The Black Book of Secrets
by F.E. Higgins
JF HIGGINS, F.

When Ludlow Fitch runs away from his thieving parents in the City, he meets up with the mysterious Joe Zabbidou, who calls himself a secret pawnbroker, and who takes Ludlow as an apprentice to record the confessions of the townspeople of Pagus Parvus, where resentments are many and trust is scarce.

The Dark Hills Divide
by Patrick Carman*
JF CARMAN, P.

When she finds the key to a secret passageway leading out of the walled city of Bridewell, twelve-year-old Alexa realizes her lifelong wish to explore the mysterious forests and mountains that lie beyond the wall

Fablehaven
by Brandon Mull*
JF MULL, B..

When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents' estate, they discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures and that a battle between good and evil is looming.

The Floating Island
by Elizabeth Haydon*
JF HAYDON, E.

An epic fantasy details Charles Magnus Ven Polypheme and his encounters with fire pirates, who think he can lead them to the fabled Floating Island, the only source of the mystical Water of Life.

The Gammage Cup : a Novel of the Minnipins
by Carol Kendall
JF KENDALL, C.

A handful of Minnipins, a sober and sedate people, rise up against the Periods, the leading family of an isolated mountain valley, and are exiled to a mountain where they discover that the ancient enemies of their people are preparing to attack.

Gregor the Overlander
by Suzanne Collins*
JF COLLINS, S

When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving men, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy.

Howl's Moving Castle
by Diana Wynne Jones*
JF JONES, D.

Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl.

Inkheart
by Cornelia Funke*
YA FUNKE, C. (also JF)

Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.

The Last Dragon
by Silvana De Mari
JF DE MARI, S.

Struggling to survive in a post apocalyptic world after his village is destroyed, Yorsh, the earth's last elf, must embark on a perilous quest to decipher a powerful prophecy and find the last dragon, who holds the key to saving the world from the Dark Age that has begun.

The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan*
YA RIORDAN, R. (also JF)

Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.

The Magic Thief
by Sarah Prineas
JF PRINEAS, S.

A young thief is drawn into a life of magic and adventure after picking the pocket of the powerful wizard Nevery Flinglas, who has returned from exile to attempt to reverse the troubling decline of magic in Wellmet City.

Magyk
by Angie Sage*
JF SAGE, A.

After learning that she is the Princess, Jenna is whisked from her home and carried toward safety by the Extraordinary Wizard, those she always believed were her father and brother, and a young guard known only as Boy 412--pursued by agents of those who killed her mother ten years earlier.

Midnight for Charlie Bone
by Jenny Nimmo*
JF NIMMO, J

Charlie Bone's life with his widowed mother and two grandmothers undergoes a dramatic change when he discovers that he can hear people in photographs talking.

Mister Monday
by Garth Nix*
JF NIX, G.

Arthur's life is saved by a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock, but bizarre creatures from another realm are determined to take the key even if it means killing him.

Palace of Mirrors
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
JF HADDIX, M.

Fourteen-year-old Cecilia has always known she is the true princess of Suala, but when she and her best friend, Harper, decide to speed up her ascendancy to the throne, they find danger and many imposters who challenge her claim.

Peter and the Starcatchers
by Dave Barry*
YA BARRY, D. (also JF)

Peter, an orphan boy, and his friend Molly fight off thieves and pirates in order to keep the secret safe away from the diabolical Black Stache and the evil Mister Grin.

Pirate Curse
by Kai Meyer*
JF MEYER, K.

In a place similar to the 1706 Caribbean, two fourteen-year-old "polliwogs"--humans who can walk on water--rely on a mysterious figure known as the Ghost Trader and a band of pirates to help them escape from the evil that is chasing them.

Princess Academy
by Shannon Hale
JF HALE, S.

While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.

Revenge of the Witch
by Joseph Delaney*
JF DELANEY, J

Young Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son, starts work as an apprentice for the village spook, whose job is to protect ordinary folk from "ghouls, boggarts, and all manner of wicked beasties."

The Ruins of Gorlan
by John Flanagan*
JF FLANAGAN, J.

When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battleschool, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and winds up protecting the kingdom from danger.

The Secret Country
by Jane Johnson*
JF JOHNSON, J.

Having learned from a talking cat that he and his sisters are the half-elfin royalty of a parallel world called Eidolon, twelve-year old Ben Arnold attempts to stop his evil uncle from smuggling magical creatures between the two worlds to sell on the black market.

Standard Hero Behavior
by John David Anderson
JF ANDERSON, J.

When fifteen-year-old Mason Quayle finds out that their town of Darlington is about to be attacked by orcs, goblins, ogres, and trolls, he goes in search of some heroes to save the day.

The Two Princesses of Bamarre
by Gail Carson Levine
JF LEVINE, G.

With her adventurous sister, Meryl, suffering from the Grey death, meek and timid Princess Addie sets out to find a cure.