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Blue Sky
Brian Kindall
Synopsis: Blue Sky can climb like an ibex. She was raised in the highest peaks of the Alps by the herd and named for the color of her eyes. They say her father was a fallen alpinist and her mother his beautiful dying dream… and so, as you may guess, she’s somewhat magical – strong and sure-footed on the peaks, and natural as an ibex in this harsh environment of wind, rock, and ice. Until one day when she rescues a young alpinist from a stormy peak. The boy looks like her, and he tells her of the world of mysteries beyond the crags. Sky longs to follow him. Can a girl raised by ibex in the mountains ever join the world of humans? Blue Sky must first fulfill her promise to the ibex and find the courage to leave everything she’s ever known.
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Age Level: 8 - 12
Genre: Fantasy
Avoidables 1-3
Rachel Medhurst
Synopsis: Avoidables have defects ranging from looks to unexplained gifts. Some of us are half breeds. Dragons and animals were known to have bred with the human race thousands of years ago. We all live in cities, usually divided in two. The Perfects live on the Upper Side, while the Avoidables inhabit the Lower Side. We've been consumed by hate for a race that rejects us so heartlessly. We've become dangerous. All we want is the Perfects to love and respect us.

Follow Hope, Purple and Jason on their individual journeys.

Hope uncovers a great secret about herself when she meets Jason, a Perfect that brings out the best in her.

Purple tries to rescue a kidnaped Hope, but soon realises that she's in better company than they knew. When he meets Alia, he's determined not to follow his best friends footsteps in love.

Jason needs to prove himself. Avoidables view him as the Perfect mummy's boy, but he will find a way to show Hope that he is perfect for her.

'This is a bundled serial.'
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Age Level: Mature Young Adult
Genre: Fantasy
Firefly Hollow
Christopher Denise, Alison McGhee
Synopsis: Firefly. Cricket. Vole. Peter. Can four creatures from four very different Nations help one another find their ways in a world that can feel oh-so-big? Delve into this “wise and lovely reading adventure” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) in the tradition of Charlotte’s Web and The Rats of NIMH, from the author of the New York Times bestselling Someday.

“Firefly Hollow will set your heart aglow” (ALA Booklist, starred review).

Firefly doesn’t merely want to fly, she wants to touch the moon. Cricket doesn’t merely want to sing about baseball, he wants to catch. When these two little creatures with big dreams wander out of Firefly Hollow, refusing to listen to their elders, they find themselves face-to-face with the one creature they were always told to stay away from…a giant.

But Peter is a Miniature Giant. They’ve always been told that a Miniature Giant is nothing but a Future Giant, but this one just isn’t quite as big or as scary as the other Giants. Peter has a dream of his own, as well as memories to escape. He is overwhelmed with sadness, and a summer with his new unlikely friends Firefly and Cricket might be just what he needs. Can these friends’ dreams help them overcome the past?

Firefly Hollow is nothing short of enchanting, reminding us all that the very best friend is the one who encourages you to achieve your dreams. Full-color tip-in illustrations and dozens of black-and-white drawings provide added glow.
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Age Level: 8 - 12
Genre: Fantasy
Lonely Reader Looking For Love (Cupid's Daughter #1)
Synopsis: In the wake of Manifold’s attack, Rose Gardens, aka Star Girl, is desperate to get her life back to normal. That means spending time with her wonderful boyfriend Ben Royal, attending classes at Century City University and occasionally saving the day.

But what Rose wants is drastically different from what she gets.

Soon Star Girl finds herself in the crosshairs of an upstart super villain wannabe who’s on a devastating rampage through Century City.

Before Star Girl even has a chance to fight back, she finds herself swept up in a mystery involving one of her teammates that could have disastrous implications for her secret identity.

Once again, Rose finds herself torn between two men: her boyfriend, the man she loves, and her teammate, the man who’s secret could sweep her off her feet or destroy her life completely.


Other books in the Star Girl series
DATING THE VILLAIN (Book 1)
DATING THE HERO (Book 2)
DATING DISASTER (Book 3)
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Age Level: Mature Young Adult
Genre: Fantasy
Lonely, But Afraid to Love (Cupid's Daughter #3)
Synopsis: Emma is finally getting a date with Milo!

