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Ash Princess

Laura Sebastian - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Victoria Aveyard's Red Queen and Sabaa Tahir's An Ember in the Ashes, Ash Princess is an epic new fantasy about a throne cruelly stolen and a girl who must fight to take it back for her people.Theodosia was six when her country was invaded and her mother,...
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Blood of a Thousand Stars

RHODA BELLEZA - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover

War tears the galaxy apart, power tests the limits of family, and violence gives way to freedom in this exhilarating sequel to Empress of a Thousand Skies. Empress With a revolution brewing, Rhee is faced with a choice: make a deal with her enemy, Nero, or denounce him and risk...
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The Heart of Betrayal

Mary E. Pearson - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Held captive in the barbarian kingdom of Venda, Lia and Rafe have little chance of escape . . . and even less of being together.Desperate to save her life, Lia's erstwhile assassin, Kaden, has told the Vendan Komisar that she has a magical gift, and the Komisar's interest in Lia is greater...
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The Crown's Game

Evelyn Skye - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

"Gorgeous and richly imagined." - Sara Raasch, New York Times bestselling author of the Snow Like Ashes series"Teeming with hidden magic and fiery romance." - Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times bestselling author of An Ember in the AshesPerfect for fans of Shadow and Bone...
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The Impostor Queen

Sarah Fine - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

The elders chose Elli to be queen, but they chose wrong in this beautifully crafted novel in the tradition of Kristin Cashore and Victoria Aveyard.Sixteen-year-old Elli was a small child when the Elders of Kupari chose her to succeed the Valtia, the queen who wields infinitely powerful...
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Shadowshaper (The Shadowshaper Cypher, Book 1)

Daniel José Older - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Paperback

The joyful, bold New York Times bestseller. Look for the sequel, Shadowhouse Fall, out 9/12/2017! "Magnificent." --Holly Black, New York Times Book Review "A must." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Exceptional." --Publishers Weekly, starred review Sierra Santiago...
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The Shadow Queen

C J Redwine - Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Format: Print book

A dark epic fantasy inspired by the tale of Snow White, from C. J. Redwine, the author of the Defiance series. Perfect for fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses and Cinder.Lorelai Diederich, crown princess and fugitive at large, has one mission: kill the wicked queen who took both the Ravenspire...
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The Second Guard

J. D. Vaughn - Disney Hyperion
Format: Print book

In the peaceful realm of Tequende, all second-born children at the age of fifteen must journey to the Alcazar to fulfill the mandate of the Oath of Guilds. There they train to earn a place among the queen's legendary guard, or work as indentured servants.For Sun Guilder Talimendra of the Magda...
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Glass Sword

Victoria Aveyard - HarperTeen
Format: Paperback

The #1 New York Times bestselling series!Perfect for fans of George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones series, Glass Sword is the high-stakes follow up to the #1 New York Times bestselling Red Queen. Mare Barrow's blood is red - the color of common folk - but her Silver ability, the power to control...
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In the Time of Dragon Moon

Janet Lee Carey - Kathy Dawson Books
Format: Hardcover

A rich medieval fantasy novel from an author whose work has been called "TRULY ORIGINAL . . . FANTASY AT ITS BEST."A perfectly crafted combination of medieval history, mythology, and fantasy, set on Wilde Island, featuring Uma Quarteney--a half Euit and half English girl, who has never...
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Queen of shadows

Sarah J Maas - Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
Format: Print book

Sarah J. Maas's New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series reaches new heights in this sweeping fourth volume.Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she's at last returned to the empire-for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront...
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The Orphan Queen

Jodi Meadows - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

An epic fantasy filled with adventure, intrigue, and romance from Incarnate series author Jodi Meadows. This duology is perfect for fans of Graceling by Kristin Cashore, The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson, and Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo.When Princess Wilhelmina was a child,...
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Hunter

Mercedes Lackey - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

They came after the Diseray. Some were terrors ripped from our collective imaginations, remnants of every mythology across the world. And some were like nothing anyone had ever dreamed up, even in their worst nightmares. Monsters. Long ago, the barriers between our world and the Otherworld...
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Court of Fives

Kate Elliott - Little
Format: Print book

A New York Times bestseller In this imaginative escape into enthralling new lands, World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott's first bestselling young adult novel weaves an epic story of a girl struggling to do what she loves in a society suffocated by rules of class and privilege. Jessamy's...
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Red Queen

Victoria Aveyard - HarperTeen
Format: Paperback

The #1 New York Times bestselling series!Red Queen, by #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Aveyard, is a sweeping tale of power, intrigue, and betrayal, perfect for fans of George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones series. Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood - those with common,...
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The Bell Between Worlds

