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Moriarty, Chris. The Inquisitor's Apprentice. Harcourt, 2011. (Gr. 7+) FAN
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Moriarty, Chris. The Inquisitor's Apprentice. Harcourt, 2011. (Gr. 7+) FAN After it is discovered that he can see witches, a young Jewish boy named Sacha Kessler becomes an apprentice to the department's star Inquisitor, Maximillian Wolf, and while working to prevent magical crime with his fellow apprentice Lily Astral, clues are uncovered that lead Sacha to believe that his own family could be accused of murder. Morris, Gerald. Squire’s Quest. Houghton Mifflin, 2009. (Gr. 5-8) FAN After nearly six months without contact with the World of the Faeries--not even from his old friend, the mischievous sprite Robin--Terence is sure something is rotten in King Arthur's court. Previous titles: #1 The Squire’s Tale, 1998; #2 The Squire, His Knight, & His Lady, 1999; #3 The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf, 2000; #4 Parsifal’s Page, 2001; #5 The Ballad of Sir Dinadan, 2003; #6 The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight, 2004; #7 The Lioness & Her Knight, 2005; #8 The Quest of the Fair Unknown, 2006. Sequel: The Legend of the King, 2010. Morris, Gerald. The Adventures of Sir Gawain the True. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. (Gr. 3-5) FAN Relates the adventures of Sir Gawain, the only undefeated knight in King Arthur's court, who eventually learns the value of friendship, courtliness, and courtesy after a challenge from the Green Knight. Previous titles in The Knights’ Tales: The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great, 2008; The Adventures of Sir Givret the Short, 2008. Moss, Jenny. Shadow. Scholastic, 2010. (Gr. 8+) FAN When Shadow, whose job all her life has been to stay close to the young queen and prevent her prophecied death at the age of sixteen, fails in her task and the castle is thrown into chaos, she escapes along with a young knight, embarking upon a journey that eventually reveals her true identity. Mull, Brandon. A World Without Heroes. (Beyonders #1) Aladdin, 2011. (Gr. 5-8) FAN Fourteen-year-old Jason Walker is transported to a strange world called Lyrian, where he joins Rachel and a few rebels to piece together the Word that can destroy the malicious wizard emperor, Surroth. Sequel: Seeds of Rebellion, forthcoming 3/2012. Mullin, Mike. Ashfall. Tanglewood Press, 2011. (Gr. 7+) SF After the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano destroys his city and its surroundings, fifteen-year-old Alex must journey from Cedar Falls, Iowa, to Illinois to find his parents and sister, trying to survive in a transformed landscape and a new society in which all the old rules of living have vanished. Nadol, Jen. The Mark. Bloomsbury, 2010. (Gr. 9+) FAN While in Kansas living with an aunt she never knew existed and taking a course in philosophy, sixteen-year-old Cass struggles to learn what, if anything, she should do with her ability to see people marked to die within a day's time. Sequel: The Vision, forthcoming 9/2011. Nayeri, Daniel and Dina Nayeri. Another Faust. Candlewick, 2009. 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(Gr. 9+) PARANORMAL When Emma Vaile’s parents go missing while away on a mysterious business trip, she’s left all alone in her creepy old house. But her brother’s very cute best friend, Bennett Stern—Emma’s knight in J. Crew armor—arrives unexpectedly to whisk her away to New England. There, Emma settles into his family’s museum-like mansion and enrolls at an old-fashioned private school. She quickly finds friends in the popular legacy crowd at Thatcher and spends her free time crushing on Bennett. But the eerie visions she’s been hiding from everyone have gotten worse. Emma has memories of Thatcher that she can’t explain—it’s as if she’s returning home to a place she’s never been. Finally, Emma confides in Bennett and learns she is a ghostkeeper, a person who can communicate with ghosts. Bennett brought Emma to Thatcher to protect her, but now he needs her help tracking an other-worldly murderer. Sequels: Betrayal, 2011; Surrender, forthcoming 12/2011. Nimmo, Jenny. Charlie Bone and the Shadow. Orchard, 2008. (Gr. 5-8) FAN After his family is kidnapped and taken away to Badlock, Charlie Bone wastes no time in venturing to the forbidden land to fight his greatest enemy and free his beloved family. Newest in The Children of the Red King series. Previous titles: #1 Midnight for Charlie Bone, 2003; #2 Charlie Bone and the Time Twister, 2003; #3 Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy, 2004; #4 Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors, 2005; #6 Charlie Bone and the Beast, 2007. Sequel: Charlie Bone and the Red Knight, 2010. Nimmo, Jenny. The Chronicles