RECOMMENDEDREADS JFICTION:FANTASY
JAVER, M
TheCurseof EelgrassBog
MaryAverling
Dark secrets and unnatural magic abound when a twelve-year-old girl ventures into a bog full of monsters to break a mysterious curse. Nothing about Kess Pedrock's life is normal. But things get even stranger than usual when Kess meets Lilou Starling, the new girl in town.
JCOLE, O
TheEmpty Place
OliviaA. Cole
When Henry’s father goes missing in the forest on her tenth birthday, her entire world shatters. The last thing she expects is for him to emerge from the trees exactly one year later, unharmed and bearing a gift for her —a strange necklace.
JBECK, M
MiyaT. Beck Througha CloudedMirror
Inspired by The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, this is a breathtaking fantasy adventure. Yuki Snow, an aspiring writer and poet in contemporary California, literally escapes her problems through a magic mirror to imperial Japan.
JEDGE, C
Accidental Demons
ClareEdge
Bernadette Crowley is the perfect storm of magical accidents because she is a witch who can summon demons with a prick of her finger. But because she has diabetes, she summons demons every time she tests her blood sugar causing absolute chaos.
JFAGA, D
AGameof Noctis
DevaFagan
In the opulent, sinking city of Dantessa, the Great Game rules all. Pia Paro believes that so long as you follow the rules, you always have a chance at winning. But after her beloved Gramps is sentenced to a life of servitude, Pia accepts a dangerous offer and joins a team of players seeking to win the most perilous game of all: Noctis.
JLARO, R
Sonaandthe Golden Beasts
RajaniLaRocca
Though music is outlawed in the land of Devia, Sona hears it everywhere. Sona is a Malech, a member of the ruling class that conquered Devia centuries ago. Malechs forbade music to prevent the native Devans from using their magic, and Sona hides her abilities lest they put her in danger. Then Sona discovers an orphaned wolf pup. She believes the pup, with its golden ears, might be related to one of the five sacred beasts of Devia, and she vows to keep it safe.
JHUNG, L
LouiseHung HungryBones
Molly Teng sees things no one else can. By touching the belongings of people who have died, she gets brief glimpses into the lives they lived.
Glass:A CinderellaTale JLASK, K
KathrynLasky
Bess Wickham has always felt like a bit of an outcast among her family of extraordinary glassblowers, but then an immense, magical power that's lain dormant in her bloodline begins to emerge.
JLEE, J
TheLastRhee Witch
JennaLee-Yun
Ronnie and Jack are headed away to sleepaway camp for the first time ever. As it turns out, the old manor in the woods is the kind of place that's crawling with secrets. Secrets like a witch-hunting dokkaebi intent on finding and silencing the last Rhee witch.
SiobhanMcDermott TheFightforthe HiddenRealm
An outsider in her village above the cloud sea, 12-year-old orphan Yeung Zhi Ging's only hope of escape is to win the single invitation to train as a Silhouette: an apprentice to the immortals.
SaraTolscer Majestica JTOLC, S
Jurassic Park meets Skandar and the Unicorn Thief in this page-turning middle grade fantasy adventure set at a nature preserve for magical beasts, where two girls find themselves on a wilderness expedition gone disastrously wrong.
JVILL, G
LuluSinagtala andtheCityof NobleWarriors
GailD. Villanueva
Discovering that the creatures and deities of Tagalog myth are real when her mom is kidnapped, Lulu Sinagtala is drawn into a centuries-long war that threatens to throw the whole universe into chaos.
KarahSutton TheSongofthe Swan JSUTT, K
Olga is an orphan and a thief, relying on trickery and sleight of hand to make her way in the world. But it's magic, not thievery, that could get her into trouble.
AnneUrsu NotQuitea Ghost JURSU, A
From the award-winning author of The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy comes an unforgettable and deeply personal story of the ghosts that surround us--and the ones we carry inside.
DeebaZargarpur FarrahNoorzad andtheRingof Fate JZARG, D
A 12-year-old girl discovers her true jinn heritage when a birthday wish gone wrong traps her father in a magical ring, sending her on an epic quest to free him.
