Tag Archives: Fantasy

Title: Season of the WitchAuthor: Sarah Rees BrennanPublication: July 9, 2019Publisher: ScholasticGenre: Teen & YA Fiction, FantasyPages: 288 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) It’s the summer before her sixteenth birthday, and Sabrina Spellman knows her world is about to change. She’s always studied magic and spells with her aunts, Hilda and Zelda. …

Title: The Orphan of Cemetery HillAuthor: Hester FoxPublication: September 15, 2020Publisher: Graydon HouseGenre: Fantasy, Ghost FictionPages: 253 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) The dead won’t bother you if you don’t give them permission.Boston, 1844.Tabby has a peculiar gift: she can communicate with the recently departed. It makes her special, but it also …

Title: The Girl in the TowerAuthor: Katherine ArdenPublication: December 5 2017Publisher: Random HouseGenre: FantasyPages: 383 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Orphaned and cast out as a witch by her village, Vasya’s options are few: resign herself to life in a convent, or allow her older sister to make her a match with …

Title: Garden SpellsAuthor: Sarah Addison AllenPublication: August 28, 2007Publisher: Random HouseGenre: FantasyPages: 321 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) The women of the Waverley family — whether they like it or not — are heirs to an unusual legacy, one that grows in a fenced plot behind their Queen Anne home on Pendland …

Title: Tunnel of BonesAuthor: Victoria SchwabPublication: September 3, 2019Publisher: Scholastic PressGenre: Children’s FantasyPages: 304 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Trouble is haunting Cassidy Blake . . . even more than usual. She (plus her ghost best friend, Jacob, of course) are in Paris, where Cass’s parents are filming their TV show about …

Title: Year OneAuthor: Nora RobertsPublication: December 5, 2017Publisher: St. Martin’s PressGenre: FantasyPages: 419 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) It began on New Year’s Eve. The sickness came on suddenly, and spread quickly. The fear spread even faster. Within weeks, everything people counted on began to fail them. The electrical grid sputtered; law …

Title: A Discovery of WitchesAuthor: Deborah HarknessPublication: February 8, 2011Publisher: Penguin BooksGenre: FantasyPages: 594 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Deep in the stacks of Oxford’s Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research. Descended from an old and distinguished line of …

Title: The Night CircusAuthor: Erin MorgensternPublication: September 13, 2011Publisher: AnchorGenre: Historical FantasyPages: 401 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It …

Title: Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a BookAuthor: Jennifer DonnellyPublication: January 31, 2017Publisher: Disney PressGenre: Teens, YA Fiction, Fairy Tales & FantasyPages: 350 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Smart, bookish Belle, a captive in the Beast’s castle, has become accustomed to her new home and has befriended its inhabitants. When she comes …

Title: City of GhostsAuthor: Victoria SchwabPublication: August 28, 2018Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.Genre: Childrens Books, Science Fiction, FantasyPages: 272 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Cassidy Blake’s parents are The Inspectres, a (somewhat inept) ghost-hunting team. But Cass herself can REALLY see ghosts. In fact, her best friend, Jacob, just happens to be one. When …