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The Golden Compass, Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition (His Dark Materials, Book 1)(Rough-cut)

Philip Pullman - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Published in 40 countries, Philip Pullmans His Dark Materials trilogy--The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass--has graced the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Book Sense, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. In 1996, The Golden Compass...
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Wildwood (Wildwood Chronicles, 1)

Colin Meloy - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover

For fans of the Chronicles of Narnia comes the first book in the Wildwood Chronicles, the New York Times bestselling fantasy adventure series by Colin Meloy, lead singer of the Decemberists, and Carson Ellis, acclaimed illustrator of The Mysterious Benedict Society. Now in paperback!Wildwood...
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Gregor the Overlander

Suzanne Collins - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Book

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, and giant bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy.
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Redwall

Brian Jacques - Philomel
Format: Hardcover

When Redwall Abbey is threatened by the evil rat Cluny, it is up to Matthias, a young mouse, to destroy the enemy.
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Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone

J.K. Rowling - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

What did Harry Potter know about magic? He was stuck living with the decidedly un-magical Dursleys, who hated him. He slept in a closet and ate their leftovers. But an owl messenger changes all that, with an invitation to attend the Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches, where it turns...
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The Hobbit

J R R Tolkien - Recorded Books
Format: Audiobook

Like every other hobbit, Bilbo Baggins likes nothing better than a quiet evening in his snug hole in the ground, dining on a sumptuous dinner in front of a fire. But when a wandering wizard captivates him with tales of the unknown, Bilbo becomes restless. Soon he joins the wizards band...
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Artemis Fowl

Eoin Colfer - Miramax
Format: Book

Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a millionaire, a genius—and, above all, a criminal mastermind. But even Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These aren't the fairies of bedtime stories—they're...
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Coraline

Neil Gaiman - HarperCollins

The day after they moved in, Coraline went exploring.... In Coraline's family's new flat are twenty-one windows and fourteen doors. Thirteen of the doors open and close.The fourteenth is locked, and on the other side is only a brick wall, until the day Coraline unlocks the door...
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Kelly Regan Barnhill - Algonquin Young Readers
Format: Print book

The New York Times bestseller Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the Forest, Xan, is kind. She shares her home with a wise...
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Tuck Everlasting

Natalie Babbitt - Farrar
Format: Book

Doomed to - or blessed with - eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family wanders about trying to live as inconspicuously and comfortably as they can. When ten-year-old Winnie Foster stumbles on their secret, the Tucks take her home and explain why living forever at one age is less...
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The Merchant of Death

D.J. MacHale - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover

DENDURON Bobby Pendragon is a seemingly normal fourteen-year-old boy. He has a family, a home, and even Marley, his beloved dog. But there is something very special about Bobby. He is going to save the world. And not just Earth as we know it. Bobby is slowly starting to realize that...
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Jinx

Sage Blackwood - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

The highly acclaimed first book of a fantasy adventure series set in a mysterious forest, starring a daring new hero."Readers will thrill to journey with Jinx" (SLJ, starred review) , a wizard's apprentice, as he sets off on a quest through the dangerous Urwald, a magical...
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Akata Witch

Nnedi Okorafor - Viking Juvenile
Format: Hardcover

Read Nnedi Okorafor's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. Twelve-year-old Sunny lives in Nigeria, but she was born American. Her features are African, but she's albino. She's a terrific athlete, but can't go out into the sun to play soccer. There seems to be no place...
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