 | Fantasy for Grades 6–8 |
| Books are shelved in the Junior High (Y) Fiction section.
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| Author | Title | Call Number |
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| Alexander | The Book of Three Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper to a famous oracular pig, sets out on a hazardous mission to save Prydain from the forces of evil. (217 pp.) | Y Alexander |
| Beagle | The Last Unicorn A unicorn and her motley crew of companions journey to free the other unicorns from an evil king. Paperback only. (218 pp.) | Y Beagle |
| Bruchac | Wabi: A Hero's Tale After falling in love with an Abenaki Indian woman, a white great horned owl named Wabi transforms into a human. (198 pp.) | Y Bruchac |
| Colfer | Artemis Fowl When a young evil genius captures a fairy and demands a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back! (277 pp.) | Y Colfer |
| Cooper | The Dark Is Rising Will discovers he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to help them triumph over the evil forces of the Dark. (230 pp.) | Y Cooper |
| Flanagan | The Ruins of Gorlan When Will is rejected by Battleschool, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt. (249 pp.) | Y Flanagan |
| Gaiman | Coraline Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar yet disturbingly different from her own. (162 pp.) | Y Gaiman |
| Hale | Princess Academy While attending a strict academy for potential princesses, Miri discovers unexpected talents. (314 pp.) | Y Hale |
| Hawkins | Hex Hall Sophie is exiled to Hex Hall, a reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters. (323 pp.) | Y Hawkins |
| Jones | Charmed Life Orphans Gwendolen and Cat Chant go to live at Chrestomanci Castle, home of a powerful wizard and his family. (218 pp.) | Y Jones |
| Larbalestier | How to Ditch Your Fairy In a world in which everyone has a personal fairy, Charlie decides she does not want hers. (307 pp.) | Y Larbalestier |
| Le Guin | A Wizard of Earthsea A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard. (205 pp.) | Y Le Guin |
| Lo | Ash Ash must choose between a handsome fairy cursed to love her and the King's Huntress whom she loves. (246 pp.) | Y Lo |
| Mlynowski | Bras & Broomsticks Rachel tries to persuade her sister Miri, who has recently become a witch, to help her become popular at school. (311 pp.) | Y Mlynowski |
| Okorafor-Mbachu | Akata Witch In Nigeria, Sunny learns that she has magical powers, which she and three similarly gifted friends use to catch a serial killer. (349 pp.) | Y Okorafor-Mbachu |
| Park | Archer's Quest Kevin Kim helps Chu-mong, a legendary king of ancient Korea, return to his own time. (167 pp.) | Y Park |
| Pierce | Alanna: The First Adventure Alanna, who aspires to be a knight even though she is a girl, disguises herself as a boy to become a royal page. (216 pp.) | Y Pierce |
| Pon | Silver Phoenix: Beyond the Kingdom of Xia Ai Ling faces demons, monsters, and gods while searching for her missing father... and discovers a strange power within her. (338 pp.) | Y Pon |
| Pullman | The Golden Compass Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to save kidnapped children from gruesome experiments in the Far North. (399 pp.) | Y Pullman |
| Riordan | The Lightning Thief Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, god of the sea, sets out on a quest to prevent a war between the Greek gods. (377 pp.) | Y Riordan |
| Shulman | The Grimm Legacy Elizabeth is drawn into frightening adventures involving objects stolen from the magical Grimm Collection at the library. (325 pp.) | Y Shulman |
| Turner | The Thief Gen, a thief famous for his ingenuity, is hired to steal a precious stone from a remote temple of the gods. (219 pp.) | Y Turner |
| Yep | The Tiger's Apprentice Tom and a tiger, a monkey, and a dragon fight to keep a magic talisman out of the hands of a very dangerous enemy. (184 pp.) | Y Yep |
Last Updated: 3/12