Unfortunately, True Love may have other plans.

Becky Sayers is feeling desperately alone. Almost despondent over the fact she hasn’t found her True Love. Can Emma help her before it’s too late?

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Emma Valentine is just your average ordinary twenty-four year old Manhattanite, living in an apartment that makes a shoebox look spacious, barely making a living working as the cutest barista at the Grind House and, oh yeah, she’s also Cupid’s Daughter.

That’s right. Cupid. As in the guy responsible for helping everyone find their True Love.

Cupid’s Daughter is a short story style series. Each issue is approximately 10,000 words or 30 pages and designed to be read in under an hour, so they're perfect for when you're waiting at appointments or have a few extra minutes to spare.
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Age Level: Mature Young Adult
Genre: Fantasy
Looking for that Love Connection (Cupid's Daughter #2)
Synopsis: Emma Valentine is faced with a unique problem:

Somewhere in Manhattan, right now, there’s a woman and her True Love is ready to find her.

Normally this would be right up Emma’s alley. Except she doesn’t know the woman’s name and she doesn’t know her True Love’s name.

New York City is filled with millions of people. How in the world is Emma supposed to find the two that are perfect for each other?

*******

Emma Valentine is just your average ordinary twenty-four year old Manhattanite, living in an apartment that makes a shoebox look spacious, barely making a living working as the cutest barista at the Grind House and, oh yeah, she’s also Cupid’s Daughter.

That’s right. Cupid. As in the guy responsible for helping everyone find their True Love.

Cupid’s Daughter is a short story style series. Each issue is approximately 10,000 words or 30 pages and designed to be read in under an hour, so they're perfect for when you're waiting at appointments or have a few extra minutes to spare.
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Age Level: Mature Young Adult
Genre: Fantasy
The Whisperer
Fiona McIntosh
Synopsis:

In this adventurous retelling of The Prince and the Pauper, the lives of a runaway royal and a carnival worker become intertwined as each is compelled to fight for his life and family. Fans of The Sixty-Eight Rooms and Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy won’t want to miss this.
 
Lute is a prince, next in line to the throne. Griff is a poor carnival worker who does the heavy lifting while the malevolent ringmaster orders him about. But there’s something special about Griff: he can hear the thoughts of everyone around him. And one day, he begins to connect with Lute’s mind, even though they’ve never met and are miles apart.

When Lute must run for his very life, Griff may be the only one who can help him. In a journey over land and sea, these heroes battle deadly foes and make unlikely allies, including a host of magical creatures and their caretaker, a bitter old dwarf, and a mysterious lady pirate. When the boys finally come together, they will learn they are connected in ways they could never have imagined, ways that may save them—or cost them both their lives.




From the Hardcover edition.
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Age Level: 8 - 12
Genre: Fantasy
The Wind
Matthew Janeski
Synopsis: Kieran Quinn’s cousin is dead. They found him out in the woods, not a scratch on him. Then things got really weird. A creepy FBI agent is following Kieran around town in a minivan. He’s stumbled upon an odd, not-so-abandoned house in the forest. And his new friends, a quartet of octogenarians who live in the basement of a tiny house on Church Street, are telling stories unlike any he’s heard before.

The sudden death of 12-year-old Kieran’s cousin Michael is the first in a string of perplexing events that forces Kieran to remap his inner and outer worlds. Soon after Michael’s funeral, Kieran befriends the residents of a pair of extraordinary houses who begin to weave an unbelievable story about the true nature of the universe. Spurred on by his desire to find answers about Michael’s death, Kieran ranges over the humid suburban landscape, all the while evading an unfriendly FBI agent whose work may involve a lot more than he lets on. As the line between what is real and what is not becomes a blur, Kieran is propelled ever closer to the scene of Michael’s death. Too close, in fact.
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Age Level: 8 - 12
Genre: Fantasy
Lot's Mountain
N.R. Allen
Synopsis: Magic, monsters, mayhem … and high school. What could go wrong? Everything!

