300 - 349
pages
Alender, Katie.
Bad
Girls Don't Die
When fifteen-year-old Lexi's younger sister Kasey begins behaving
strangely and their old Victorian house seems to take on a life
of its own, Lexi investigates and discovers some frightening facts
about previous occupants of the house, leading her to believe
that many lives are in danger. (YA Fic M) [346 p.]
Burd, Nick. The
Vast Fields of Ordinary
The summer after graduating from an Iowa high school, 18-year-old
Dade Hamilton watches his parents' marriage disintegrate, ends
his long-term, secret relationship, comes out of the closet, and
savors first love. (YA Fic) [309 p.]
Cabot, Meg. Airhead.
Sixteen-year-old Emerson Watts, an advanced placement student
with a disdain for fashion, is the recipient of a "whole
body transplant" and finds herself transformed into one of
the world's most famous teen supermodels. (YA Fic) [340 p.]
Calame, Don. Swim
the Fly
15-year-old Matt Gratton and his two best friends, Coop and Sean,
always set themselves a summertime goal. This year's? To see a
real-live naked girl for the first time--quite a challenge, given
that none of the guys has the nerve to even ask a girl out on
a date. But catching a girl in the buff starts to look easy compared
to Matt's other summertime aspiration: to swim the 100-yard butterfly
(the hardest stroke known to God or man) as a way to impress Kelly
West, the sizzling new star of the swim team. (YA Fic) [345 p.]
Crawford, Brent. Carter
Finally Gets It
Awkward freshman Will Carter endures many painful moments during
his first year of high school before realizing that nothing good
comes easily, focus is everything, and the payoff is usually incredible.
(YA Fic) [300 p.]
Cross, Sarah. Dull
Boy
Avery, a teenaged boy with frightening super powers that he is
trying to hide, discovers other teenagers who also have strange
powers and who are being sought by the icy and seductive Cherchette,
but they do not know what she wants with them. (YA Fic SF) [308
p.]
Benway, Robin. Audrey,
Wait!
While trying to score a date with her cute co-worker at the Scooper
Dooper, sixteen-year-old Audrey gains unwanted fame and celebrity
status when her ex-boyfriend, a rock musician, records a breakup
song about her that soars to the top of the Billboard charts.
(YA Fic) [313 p.]
Crossley-Holland, Kevin.
Crossing
to Paradise
When 15-year-old Gatty, an illiterate field-girl who sings beautifully,
is selected for a pilgrimage, she travels from her home on an
English estate to London, Venice, and eventually Jerusalem, and
experiences great changes in her circumstances and in herself.
(YA Fic) [339 p.]
De la Cruz, Melissa. Blue
Bloods. (Blue Bloods, #1)
Select teenagers from some of New York City's wealthiest and most
socially prominent families learn a startling secret about their
bloodlines. (YA Fic M) [302 p.] Followed by Masquerade.
[311 p.], Revelations [264 p.]
Dogar, Sharon. Waves.
Hal feels eerily connected to his comatose older sister as she
hovers between life and death in a hospital. Hal believes his
sister is trying to communicate with him as he tries to solve
the mystery of her accident. (YA Fic M) [325 p.]
Freymann-Weyr, Garret.
After
the Moment
When 17-year-old Leigh changes high schools his senior year to
help his stepsister, he finds himself falling in love with her
emotional disturbed friend, although he is still attached to a
girl back home. (YA Fic) [328 p.]
Grabenstein, Chris. The
Crossroads.
When 11-year-old Zack Jennings moves to Connecticut with his father
and new stepmother, they must deal with the ghosts left behind
by a terrible accident, as well as another kind of ghost from
Zack's past. (YA Fic M) [325 p. ]
Hale, Shannon. Book
of a Thousand Days.
15-year-old Dashti, sworn to obey her 16-year-old mistress, the
Lady Saren, shares Saren's years of punishment locked in a tower,
then brings her safely to the lands of her true love, where both
must hide who they are as they work as kitchen maids. (YA Fic
SF) [305 p.]
Hughes, Mark Peter. Lemonade
Mouth.
A group of high school freshmen thrown together in detention form
a band to play at a school talent show and end up competing with
a wildly popular local rock band. (YA Fic) [338 p.]
