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Theo has been a captive in her own palace. She's endured the kaiser forcing her to do the unthinkable — and realizes surviving is no longer enough.
Tessa Cade has gone from masked outlaw to palace advisor. She struggles to help Prince Corrick lead, but it isn't easy to repair the rift between the royals and the people!
When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, he realizes he has stumbled upon an ancient legacy.
Nick thinks he knows everything, until the night his best friends try to kill him. Saved by a mysterious warrior, he's sucked into the realm of immortal vampire slayers .
Dashing king, Nikolai Lantsov, has always had a gift for the impossible. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, he must find a way to forge new alliances and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army.
Isla Crown has secured the love of two powerful rulers and broken the curses that plagued the six realms for centuries, but few know the true origins of her powers.
Welcome to Mossflower Wood. All is well until a sinister rumor pops up that Cluny, the terrible one-eyed rat, and his savage horde is intent on conquering Redwall Abbey!
Simi serves the gods as Mami Wata — a mermaid — collecting the souls of those who die at sea. But when a living boy is thrown overboard, Simi does the unthinkable and saves his life,
In the Old Kingdom, a land of ancient and often terrible magics, eighteen year-old orphan Terciel learns the art of necromancy from his great-aunt Tizanael. But not to raise the Dead, rather to lay them to rest.
Taran the Assistant Pig-Keeper is on a quest and involved in an epic struggle between good and evil that shapes the fate of the legendary land of Prydain.
Will Stanton discovers he is the last of the Old Ones, immortals dedicated to keeping the world from domination by the forces of evil. At once, he is plunged into a quest for the six magical Signs.
Seventeen-year-old Suzume "Zu" Kimura is fighting for the rights of Psi kids against a growing tide of prejudice. But when she is accused of committing a horrifying act, she is forced to go on the run.
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS AND EARLY FANTASY STORIES
It's impossible to know when the first fantasy stories for young people were ever told, but some of the oldest in written form hail from One Thousand and One Nights (ʾAlf Laylah wa-Laylah in Arabic). The stories are not original works, but rather a collection of folk tales from across the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Some of the stories are very old, extending all the way back to ancient Mesopotamia. There is still considerable debate among scholars as to the origin of the Nights and how it was actually created in its current form.
The one consistent element is Queen Scheherazade, who acts as narrator and provides the connective element between the diverse stories, framing many as morality tales. It is intended that one story is told every night for one thousand and one nights, and many of the stories end on cliff-hangers to keep the reader enthralled for the next installment.
The stories were translated into English in the early 18th century and became commonly known as Arabian Nights. Later additions to the book, such as Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor were added by Western editors and were not in the original Arabic text. These stories have subsequently been told and retold — or turned into Disney movies — ever since. Some modern fantasy titles based on 1001 Nights include A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston, The Storyteller's Daughter by Cameron Dokey and Every Rising Sun by Jamila Ahmed.
It's impossible to know when the first fantasy stories for young people were ever told, but some of the oldest in written form hail from One Thousand and One Nights (ʾAlf Laylah wa-Laylah in Arabic). The stories are not original works, but rather a collection of folk tales from across the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Some of the stories are very old, extending all the way back to ancient Mesopotamia. There is still considerable debate among scholars as to the origin of the Nights and how it was actually created in its current form.
The one consistent element is Queen Scheherazade, who acts as narrator and provides the connective element between the diverse stories, framing many as morality tales. It is intended that one story is told every night for one thousand and one nights, and many of the stories end on cliff-hangers to keep the reader enthralled for the next installment.
The stories were translated into English in the early 18th century and became commonly known as Arabian Nights. Later additions to the book, such as Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor were added by Western editors and were not in the original Arabic text. These stories have subsequently been told and retold — or turned into Disney movies — ever since. Some modern fantasy titles based on 1001 Nights include A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston, The Storyteller's Daughter by Cameron Dokey and Every Rising Sun by Jamila Ahmed.
Red Sparkle Stone is about to be adopted into the royal family by Empress Elisa herself. Then the empress's greatest rival blocks the adoption and everything crumbles before Red's eyes.
The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone so she ventured out from the safety of the enchanted forest on a quest for others of her kind...
When Brie's sister is sold to the sadistic king of the Unseelie court to pay a debt, she'll do whatever it takes to get her back — including making a deal with the king himself to steal three magical relics!
Gu is a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox who must devour the energy of men to survive. Because so few believe in the old tales anymore, the modern city of Seoul is the perfect place to hide and hunt.
Jin Zhara already had enough to worry about keeping her magical gifts under control without having to deal with rumors of monsters re-emerging in the marsh.
Seventeen-year-old Julie Clarke has her future all planned out--move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, attend college in the city; spend a summer in Japan. But then Sam dies. And everything changes.
Devon lives with a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book's content after eating it. Then she learns her son has a hunger not for books, but for human minds.
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Sunny Nwazue's features are West African, but she's albino who can't go out into the sun. There seems to be no place where she fits in. Then she discovers she's a "free agent" with latent magical power.