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The Spellcoats

Diana Wynne Jones · 279 pages

Tanqui discovers she has the only means to conquer the evil Kankredin who threatens her own people and the Heathens who have invaded prehistoric Dalemark.

Water and RiversAdventureFantasyYoung Adult
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The Water Wars

Cameron Stracher · 240 pages

Vera and her brother, Will, live in the shadow of the Great Panic, in a country that has collapsed from environmental catastrophe. Water is hoarded by governments, rivers are dammed, and clouds are sucked from the sky. But then Vera befriends Kai, who seems to have limitless access to fresh water.

Water and RiversYoung AdultAdventureSeries Starter
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Children of Blood and Bone

Tomi Adeyemi · 560 pages

Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie's Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope.

AdventureYoung AdultSeries StarterFantasy
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Tiger's Curse

Colleen Houck · 456 pages

The last thing teenager Kelsey Hayes thought she'd be doing over the summer was meeting Ren, a mysterious white tiger and cursed Indian prince! When she learns she alone can break the Tiger's curse, Kelsey's life is turned upside-down. The unlikely duo journeys halfway around the world to piece together an Indian prophecy, find a way to free the man trapped by a centuries-old spell, and discover t

FantasyYoung AdultAdventureSeries Starter
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Grave Mercy

Robin LaFevers · 549 pages

*Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf?* Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent destiny. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassi

AdventureYoung AdultFantasySeries Starter
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What the River Knows

Isabel Ibañez · 404 pages

Young AdultAdventureFantasySeries Starter
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Mississippi Jack: Being an Account of the Further Waterborne Adventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman, Fine Lady, and Lily of the West

L.A. Meyer · 611 pages

In 1806, the exploits of Jacky Faber continue as she heads west to avoid capture by the British and discovers adventure aboard a keelboat on the mighty Mississippi River.

Water and RiversYoung AdultAdventureFirst Person Narrator
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Ash Princess

Laura Sebastian · 437 pages

Theodosia was six when her country was invaded and her mother, the Fire Queen, was murdered before her eyes. On that day, the Kaiser took Theodosia s family, her land, and her name. Theo was crowned Ash Princess a title of shame to bear in her new life as a prisoner. For ten years, the Ash Princess has seen her land pillaged and her people enslaved. That all ends here.

Young AdultFantasySeries StarterAdventure
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Midnight Riot

Ben Aaronovitch · 310 pages

"As a wave of brutal and bizarre murders engulfs the city, Peter is plunged into a world where gods and goddesses mingle with mortals and a long-dead evil is making a comeback on a rising tide of magic"--P. [4] of cover.

Water and RiversFantasySeries StarterFirst Person Narrator
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Ruby Red

Kerstin Gier · 352 pages

Gwyneth Shepherd's sophisticated, beautiful cousin Charlotte has been prepared her entire life for traveling through time. But unexpectedly, it is Gwyneth, who in the middle of class takes a sudden spin to a different era! Gwyneth must now unearth the mystery of why her mother would lie about her birth date to ward off suspicion about her ability, brush up on her history, and work with Gideon--

FantasyYoung AdultAdventureSeries Starter
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The Lake

AnnaLisa Grant · 302 pages

At 17, Layla Weston is already starting over. Having lost both her parents and grandparents, and with nowhere else to go, Layla is moving from Florida to a small town in North Carolina to live with the only family she has left: her estranged uncle and aunt. The last five years of Layla's life were spent appeasing her less-than-loving grandmother, followed by being her grandfather's caretaker. Grow

Water and RiversYoung AdultSeries StarterFirst Person Narrator
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Fable

Adrienne Young · 357 pages

AdventureYoung AdultFantasyFirst Person Narrator
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An Ember in the Ashes

Sabaa Tahir · 464 pages

"Laia is a Scholar living under the iron-fisted rule of the Martial Empire. When her brother is arrested for treason, Laia goes undercover as a slave at the empire's greatest military academy in exchange for assistance from rebel Scholars who claim that they will help to save her brother from execution"--

AdventureYoung AdultFantasySeries Starter
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Silver in the Bone

Alexandra Bracken · 497 pages

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the critically acclaimed author of Lore comes a stunning contemporary fantasy inspired by Celtic lore—the tale of a teenage girl who seeks her destiny in the cursed ruins of Avalon, driven by love, revenge, and pure adrenaline! "Simmering with magic, peril, romance, and heartbreak." —Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Shadow and Bone

AdventureYoung AdultFantasySeries Starter
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Truthwitch

Susan Dennard · 415 pages

"On a continent ruled by three empires, some are born with a 'witchery,' a magical skill that sets them apart from others. In the Witchlands, there are almost as many types of magic as there are ways to get in trouble--as two desperate young women know all too well"--Front jacket flap.

AdventureYoung AdultFantasySeries Starter
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Daughter of the Moon Goddess

Sue Lynn Tan · 503 pages

AdventureFantasySeries StarterFirst Person Narrator
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Serpent & Dove

Shelby Mahurin · 513 pages

Young AdultSeries StarterFantasyAdventure
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Troubled Waters

Sharon Shinn

Water and RiversFantasySeries StarterFemale Lead
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Whirl

Emma Raveling · 248 pages

Seventeen-year-old Kendra Irisavie is an ondine, a water elemental caught in the middle of an ancient war. The Aquidae are immortal dark demons who will stop at nothing to destroy the fragile balance of the Elemental world.

Water and RiversYoung AdultFantasySeries Starter
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Shadow and Bone

Leigh Bardugo · 363 pages

Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protegé of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold.

AdventureYoung AdultFantasySeries Starter
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Six Crimson Cranes

Elizabeth Lim · 454 pages

AdventureYoung AdultFantasySeries Starter
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Riverkeep

Martin Stewart · 416 pages

Water and RiversYoung AdultAdventureFantasy
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The Girl of Fire and Thorns

Rae Carson · 437 pages

Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness. Elisa is the chosen one. But she is also the younger of two princesses. The one who has never done anything remarkable, and can't see how she ever will. Now, on her sixteenth birthday, she has become the secret wife of a handsome and worldly king--a king whose country is in turmoil. A king who needs her to be the chosen one, not a failure o

Young AdultAdventureFantasyFirst Person Narrator
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Skin of the Sea

Natasha Bowen · 336 pages

Young AdultFantasyFirst Person NarratorSeries Starter

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