Hurley, Tonya. Ghostgirl
After dying, high school senior Charlotte Usher is as invisible
to nearly everyone as she always felt, but despite what she learns
in a sort of alternative high school for dead teens, she clings
to life while seeking a way to go to the Fall Ball with the boy
of her dreams. (YA Fic M) [328 p.]
Jones, Frewin. The
Faerie Path. (The Faerie Path, #1)
Anita, an ordinary sixteen-year-old girl, is transported from
modern-day London to the realm of Faerie where she discovers that
she is Princess Tania, the long-lost daughter of King Oberon and
Queen Titania. (YA Fic SF) [312 p.] Followed by: The Lost Queen
[335 p.] and The Sorcerer King [324 p.]
Juby, Susan. Getting
the Girl: A Guide to Private Investigation, Surveillance, and
Cookery
Ninth-grader Sherman Mack investigates the "Defilers,"
a secret group at his British Columbia high school that marks
certain female students as pariahs, at first because he is trying
to protect the girl he has a crush on, but later as a matter of
principle. (YA Fic M) [341 p.]
Klages, Ellen. The
Green Glass Sea.
In 1943, Dewey Kerrigan travels west by train to live with her
scientist father--but no one will tell her exactly where he is.
When she reaches Los Alamos, New Mexico, she learns why: he's
working on a top-secret government program. (Juv Fic) [318 p.]
Followed by White Sands, Red Menace [337 p.]
Larbalestier, Justine.
How
to Ditch Your Fairy
In a world in which everyone has a personal fairy who tends to
one aspect of daily life, 14-year-old Charlie decides she does
not want hers - a parking fairy - and embarks on a series of misadventures
designed to rid herself of the invisible sprite and replace it
with a better one, like her friend Rochelle's shopping fairy.
(YA Fic SF) [307 p.]
Marr, Melissa. Ink
Exchange.
17-year-old Leslie wants a tattoo as a way of reclaiming control
of herself and her body, but the eerie image she selects pulls
her into the dangerous Dark Court of the faeries, where she draws
on inner strength to make a horrible choice. (YA Fic SF) [325
p.]
Marr, Melissa. Wicked
lovely
17-year-old Aislinn, who has the rare ability to see faeries,
is drawn against her will into a centuries-old battle between
the Summer King and the Winter Queen, and the survival of her
life, her love, and summer all hang in the balance. (YA Fic SF)
[328 p.] Followed by Fragile Eternity [389 p.]
Mead, Richelle. Vampire
Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)
Two years after a horrible incident made them run away, vampire
princess Lissa and her guardian-in-training Rose are found and
returned to St. Vladimir's Academy, where one focuses on mastering
magic, the other on physical training, while both try to avoid
the perils of gossip, cliques, gruesome pranks, and sinister plots.
(YA Fic M) [332 p.] Followed by Frostbite [327 p.], Shadow
Kiss [444 p.], Blood Promise [503 p.]
Mebus, Scott. Gods
of Manhattan. (Gods of Manhattan, #1)
13-year-old Rory discovers a spirit world that thrives alongside
his contemporary New York City, filled with fantastical creatures
and people from the city's colorful past who have become gods
and goddesses and who have chosen Rory to perform a dangerous
mission. (YA Fic SF) [340 p.] Followed by Spirits in the Park
[372 p.]
Moriarty, Jaclyn. The
Murder of Bindy MacKenzie.
Class brain Bindy Mackenzie has alienated her entire high school
but when she realizes someone is trying to kill her, she has to
make friends to get help. (YA Fic) [338 p.]
Morris, Paula. Ruined
Rebecca moves to New Orleans to stay with her aunt in a scary
old house while her father is traveling, and while most kids at
school treat her poorly, a mysterious girl named Lisette shows
her the hidden nooks of the city and reveals shocking truths about
Rebecca's own history. (YA Fic M) [309 p.]
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert.
Princess
Ben: Being a Wholly Truthful Account of Her Various Discoveries
and Misadventures, Recounted to the Best of Her Recollection,
In Four Parts.
A girl is transformed, through instruction in life at court, determination,
and magic, from sullen, pudgy, graceless Ben into Crown Princess
Benevolence, a fit ruler of the kindgom of Montagne as it faces
war with neighboring Drachensbett. (YA Fic SF) [344 p.]
Nolan, Han. A
Summer of Kings.
During the summer of 1963, 14-year-old Esther discovers the passion
within her when 18-year-old King-Roy Johnson, accused of murdering
a white man in Alabama, comes to live with her family. (YA Fic)
[334 p.]
