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SERIES TITLES:

The Chronicles of Prydain series
The Book of Three; The Black Cauldron; The Castle of Llyr;
Taran Wanderer; The High King
Lloyd Alexander (J ALEXANDER) 190p MS/HS
Doesn’t it make you feel better knowing that the fate of your kingdom rests in the hands of an assistant Pig-Keeper?

The Great Tree of Avalon
Child of the Dark Prophecy; Shadows on the Stars; The Eternal Flame
T.A. Barron (YA BARRON) 434p MS/HS
The fate of Avalon rests with three young people...one of whom is the true heir of Merlin, the only one who can save Avalon. The other is the dreaded child of dark prophecy, fated to destroy it.

Farsala trilogy
Fall of a Kingdom; Rise of a Hero; Forging the Sword
Hilari Bell (YA BELL) 422p MS/HS
Stories are told of a hero who will come to Farsala's aid when the need is greatest. Now Farsala is being invaded & 3 lives intertwined will never be the same.

Faerie Wars series
Faerie Wars; The Purple Emperor
Herbie Brennan (YA BRENNAN) 367p MS/HS
Henry & Pyrgus, the exiled fairy prince, struggle to solve a murder & return Pyrgus to power in the fairy realm.

Word vs. Void trilogy
Running with the Demon; A Knight of the Word; Angel Fire East
Terry Brooks (YA BROOKS) 420p HS
On one side: a knight of the word, protecting the world from evil. On the other: evil itself. In the middle: a teenage girl with a mysterious gift.

Warriors of Alavna series
Warriors of Alavna; Warriors of Camlann
N.M. Browne (YA BROWNE) 308p MS/HS
Step through a mysterious veil, and, hey! -- you're in another time & place, battling for your life & trying to figure out how to get home!

The Guardians of Time series
The Named; The Dark; The Key
Marianne Curley (YA CURLEY) 322p MS/HS
Everyone knows time travel is too dangerous to attempt. But what if it’s the only way to stop the Order of Chaos, which is bent on changing the course of history to gain ultimate power over the world?

The Secret Country trilogy
Secret Country; Hidden Land; Whim of the Dragon
Pamela Dean (YA DEAN) 371p HS
Five cousins playing a magic role-playing game called "The Secret" somehow find themselves pulled into the world where the game is real, they are at war, & they must play out their roles, no matter the consequences.

Ember series
City of Ember; People of Sparks; The Prophet of Yonwood
Jeanne duPrau (YA DUPRAU) 270p MS/HS
The world they've know all the lives -- the way their people have lived forever -- suddenly falls away when Lina & Doon make a startling discovery.

Inkheart series
Inkheart; Inkspell
Cornelia Funke (YA FUNKE) 534p MS/HS
Having fictional characters come to life sounds cool to Meggie...until she's kidnapped & enslaved by one.

Chronicles of Chrestomanci
Charmed Life; Lives of Christopher Chant; Magicians of Caprona;
Witch Week
Diana Wynne Jones (YA JONES) 261p MS/HS
How can two kids who can’t even work simple spells thwart the schemes of an avaricious enchanter & a ruthless witch whose actions may destroy all the worlds of Chrestomanci?

The EarthSea Cycle
Wizard of EarthSea; Tombs of Atuan; Farthest Shore; Tehanu
Ursula LeGuin (YA LEGUIN) 183p MS/HS
A reckless, awkward boy named Sparrowhawk becomes a wizard’s apprentice.

The Time Quartet
Wrinkle in Time; Wind in the Door; Swifly Tilting Planet; Many Waters
Madeleine L’Engle (J LENGLE) 211p MS/HS
If you’re Meg Murray, then you belong to a family who just happens to travel through time to battle evil, save the Earth from a madman, and hang out with people from biblical times.

Firekeeper series
Through Wolf's Eyes; Wolf's Head, Wolf's Heart; The Dragon of Despair; Wolf Captured; Wolf Hunting
Jane Lindskold (YA LINDSKOLD) 594p HS
A young woman, raised by intelligent wolves, finds herself in the midst of intrigue, danger & war in Hawk Haven.

Pendragon series
Merchant of Death; Lost city of Faar; Never War; Reality Bug; Black Water;
The Rivers of Zadaa; The Quillan Games
D.J. MacHale (YA MACHALE) 375p MS/HS
Bobby seems like a normal teen. Actually, he's destined to save, not just Earth, but worlds found in alternate dimensions. If only he'd taken that martial arts class!

Wind on Fire series
The Wind Singer; Slaves of the Mastery; Firesong
William Nicholson (YA NICHOLSON) 385p MS/HS
Twins fight the evil that has taken over their homeland and enslaved their people. Can they bring about a new & better destiny?