of the Red King: The Secret Kingdom. Scholastic, 2011. (Gr. 5-8) FAN Timoken and his sister, Zobayda, under the protection of a forest jinni but pursued by evil virideed, straddle the world of men and the world of enchantments, seeking a home while remaining young by drinking a potion called Alixir. Nix, Garth. Superior Saturday. Scholastic, 2008. (Gr. 5-8) FAN As Arthur Penhaligon prepares to face the most powerful and knowledgeable Trustee of the Will, Superior Saturday, Arthur's mother is still missing, his home city is under attack, and his allies are unreliable when it comes to gaining the Sixth Key. Previous titles in The Keys to the Kingdom series: #1 Mister Monday, 2003; #2 Grim Tuesday, 2005; #3 Drowned Wednesday, 2005; #4 Sir Thursday, 2006; #5 Lady Friday, 2007. Newest title: Lord Sunday, 2010. Nix, Garth and Sean Williams. Troubletwisters. Scholastic, 2011. Jaide and Jack Shield don't know that the world is under attack. They don't know that their dad and their Grandma X, who they move in with, are Wardens, or that they themselves are troubletwisters, young Wardens just coming into their powers. Noel, Alyson. The Immortals: #1 Evermore. Griffin, 2009. 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(A/YA) FAN As Napoleon launches an attack on Britain, Captain Will Laurence, accused of treason, escapes from his prison ship and sets out on a desperate quest to reunite with his fighting dragon, Temeraire, who has been consigned to breeding grounds in Wales. Previous titles in the Temeraire Series: #1 His Majesty’s Dragon, 3/06; #2 Throne of Jade, 4/06; #3 Black Powder War, 5/06; #4 Empire of Ivory, 9/07. Sequels: #6 Tongues of Serpents, 2010; Crucible of Gold, forthcoming 3/2012. O’Brien, Caragh M. Birthmarked. Roaring Brook, 2010. (Gr. 7+) SF When her midwife mother is forcibly taken away by the very people she serves, 16-year-old Gaia Stone wonders whether the Enclave deserves the loyalty her family has so faithfully given. Sequel: Prized, forthcoming 11/2011. O’Brien, Johnny. Day of the Assassins: A Jack Christie Adventure. Candlewick, 2009. (Gr. 8+) SF Fifteen-year-old Jack is sent to 1914 Europe as a pawn in the battle between his long-lost father, who has built a time machine, and a secret network of scientists who want to prevent him from trying to use it to change history for the better. Includes historical notes. Sequel: Day of Deliverance, 2010. Odyssey, Shawn Thomas. The Wizard of Dark Street. Egmont, 2011. (Gr. 4-7) FAN Twelve-year-old Oona decides to quit her apprenticeship with her uncle, a wizard who owns an enchantment shop on the last of the Faerie roads that connect New York City to the Land of the Fey, and hone her skills as a detective, but when her uncle is found stabbed, Oona's skills are put to the test. Okorafor, Nnedi. Akata Witch. Viking, 2011. (Gr. 5-8) FAN Twelve-year-old Sunny Nwazue, an American-born albino child of Nigerian parents, moves with her family back to Nigeria, where she learns that she has latent magical powers which she and three similarly gifted friends use to catch a serial killer. Oliver, Lauren. Before I Fall. The Bowen Press, 2010. (Gr. 9+) SUPERNATURAL After she dies in a car crash, teenage Samantha relives the day of her death over and over again until, on the seventh day, she finally discovers a way to save herself. Oliver, Lauren. Liesl & Po. Harpercollins, forthcoming 10/2011. (Gr. 4-6) A mix-up involving the greatest magic in the world has tremendous consequences for Liesl, an orphan who has been locked in an attic, Will, an alchemist's runaway apprentice, and Po, a ghost, as they are pursued by friend and foe while making an importantjourney. Oliver, Lauren. Delirium. Harpercollins, 2011. (Gr. 8+) SF Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until ninety-five days before her eighteenth birthday and her treatment, she falls in love. O'Neal, Elis. The False Princess. Egmont, 2011. (Gr. 7+) FAN For sixteen years, Nalia has been raised as the princess of Thorvaldor, but one day she learns that her real name is Sinda and that she is part of a complicated plot that would change the future of her country forever. Oppel, Kenneth. This Dark Endeavor. Simon & Schuster, 2011. (Gr. 9+) SF When his brother falls ill in the family's chateau in the independent republic of Geneva, Victor Frankenstein embarks on a quest to create the Elixir of Life described in an ancient text in the family's secret Biblioteka Obscura. Paolini, Christopher. Inheritance. Knopf, forthcoming 11/2011. (Gr. 6+) Not so very long ago, Eragon—Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider—was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders. Previous titles in The Inheritance Cycle: Eragon, 2003; Eldest, 2006; Brisingr, 2008. Patterson, James. Max. Little Brown, 2009. (Gr. 7+) SF Fourteen-year-old Max, leader