Just Ella (Margaret Peterson Haddix)

Author Biography

Margaret Peterson Haddix is a prolific, award-winning author of children’s and young adult literature, best known for the two series Shadow Children and The Missing. She lives in Columbus, Ohio

Published By: Simon & Schuster

Year: 1999

ISBN: 978-0-7614-5536-3

Reading Level: Grades 6 and up

Reader’s Annotation:

What if the story of Cinderella wasn’t really the fairy tale we’ve been told? And what if Ella’s “happily ever after” wasn’t so happy?

Sandry’s Book/The Magic in the Weaving (Tamora Pierce)

Author Biography

Tamora Pierce has written numerous renowned fantasy novels, set in either the “Tortall” universe or the “Circle” universe. In  2013 she received the Margaret A. Edwards award for her body of work.

Published By: Scholastic Inc.

Year: 1998

ISBN: 978-0-590-55408-4

Reading Level: Grades 6 and up

Reader’s Annotation:

At the Winding Circle Temple in the land of Emelan, four wildly different students are brought together by their shared status as outcasts with strange abilities. With wise teaching and teamwork, will they come into their own as mages… and as friends?

Dragon Flight (Jessica Day George)

Author Biography

Jessica Day George has written sixteen fantasy novels for children and young adults, including the Dragon(skin) Slippers trilogy, the Princesses of Westfalin trilogy, and the Tuesdays at the Castle series. She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Published By: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

Year: 2008

ISBN-13: 978-1-59990-110-7

ISBN-10: 1-59990-110-2

Reading Level: Grades 8 and up

Reader’s Annotation:

When an army of dragons threatens to destroy the kingdom of Feravel, Creel and her own dragon friends must try to stop them… and to solve the mystery behind the unprovoked attack.

Venturess (Betsy Cornwell)

Author Biography

Betsy Cornwell has written four YA fantasy novels, served as columnist and editor at Teen Ink, and taught multiple subjects at Notre Dame. She currently lives in Ireland.

Published By: Clarion Books

Year: 2017

ISBN: 9780544319271

Reading Level: Grades 8 and up

Reader’s Annotation:

After her Cinderella-like rise to success, steampunk inventor Nick is called upon to defend the magical race of Fey from oppression and slaughter. But whose lives will be most transformed by her journey: the Fey’s, or her own?

Goddess of Yesterday (Caroline B. Cooney)

Author Biography

Caroline B. Cooney has written numerous young adult novels, specializing in suspense, romance, horror and mystery. She lives in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

Published By: Delacorte Press

Year: 2002

ISBN: 978-0-440—22930-8

Reading Level: Grades 8 and up.

Reader’s Annotation:

Taken from her family as a small child, Anaxandra is swept from place to place and from identity to identity amid the turmoil of ancient Greece. Can she survive all this upheaval, even as the Trojan War rages around her?

Squire (Tamora Pierce)

Author Biography

Tamora Pierce has written numerous renowned fantasy novels, set in either the “Tortall” universe or the “Circle” universe. In 2013 she received the Margaret A. Edwards Award for her body of work.

Published By: Random House Inc.

Year: 2001

ISBN: 978-0-679-88916-8

Reading Level: Grades 8 and up

Reader’s Annotation:

Her term as a page over, Kel is chosen to serve as squire to one of Tortall’s most famed knights. Her next four years will be filled with new adventures, new hardships, new threats, and new opportunities to prove her chivalrous spirit.

Eona/The Necklace of the Gods/Eona: Return of the Dragoneye (Alison Goodman)

 

Author Biography

Alison Goodman is an award-winning author of YA fiction, including Singing the Dogstar Blues, the Eon/Eona duology, and The Dark Days Club. She lives in Melbourne, Australia.

Published By: HarperCollins

Year: 2011

ISBN: 978-0-670-06311-6

Reading Level: Grades 10 and up.

Reader’s Annotation:

As the only surviving Dragoneye allied with the exiled Pearl Emperor Kygo, Eona must strive to save the Empire of the Celestial Dragons from a usurper’s deadly reign. But can she succeed amid the many dangers, both external and from within herself?