I’m a freak, but I've got the God-given sense to know to keep it a secret that I can use magic to lose some things and to find other things. As magic goes, it totally sucks, especially since I can’t control it. I couldn’t use it to find my brother and save him from a serial killer. So what good is it that I can lose a shoe and find a hubcap?

Some people do think I'm extra special, though. I don’t know how they found out about me, but the Stone Men and their Black Dogs are after me every chance they get. It's their job to keep magic a secret and make you think the world is normal. The Glass Man’s out to get me, too. He's just out to make everybody his psycho slave. There's a war coming between Stone and Glass, and I'm right in the middle. But this war isn't just about hidden magic and humans.

When you’re a little kid, your parents tell you that there isn’t any such thing as monsters. Well, they’re lying. Some monsters want to offer you a deal, and some, well, some just might end up your best friend. Others, they just want to eat you.

Right now, I’m dodging homework and things trying to turn me into lunch. I’m gonna find a way out of this war and save my friends… or die trying--
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fantasy
The Witches of Armour Hill: Switch
Synopsis: Margaret May Reis knows how strange she is; people have been telling her for years. At sixteen years old, though, Maggie begins to realize that strangeness is only half the story. Maggie isn’t just strange – she’s a witch.

Sent to live with a cousin she’s never met, in a city she doesn't remember, Maggie is sure that life as she knows it is over. It doesn't take her long to learn that Peterborough is not at all what it seems. Her first week in the city, Maggie meets a stray cat named Elowen, who seems to appear out of thin air, and a strange girl named Rhosyn, who introduces her to a coven of witches, and assures her that life will never be the same.

The newest member of an ancient coven, Maggie discovers new friends, new powers, and a new lease on life. As she works with her young sisters to hone their magical skills, they stumble across the coven’s darkest secret, one that their governing council has kept hidden for over a century. Caught up in a conspiracy that began with the very first generations of witches, Maggie and her friends tumble down the rabbit hole, reaching blindly for the truth.

It will take three young witches to uncover the secrets that their Matriarch left behind over a century before.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fantasy
A Nearer Moon
Melanie Crowder
Synopsis: In a small river village where the water is cursed, a girl’s bravery could mean the difference between life and death in this magical story of “perseverance and hope” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) from the author of Parched and Audacity.

Along a lively river, in a village raised on stilts, lives a girl named Luna. All her life she has heard tales of the time before the dam appeared, when sprites danced in the currents and no one got the mysterious wasting illness from a mouthful of river water. These are just stories, though—no sensible person would believe in such things.

Beneath the waves is someone who might disagree. Perdita is a young water sprite, delighting in the wet splash and sparkle, and sad about the day her people will finally finish building their door to another world, in search of a place that humans have not yet discovered.

But when Luna’s little sister falls ill with the river sickness, everyone knows she has only three weeks to live. Luna is determined to find a cure for her beloved sister, no matter what it takes. Even if that means believing in magic…
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Age Level: 8 - 12
Genre: Fantasy
Beyond the Plains (World of Myth Series)
Patricia Hamill, Travis Bughi
Synopsis: For sixteen years, Emily Stout has known a simple, yet harsh, life on the Great Plains—farming the land, avoiding thunderbirds and banshees, dealing with minotaurs and gnomes—but she dreams of more. She longs to wander the plains as a gunslinger, serve the angels as a knight, or anything else that could break her free of her trapped existence.

Then, in a moment of desperation, Emily’s mother reveals a secret, one that will change everything for her, give her the chance to explore her world, and send her to the magnificent city of Lucifan. However, Lucifan is not the utopia it appears to be, and there are many dark and deadly creatures with equally dark and deadly plans. Amongst the brutal ogres, terrifying gargoyles, and plotting leprechauns, Emily will find an enemy shrouded in darkness and deceit who wants nothing more than her death.

