Holly Black
Author
Series
The Folk of the Air volume 1
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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An absolute classic in the YA fantasy genre.
An incredible fantasy full of world building, politics and complex characters.
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4) Red glove
Author
Series
The curse workers volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Cassel has discovered the dark secret of his past, the secret that set him apart from his family. Now he must take his new knowledge and his new powers out into the world.
Author
Publisher
Indigo
Language
English
Description
Near the little town of Fairfold, in the darkest part of the forest, lies a glass casket. Inside the casket lies a sleeping faerie prince that none can rouse. He's the most fascinating thing Hazel and her brother Ben have ever seen. They dream of waking him - but what happens when dreams come true? In the darkest part of the forest, you must be careful what you wish for.
7) White cat
Author
Series
The curse workers volume 1
Publisher
Gollancz
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Cassel is cursed by the memory of the 14-year-old girl he murdered. Life at school is a constant trial. Life at home even worse. No-one at home is ever going to forget that Cassel is a killer. No-one at home is ever going to forget that he isn't a magic worker.
11) Valiant
Author
Publisher
Pocket
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
When 17-year-old Valerie Russell runs away to New York City, she's trying to escape a life that has utterly betrayed her. Sporting a new identity, she takes up with a gang of squatters who live in the city's labyrinthine subway system. But there's something eerily beguiling about Val's new friends.
15) A giant problem
Author
Series
Beyond the Spiderwick chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Children's
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Nick and Laurie have a giant problem and it's a lot bigger than they originally thought. When Taloa sent them off to find her sisters, they discovered a single fire breathing giant, but as it turns out, that one giant is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
17) Wyrm king
Author
Series
Beyond the Spiderwick chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Children's
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Nick and Laurie thought their giant problems were solved after they lured all the giants into the sea. But now, the Grace kids are back to tell them they may have caused more trouble! This is the final book in the 'Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles' trilogy.
19) The field guide
Author
Series
The Spiderwick chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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It all starts when Jared Grace finds their great uncle's book, 'Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastic World Around You' and the Grace kids realise that they are not alone in their new house. Now the kids want to tell their story but the faeries will do everything they can to stop them.
20) The iron trial
Author
Series
Publisher
Doubleday Children's
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Callum Hunt has grown up knowing three rules by heart. Never trust a magician. Never pass a test a magician gives you. And never let a magician take you to the Magisterium. Call is about to break all the rules. And when he does, his life will change in ways he can't possibly imagine.