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Tiger Lily

Jodi Lynn Anderson - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Jodi Lynn Anderson explores the world of Neverland and the elation and heartbreak of first love in her dark, romantic, and very original YA novel Tiger Lily. Tinkerbell narrates the magical, bittersweet love story between Tiger Lily and Peter Pan. Tiger Lily has never been truly accepted...
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The Peculiar

Stefan Bachmann - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover

The international bestseller and debut novel by teenage author and classical musician Stefan Bachmann is part murder mystery, part gothic fantasy, part clockwork adventure. Best-selling author Rick Riordan said of The Peculiar, "Stefan Bachmann breathes fresh life into ancient magic."Don't...
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The Looking Glass Wars

Frank Beddor - Dial; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

You know the myth... A little girl named Alice tumbled down a rabbit hole and proceeded to have a charming adventure in the delightful, made-up world of Wonderland... Now discover the truth... Wonderland Exists! Alyss Heart, heir to the Wonderland throne, was forced to flee...
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Three Dark Crowns

Kendare Blake - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller * New York Public Library Best Books of 2016 * Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2016* Kirkus Best Books of the YearFans of acclaimed author Kendare Blake's Anna Dressed in Blood will devour her latest novel, a dark and inventive fantasy about three sisters...
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Faerie Wars

Herbie Brennan - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Paperback

When Henry Atherton helps Mr. Fogarty clean up around his house, he expects to find a mess and a cranky old man; what he doesn't expect to find is Pyrgus Malvae, crown prince of the Faerie realm, who has escaped the treacherous Faeries of the Night by traveling to the human world through...
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Wabi

Joseph Bruchac - Dial; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover

Wabi was born an owl—a great horned owl who grew to become such a strong, confident creature that he was afraid of nothing. But now he is afraid. He fears that he might never win the heart of the girl he loves. Somehow, despite his own intentions, he has fallen in love with a girl—...
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The Girl of Fire and Thorns

Rae Carson - Greenwillow Books; First Edition edition

The first book in the acclaimed and award winning New York Times bestselling trilogy. The Girl of Fire and Thorns is a remarkable novel full of adventure, sorcery, heartbreak, and power. I stayed up until two a.m. reading this last night. Intense, unique. . . . Definitely recommended.Veronica...
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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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The Return of King Doug

Greg Erb - Oni Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Twenty-five years ago the Kingdom of Valdonia was under siege by an army of darkness. The magical forces of good only had one hope - a chosen one destined to lead them to victory. Douglas Peterson was that hero. Only he wasn't. He was an 8-year-old boy from Earth scared out of his mind!...
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The Black Key

Amy Ewing - Harpercollins
Format: Print book

The thrilling conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Lone City trilogy, which began with The Jewel, a book BCCB said "will have fans of Oliver's Delirium, Cass's The Selection, and DeStefano's Wither breathless."For too long, Violet and the people of the outer circles of the Lone...
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The Princess and the Hound

Mette Ivie Harrison - Eos
Format: Book

He is a prince, heir to a kingdom threatened on all sides, possessor of the animal magic, which is forbidden by death in the land he'll rule. She is a princess from a rival kingdom, the daughter her father never wanted, isolated from true human friendship but inseparable from her hound....
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The Icemark Chronicles #1: The Cry of the Icemark

Stuart Hill - The Chicken House
Format: Hardcover

A brave girl must defy an empire to save her homeland in a sweeping fantasy that combines breathless action with richly-imagined characters.After the death of her beloved father, headstrong princess Thirrin Freer Strong-In-The-Arm becomes warrior queen of her homeland, Icemark, defending...
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Switched

Amanda Hocking - St. Martin's Griffin; Original edition
Format: Paperback

Amanda Hocking is an indie publishing sensation whose self-published novels have sold millions of copies all over the world, and Switched is the book that started the phenomenon.  Prepare to be enchanted…When Wendy Everly was six years old, her mother was convinced she was a monster...
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The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim

E. K. Johnston - Lerner Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover

"Listen! For I sing of Owen Thorskard: valiant of heart, hopeless at algebra, last in a long line of legendary dragon slayers. Though he had few years and was not built for football, he stood between the town of Trondheim and creatures that threatened its survival. There have always...
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Infinity

Sherrilyn Kenyon - St. Martin's Griffin; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

At fourteen, Nick Gautier thinks he knows everything about the world around him. Streetwise, tough and savvy, his quick sarcasm is the stuff of legends. . .until the night when his best friends try to kill him. Saved by a mysterious warrior who has more fighting skills than Chuck Norris,...
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Furthermore

Tahereh Mafi - Dutton Children's Books
Format: Print book

The bestselling author of the Shatter Me series takes readers beyond the limits of their imagination in this captivating new middle grade adventure that reads like a modern day fairy tale. New York Times bestsellerRecently featured on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" Inspired by her childhood...
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Sabriel (Abhorsen)

Garth Nix - HarperTeen; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Sent to a boarding school in Ancelstierre as a young child, Sabriel has had little experience with the random power of Free Magic or the Dead who refuse to stay dead in the Old Kingdom. But during her final semester, her father, the Abhorsen, goes missing, and Sabriel knows she must enter...
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Zahrah the Windseeker

Nnedi Okorafor - Graphia
Format: Paperback

In the Ooni Kingdom, children born dada--with vines growing in their hair--are rumored to have special powers. Zahrah Tsami doesn't know anything about that. She feels normal. Others think she's different--they fear her. Only Dari, her best friend, isn't afraid of her. But then something...
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Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #1: Wolf Brother

Michelle Paver - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Paperback

The epic journey of boy and wolf beginsSix thousand years ago. Evil stalks the land. According to legend, only twelve-year-old Torak and his wolf-cub companion can defeat it. Their journey together takes them through deep forests, across giant glaciers, and into dangers they never imagined....
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Rampant

Diana Peterfreund - HarperTeen; First Edition edition
Format: Print book

Forget everything you ever knew about unicorns . . . Real unicorns are venomous, man-eating monsters with huge fangs and razor-sharp horns. Fortunately, they've been extinct for a hundred and fifty years. Or not.Astrid had always scoffed at her eccentric mother's stories about killer...
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Wild Magic (The Immortals, Book 1)

Tamora Pierce - Simon Pulse
Format: Mass Market Paperback

Thirteen-year-old DaIne has always had a knack with animals, but it's not until she's forced to leave home that she realizes it's more than a knack -- it's magic. With this wild magic, not only can Daine speak to animals, but also she can make them obey her. Daine takes...
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The Hidden Twin

Adi Rule - Griffin
Format: Print book

For eighteen years a girl with no name, a Redwing, has been hidden away in a small attic room within a city of hissing pipes and curving temples perched on the side of the great volcano, Mol, while her sister, Jey-identical except for her eyes-has lived her life in public as an only child....
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This Savage Song

Victoria Schwab - Greenwillow Books
Format: Print book

There's no such thing as safe in a city at war, a city overrun with monsters. In this dark urban fantasy from acclaimed author Victoria Schwab, a young woman and a young man must choose whether to become heroes or villains - and friends or enemies - with the future of their home at stake....
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The Crown's Game

Evelyn Skye - Balzer Bray, 2016.
Format: Print book

"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, New York Times bestselling author of An Ember in the AshesPerfect for fans of Shadow and Bone and Red Queen,...
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A Torch Against the Night

Sabaa Tahir - Razorbill, 2016.
Format: Print book

'Tahir spins a captivating, heart-pounding fantasy' Us Weekly The sequel to the explosive New York Times bestselling debut AN EMBER IN THE ASHES, that's captivated readers worldwide.
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Ruined (Ruined, 1)

Amy Tintera - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestsellerAmy Tinteras YA fantasy trilogy blends the romance of Kiera Casss Selection series and the epic stakes of Victoria Aveyards Red Queen in a story of revenge, adventure, and unexpected love.Emelina Flores has nothing. Her home in Ruina has been ravaged by war; her parents...
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