Pfeffer, Susan Beth. Life
As We Knew It.
Miranda's journal entries describe her family's struggle to survive
after a meteor hits the moon, causing tsunamis, earthquakes &
volcanic eruptions. (YA Fic) [337 p.]
Ryan, Carrie. The
Forest of Hands and Teeth.
Through twists and turns of fate, orphaned Mary seeks knowledge
of life, love, and especially what lies beyond her walled village
and the surrounding forest, where dwell the unconsecrated, aggressive
flesh-eating people who were once dead. (YA Fic SF) [310 p.]
Scott, Elizabeth. Stealing
Heaven
18-year-old Dani has been trained by her mother to steal things.
But they have never stayed in one location long enough for Dani
to have connections, real friends, and a real life. In the town
of Heaven, everything changes for Dani. Suddenly she must question
where her loyalties lie: with the life she's always known, or
the one she's always wanted. (YA Fic) [307 p.]
Somper, Justin. Demons
of the Ocean. (Vampirates, # 1.)
When twins Connor and Grace's ship is wrecked in a storm and Connor
is rescued by pirates, he believes that Grace has been taken aboard
the mythical Vampirate's ship, and he is determined to find her.
(YA Fic M) [330 p.] Followed by Tides of Terror [459 p.],
Blood Captain [569 p.], Black Heart [504 p.].
Voigt, Cynthia. Homecoming.
The four Tillerman children, abandoned by their mother, walk from
New England to their grandmother's Maryland farm in search of
a place to call home. (YA Fic) [312 p.] Followed by Dicey's
Song [211 p.], A Solitary Blue [189 p.], The Runner
[181 p.], Come a Stranger [190 p.], Sons From Afar
[219 p.], Seventeen Against the Dealer [209 p.]
Wrede, Patricia C. Thirteenth
Child. (Frontier magic, #1)
18-year-old Eff must finally get over believing she is bad luck
and accept that her special training in Aphrikan magic, and being
the twin of the seventh son of a seventh son, give her extraordinary
power to combat magical creatures that threaten settlements on
the western frontier. (YA Fic SF) [344 p.]
350 - 399
pages
Abdel-Fattah,
Randa. Does
My Head Look Big in This?
Year Eleven at an exclusive prep school in the suburbs of Melbourne,
Australia, would be tough enough, but it is further complicated
for Amal when she decides to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf,
full-time as a badge of her faith--without losing her identity
or sense of style. (YA Fic) [360 pages]
Abrahams, Peter. Down
the Rabbit Hole. (Echo Falls Mystery, #1)
Like her idol Sherlock Holmes, 8th-grader Ingrid Levin-Hill uses
her intellect to solve a murder case in her hometown. (Juv Fic
M) [375 p.] Followed by Behind the Curtain [346 p.], Into
the Dark [300 p.]
Armstrong, Kelley. The
Summoning. (Darkest powers, #1)
After fifteen-year-old Chloe starts seeing ghosts and is sent
to Lyle House, a mysterious group home for mentally disturbed
teenagers, she soon discovers that neither Lyle House nor its
inhabitants are exactly what they seem, and that she and her new
friends are in danger. (YA Fic M) [390 p.] Followed by The
Awakening [360 p.]
Anderson, M.T. The
Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor
to the Nation, #1).
Diaries, letters, and manuscripts tell the experiences of young
African American Octavian from birth to age 16 as he is brought
up as part of a science experiment in the years before the Revolutionary
War. (YA Fic) [368 p.] Followed by The Kingdom on the Waves
[561 p.]
Bunce, Eliz. A
Curse Dark as Gold
Upon the death of her father, 17-year-old Charlotte struggles
to keep the family's woolen mill running in the face of an overwhelming
mortgage and what the local villagers believe is a curse, but
when a man capable of spinning straw into gold appears on the
scene she must decide if his help is worth the price. (YA Fic
SF) [394 p.]
Calhoun, Dia. Avielle
of Rhia.
Taught to hate and fear the heritage that sets her apart from
most people of the kindgom, 15-year-old Princess Avielle of Rhia
must finally embrace the magic of her Dredonian ancestors to save
the very people who scorn her. (Juv Fic SF) [398 p.]
