| Almond, David |
Skellig |
J Fic Almond |
| Unhappy about his baby sister's illness and the chaos of moving into a dilapidated old house, Michael retreats to the garage and finds a mysterious stranger who is something like a bird and something like an angel |
| Barry, Dave |
Peter and the Shadow Thieves |
J FIC BARRY |
| Realizing that Molly and the other Starcatchers are in danger when the sinister being Lord Ombra visits the island and seems to control people through their shadows, Peter and Tinker Bell travel to England to help save the stardust |
| Barry, Dave |
Peter and the Starcatchers |
J Fic Barry |
| Soon after Peter, an orphan, sets sail from England on the ship Never Land, he befriends and assists Molly, a young Starcatcher, whose mission is to guard a trunk of magical stardust from a greedy pirate and the native inhabitants of a remote island. |
| Creech, Sharon |
The Castle Corona |
J Fic Creech |
| Two orphaned peasant children discover a mysterious pouch, the contents of which lead them to the majestic Castle Corona, where their lives may be transformed forever |
| Dahl, Roald |
The BFG |
J Fic Dahl |
| Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants |
| DiCamillo, Kate |
The tale of Despereaux : being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread |
J Fic DiCamillo |
| The adventures of Despereaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin |
| DiTerlizzi, Tony. |
The Field Guide |
J FIC DiTerlizzi |
| When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences. |
| Eager, Edward |
Half magic |
J Fic Eager |
| Faced with a dull summer in the city, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha suddenly find themselves involved in a series of extraordinary adventures after Jane discovers an ordinary-looking coin that seems to grant wishes |
| Ferris, Jean |
Once upon a Marigold |
J Fic Ferris |
| A young man with a mysterious past and a penchant for inventing things leaves the troll who raised him, meets an unhappy princess he has loved from afar, and discovers a plot against her and her father |
| Funke, Cornelia Caroline |
Inkheart |
J Fic Funke |
| Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service. |
| Gaiman, Neil. |
The graveyard book |
J Fic Gaiman |
| Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard |
| Jonell, Lynne |
Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat |
J Fic Jonell |
| hen Emmy discovers that she and her formerly loving parents are being drugged by their evil nanny with rodent potions that can change people in frightening ways, she and some new friends must try everything possible to return things to normal |
| Levine, Gail Carson |
Ella enchanted |
J Fic Levine |
| In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her. At birth, Ella of Frell was given the gift of obedience by a fairy. Ella soon realizes that this gift is little better than a curse, for how can she truly be herself if at any time anyone can order her to hop on one foot, or cut off her hand, or betray her kingdom--and she'll have to obey?... |
| Lowry, Lois. |
The giver |
J Fic Lowry |
| Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives |
| Mull, Brandon |
Fablehaven |
J Fic Mull |
| When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents' estate, they discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures and that a battle between good and evil is looming |
| Nimmo, Jenny. |
Midnight for Charlie Bone |
J Fic Nimmo |
| Charlie Bone's life with his widowed mother and two grandmothers undergoes a dramatic change when he discovers that he can hear people in photographs talking |
| Pullman, Philip |
The Golden Compass |
J FIC Pullman |
| Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North |
| Rylant, Cynthia. |
The Van Gogh Cafe |
J Fic Rylant |
| The Van Gogh Cafe, located in Flowers, Kansas, has magic in its walls, causing strange and mysterious events to occur there |
| Selfors,Suzanne |
To Catch a Mermaid |
J Fic Selfors |
| When twelve-year-old Boomerang Broom discovers a wish-granting baby mermaid, he takes her home and his little sister begs to keep her, with unexpected consequences |
| Shan, Darren |
Cirque du Freak |
J Fic Shan |
| Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices |
| Stewart, Paul |
Vox |
J Fic Stewart |
| Rook Barkwater, the young librarian knight, attempts to stop Vox Verlix, the Most High Academe, in his plot to take over Edgeworld once again. |
| Yep, Laurence |
Dragon of the lost sea |
J FIC YEP |
| Shimmer, a renegade dragon princess, tries to redeem herself by capturing a witch with the help of a human boy. |