of a flock of genetically engineered part-human/part-bird hybrids, must volunteer, along with the five youngest members of the group, to join the Navy in learning why fish are dying off the coast of Hawaii, in order to be able to rescue her mother who has been kidnapped by a criminal mastermind. Previous titles: #1 The Angel Experiment, 2005; #2 School’s Out—Forever, 2006; #3 Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, 2007; #4 The Final Warning, 2008. Newest titles: Fang, 2010; Angel, 2011. Patneaude, David. Epitaph Road. Egmont, 2010. (Gr. 7+) SF In 2097, men are a small and controlled minority in a utopian world ruled by women, and fourteen-year-old Kellen must fight to save his father from an outbreak of the virus that killed ninety-seven percent of the male population thirty years earlier. Paver, Michelle. Outcast. Katherine Tegen Books, 2008. (Gr. 6-9) FAN Cast out of the clans because his mark as a Soul-Eater has been revealed, Torak finds refuge on a distant island, but when he discovers that Seshru the Viper Mage has discovered his whereabouts, Torak has no choice but to stand and fight. Previous titles in The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series: #1 Wolf Brother, 2005; #2 The Spirit Walker, 2006; #3 Soul Eater, 2007. Sequels: Oathbreaker, 2009; Ghost Hunter, 2010. Paxson, Diana L. Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Sword of Avalon. Roc, 2010. (A/YA) FAN Continuing the saga of the inhabitants of Avalon, a young boy raised in secret after his parents are killed by traitors returns home to prove his worth and lead his followers to victory while wielding the newly forged sword Excalibur. Previos titles: #1 Priestess of Avalon, 2001; #2 Ancestors of Avalon, 2004; #3 Ravens of Avalon, 2007. Pearce, Jackson. Sisters Red. Little Brown, 2010. (Gr. 8+) SUPERNATURAL After a Fenris, or werewolf, killed their grandmother and almost killed them, sisters Scarlett and Rosie March devote themselves to hunting and killing the beasts that prey on teenaged girls, learning how to lure them with red cloaks and occasionally using the help of their old friend, Silas, the woodsman's son. Companion novel: Sweetly, forthcoming 8/2011. Peck, Richard. Three Quarters Dead. Dial, 2010. (Gr. 7+) SUPERNATURAL Sophomore loner Kerry is overjoyed when three popular senior girls pick her to be in their clique until the seniors die in a car crash, return from the dead, and insist that Kerry help them exact revenge on a disloyal classmate. Peck, Richard. Secrets at Sea. Dial, forthcoming 10/2011. (Gr. 4-6) FAN Helena is the oldest of four mouse siblings who live in the walls of the Cranston estate. It is 1887 when the nouveau riche Cranstons decide to take a cruise ship to England in search of a husband for their awkward older daughter. The Cranston mice stow away in the luggage . . . and so begins the time of their lives, as they meet intriguing, cosmopolitan mice onboard and take it upon themselves to help the human Cranston daughters find love. They might just find perfect futures for themselves as well! Perro, Bryan. The Mask Wearer. Delacorte, 2011. (Gr. 5-7) FAN To defeat the forces of evil which threaten his world, young Amos Daragon, aided by mythical animal friends, sets out on a journey to find four masks that harness the forces of nature and sixteen powerful stones that give the masks their magic. Peterfreund, Diana. Rampant. Harperteen, 2009. (Gr. 7+) FAN After sixteen-year-old Astrid Llewelyn survives a vicious unicorn attack, she learns that she is a descendant of the most famous unicorn hunter of all time and she must travel to Rome, Italy, to train in the ancient arts in order to carry on her family legacy and save the world from the threat posed by the reemergence of lethal unicorns. Sequel: Ascendant, 2010. Pevel, Pierre. The Alchemist in the Shadows. Pyr, 2011. (A/YA) FAN In 1633 Paris, where dragons can be raised as pets, Cardinal Richelieu calls upon the Cardinals Blades to defend the city. Previous title: The Cardinal’s Blades, 2010. Pfeffer, Susan Beth. The Dead and the Gone. Harcourt, 2008. (Gr.7+) SF After a meteor hits the moon and sets off a series of horrific climate changes, seventeen-year-old Alex Morales must take care of his sisters alone in the chaos of New York City. Companion novel to: Life As We Knew It, 2006. Newest title: The World I Live In, 2010. Pierce, Tamora. Bloodhound: The Legend of Beka Cooper. Random House, 2009. (Gr. 7+) FAN Beka, who has been promoted from "Puppy" to "Dog" and who is now a full-fledged member of the Provost's Guard, heads with her former partner to a neighboring port city to investigate a case of counterfeit coins. Previous title: Terrier, 2006. Sequel: Mastiff, forthcoming 10/2011. Pierce, Tamora. Tortall and Other Lands : A Collection of Tales. Random House, 2011. (Gr. 7+) SS/FAN A collection of fantasy stories by Tamora Pierce that are set in her created land of Tortall and feature a range of familiar and unknown characters. Pike, Aprilynne. Spells. HarperTeen, 2010. (Gr. 7+) FAN A sequel to the best-selling Wings finds Laurel honing her Fall faerie skills six months after saving the gateway to Avalon and wondering how to proceed when she realizes her loved ones are still in danger, a situation complicated by her torn feelings for David and Tamani. Previous title: Wings, 2009. Sequel: Illusions, 2011. Pinkwater, Daniel. Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. (Gr. 5-8) FAN Big Audrey, who has cat-like whiskers, and her telephathic friend Molly set out on a journey to find out why flying saucers are landing behind the old stone barn in Poughkeepsie, New York, and, more importantly, to determine whether another cat-whiskered girl really exists. Previous titles: The Neddiad, 2007; The Yggyssey, 2009. Plum, Amy. Die for Me. HarperTeen, 2011. (Gr. 9+) Paranormal After their parents are killed in a car accident, sixteen-year-old Kate Mercier and her older sister Georgia, each grieving in her own way, move to Paris to live with their grandparents and Kate finds herself powerfully drawn to the handsome but elusive Vincent who seems to harbor a mysterious and dangerous secret. Pogue, David. Abby Carnelia's One and Only Magical Power. Roaring Brook, 2010. (Gr. 4-6) FAN After eleven-year-old Abby discovers that she has a completely useless magical power, she finds herself at a magic camp where her hope of finding others like herself is realized, but when a select group is taken to a different camp, a sinister plot comes to light. Pon, Cindy. Silver Phoenix: Beyond the Kingdom of Xia. Greenwillow, 2009. (Gr. 9+) FAN With her father long overdue from his journey and a lecherous merchant blackmailing her into marriage, seventeen-year-old Ai Ling becomes aware of a strange power within her as she goes in search of her parent. Sequel: Fury of the Phoenix, 2011. Pratchett, Terry. Unseen Academicals. Discworld #37. HarperCollins, 2009. (A/YA) FAN While Archchancellor Ridcully, at the request of benevolent tyrant Lord Ventinari, attempts to assemble a capable football team from the unathletic rabble at Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University, handsome yet lazy Trev falls for dim yet pretty kitchen maid Juliet. (The Discworld Series which began with The Color of Magic, 1983.) Newest title: Snuff, forthcoming 10/2011 Pratchett, Terry. The Illustrated Wee Free Men. Harpercollins, 2008. (Gr. 6+) FAN A young witch-to-be named Tiffany teams up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of six-inch-high blue men, to rescue her baby brother and ward off a sinister invasion from Fairyland, in an illustrated gift edition with fold-outs and new material by the author. The original Tiffany Aching Adventures: #1 The Wee Free Men, 2003; #2 A Hat Full of Sky, 2004; #3 Wintersmith, 2006; # 4 I Shall Wear Midnight, 2010. Priest, Cherie. Boneshaker. Tor, 2010. (A/YA) SF Commissioned to build a machine that will promote gold-rush land-breaking efforts between Civil War-era Seattle and Alaska, inventor Leviticus Blue inadvertently triggers the release of a deadly gas that transforms people into the living dead, a situation that prompts his teenage son to restore the family reputation years later. Sequels: Dreadnought, 2010; Ganymede, forthcoming 9/2011. Prineas, Sarah. The Magic Thief: Stolen. Harpercollins, 2008. (Gr. 5-8) FAN When a local pickpocket puts his hand in the pocket belonging to the wizard Nevery, Conn gets more than he expected when he is drawn into the world of wizardry as a result of his mischievous deed. Sequels: Lost, 2009; Found, 2010. Prineas, Sarah. Winterling. Harpercollins, forthcoming 1/2012. (Gr. 5-8) FAN Spirited young Fer travels through the Way to a magical world in which beings part human and part animal serve an evil ruler known as the Lady, and where she hopes to learn about her long-lost parents and her own identitiy. Putney, M. J. Dark Mirror. Griffin, 2011. (Gr. 8+) FAN Lady Victoria Mansfield has struggled to keep the secret that her blood is tainted by magic, but when a shocking accident forces her to reveal her skill, she is shipped off to Lackland Academy, a reform school for young men and women in her position, where she learns important lessons about love, friendship, and courage. Rallison, Janette. My Unfair Godmother. Walker, 2011. (Gr. 6-10) FAN A fairy godmother-in-training is sent to help angry seventeen-year-old Tansy, who reluctantly is staying with her father and his new wife while her mother and sister are traveling, but the unfortunate result of this intended help is chaos and confusion. Previous title: My Fair Godmother, 2009. 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