Collins, Suzanne. The
Hunger Games. (The Hunger Games trilogy, #1)
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain
control through an annual televised survival competition pitting
young people from each of the twelve districts against one another,
16-year-old Katniss' skills are put to the test when she voluntarily
takes her younger sister's place. (YA Fic SF) [374 p.] Followed
by Catching Fire [391 p.]
Dessen, Sarah. Along
For the Ride
When Auden impulsively goes to stay with her father, stepmother,
and new baby sister the summer before she starts college, all
the trauma of her parents' divorce is revived, even as she is
making new friends and having new experiences such as learning
to ride a bike and dating. (YA Fic) [383 p.]
Dessen, Sarah. Just
Listen.
Isolated from friends who believe the worst because she has not
been truthful with them, Annabel finds an ally in Owen, whose
honesty and passion for music help her to face and share what
really happened at the end-of-the-year party that changed her
life. (YA Fic) [371 p.].
Elliott, Patricia. Ambergate.
Unable to tell friend from enemy, Orphan Number 102 tries to hide
the identifying scar on her arm as she evades Protectorate soldiers
who are trying to return her to the Capital and a certain death.
(YA Fic M) [390 p.] Companion to Murkmere [344 p.]
Fantaskey, Beth. Jessica's
Guide to Dating on the Dark Side
17-year-old Jessica, adopted and raised in Pennsylvania, learns
that she is descended from a royal line of Romanian vampires and
that she is betrothed to a vampire prince, who poses as a foreign
exchange student while courting her. (YA Fic M) [354 p.]
Goldman, William. The
Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and
High Adventure, the "Good Parts" Version
The most beautiful girl in
the world marries the handsomest prince in the world. (YA Fic
SF) [398 p.]
Hale, Shannon. Forest
Born
When her beloved forest no longer gives her comfort and her brother
Razo invites Rinna to the city to be one of Queen Ani's waiting
women, she happily accepts, only to discover her own strength
comes from places both expected and unexpected. (YA Fic SF) [389
p.]
Holder, Nancy. Witch
& curse. (Wicked, #1 & 2)
After her parents are killed, Holly Cathers is sent to live with
her cousins, Amanda and Nicole. Soon the three girls embark into
a dark legacy of witches, secrets, and alliances. (YA Fic M) [361,
291 p.] Followed by Legacy & Spellbound, Resurrection
[401 p.]
Jinks, Catherine. The
Reformed Vampire Support Group
15-year-old vampire Nina has been stuck for fifty-one years in
a boring support group for vampires, and nothing exciting has
ever happened to them--until one of them is murdered and the others
must try to solve the crime. (YA Fic M) [362 p.]
Knox, Elizabeth. Dreamhunter.
(Dreamhunter duet, #1)
In a world where select people can enter "The Place"
and find dreams of every kind to share with others for a fee,
a 15-year-old girl is training to be a dreamhunter when her father
disappears, leaving her to carry on his mysterious mission. (YA
Fic SF) [365 p.] Followed by Dreamquake. [449 p.]
Kostick, Conor. Epic.
On New Earth, a world based on a video role-playing game, fourteen-year-old
Erik pursuades his friends to aid him in some unusual gambits
in order to save Erik's father from exile and safeguard the futures
of each of their families. (YA Fic SF) [364 p.]
Landy, Derek. Skulduggery
Pleasant.
When 12-year-old Stephanie inherits her weird uncle's estate,
she must join forces with Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton mage,
to save the world from the Faceless Ones. (YA Fic M) [392 p.]
Followed by: Playing With Fire [389 p.], The Faceless
Ones [422 p.]
MacLean, Sarah. The
Season.
Showing no interest in the sumptuous balls, lavish dinner parties,
and country weekends enjoyed by the rest of early nineteenth-century
London society, 17-year-old Lady Alexandra Stafford seeks adventure
as she investigates the puzzling murder of the Earl of Blackmoor,
father of devilishly handsome Gavin. (YA Fic) [343 p.]
Mantchev, Lisa. Eyes
Like Stars
13-year-old Bertie strives to save Theater Illuminata, the only
home she has ever known, but is hindered by the Players who magically
live on there, especially Ariel, who is willing to destroy the
Book at the center of the magic in order to escape into the outside
world. (YA Fic SF) [356 p.]
Nicholson, William. The
Wind Singer. (The Wind on Fire #1)
After Kestrel Hath rebels against the stifling rules of Amaranth
society and is forced to flee, she, along with her twin brother
and a tagalong classmate, follow an ancient map in quest of the
legendary silver voice of the wind singer, in an attempt to heal
Amaranth and its people. (YA Fic SF) [358 p.] Followed by Slaves
of the Mastery [434 p.] and Firesong [408 p.]