Ian Johnstone - HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks
Format: Hardcover

A glorious epic fantasy in the grand tradition of CS Lewis and Philip Pullman, and a major publishing event, The Mirror Chronicles will take you into another world, and on the adventure of your lifetimeHalf of your soul is missing.The lost part is in the mirror.And unless Sylas Tate can save...
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Mark of the Thief

Jennifer A. Nielsen - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

When Nic, a slave in the mines outside of Rome, is forced to enter a sealed cavern containing the lost treasures of Julius Caesar, he finds much more than gold and gemstones: He discovers an ancient bulla, an amulet that belonged to the great Caesar and is filled with a magic once reserved...
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The Sin Eaters Daughter

Melinda Salisbury - ‎Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Twylla lives in the castle. But although shes engaged to the prince, Twylla isnt exactly a member of the court. Shes the executioner.

As the Goddess embodied, Twylla instantly kills anyone she touches. Each month, shes taken to the prison and forced...
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The Nethergrim

Matthew Jobin - Philomel Books
Format: Print book

The next great fantasy epic is here! For fans of Ranger's Apprentice and The Chronicles of Narnia. Everyone in Moorvale believes the legend: The brave knight Tristan and the famed wizard Vithric, in an epic battle decades ago, had defeated the evil Nethergrim and his minions....
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The Kiss of Deception

Mary Pearson - Henry Holt
Format: Book

In a society steeped in tradition, Princess Lia's life follows a preordained course. As First Daughter, she is expected to have the revered gift of sight -- but she doesn't -- and she knows her parents are perpetrating a sham when they arrange her marriage to secure an alliance with a neighboring...
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Waterfire Saga, Book One: Deep Blue

Jennifer Donnelly - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

Deep in the ocean, in a world not so different from our own, live the merpeople. Their communities are spread throughout the oceans, seas, and freshwaters all over the globe. When Serafina, a mermaid of the Mediterranean Sea, awakens on the morning of her betrothal, her biggest worry should...
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The Glass Sentence

S. E. Grove - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Best SellerAn Indiebound Best SellerA Kids' Next Top Ten BookA Summer/Fall 2014 Indies Introduce New Voices SelectionA Junior Library Guild SelectionOne of Publishers Weekly's Best Summer Reads"Not since Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass have I seen such...
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Death Sworn

Leah Cypess - Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Format: Print book

When a young sorceress is exiled to teach magic to a clan of assassins, she will find that secrets can be even deadlier than swords. Teen Vogue proclaimed, "It's impossible not to fall deep into the dark yet alluring world of sorcery and secret assassins." A dangerous and eerie...
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Cruel Beauty

Rosamund Hodge - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

If you're excited about the upcoming Disney film Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson, don't miss Cruel Beauty. The romance of Beauty and the Beast meets the adventure of Graceling in this dazzling fantasy novel about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny.Perfect...
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Atlantis Rising

T. A. Barron - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover

From T.A. Barron, the New York Times bestselling author of the Merlin Saga, comes a new fantasy world about the origins of Atlantis, perfect for fans of The Lord of the Rings, Eragon, The Beyonders and Percy Jackson and the Olympians. In a magical land called Ellegandia,...
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Battle Magic

Tamora Pierce - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Tamora Pierce returns to the magical world of Winding Circle.On their way to the first Circle temple in Gyongxi, mages Briar, Rosethorn, and Evvy pay a visit to the emperors summer palace. Although treated like royalty when they first arrive, the mages...
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Scorched

Mari Mancusi - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

Save the Dragon. Destroy the World. Trinity Foxx is used to her grandfather's crazy stories, so she doesn't believe the latest treasure he brought home to their failing West Texas museum is a real dragon's egg. Not until Connor Jacks, a dragon hunter from the future, tells Trinity that...
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Through to You

Emily Hainsworth - Balzer + Bray; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Camden Pike has been grief-stricken since his girlfriend, Viv, died. Hed give anything to have just one more glimpse of her. But when Cam visits the site of Vivs deadly car accident, he sees an apparition. Her name is Nina, and shes a girl from a parallel world. When Cam follows here there...
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Wicked Lovely

Melissa Marr - HarperCollins; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Rule 3 Dont stare at invisible faeries.Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous, they walk hidden in mortal world. Aislinn fears their crueltyespecially if they learn of her Sightand wishes she were as blind to their presence as other teens.Rule 2 Dont speak to invisible...
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Seraphina

Rachel Hartman - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Lyrical, imaginative, and wholly original, this New York Times bestseller with 8 starred reviews is not to be missed. Rachel Hartman's award-winning debut will have you looking at dragons as you've never imagined them before ... In the kingdom of Goredd, dragons and humans live...
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Incarnate

