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On the Shelf (Booklists) WHAT BOOKS SHOULD STUDENTS READ BEFORE LEAVING HIGH SCHOOL? Books to Follow A Child Called It
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Shero Lit Girls can be heroes, too..... Remember, the OHMS libraries may not own all these titles, but we can always order them for you! See a library staff member for help. Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia – In the Forests of the Night Risika, a teenage vampire, wanders back in time to the year 1684 when, as a human, she died and was transformed against her will.
Bell, Hilari - Flame The land of Farsala has been prosperous and respected, but now three young people, Jiaan, Soraya, and Kavi see time's wheel turning, with Farsala headed towards destruction
Bell, Hilari - Goblin Wood A young Hedgewitch, an idealistic knight, and an army of clever goblins fight against the ruling hierarchy that is trying to rid the land of all magical creatures.
Black, Holly - Tithe Sixteen-year-old Kaye, who has been visited by faeries since childhood, discovers that she herself is a magical faerie creature with a special destiny.
Bull, Emma - War for the Oaks
Bulter,
Octavia - Parable of the Sower
Butler, Octavia - Parable of the Talents
Donoghue, Emma - Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins (short stories) A collection of thirteen interconnected stories that give old fairy tales a new twist.
Engdahl, Sylvia - Enchantress from the Stars When young Elana unexpectedly joins the team leaving the spaceship to study the planet Andrecia, she becomes an integral part of an adventure involving three very different civilizations, each one centered on the third planet from the star in its own solar system.
Gaiman, Neil - Coraline Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others
Goodman, Alison - Singing the Dogstar Blues In a future Australia, the saucy eighteen-year-old daughter of a famous newscaster and a sperm donor teams up with a hermaphrodite from the planet Choria in a time travel adventure that may significantly change both of their lives.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson - Turnabout After secretly receiving injections at the age of 100 that are meant to reverse the aging process, Melly and Anny Beth grow younger until, as teenagers, they try to find a guardian to take care of them as they return to infancy.
Kesel, Barbara- Meridian series (graphic novels)
Klause,
Annette Curtis – Blood and Chocolate Having fallen for a human boy, a beautiful teenage werewolf must battle both her packmates and the fear of the townspeople to decide where she belongs and with whom.
Klause, Annette Curtis - The Silver Kiss A mysterious teenage boy harboring a dark secret helps Zoe come to terms with her mother's terminal illness.
McKinley, Robin - Beauty Kind Beauty grows to love the Beast at whose castle she is compelled to stay and through her love releases him from the spell which had turned him from a handsome prince into an ugly beast.
McKinley, Robin - The Blue Sword "Harry" Crewe, bored with her predictable life in a remote outpost of the Royal Province of Daria, discovers she has mysterious powers when Corlath, king of the free Hillfolk, enlists her aid in fighting the evil Thurra.
McKinley, Robin - Deerskin
McKinley, Robin - The Hero and the Crown Aerin, with the guidance of the wizard Luthe and the help of the Blue Sword, wins the birthright due her as the daughter of the Damarian king and a witchwoman of the mysterious, demon-haunted North.
McKinley, Robin - Spindle's End The infant princess Briar Rose is cursed on her name day by Pernicia, an evil fairy, and then whisked away by a young fairy to be raised in a remote part of a magical country, unaware of her real identity and hidden from Pernicia's vengeful powers.
Nix, Garth - Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen (Trilogy) Sabriel: Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead. Lirael: When a dangerous necromancer threatens to unleash a long-buried evil, Lirael and Prince Sameth are drawn into a battle to save the Old Kingdom and reveal their true destinies Abhorsen: Abhorsen-In-Waiting Lirael and Prince Sameth, a Wallmaker, must confront and bind the evil spirit Oranis before it can destroy all life.
Pratchett,
Terry - Monstrous Regiment
Pratchett, Terry - Wee Free Men
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.
Pullman, Phillip - Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass)
The Golden Compass: 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. The Subtle Knife: As the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help Will Parry in his search for his father and for a powerful, magical knife. The Amber Spyglass: Lyra and Will find themselves at the center of a battle between the forces of the Authority and those gathered by Lyra's father, Lord Asriel.
Vande Velde, Vivian - Heir Apparent While playing a total
immersion virtual reality game of kings and intrigue, fourteen-year-old Giannine
learns that demonstrators have damaged the equipment to which she is connected,
and she must win the game quickly or be damaged herself. Dealing With Dragons: Bored with traditional palace life, a princess goes off to live with a group of dragons and soon becomes involved with fighting against some disreputable wizards who want to steal away the dragons' kingdom. Searching for Dragons: With the aid of King Mandanbar, Princess Cimorene rescues the dragon Kazul and saves the Enchanted Forest from a band of wicked wizards. Calling on Dragons: Queen Cimorene turns to her friends Morwen, Telemain, and Kazul for help when troublesome wizards make their way back into the Enchanted Forest and begin to soak up its magic. Talking to Dragons: Queen Cimorene sends her sixteen-year-old son Daystar into the Enchanted Forest with the only weapon that can combat an evil wizard's magic in an effort to restore the balance of power in the kingdom.
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