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| The Beautiful by Renée AhdiehWhat it’s about: Fleeing a painful past in Paris, French Asian seamstress Celine arrives in 1872 New Orleans, where she finds herself falling for uncanny underworld leader Sébastien even as she’s stalked by a bloodthirsty serial killer.
Series alert: This vampire fantasy is the 1st in a new series from popular author Renée Ahdieh. |
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Angel Mage
by Garth Nix
What it's about: An ageless young woman with terrifying angelic powers resolves to reunite with her Ystara archangel lover, risking the lives of four young Sarancians who have caught her attention. By the best-selling author of the Old Kingdom series.
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The Secret Commonwealth
by Philip Pullman
What it's about: Unaware of her professor’s role in bringing her and the alethiometer to Jordan College, 20-year-old undergraduate Lyra and her daemon, Pantalaimon, receive secrets from a dying man about a daemon-haunted city and the origins of Dust. By the award-winning author of the His Dark Materials trilogy.
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| Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura RubyFeaturing: fourteen-year-old Frankie, abandoned by her father in a Chicago orphanage during the lead-up to World War II; and Pearl, the ghost who watches over her.
What happens: While Pearl tries to reconcile her own tragic life and death, she watches Frankie grapple with poverty, family instability, falling in love, and the search for meaning in a harsh world. |
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The End And Other Beginnings: Stories From The Future
by Veronica Roth
What it's about: A collection of six short stories by the best-selling author of Divergent imagines future lands brimming with new technologies and beings, where in spite of advanced capabilities, people are forced to confront deeply troubling human problems.
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| Kill the Farm Boy by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin HearneWhat it is: a quirky comedic fantasy adventure that riffs on classic genre tropes (think The Princess Bride).
Featuring: a farm boy (briefly), a talking goat, a seven-foot-tall warrior in a chainmail bikini, an enchanted rabbit bard, an alektorophobic assassin, a sand witch, and a dark lord.
Who it’s for: This series opener (written for adults) is sure to grab readers who love Terry Pratchett or Diana Wynne Jones. |
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| My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi MeadowsWhat it is: the tragic tale of England’s Lady Jane Grey, reimagined as a historical fantasy packed with intrigue, crackling banter, and animal shapeshifters.
Featuring: teenage King Edward VI, who’s weary of pesky usurpers; bookish Jane, who'll inherit the throne; and Gifford, Jane’s new husband, who's sometimes a horse.
Try this next: My Plain Jane, by the same trio of authors, offers an equally irreverent spin on Jane Eyre. |
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| Newt's Emerald by Garth NixThe crime: No sooner has 18-year-old Lady Truthful Newington inherited the Newington Emerald than the magical gem is stolen from her.
The investigation: Disguised as a man (complete with enchanted mustache), Truthful travels to London, where her search for the precious family heirloom leads to danger, sorcery, and maybe even love.
Read it for: Jane Austen-style wit mixed with lighthearted fantasy. |
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| An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret RogersonWhat it's about: At first, fairy prince Rook is outraged by human artist Isobel's too-insightful portrait of him. Yet when the two are forced to become allies, hostility gives way to forbidden love.
What’s inside: a bold heroine, breathtaking romantic tension, thrilling action, and unexpected twists.
Why you might like it: Flashes of humor (such as Isobel’s kid sisters, who were transformed from literal goats) lighten this lush, gripping tale. |
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Geek Fantasy Novel
by E. Archer
What it's about: Ralph is spending the summer with his relatives in England to help them set up a Wi-Fi network and finds himself fighting off killer rabbits, demons, and evil aunts.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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