-993-2
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  Raybearer

  By Jordan Ifueko

  At Tarisai’s birth her mother makes a wish that Tarisai is compelled to obey -- kill the emperor's son. Tarisai must learn to resist the command when she becomes part of the prince’s council and his best friend.

  • Fiction, Fantasy
  • Notable Children's Books 2021
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9781419739828
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  The Smoking Mirror

  By David Bowles

  In an action-packed, fantasy novel, that combines Aztec and Mayan mythology with life in contemporary South Texas and Mexico, 12-year-old twins descend into the Land of the Dead to find their mother.

  • Fiction, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
  • Notable Children's Books 2016, Pura Belpré Children's Author Award 2016 (Honor Title)
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9781925148640
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  The Thief

  By Megan Whalen Turner

  Freed from the royal dungeons and commanded to steal an ancient talisman from supernatural guardians, young Gen pulls off an astonishing scam and in the process rescues his own country from a threatened invasion.

  • Fiction, Fantasy
  • John Newbery Medal 1997 (Honor Title)
  • Older
  • ISBN: 0-688-14627-9
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  Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

  By Kwame Mbalia

  While visiting his grandparents in Alabama, Tristan enters into a parallel universe populated by characters from African and African American traditional stories.

  • Fiction, Fantasy
  • Notable Children's Books 2020
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9781368039932