Oppel, Kenneth. Airborn.
Matt, a cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy girl
traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence
of mysterious winged creatures said to live hundreds of feet above
the Earth's surface. (YA Fic SF) [355 p.] Followed by Skybreaker
[369 p.] and Starclimber [390 p.].
Peterson, Will. Triskellion.
After their parents' divorce, Rachel and Adam are sent to live
with their grandmother in the English village of Triskellion,
where they find danger and paranormal activity as they discover
hidden secrets that some will kill to keep buried. (YA Fic M)
[365 p.] Followed by The Burning [461 p.]
Reeve, Phillip. Larklight,
or, The Revenge of the White Spiders!, or, To Saturn's Rings and
Back!: A Rousing Tale of Dauntless Pluck in the Farthest Reaches
of Space.
In an alternate-world Victorian England, Arthur and his sister
Myrtle, residents of a floating house in one of Her Majesty's
outer space territories, uncover a spidery plot to destroy the
solar system. (Juv Fic SF) [399 p.] Followed by Starcross
[368 p.], Mothstorm [386 p.]
Riordan, Rick. The
Lightning Thief. (Percy Jackson & the Olympians,
#1.)
Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son
of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends
him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends
set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods. (Juv Fic
SF) [377 p.]
Followed by: The Sea of Monsters [279 p.], The Titan's
Curse [312 p.], The Battle of the Labyrinth [361 p.]
Scott, Michael. The
Alchemyst. (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #1)
Twins Sophie and Josh suddenly find themselves caught up in the
deadly centuries-old struggle between rival alchemists over possession
of an ancient and powerful book holding the secrets of alchemy
and everlasting life. (Juv Fic SF) [375 p.] Follwed by The
Magician [464 p.], The Sorceress [501 p.]
Wade, Rebecca. The
Theft & the Miracle.
On a stormy day, Hannah takes refuge in Gloucester Cathedral,
where she feels compelled to draw a picture of the church's famous
carving of Mary and Jesus. Soon after, the small statue is stolen
and Hannah plunges into the question of who took it and why. (YA
Fic M) [351 p.]
Whitcomb, Laura. The
Fetch.
After 350 years as a Fetch, or death escort, Calder breaks his
vows and enters the body of Rasputin, whose spirit causes rebellion
in the Land of Lost Souls while Calder struggles to convey Ana
and Alexis, orphaned in the Russian Revolution, to Heaven. (YA
Fic M) [379 p.]
400 - 449
pages
Adams, Richard.
Watership
Down.
A group of rabbits searches for a safe place to establish a new
warren where they can live in peace. (YA Fic) [429 p.]
Banner, Catherine. The
Eyes of a King
In Malonia, 15-year-old Leo North finds a mysterious book that
slowly reveals information about his family's history, the history
of his war-torn country, and glimpses of two other teenagers living
in a country called England, which Malonians think is make-believe.
(YA Fic SF) [435 p.]
Bondoux, Anne-Laure. The
Princetta.
Rebelling against the rigid constraints of her life as Princetta
of Galnicia, 15-year-old Malva escapes with her maid, embarking
on a perilous journey that will change the course of their lives
forever. (Juv Fic SF) [430 p.]
Chima, Cinda Williams.
The
Warrior Heir. (The Heir series, #1)
After learning about his magical ancestry and his own warrior
powers, 16-year-old Jack embarks on a training program to fight
enemy wizards. (YA Fic SF) [426 p.] Companion to The Wizard
Heir [458 p.], The Dragon Heir [499 p.]
Cornish, D. M. Foundling.
(Monster Blood Tattoo, #1)
After surviving growing up in a home for foundlings and having
a girl's name, Rossamünd sets out to report to his new job
as a lamplighter and has adventures along the way, meeting people
and monsters who are more complicated than he thought. (YA Fic
SF) [434 p.] Followed by Lamplighter. [717 p.]
Craft, Eliz. Footfree
and Fancyloose
Harper Waddle, Sophie Bushell, and Kate Foster committed the ultimate
suburban sin: bailing on college to pursue their dreams. Their
best friend, Becca Winsberg, took a more traditional path, but
she's got dreams of her own. Now the year is halfway through and
the girls' dreams seem within reach. (YA Fic) [423 p.]