Sabriel series
Sabriel; Lirael; Abhorsen
Garth Nix (YA NIX) 491p MS/HS
Delve deep into the mystical underworld of necromancy, magic and the monstrous undead. Follow the line of Abhorsens as they battle to save the Old Kingdom and stop the evil that is trying to annihilate all life.

Keys to the Kingdom series
Mister Monday; Grim Tuesday; Drowned Wednesday; Sir Thursday
Garth Nix (YA NIX) 361p MS/HS
Seven days. Seven keys. Seven virtues. Seven sins. A boy is about to seek & discover fantastical series from a mysterious world.

Eragon series
Eragon; Eldest
Christopher Paolini (YA PAOLINI) 509p MS/HS
Eragon finds a mysterious stone that he hopes will bring him luck, but instead brings him a dragon hatchling.

Firebringer Trilogy
Birth of the Firebringer; Dark Moon; The Son of Summer Stars
Meredith Pierce (YA PIERCE) 201p MS/HS
Jan, a young unicorn, and his mate, Tek, are caught up in the wars that ravage their land.

The Immortals series
Wild Magic; Wolf-Speaker; Emperor Mage; Realms of the Gods
Tamora Pierce (YA PIERCE) 299p MS/HS
An orphan who possesses “wild magic” becomes a heroine to a kingdom battling a barbarous emperor and monstrous immortals.

Protector of the Small series
First Test; Page; Squire; Lady Knight
Tamora Pierce (YA PIERCE) 216p MS/HS
“Girls are fragile, more emotional, easier to frighten….They cannot be good knights!”

His Dark Materials series
Golden Compass; Subtle Knife; Amber Spyglass
Philip Pullman (YA PULLMAN) 399p MS/HS
It’s war. And the fate of the living—and the dead—depend on two children and the simple truth of one simple story.

The Midnighters
The Secret Hour; Touching Darkness; Blue Noon
Scott Westerfeld (YA WESTERFELD) 297p MS/HS
Strange, terrifying things happen at midnight in the town of Bixby. For one hour each night, the town belongs to the things of the dark. Only a very few have the power to stop them.

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INDIVIDUAL TITLES:

Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale
Holly Black (YA BLACK) 310 HS
Not only has Kaye been visited by faeries since she was a child; now she discovers that she IS one. And she's not too pleased that her destiny involves, well, probably her death.

Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie
Holly Black (YA BLACK) 314p HS
When Val runs away to live in the labyrinthine subway system of NYC, she doesn't expect to encounter monsters or find herself bound to a troll.

Magic Street
Orson Scott Card (YA CARD) 416p HS
Mack Street is a mystery child. He notices things others don't. Like the skinny house that leads to another world. A world where, whatever Mack does, affects the world he knows. If he can survive this world, he may not only discover who he is, but why he exists.

Summerland
Michael Chabon (YA CHABON) 512p MS/HS
The worst baseball player in the history of the game finds himself recruited by a 100 year old scout to help a band of fairies triumph over an ancient evil.

The Sea of Trolls
Nancy Farmer (YA FARMER) 480p MS/HS
If only Jack hadn't accidentally made the troll queen's hair fall out, he wouldn't be on this quest full of monsters & other hazards, with his little sister's life depending on him.

Snow-walker
Catherine Fisher (YA FISHER) 507p MS/HS
The snow-walker Gudrun came from the swirling mists and icy depths beyond the edge of the world to rule the Jarl's people with fear and sorcery, but a small band of outlaws will fight to the death to restore the land to its rightful leader.

Coraline
Neil Gaiman (YA GAIMAN) 162p MS/HS
Coraline finds a mysterious door that leads to a world sort of like her own, but with sinister differences.

Blue Moon Rising
Simon Green (YA GREEN) 476p HS
Rupert's quest is pretty easy: slay the dragon & save the maiden. But what if the maiden can save herself, and the dragon turns out to be one of the best friends Rupert's ever had?

Siberia
Ann Halam (YA HALAM) 262p MS/HS
One young woman sets out, alone, on a 1,000 mile journey to freedom & the fulfillment of her mother's quest to save the world.

The Dark Mirror
Juliet Marillier (YA MARILLIER) 512p HS
The fate of an entire kingdom lies on the shoulders of a young boy raised by a druid & the fairie girl foundling he claims as his own.

The Blue Sword
Robin McKinley (YA MCKINLEY) 272p MS/HS
Harry discovers magic in herself when she is kidnapped by a native king with mysterious powers.

The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien (YA TOLKIEN) 304p MS/HS
Chronicles the adventures of the inhabitants of Middle-earth and Bilbo Baggins, the hobbit who brought home to The Shire the One Ring of Power.

MS = Most appropriate for middle schoolers
MS/HS = Most appropriate for middle/high schoolers
HS = Most appropriate for high schoolers

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