Black, Holly and Cassandra C. ***digital audiobook*** The Iron Trial (1st in Magisterium Series)Gr 5-8 Warned away from magic all of his life, Callum endeavors to fail the trials that would admit him to the Magisterium only to be drawn into its ranks against his will and forced to confront dark elements from his past.(Black is author of Doll Bones and Clare of the Bane Chronicles, Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices series) |
Cashore, Kristin ***eBook*** ***digital audiobook*** Graceling (Sequels: Fire and Bitterblue) (YA)Gr 8-Up 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 of killing and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king. |
Cass, Kiera The Selection Series (Book 1: The Selection, Book 2: The Elite, Book 3: The One) (YA)Gr 8-Up Sixteen-year-old America Singer is living in the caste-divided nation of Illea, which formed after the war that destroyed the United States. America is chosen to compete in the Selection–a contest to see which girl can win the heart of Illea’s prince–but all she really wants is a chance for a future with her secret love, Aspen, who is a caste below her. |
Chainani, Soman The School for Good and Evil ( Book 2: A World Without Princes Book 3: The Last Ever)Gr 5-8 Best friends Sophie and Agatha discover their true identities when they enter The School for Good and Evil, a school where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. |
De los Santos, Marisa Saving Lucas Biggs Gr 5-8 When thirteen-year-old Margaret’s father is sentenced to death for a crime he didn’t commit, she knows the only way to save him is to use the forbidden family power of time travel. |
Gratz, Alan League of Seven Gr 4-7 When an alternate 1875 steam-driven America rediscovers electricity, the lifeblood of the Mangleborn monsters, and the secret society to protect humanity from the Mangleborn is comprised, twelve-year-old Archie must assemble a team of seven young heroes to save the world. |
Hale, Shannon Dangerous Gr 7 Up When aspiring astronaut Maisie Danger Brown, who was born without a right hand, and the other space camp students get the opportunity to do something amazing in space, Maisie must prove how dangerous she can be and how far she is willing to go to protect everything she has ever loved. |
Johnson, Jaleigh The Mark of the Dragonfly Gr 5-8 Piper has never seen the Mark of the Dragonfly until she finds the girl amid the wreckage of a caravan in the Meteor Fields. The girl doesn’t remember a thing about her life, but the intricate tattoo on her arm is proof that she’s from the Dragonfly Territories and that she’s protected by the king. Which means a reward for Piper if she can get the girl home. The one sure way to the Territories is the 401, a great old beauty of a train. But a ticket costs more coin than Piper could make in a year. |
Kincaid, S.J. ***digital audiobook*** Insignia (Sequels: Vortex and Catalyst)Gr 7-Up Tom, a fourteen-year-old genius at virtual reality games, is recruited by the United States Military to begin training at the Pentagon Spire as a Combatant in World War III, controlling the mechanized drones that do the actual fighting off-planet. |
Knudsen, Michelle Evil Librarian (YA)Gr 8-Up When Cynthia Rothschild’s best friend, Annie, falls head over heels for the new high-school librarian, Cyn can totally see why. He’s really young and super cute and thinks Annie would make an excellent library monitor. But after meeting Mr. Gabriel, Cyn realizes something isn’t quite right. Maybe it’s the creepy look in the librarian’s eyes, or the weird feeling Cyn gets whenever she’s around him. Before long Cyn realizes that Mr. Gabriel is, in fact . . . a demon. |
Lewis, R.C. Stitching Snow Gr 7-Up A futuristic retelling of Snow White in which 17-year-old Essie, a master at repairing robots and drones on the frozen mining planet Thanda, is pulled into a war by handsome and mysterious Dane after his shuttle crash-lands nearby. |
Lu, Marie The Young Elites (YA)Gr 8-Up Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood plague: marked by a jagged scar, snow-white hair and lashes. Cast out by her family, Adelina has finally found a place to belong within the secret society of Young Elites. To some, the Elites are heroes, here to save innocents in desperate situations. But to the Inquisition Axis, the white-robed soldiers of Kenettra, they are monsters with demonic powers who must be brought to justice. As Adelina learns more about this perilous world where politics and magic clash, she soon realizes that her own powers may be in danger of bringing on an era of panic such as the world has never seen. |
McMann, Lisa ***digital audiobook*** The Unwanteds (first book winner of CYRM for 2014)Gr 4-7 In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths hone their abilities and learn magic. (Sequels: Island of Silence, Island of Fire, Island of Legends, Island of Shipwrecks) |
Meloy, Maile The Apprentices (Sequel to The Apothecary) Gr 5-9 It’s 1954, and Janie Scott is in boarding school in New Hampshire, trying to make a new life. Two years have passed since she last saw the mysterious apothecary—or his defiant son, Benjamin. All she knows is that her friends are out there somewhere, trying to keep the world safe in an age of mounting atomic power. On the other side of the world, Benjamin is treating the wounded in a jungle war, and experimenting with a magical new formula that will let him communicate with Janie across the globe. |
Meyer, Marissa ***digital audiobook*** Cinder (2015 CYRM nominee) (YA)Gr 7-Up Cinder, a gifted mechanic and a cyborg with a mysterious past, is blamed by her stepmother for her stepsister’s illness while a deadly plague decimates the population of New Beijing, but when Cinder’s life gets intertwined with Prince Kai’s, she finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle. |
Meyer, Marissa Fairest (Lunar Chronicles book 4, Cinder, Scarlet, Cress and Winter is coming) (YA)Gr 7-Up Mirror, mirror on the wall, Who is the fairest of them all? Queen Levana is a ruler who uses her “glamour” to gain power. But long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story – a story that has never been told . . . until now. Another unforgettable tale about love and war, deceit and death. |
Nielsen, Jennifer A. The Shadow Throne (3rd in Ascendancy series, The False Prince, The Runaway King) Gr 5-8 Young King Jaron has had nothing but trouble with his advisors and regents since he ascended the throne of Carthya, and now King Vargan of Avenia has invaded the land and captured Imogen–and Jaron must find some way to rescue her and save his kingdom. |
Sanderson, Brandon ***digital audiobook*** The Rithmatist Gr 6-10 As Wild Chalklings threaten the American Isles and Rithmatists are humanity’s only defense, Joel can only watch as Rithmatist students learn the magical art that he would do anything to practice. |
Sanderson, Brandon ***eBook*** Steelheart (first in the Epics series, Sequel: Firefight) (YA)Gr 8-Up At age eight, David watched as his father was killed by an Epic, a human with superhuman powers, and now, ten years later, he joins the Reckoners–the only people who are trying to kill the Epics and end their tyranny. |
Stanley, Diane The Princess of Cortova (Sequel to The Silver bowl and The Cup and the Crown)Gr 5-8 With tensions rising between the kingdoms of Westria and Austlind, Molly and Tobias accompany King Alaric to Cortova, where he hopes to form an alliance with the powerful King Gonzalo–an alliance that would be sealed by Alaric’s marriage to Gonzalo’s daughter, the beautiful princess Elizabetta. |
Tripp, Ben The Accidental Highwayman (YA)Gr 6-Up In eighteenth-century England, young Christopher “Kit” Bristol unwittingly takes on the task of his dead master, notorious highwayman Whistling Jack, who pledged a fairy he would rescue feisty Princess Morgana from an arranged marriage with King George III. |
Zinn, Bridget Poison Gr 6-9 When 16-year-old Kyra, a potions master, tries to save her kingdom by murdering the princess, who is also her best friend, the poisoned dart misses its mark and Kyra becomes a fugitive, pursued by the King’s army and her ex-boyfriend. |