Friesner, Esther M. Nobody's
Princess.
Determined to fend for herself in a world where only men have
real freedom, headstrong Helen, who will be called queen of Sparta
and Helen of Troy one day, learns to fight, hunt, and ride horses
while disguised as a boy, and goes on an adventure throughout
the Mediterranean world. (YA Fic) [305 p.] Followed by: Nobody's
Prize [306]
Fukui, Isamu. Truancy
In the City, where an iron-fisted Mayor's goal is perfect control
through education, 15-year-old Tack is torn between a growing
sympathy for the Truancy, an underground movement determined to
bring down the system at any cost, and the desire to avenge a
death caused by a Truant. (YA Fic SF) [429 p.]
Godbersen, Anna. The
Luxe. (A Luxe novel, #1.)
In Manhattan in 1899, five teens of different social classes lead
dangerously scandalous lives, despite the strict rules of society
and the best-laid plans of parents and others. (YA Fic) [433 p.]
Followed by: Rumors [423 p.], Envy [405 p.]
Harrison, Mette. The
Princess and the Hound.
George has always felt burdened by his princely duties, and even
more by the need to hide the magic through which he speaks with
animals, but when he is betrothed to the strange princess of a
neighboring kingdom, his secret, and the persecution of people
like himself, must come to an end. (YA Fic SF) [410 p.]
Kluger, Steve. My
Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, & Fenway
Park.
A story about friendship, first loves, the families we are born
with, and the families we choose, told through journal entries,
emails, chats, newspaper articles and posters. There is sports,
music, dancing, acting, political action, discovery of sexual
orientation, sign-language and, yes, Julie Andrews. A fantastic
novel of acceptance and encouragement. And it’s funny! (YA
Fic) [403 p.]
Marillier, Juliet. Wildwood
Dancing
Five sisters who live with their merchant father in Transylvania
use a hidden portal in their home to cross over into a magical
world, the Wildwood. (YA Fic SF) [407 p.] Followed by Cybele's
Secret [432 p.]
Nicholson, William. Seeker.
(The Noble Warriors #1)
Having been rejected by the Nomana - the revered warrior-monk
order they long to join - 16-year-olds Seeker and Morning Star,
along with a curious pirate named Wildman, attempt to prove that
they are worthy of joining the community, after all. (YA Fic SF)
[413 p.] Followed by Jango [409 p.], Noman [362
p.]
Patterson, James. The
Angel Experiment. (Maximum Ride #1)
After the mutant Erasers abduct a member of their group, the "birdkids,"
the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and
find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and
purpose. (YA Fic SF) [422 p.] Followed by School's Out - Forever.
[409 p.]; Saving the World & Other Extreme Sports.
[405 p.], The Final Warning [256 p.], Max [309 p.],
Fang [304 p.]
Peet, Mal. Tamar.
15-year-old Tamar, grief-stricken by the puzzling death of her
beloved grandfather, begins to uncover the secrets of his life
in the Dutch resistance during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
and the events that forever cast a shadow on his life. (YA Fic
M) [424 p.]
Pierce, Tamora. Trickster's
Choice. (Daughter of the Lioness, #1)
Alianne must call forth her mother's courage and her father's
wit in order to survive in a royal court rife with political intrigue
and murderous conspiracy. (Juv Fic SF) [422 p.] Followed by Trickster's
Queen. [467 p.]
Portman, Frank. Andromeda
Klein
High school sophomore Andromeda, an outcast because she studies
the occult and has a hearing impairment and other disabilities,
overcomes grief over terrible losses by enlisting others' help
in her plan to save library books--and finds a kindred spirit
along the way. (YA Fic) [424 p.]
Rees, Celia. Sovay
In 1794 England, the rich and beautiful Sovay, disguised as a
highwayman, acquires papers that could lead to her father's arrest
for treason, and soon her newly-awakened political consciousness
leads her and a compatriot to France during the Revolution. (YA
Fic) [404 p.]
Voigt, Cynthia. Bad
Girls, Bad Girls, Whatcha Gonna Do?
As new ninth-graders eager only to survive high school, Mikey
and Margalo must deal creatively with stolen money and cheating
on the tennis courts. (YA Fic) [442 p.]
450 - 499
pages
Croggon, Alison.
