Fiction+-+Fantasy

=// New Fiction Books at Cal Young ~ 2009-2010 //=

//** Fantasy ~ Science Fiction **//
FIC Bel Bell, Hilari //**The Last Knight**// 2007. In alternate chapters, eighteen-year-old Sir Michael Sevenson, an anachronistic knight errant, and seventeen-year-old Fisk, his street-wise squire, tell of their noble quest to bring Lady Ceciel to justice while trying to solve her husband's murder. //A 2009 Best Book for Young Adults//

Fic Buc Buckley, Michael //**The Everafter War****: The Sisters Grimm ; Book 7**// 2009. After their parents awake from a sleeping spell, Daphne and Sabrina become caught in the middle of a war between the Scarlet Hand and Prince Charming's Everafter army and learn a shocking secret about a deadly enemy.

FIC Bun Bunce, Elizabeth C. //**A Curse Dark as Gold**// 2009. Upon the death of her father, seventeen-year-old Charlotte struggles to keep the family's woolen mill running in the face of an overwhelming mortgage and what the local villagers believe is a curse, but when a man capable of spinning straw into gold appears on the scene she must decide if his help is worth the price. (Fantasy - Romance - Historical Fiction) //A 2009 Best Book for Young Adults//

FIC Car Carey, Janet Lee //**Dragon's Keep**// 2007. In 1145 A.D., as foretold by Merlin, fourteen-year-old Rosalind, who will be the twenty-first Pendragon Queen of Wilde Island, has much to accomplish to fulfill her destiny, while hiding from her people the dragon's claw she was born with that reflects only one of her mother's dark secrets. //2010 Battle of the Book selection//

FIC Cas Cashore, Kristin //**Graceling**// 2008. In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king. //MC/8th grade or parent consent A 2009 Best Book for Young Adults// //2010 Teens' Top Ten Nominee//

FIC Col Collins, Suzanne //**Catching Fire** (Hunger Games, Book 2) 2009.// By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion. //MC/8th grade or parent consent//

FIC Del Delaney, Joseph //**Clash of the Demons: The Last Apprentice ; Book 6**// 2009.Tom is reunited with his mother and must return to Greece to face a new and terrible threat from the dark forces, and a momentous decision must be made, causing a serious rift between Tom and the Spook that threatens to separate them forever.

FIC Fla Flanagan, John 2009. Now a full-fledged Ranger, Will must rescue his friend Alyss from a rogue knight and uncover vital information needed to ward off a Scotti invasion.
 * //The Siege of Macindaw: Ranger's Apprentice ; Book 6//**

FIC Had Haddix, Margaret Peterson //**Sent**//: //**Missing, Book 2**// 2009. Jonah, Katherine, Chip, and Alex suddenly find themselves in 1483 at the Tower of London, where they discover that Chip and Alex are Prince Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury, imprisoned by their uncle, King Richard III, but trying to repair history without knowing what is supposed to happen proves challenging. Author's note includes historical facts about the princes and king.

FIC Hal Halpern, Jake //**Dormia**// 2009. After learning of his ancestral ties to Dormia, a hidden kingdom in the Ural Mountains whose inhabitants possess the ancient power of "wakeful sleeping," twelve-year-old Alfonso sets out on a mission to save the kingdom from destruction, discovering secrets that lurk in his own sleep.

FIC Hun Hunter, Erin 2009. Bluefur, a warrior of ThunderClan, struggles under the weight of a prophecy that promises her glory as Clan leader, but also spells out her ultimate demise.
 * //Bluestar's Prophecy//**

FIC Hun Hunter, Erin //**Code of the Clans**// 2009. Explores the fifteen rules that govern the daily life of a warrior cat.

FIC Hun Hunter, Erin 2009: When the bears learn of the legendary Last Great Wilderness, a fabled bear paradise, they believe that this must be their ultimate destination.
 * //Smoke Mountain: Seekers, Book 3//**

FIC Hun Hunter, Erin //**Warriors Field Guide: Secrets of the Clans**// 2007. Provides background information about the history, characters, and places of significance to the warrior cats featured in the series "Warriors" and "Warriors, the new prophecy."

FIC Let Lethcoe, Jason 2009. In 1921, fourteen-year-old Edward gets caught up in a conflict between the Guardians of Woodbine--the place of the dead--and the Groundlings, the Jackal's agents of corruption on Earth, and sets out on an important quest using his newly-sprouted wings.
 * //Wings//**: **//Mysterious Mr. Spines ; 1//**

FIC Lle Llewellyn, Sam 2009. Eleven-year-old Idris Limpet, living with his family in the once noble but now evil and corrupt island country of Lyonesse, finds his life taking a dramatic turn when, after a near-drowning incident, he is accused of being allied to the feared sea monsters and is rescued from a death sentence by a mysterious and fearsome stranger.
 * //The Well Between the Worlds//**: **//Lyonesse ; Book 1//**

FIC Llo Lloyd, Saci 2009. In 2015, when England becomes the first nation to introduce carbon dioxide rationing in a drastic bid to combat climate change, sixteen-year-old Laura documents the first year of rationing as her family spirals out of control.
 * //The Carbon Diaries 2015//**

FIC Nes Ness, Patrick 2009. Todd and Viola are pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron as they set out across New World, searching for answers about their colony's true past and seeking a way to warn the ship bringing settlers from Old World. //2010 Teens' Top Ten Nominee//
 * //The Knife of Never Letting Go: Chaos Walking: Book One//**

FIC Pav Paver, Michelle //**Oath Breaker: Chronicles of Ancient Darkness ; Book 5**// 2009. When Bane is killed by the Soul-Eater Thiazzi, Torak sets off into the Deep Forest with his foster father and Renn to avenge his friend's murder, but they find themselves in the midst of a war between the Deep Forest clans.

FIC Pie Pierce, Tamora //**Bloodhound: Beka Cooper; Book 2**// 2009. Having been promoted from "Puppy" to "Dog," Beka, now a full-fledged member of the Provost's Guard, and her former partner head to a neighboring port city to investigate a case of counterfeit coins.

FIC Ree Reeve, Philip 2007. In an alternate Victorian England, young Arthur and his sister Myrtle, residents of Larklight, a floating house in one of Her Majesty's outer space territories, uncover a spidery plot to destroy the solar system.
 * //Larklight, or, The revenge of the white spiders!, or, To Saturn's rings and back! ...//**

FIC Ree Reeve, Philip //**Starcross, or, The coming of the moobs!, or, Our adventures in the fourth dimension!...**// 2008. Young Arthur Mumby, his sister Myrtle, and their mother accept an invitation to take a holiday at an up-and-coming resort in the asteroid belt, where they become involved in a dastardly plot involving spies, time travel, and mind-altering clothing.

FIC Sag Sage, Angie 2009. Purports to be a compilation of pamphlets, journals, restaurant reviews, maps, historical information, and other never-before-published papers from the world of the apprentice alchemist, Septimus Heap.
 * The Magykal Papers**