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Fantasy



Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier

Monday, 4 August 2008 12:33 P GMT-05
This is Marillier's only book that is written for young adults, as far as I know, but it has all of the elements of her other fantasy writing. Like her other books, it is drawn from traditional folklore and is set in our world, although magic is

Dead is the New Black by Marlene Perez

Saturday, 26 July 2008 5:22 P GMT-05
Vampires & werewolves are all the rage (blame Stephanie Meyers), and this supernatural tale about a slightly odd town named Nightshade stands out as lightweight treatment of things that go bump in the night.

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Saturday, 5 July 2008 2:40 P GMT-05
This fantasy adventure tale has a heroine, a journey, a good vs. evil battle, and heart throbbing romance. Ultimately, though, it is a story of self-discovery, and dare I say it, identity.

Black Juice by Margo Lanagan

Saturday, 2 February 2008 1:01 P GMT-05
"In the winter you come to the pit to warm your feet in the tar. You stand long enough to sink as far as your ankles - the littler you are, the longer you can stand. . . But in summer, like this day, you keep away from the tar . . . Ikky was tal

Fledgling by Octavia Butler

Tuesday, 18 December 2007 1:59 P GMT-05
This was one of those books that I could not put down, and that finishing was more difficult than usual. Octavia Butler is one of my favorite writers, who passed away last year, the same year that Fledgling was published. When I finished reading Fled

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

Saturday, 20 October 2007 9:00 A GMT-05
Best friends Lissa Dragomir and Rose Hathaway are on the run from their boarding school St. Vladimir's Academy, hiding from the well-meaning but misguided Guardians of the school and the evil vampires the Strigoi.  Lissa is a Moroi princess,

Marked by P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast

Friday, 10 August 2007 7:22 P GMT-05
   When a tracker marks her as a fledgling vampire, Zoey Redbird is afraid her life is over.  It could be if her body rejects the Change.  As a vampire fledgling, she must attend the House of Night, a boarding school where she wil

The Fairy Chronicles by J.H Sweet: Marigold and the Feather of Hope & Dragonfly and the Web of Dreams

Sunday, 3 June 2007 6:15 P GMT-05
This new fantasy series, meant to appeal to early elementary school age girls, concerns four nine year old who discover they are fairies, each with a special power.