The
Naming. (Pellinor, #1)
A manuscript from a lost civilization tells of Maerad, an orphan
gifted in the magic & power of the Bards, as she escapes from
slavery & learns how to use her Gift to stave off the Darkness
that threatens to consume her world. (YA Fic SF) [466 p.] Followed
by The Riddle [490 p.], The Crow [511 p.], The
Singing [470 p.]
Fletcher, Charlie. Stoneheart
(The Stoneheart Trilogy, #1.)
When 12-year-old George accidentally decapitates a stone statue
in London, England, he falls into a parallel dimension where he
must battle ancient "live" statues and solve a dangerous
riddle. (YA Fic SF) [450 p.] Followed by Ironhand [386
p.], Silvertongue [464 p.]
Jinks, Catherine. Evil
Genius.
Child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers
his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an
advanced crime academy. (YA Fic) [486 p.] Followed by Genius
Squad [436 p.]
Meyer, Stephenie. Twilight.
When 17-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father,
she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels
an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not
wholly human. (YA Fic M) [498 p.] Followed by New Moon
[563 p.], Eclipse [629 p.], Breaking Dawn [754 p.]
Ono, Fuyumi. Sea
of Shadow. (The Twelve Kingdoms #1)
Yoko is an ordinary high school girl with nightmares when a golden-haired
young man tells her she's in dream-foreshadowed danger. Soon she
is flying to a kingdom in another world, where she learns she
is destined for a throne. (YA Fic SF) [459 p.]
Over 500 pages
Chabon, Michael.
Summerland.
Ethan Feld, the worst player in the history of baseball, finds
himself recruited by a 100-year-old scout to help a band of fairies
triumph over an ancient enemy. (YA Fic SF) [500 p.]
DeVita, James. The
Silenced.
Consigned to a prison-like Youth Training Facility because of
her parents' political activities, Marena organizes a resistance
movement to combat the restrictive policies of the ruling Zero
Tolerance party. (YA Fic SF) [504 p.]
Enthoven, Sam. The
Black Tattoo.
When his best friend, Charlie, is possessed by an ancient demon,
fourteen-year-old Jack, accompanied by a girl with superhuman
powers, battles all over London and into Hell to save him. (YA
Fic SF) [503 p.]
Goodman, Alison. Eon:
Dragoneye Reborn.
Sixteen-year-old Eon hopes to become an apprentice to one of the
twelve energy dragons of good fortune and learn to be its main
interpreter, but to do so will require much, including keeping
secret that she is a girl. (YA Fic SF) [531 p.]
Grant, Michael. Gone
In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the
age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between
the remaining town residents and the students from a local private
school, as well as those who have "The Power" and are
able to perform supernatural feats and those who do not. (YA Fic
SF) [558 p.] Followed by Hunger [590 p.]
Hopkins, Ellen. Tricks
Five troubled teenagers fall into prostitution as they search
for freedom, safety, community, family, and love. (YA Fic) [627
p.]
Miyabe, Miyuki. Brave
Story.
In order to bring his family back together, 10-year-old Wataru
voluntarily enters a fantasy world to gain the attention of a
goddess who has the ability to change destiny, and may grant his
wish. (YA Fic SF) [816 p.]
Paolini, Christopher.
Eragon.
(Inheritance, #1)
In Alagaesia, a 15-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon
finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate
tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves,
& monsters. (Juv Fic SF) [509 p.] Followed by Eldest
[681 p.], Brisingr [763 p.]
Pierce, Tamora. Terrier.
(Beka Cooper, #1.)
When 16-year-old Beka becomes "Puppy" to a pair of Provost
Guards "Dogs," she uses her police training, natural
abilities, and a touch of magic to help solve the case of a murdered
baby. (Juv Fic SF) [581 p.] Followed by Bloodhound [551
p.]
Sage, Angie. Magyk.
(Septimus Heap, #1)
After learning that she is the Princess, Jenna is whisked from
her home and carried toward safety by the Extraordinary Wizard,
those she always believed were her father and brother, and a young
guard known only as Boy 412 - pursued by agents of those who killed
her mother ten years earlier. (Juv Fic SF) [564 p.] Followed by
Flyte [532 p.], Physick [544 p.], Queste
[598 p.]
Zusak, Markus. The
Book Thief.
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death tells
of Liesel, a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling
talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding.
(YA Fic) [552 p.]
10/16/09
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