Fantasy for Young Adults
DuPrau, Jeanne. The City of Ember.YA PBK DUP
In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.
Fisher, Catherine. Incarceron.YA FIS
To free herself from an upcoming arranged marriage, Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, a futuristic prison with a mind of its own, decides to help a young prisoner escape.
Garcia, Kami and Margaret Stohl. Beautiful Creatures.YA GAR
In a small South Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday.
Gier, Kerstin. Ruby Red.YA GIE
Sixteen-year-old Gwyneth discovers that she, rather than her well-prepared cousin, carries a time-travel gene, and soon she is journeying with Gideon, who shares the gift, through historical London trying to discover whom they can trust.
Hartman, Rachel. Seraphina. YA HAR
In a world where dragons and humans coexist in an uneasy truce and dragons can assume human form,Seraphina, whose mother died giving birth to her, grapples with her own identity amid magical secrets and royal scandals, while she struggles to accept and develop her extraordinary musical talents.
Johnston, E.K. The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of TrondheimYA JOH
In an alternate world where industrialization has caused many speciesofcarbon-eating dragons to thrive,Owen, a slayer being trained by his famous father and aunt, and Siobahn, his bard, face a dragon infestation near their small town in Canada.
Stiefvater, Maggie. The Raven Boys.YA STI
Though she is from a family of clairvoyants, Blue Sargent's only gift seems to be that she makes other people's talents stronger, and when she meets Gansey, one of the Raven Boys from the expensive Aglionby Academy, she discovers that he has talents of his own--and that together their talents are a dangerous mix.
Stiefvater, Maggie. The Scorpio Races.YA STI
Nineteen-year-old returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ever to ride in the annual Scorpio Races, both trying to keep hold of their dangerous water horses long enough to make it to the finish line.
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit.YA TOL
The adventures of the well-to-do hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, who lived happily in his comfortable home until a wandering wizard granted his wish.
Tomlinson, Heather. Toads and Diamonds.YA TOM
A retelling of the Perrault fairy tale set in pre-colonial India, in which two stepsisters receive gifts from a goddess and each walks her own path to find her gift's purpose, discovering romance along the way.
Valente, Catherynne M. The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland YA VAL
In a Ship of Her Own Making.
Seconds before Earth is destroyed to make room for a galactic freeway, a young man is rescued by an alien friend who whisks him away on a space-traveling adventure.
Werlin, Nancy. Impossible.YA WER
When seventeen-year-old Lucy discovers her family is under an ancient curse by an evil Elfin Knight, she realizes to break the curse she must perform three impossible tasks before her daughter is born in order to save them both.