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Teen Reading List:
FANTASY

Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia - In the Forests of the Night

In modern-day Massachusetts, Risika is a vampire who is haunted by memories of her past life as Rachel, a 17-year-old girl who lived in Massachusetts in the 1700s. She is now seeking revenge against the one who pulled her into this life three hundred years ago, and forced her to leave the life that she loved. 

Block, Francesca Lia - I Was a Teenage Fairy

There's a reason Barbie's mother named her after the perfect, plastic doll. Modeling might be Barbie's mother's dream, but Barbie has other dreams. When Barbie meets Mab, a sensual, egocentric fairy, she begins to understand how to get what she wants out of life. 

Coville, Bruce - Oddly Enough

Imagine an angel who gives you a box to protect, a brownie who cleans your room, or a vampire whose destiny is to save his people. This collection of short stories brings the world of unicorns, werewolves and ghosts into your own. 

Coville, Bruce - Odder Than Ever

More stories about the fantastic. Short stories about ordinary teens and their interactions with the other-worldly. 

Galloway, Patricia - Truly Grim Tales

The familiar folk tales of the Grimm Brothers take a terrifying twist in this collection of short stories which, among other things, tells why the Giant wanted to eat Jack's bones, why Rumplestiltskin so desperately want the queen's baby, and why Rapunzel was locked in the tower by her mother. 

Klause, Annette Curtis - Blood and Chocolate (book, audio)

Trying to fit in at her new school and falling in love with a boy that her family and friends don't like may seem like normal teen troubles, but the reasons behind these common problems make all the difference. Vivian and her "pack" moved to this new town because they are werewolves trying to avoid discovery, and her new boyfriend is human.   

L'Engle, Madeleine - An Acceptable Time

Have you ever wondered how people lived in ancient times? Well, Polly hasn't, not really. But this changes when she somehow steps through a time gate and befriends a Druid girl about her age whose name is Anaral. Somehow Polly must use the time gate to return to her own time. 

Mahy, Margaret - The Changeover

Laura seeks the help of a local witch to save her brother from possession by an evil spirit. 

McKinley, Robin - Beauty

A novelized retelling of the romantic fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast". 

Nix, Garth - Sabriel

Raised in Ancelstierre, where Charter and Free Magic are mostly considered a quaint myth, Sabriel is suddenly summoned into the Old Kingdom. With her father lost, she must become the new Abhorsen, but she knows nearly nothing about her crucial office or the fantastic world she must save from creatures that refuse to remain in Death.

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds - Jade Green: A Ghost Story

Recently orphaned, Judith goes to live with her uncle in a house haunted by the ghost of a mysterious young woman who always wears green. 

Pierce, Tamora - Wild Magic

Thirteen-year-old Daine is enlisted by the Mage Numair, Knight Alanna and Queen Thayet, to help in the battle to protect the Kingdom of Tortall from the immortals. First book in the "Immortals" series. 

Pierce, Tamora - Wolf-Speaker

In this sequel to Wild Magic, Daine gets help from her wolf friends and others to combat both mortals and immortals to save the Kingdom of Tortall. Second book in the "Immortals" series.

Pierce, Tamora - The Emperor Mage

Now fifteen, Daine is sent to negotiate a peace treaty with Carthak. This magical place is strange and wondrous, and Daine's special powers and wild magic achieve healing on many levels. Third book in the "Immortals" series. 

Pierce, Tamora - The Realms of the Gods

In this final book in the "Immortals" series, Daine and Numar struggle together in both the mystical and mortal worlds to help fight the raging war in Tortall. Their path bonds them in learning about life and each other. The final battle, and Tortall's future, depends upon Daine's wild magic. 

Pullman, Philip - The Golden Compass (book, book, audio)

In this first book in the "His Dark Materials" trilogy, we meet Lyra, who lives in a different but parallel world. Using a compass made of gold, she searches for her missing family and a kidnapped friend. On her adventure she meets people very different from her own, but who are also mixed up in the mystery of Dust.   

Pullman, Philip - The Subtle Knife (book, audio)

In this sequel to The Golden Compass Lyra meets Will, a boy from our world who is searching for his father. Lyra and Will visit Cittagazze, a universe populated by children because all of the adults have been killed. As they travel, they learn more about Dust and acquire a knife which can cut through anything.   

Pullman, Philip - The Amber Spyglass

In this last book of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy, Lyra and Will are witness t the final battle between good an evil. With the aid of the amber spyglass, which makes Dust visible to all, many questions are answered and mysteries solved.   

Springer, Nancy - I Am Mordred

Narrowly escaping death as an infant, the infamous Mordred grows up loving and hating the man who tried to murder him-- his father, King Arthur. At age 15, Mordred follows his step-brothers to Camelot and joins the Round Table, eventually undertaking a quest to save Arthur's life. Ultimately he faces his legendary fate as Arthur's nemesis. 

Stearns, Michael - A Wizard's Dozen

Like a baker's dozen, a wizard's dozen is actually thirteen. These thirteen stories range from funny to frightening and from twisted to tragic.   

Thesman, Jean - The Other Ones

Bridget has remarkable powers to help and heal but she must find the courage to use them to help two friends who are in terrible trouble.

Thompson, Kate - Switchers

When freakish weather grips the arctic regions and moves southward, an Irish girl and her strange companion save the world from disaster through their ability to switch into animal forms.

Voigt, Cynthia - Elske

Elske escapes her sentence as the death maiden for her king to begin a life of adventure with an exiled queen who is determined to claim her throne. 

Wrede, Patricia - Dealing With Dragons (book, audio)

Bored with traditional palace life, Princess Cimorene runs away to live with a dragon and soon becomes involved in fighting off wizards who want to steal the dragon's kingdom. First book in the "Enchanted Forest Chronicles."