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City of the Beasts
by Isabel Allende
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Fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold has the opportunity to take the trip of a lifetime. Accompanying his fearless grandmother, a magazine reporter for International Geographic, Alexander sets off on an expedition to the dangerous, remote world of the Amazon to document the legendary Yeti known as The Beast. More...
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Skellig
by David Almond
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Man, bird, or angel?Who or what is Skellig?Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. It was all going to be wonderful. But now his baby sister's ill, his parents are frantic, and Dr. Death has come to call. Michael feels helpless. Then one day he steps into the crumbling garage.... More...
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Abarat
by Clive Barker
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" A journey beyond imagination
is about to unfold. . . ." It begins in the most boring place in the world: Chickentown, U.S.A. There lives Candy Quackenbush, her heart bursting for some clue as to what her future might hold. When the answer comes, it's not one she expects. Welcome to the Abarat. More...
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Tithe: A Modern Faeire Tale
by Holly Black
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Briskly paced and teeming with angst-ridden teens and capricious fairy folk, this intricate and chilling modern-day fantasy--complete with peer rivalries, sinister seductions, dashing dark heroes, and romance--will keep readers enthralled until the very last page. More...
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Valiant Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie a Modern Tale of Faerie
by Holly Black
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The "New York Times" bestselling author follows up her stunning debut "Tithe" with this rich, harrowing, and compulsively readable parable of betrayal, abuse, friendship, and love. In New York City, 17-year-old runaway Valerie Russell takes up with a gang of eerily beguiling squatters who live in the city's subway system. More...
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Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale
by Holly Black
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In this compulsively seductive tale as enchanting as it is chilling, a "New York Times" bestselling author takes readers back to the bewitching world of Faerie in a stunning sequel to her acclaimed first book "Tithe." More...
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Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books
by Francesca Lia Block
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Available for the first time in a single volume, these postmodern fairy tales chronicle the thin line between fear and desire, pain and pleasure, cutting loose and holding on in a world where everyone is vulnerable to the most beautiful and dangerous angel of all--love. More...
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I Was a Teenage Fairy
by Francesca Lia Block
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Once upon a time, there was a girl caught in a grown-up world of SUPERSTARS and supermodels, a glitz-and-glamour web of SECRETS and lies. . . .In this mesmerizing post-modern fairy tale, critically acclaimed author Francesca Lia Block distills elements of fantasy and realism into an intoxicating blend of striking imagery and raw emotion.... More...
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A Great and Terrible Beauty
by Libba Bray
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It's 1895, and after the suicide of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma's reception there is a chilly one.... More...
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Faerie Wars
by Herbie Brennan
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Conjuring scenes filled with vivid color, unforgettable detail, and fearless characters, Brennan takes readers into the Faerie world, where nothing is ever what it seems and no one can be trusted. More...
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Shadowland
by Meg Cabot
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The first five books in Cabot's exciting series--previously published under the pen name Jenny Carroll--about a teenage girl who communicates with the dead are now reissued. More...
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The Warrior Heir
by Cinda Williams Chima
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An Ohio teenager discovers he's part of an underground society of magical people living in hiding among the normal. What's more, he finds out he's one of the society's last warriors--and the feuding houses of the society are scouting for players for a magical tournament. More...
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City of Bones
by Cassandra Clare
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In New York, 15-year-old Clary Fray doesn't expect to witness a murder--much less one committed by three teenagers covered with odd markings and brandishing bizarre weapons. Exotic and gritty, this book begins a new fantasy series about demons and a secret tribe of warriors called the Shadowhunters. Margaret K. McElderry Books More...
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Prom Dates from Hell
by Rosemary Clement-Moore
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Six weeks from graduation and all Maggie Quinn wants to do is get out of Avalon High in one piece. When really weird stuff starts happening to the school's ruling clique, Maggie realizes it's up to her to get in touch with her inner Nancy Drew and ferret out who unleashed the ancient evil before all hell breaks loose. More...
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The Blue Girl
by Charles de Lint
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This ALA Best Book for Young Readers is now available in paperback. When Imogene and her family move to Newford, she quickly gets to know two very different people. Maxine is a "good girl" following a strict life plan. Adrian is a bit more unusual--he's a ghost who has a huge crush on Imogene. More...
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Little (Grrl) Lost
by Charles de Lint
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In his latest novel, de Lint offers a delightful combination of realism, magic, humor, and hope, in a story about a 14-year-old girl who makes a surprising new friend--a six-inch high, punked-out teenage Little who has run away from home. More...
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The Black Tattoo
by Sam Enthoven
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Debut author Enthoven delivers a sprawling fantasy epic set in modern-day London about a 14-year-old boy, Charlie, who thinks he has been given superpowers. The truth is, however, that Charlie has been possessed by a demon. More...
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Stoneheart
by Charlie Fletcher
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While visiting the National History Museum of London, rebellious 12-year-old George Chapman breaks the head of a stone dragon, unwittingly awakening an ancient power that brings stone statues to life throughout the city in this first installment of a fantastical trilogy. More...
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Temping Fate
by Esther Friesner
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Until she stumbled upon the Divine Relief Temp Agency, Ilana Newhouse was having trouble finding a summer job. But when she reports for her day as a temp Ilana discovers she's temping for the Greek mythological goddesses, the Fates. More...
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