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Faerie Wars
Herbie Brennan
Synopsis:

Henry Atherton thinks his life is spinning out of control. But nothing prepares him for the invisible portal in old man Fogarty's backyard . . . and the unexpected stranger who comes through it.
Pyrgus Malvae, crown prince of the Faerie realm, is on the run. Too many people want the rebellious young heir dead: a scheming sorcerer, a powerful demon, the malignant leader of the Faeries of the Night, and maybe even a hidden traitor within his father's court.
Henry and Pyrgus come from very different worlds, but it may be up to Henry to save all of Faerie from being conquered by the Nightside, even if it means crossing over to a magical realm where nothing is ever what it seems . . . and no one can be trusted.

Publication Date: 01/02/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fantasy
Skybreaker
Kenneth Oppel
Synopsis:

A legendary ghost ship. An incredible treasure. A death-defying adventure.

Forty years ago, the airship Hyperion vanished with untold riches in its hold. Now, accompanied by heiress Kate de Vries and a mysterious gypsy, Matt Cruse is determined to recover the ship and its treasures. But 20,000 feet above the Earth's surface, pursued by those who have hunted the Hyperion since its disappearance, and surrounded by deadly high-altitude life forms, Matt and his companions soon find themselves fighting not only for the Hyperion—but for their very lives.

Publication Date: 01/02/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
Vampire Academy
Richelle Mead
Synopsis: The story that kicked off the international #1 bestselling Vampire Academy series is NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!

St. Vladimir’s Academy isn’t just any boarding school—it’s a hidden place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. They’ve been on the run, but now they’re being dragged back to St. Vladimir’s—the very place where they’re most in danger. . . .

Rose and Lissa become enmeshed in forbidden romance, the Academy’s ruthless social scene, and unspeakable nighttime rituals. But they must be careful lest the Strigoi—the world’s fiercest and most dangerous vampires—make Lissa one of them forever.

Publication Date: 01/02/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Breaking Up
Christine Norrie, Aimee Friedman
Synopsis: BREAKING UP is something different for the Gossip Girls set: all the drama, all the romance, all the style -- illustrated in juicy graphic novel format.

"There's a fine line between a friend and an enemy. One minute there's all this trust, and laughter, and love. And the next minute . . . there's hurt. And cruelty. And betrayal."

Meet Chloe Sacks: Thoughtful, artistic, and a junior at Georgia O'Keeffe School for the Arts, nicknamed "Fashion High" for its trendy student body. Along with her best friends, Erika, Isabel, and MacKenzie, she's looking forward to a sparkling year of parties and romance.

And it is an eventful year. But not quite what she expected. Who'd have thought that falling in love would be such a disaster?
Publication Date: 01/01/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Chick Lit
The Ice Dragon
Yvonne Gilbert,R.R. Martin George George R. R. Martin
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Publication Date: 05/14/25
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fiction
The Stone Light
Kai Meyer
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Publication Date: 05/14/25
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
The Highwayman
R. A. Salvatore
Synopsis: Synopsis In The Highwayman, New York Times bestselling author R. A. Salvatore takes his readers back to his signature world of Corona, introducing a fascinating new hero in the Saga of the First King series. It is God's year 54, many years before the Demon Wars, in the land of Corona. The roads are unsafe to travel; goblins and bloodthirsty Powries search out human prey. Two religions struggle fiercely for control. Bran Dynard, a monk of the fledgling religion of Abelle, returns from his mission in a far-off land with a book of mystical knowledge and a beautiful and mysterious new wife. But he soon realizes that the world he left behind has changed, and his dream of spreading the wisdom he learned to his fellow monks is crushed. Forced to hide his wife and his precious book, Bran must decide whom he can trust and where he should now place his faith. Twenty years later, the situation has grown darker and more desperate. Only the Highwayman travels freely, his sword casting aside both Powries and soldiers. The people need a savior, but is the Highwayman on a mission of mercy or vengeance?
Publication Date: 05/14/25
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
Cam's Quest
Dian Curtis Regan
Synopsis: After Princess Quinn ventured from Mandria to Outer Earth last year, Cam's life changed completely, and now it is Cam's turn to travel to Outer Earth to find his identity while Princess Quinn waits in Mandria.
Publication Date: 12/27/06
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fiction
Princess Nevermore
Dian Curtis Regan
Synopsis: When a fifteen-year-old Mandrian princess makes a wish in a wizard's circle, she winds up on Earth alone and without the ability and desire to return to home.
Publication Date: 12/27/06
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fantasy
Hunter's Heart
Julia Green
Synopsis: A rites of passage story about a 14-year-old boy growing up over one summer. Simon is beginning to sort out relationships with women, and when 16-year-old Leah decides to manipulate him for her own amusement, a powerful and dangerous mix begins to simmer. Set against a wild Cornish landscape and the evidence of a harsh and violent past, this is the story of a young man growing upand the girl who ultimately betrays him.
Publication Date: 12/27/06
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fiction
Chandlefort
David Randall
Synopsis: When a mysterious stranger enters her world and discovers that her mother's life is now in danger, Clovermead must put aside the rules of being Demoiselle and return to her shape-shifting ways in order to save her sovereign land of Chandlefort and her mother from pending destruction.
Publication Date: 12/26/06
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth
Robin Wasserman
Synopsis: One of the seven is dead, and everyone's reeling:

Adam's done. With love, with school...with everything. Done.

Beth's doing her best to act "normal," but even Reed recognizes devastation, since all he does is fantasize about Kaia.

Miranda's lost too.
Did she ever really forgive Harper?

Only Kane is actually doing something: uncovering how the crash happened -- and why.

But there's no do-over with death.

There's only moving on -- to the most unlikely places....
Publication Date: 12/26/06
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Dragon Avenger
E.E. Knight
Synopsis: Flung to freedom as their mother battles a group of slave-trading dwarves, young Wistala and her gray, scaleless brother, Auron, find themselves alone in the Upper World. And when Auron sacrifices himself so that she may live, Wistala must overcome her grief and fear to find others of her kind-and bring her wrath to bear on those who would destroy them.
Publication Date: 12/05/06
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
Stake That!
Mari Mancusi
Synopsis: A fresh voice and fresh blood - it adds up to one very sassy vampire series...

Sisters. They'll swipe your clothes, your boyfriends, your destiny. But it wasn't exactly Rayne's twin Sunny's fault. Magnus, a vamp hottie and coven leader, mistook Sunny for Rayne last month and bit her instead. Now they're doing the inter-species dating thing.

Turns out that for every generation, there's a Vampire Slayer - and this time around, it just happens to be Rayne MacDonald. Her first mission: infiltrate a seedy vamp bar downtown and expose its vampire owner for purposely spreading a blood disease he created himself - a task almost harder than passing trig.

After going it alone once, Rayne realizes she needs help. So Magnus sends his sexy Goth buddy Jareth to go undercover with her. And, frankly, Rayne wouldn't mind going under the covers with him. Maybe fate doesn't bite after all...

Publication Date: 12/05/06
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fantasy
Mia the Meek
Eileen Boggess
Synopsis: After one summer at the Little Tykes Theatre, Mia Fullerton is meek no more, but that doesn't make her life any easier―not in her sophomore year at St. Hilary’s, when her best friend Lisa forces her into a dangerously big part in The Music Man. Not when her ex-boyfriend, Tim, is teaching his little brother Chris to treat women like objects.And not when she learns to drive―with serious repercussions.Who is Mia? Is she an independent girl like Zoë, her acerbic goth friend from Little Tykes? Or is she the girl who misses Tim, even after the way he betrayed her? Can Mia forgive Tim? Should she instead choose Eric, Zoë’s cousin, a nicer and more respectful choice in every way? Or would either choice defeat her goals of independence?Between dog costumes and stage costumes, big embarrassments and bigger chickens, and everything else that could possibly go wrong, Mia the Magnificent is a hilarious, clever, and endlessly fun novel, and the best installment yet of the Mia Fullerton series.
Publication Date: 12/01/06
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fiction
Hollywood Hills
Aimee Friedman
Synopsis: Get your drama on as the girls from New York Times bestseller SOUTH BEACH and its sexy sequel, FRENCH KISS, strut back into the limelight in another sizzling tale of romance, friendship, and crushes.

Celebrity sightings. Sizzling nightlife. Endless shopping.
Hollywood, here they come...

Alexa: She's stopped believing in love at first sight....but can a Hollywood heartbreaker make her look twice?

Holly: When a collision with destiny pulls her heart in two directions, which path will she choose? Either way, this trip will change everything.

With one week to go before graduation, Alexa and Holly take off on a whirlwind trip to L.A. Can they handle the drama?
Publication Date: 12/01/06
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Chick Lit

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