by Carrie Jones
Since her father (her stepfather really, but he raised her since she was a baby) died in front of her eyes, Zara has been practically dead inside. Concerned for her daughter’s emotional state, Zara’s mother sends Zara to live with her grandmother in middle-of-nowhere Maine hoping the change of scenery will help Zara [...]
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My Fair Godmother
by Jeanette Rallison
After Savannah’s boyfriend dumps her for her older sister, Savannah is sent a fair godmother (not fairy because her godmother is not good enough to be a full-fledged fairy godmother, just a fair one) who says she will grant Savannah three wishes. Savannah’s godmother, Chrissy, proceeds to mess up everything Savannah wishes for [...]
Wondrous Strange
by Lesley Livingston
Seventeen-year-old Kelly Winslow is trying to make it big as an actress in NYC. She has landed a role in an off-off-off-waaaayyy off Broadway production of Midsummer Night’s Dream as the understudy to the role of Queen Titania. Not long before the play is to open, the lead injures herself and Kelly is [...]
Cybele's Secret
by Juliet Marillier
Paula, the family scholar with dreams of owning her own book-selling business, is travelling with her father to Istanbul to help him obtain an ancient religious artifact called Cybele’s Gift. While they realize their journey could be dangerous, they have no idea what truly awaits them. When they arrive in Istanbul, they find [...]
Impossible
by Nancy Werlin
Lucy Scarborough is looking forward to prom and her first date with the shy Gray Spencer. She has a pretty dress and the ironic red high tops to go with it. She’s ready to go. The only thing marring the beauty of the moment is her mentally ill mother, Miranda. Lucy lives with [...]
The Explosionist
by Jenny Davidson
Fifteen-year-old Sophie lives in Edinburgh, Scotland in the 1930s, but Sophie’s Scotland is much different from the 1930s Scotland found in our text books. In Sophie’s world, England lost the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and the northern countries banded together to form the New Hanseatic League. Sophie’s Scotland is dealing with suicide [...]
Chalice
by Robin McKinley
When the Master and Chalice die unexpectedly both without apprentices, their land is sent into a devastating upheaval. The remaining members of the Circle are forced to make choices and consult the rods to find replacements for these two most important people of the demesne. The Grand Seneschal makes the decision to call [...]
Kin (The Good Neighbors)
by Holly Black and Ted Naifeh
Kin is the first in a new graphic novel series written by Holly and illustrated by Ted. Here is the series description, which I found on both Amazon and Holly Black’s website:
Rue Silver’s mother has disappeared . . . and her father has been arrested, suspected of killing her. But [...]
Graceling
by Kristin Cashore
Katsa lives in a world where a select few members of society are Graced with special abilities, and she is one of them. Sounds wonderful, right? It’s not. Those children whose eyes are two different colors, the sign of a Graceling, are sent immediately to serve their king. If the Grace is valuable [...]
The Order of Odd-Fish
by James Kennedy
Flamboyant, aging actress Lily Larouche returns from a 40-year absence to her ruby palace in the desert with no idea where she has been for the last 40 years and finds a baby in her washing machine with a note that says: “This is Jo. Please take care of her. But Beware. This [...]
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