Jodi Meadows - Katherine Tegen Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

NEWSOULAna is new. For thousands of years in Range, a million souls have been reincarnated over and over, keeping their memories and experiences from previous lifetimes. When Ana was born, another soul vanished, and no one knows why.NOSOULEven Anas own mother thinks shes a nosoul, an omen...
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Grave Mercy: His Fair Assassin, Book I

Robin LaFevers - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Hardcover

Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf? Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with...
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Dragonswood

Janet Lee Carey - Dial; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

On Wilde Island, there is no peace between dragons, fairies, and humans.Wilde Island is in an uproar over the recent death of its king. As the uneasy pact between dragons, fairies, and humans begins to fray, the royal witch hunter with a hidden agenda begins a vengeful quest to burn girls...
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City of Bones

Cassandra Clare - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

Discover this first installment of the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and "prepare to be hooked" (Entertainment Weekly) .When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder...
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Wicked Lovely

Melissa Marr - HarperCollins; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Rule 3 Dont stare at invisible faeries.Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous, they walk hidden in mortal world. Aislinn fears their crueltyespecially if they learn of her Sightand wishes she were as blind to their presence as other teens.Rule 2 Dont speak to invisible...
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Graceling

Kristin Cashore - Harcourt
Format: Print book

In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king.
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The Night Circus

Erin Morgenstern - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rves, and it is only open at night....
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The Warrior Heir: The Heir Chronicles, Book 1

Cinda Williams Chima - Recorded Books
Format: Audiobook

When 16-year-old Jack forgets to take his medicine one morning, he soon learns what the medicine is really for. Its a suppressant for his magical powers....Hes a Warrior Heir. He soon finds out that his parents were waiting for his wizard to come and begin his training for a tournament...
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Dreamer's Pool: A Blackthorn & Grim Novel

Juliet Marillier - Roc
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning author Juliet Marillier "weaves magic, mythology, and folklore into every sentence on the page" (The Book Smugglers) . Now she begins an all-new and enchanting series that will transport readers to a magical vision of ancient Ireland.... In exchange for help escaping...
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Of Fire and Stars

Audrey Coulthurst - Balzer + Bray
Format: Print book

An atmospheric and romantic debut fantasy perfect for fans of Ash and The Winner's Curse.Betrothed since childhood to the prince of Mynaria, Princess Dennaleia has always known what her future holds. Her marriage will seal the alliance between Mynaria and her homeland, protecting her people...
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A Shadow Bright and Burning

Jessica Cluess - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

"Vivid characters, terrifying monsters, and world building as deep and dark as the ocean."--Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Queen I am Henrietta Howel.The first female sorcerer in hundreds of years.The prophesied one.Or...
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Holding Up the Universe

Jennifer Niven - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times BestsellerFrom the author of the New York Times bestseller All the Bright Places comes a heart-wrenching story about what it means to see someone - and love someone - for who they truly are.Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed...
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Of Fire and Stars

Audrey Coulthurst - Balzer + Bray
Format: Print book

An atmospheric and romantic debut fantasy perfect for fans of Ash and The Winner's Curse.Betrothed since childhood to the prince of Mynaria, Princess Dennaleia has always known what her future holds. Her marriage will seal the alliance between Mynaria and her homeland, protecting her people...
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Of Fire and Stars

Audrey Coulthurst - Balzer + Bray
Format: Print book

An atmospheric and romantic debut fantasy perfect for fans of Ash and The Winner's Curse.Betrothed since childhood to the prince of Mynaria, Princess Dennaleia has always known what her future holds. Her marriage will seal the alliance between Mynaria and her homeland, protecting her people...
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Ever the Hunted: A Clash of Kingdoms Novel

Erin Summerill - Dreamscape Media
Format: Audiobook

Seventeen year-old Britta Flannery is at ease only in the woods with her dagger and bow. She spends her days tracking criminals alongside her father, a legendary bounty hunter -- that is, until her father is murdered. The alleged killer is none other than Cohen McKay, her father's former...
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A Shadow Bright and Burning

Jessica Cluess - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

"Vivid characters, terrifying monsters, and world building as deep and dark as the ocean."--Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Queen I am Henrietta Howel.The first female sorcerer in hundreds of years.The prophesied one.Or...
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Beasts Made of Night

Tochi Onyebuchi - Razorbill
Format: Paperback

"...The beginning of a great saga..." - NPR.org. "This compelling Nigerian-influenced fantasy has a wonderfully unique premise and lush, brilliant worldbuilding that will consume you until the last page." - Buzzfeed. "...Unforgettable in its darkness, inequality,...
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