Faced with all of this, what chance does a farmer’s daughter have?
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Age Level: Mature Young Adult
Genre: Fantasy
Legends of Green Isle: The Forgotten Spell (Book 1)
Synopsis: Stewart Manor had a mystery. Children went missing, but Matt and his little brother Toby didn’t know that when they moved there. When Toby disappears, along with two other children from the small town, Matt and his new friends find themselves thrust into battle with an ancient evil that seeks to destroy not only the magic in the parallel dimension of Green Isle, but all magic, even that on Earth. “The Forgotten Spell” is the first book in the Legends of Green Isle series. Join the adventure as the legendary four friends mark their own place in the annals of Green Isle.
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Age Level: Mature Young Adult
Genre: Fantasy
Tiadath Mage
Grant E. Brazell, Grant E. Brazell
Synopsis: As fingers of mist claw their way across the land, withering crops and crumbling towns into piles of worthless stone, the King of Eldanal appears powerless to stop it. When reports of a mage casting potent spells from lands far beyond the king’s reach, Tesania must take up her father’s ancient sword and set forth across uncharted seas to infiltrate a society where she plainly does not belong.

With Deavon and Kailyn at her side, she must track the mage to his lair deep within the Loden Mountains and call upon all of her guile if she is to have any hope of standing against the Tiadath Mage and his overwhelming magic.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fantasy
Tesania complete series Box set: Trannyth's Keep, Tiadath Mage
Synopsis: Tesania series, 2 book box set.

Book 1: Tesania is the only survivor after her village is massacred by magically altered beasts. In the aftermath of the attack she senses her father's sword calling out to her, the hilt reforming to fit her small hand as she draws the blade from its sheath.

With its magic tingling at her nerves, she embarks on a mission of revenge.

Could her father's sword be the ancient weapon spoken of in the decaying parchments of the Tenule chronicles, imbued with magic and forged with blood? Can it possibly make the difference when she stands before the evil mage, Trannyth, and demands her vengeance on his beasts?

Book 2: As fingers of mist claw their way across the land, withering crops and crumbling towns into piles of worthless stone, the King of Eldanal appears powerless to stop it. When reports of a mage casting potent spells from lands far beyond the king’s reach, Tesania must take up her father’s ancient sword and set forth across uncharted seas to infiltrate a society where she plainly does not belong.

With Deavon and Kailyn at her side, she must track the mage to his lair deep within the Loden Mountains and call upon all of her guile if she is to have any hope of standing against the Tiadath Mage and his overwhelming magic.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fantasy
Fairy Godmothers of The Four Directions
Synopsis: Honorable Mention Writer's Digest 2016 Inspirational eBooks

A sophisticated story of empowerment and mysticism balanced with science and wrapped in the rich symbolic language of the fairy tale. Cinderella journeys around the cardinal points of the compass studying with a Fairy Godmother for each direction. She must awaken to the Four Directions on her quest to wholeness and the totality required to become Queen.

FROM THE MIDWEST BOOK REVIEWS senior editor Diane Donavan

"A powerful examination of vulnerability and change that takes the trappings of a well-worn fairytale and injects it with new life. Readers of psychology, fantasy retellings, and self-help books will find Fairy Godmothers of The Four Directions a satisfyingly different approach that succeeds in packing much food for thought into what initially appears to be a simple retelling."

If fairy tales are like life, filled with insurmountable obstacles and heart breaking tragedies, how do we find happiness? Be honest, we are all looking for our happily-ever-after. To find her happiness Cinderella is required to transform from a girl into a Princess. Only a Princess can marry the Prince. This is fairytale speak for becoming a whole person. And the journey to wholeness is through the Four Directions, for her and for you, too.

The Prince explains, "Each direction is a paradigm for inward knowledge and worldly knowledge. A Fairy Godmother will introduce you to the qualities of their specific direction. Resolve the challenges and awaken... Together the Four Directions form the beginning of wisdom. Find the center of the Four Directions to claim your throne."

Like you and me, Cinderella is confused. "Four Directions? Fairy Godmothers? A Throne?"

Prince said, “There are many Fairy Godmothers. I studied with a different Fairy Godmother for each cardinal direction.” He added, “The dangers inherent in running a Kingdom are immense. People have agenda's, they cover deceit with distractions, and some are just plain dangerous when they don't get what they want. The Kingdom (life) requires you know your strengths, see past manipulation and deceit. The Four Directions will teach you..." Experience the adventures with Cinderella as she studies with The Fairy Godmothers of the Four Directions.
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Age Level: 8 - 12
Genre: Fantasy

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