Ascension

Author	Patricia C. Wrede
ISBN	0152046917

Always be polite to dragons!

That's what Daystar's mother taught him...and it's a very wise lesson--one that might just help him after his mom hands him a magic sword and kicks him out of the house. Especially because his house sits on the edge of the Enchanted Forest and his mother is Queen Cimorene.

But...

Author	Carolyn Turgeon
ISBN	0307589978

Princess Margrethe has been hidden away while her kingdom is at war. One gloomy, windswept morning, as she stands in a convent garden overlooking the icy sea, she witnesses a miracle: a glittering mermaid emerging from the waves, a nearly drowned man in her arms. By the time Margrethe reaches the shore,...

Author	Caroline B. Cooney
ISBN	0440229308

At age six Anaxandra is taken by King Nicander to be a companion to his crippled daughter on the island of Siphnos. Anaxandra has adjusted to her new life when, six years later, Siphnos is sacked by pirates, and she is the sole survivor. When a fleet of ships stops on the island to investigate, she assumes...

Author	Jo Graham
ISBN	0316068004

The world is ending. One by one the mighty cities are falling, to earthquakes, to flood, to raiders on both land and sea.

In a time of war and doubt, Gull is an oracle. Daughter of a slave taken from fallen Troy, chosen at the age of seven to be the voice of the Lady of the Dead, it is her destiny to counsel...

Author	Kathryn Lasky
ISBN	0439783119

Book 2 in Kathryn Lasky's shimmering quartet about mermaid sisters and supernatural love.

May feels her life drying up. The sea calls to her, but her parents forbid her from swimming. She longs for books, but her mother finds her passion for learning strange. She yearns for independence, but...

Author	Carolyn Hennesy
ISBN	1599901978

After capturing jealousy from a priestess in Crete, Pandy, Alcie, Iole and Dido are off to Egypt in search of the second of seven evils, vanity. But the goddess Hera is still up to her old tricks, and throws as many obstacles as she can into Pandy's path. A storm at sea, a group of talking dolphins and the most...

Author	Steven Gould
ISBN	0765342286

Davy lives alone with his father. But the truth is, it isn't much of a home. When things get so bad that Davy decides to run away, his big question is, Where? And how will he live?

The magical answer: anywhere Davy wants!

Davy discovers he has the power to "jump" from one place to another....

Author	Donna Jo Napoli
ISBN	0590383892

The story is set in Ancient Greece during the time of the Trojan War, but it is not about the war. Sirena is a mermaid who, along with her numerous sisters, sings to attract the attention and love of mortal men. As soon as a mortal loves a mermaid the mermaid becomes immortal, and that is something all mermaids...

Author	Diana Wynne Jones
ISBN	0575075376

It is eight years after the tours from offworld have stopped. High Chancellor Querida has retired, leaving Wizard Corkoran in charge of the Wizards' University. Although Wizard Corkoran's obsession is to be the first man on the moon, and most of his time is devoted to this project, he decides he will...

Author	Robin McKinley
ISBN	0142402443

Seven tales describe magical beings that inhabit our waters. Some are familiar mer-people; some as strange as as a golden eye in a pool at the edge of the Great Desert Kalarsham, where the mad god Geljdreth rules; or the unknowable, immense Kraken, dark beyond the darkness of the deepest ocean, who will...

Author	Sally Gardner
ISBN	0803733771

A stirring tale of magic and revolution- fans of "The Red Necklace" won't want to miss it. The year is 1794. With his beloved Sido safely in England and the Reign of Terror at its height, mysterious Yann returns to revolutionary France to smuggle out aristocratic refugees who will otherwise face the guillotine....

Author	Bruce Coville
ISBN	0545128072

Readers will be on the edge of their seats with this concluding episode of the riveting best-selling series by one of America's most gifted fantasy writers.

In the center if Luster stands an enormous tree called the Axis Mundi, the Heart of the World. But now that tree is wounded, pierced through...

Author	Peter S. Beagle
ISBN	1570362882

I agree with Madeleine L'Engle: I'm grateful that Peter S.Beagle "continues to be one of my favorite authors." This is the third book I've read by him, and I love it as much as the other two (The Last Unicorn and A Fine and Private Place). I love his deceptively simple writing style, his character development,...

Author	Mary Stanton
ISBN	0439167868

This was a very fun little book! It's obviously for younger children, but I enjoyed it all the more for that because it was slightly lighthearted, a quick read, clean and not overly scary, with the good guys and badguys obvious. A delightful change from some of my other reading, especially with so-called...

Author	E.E. Knight
ISBN	0451461851

Arguably, I think this is probably my favorite book out of the original trilogy. While Auron was busy trying to find more of his own kind, and Wistala was busy trying to avenge her family, the Copper was trying to deal with his guilt (no spoilers) as well as trying to deal with being doubly outcast; driven...

Author	Jane Yolen
ISBN	0152051287

Disappointing. The plot felt rushed and choppy, never seemed to find a rhythm or establish what direction the story was trying to take, and left any number of loose threads dangling. For instance, the possibility of the (view spoiler)[ Cave-men, armed with their metal, (hide spoiler)].

Author	E.E. Knight
ISBN	0451462351

The author of the national bestselling Vampire Earth series continues the saga of the world's last dragons.

Three dragon siblings are among the last of a dying breed, and the final hope for their species? survival. AuRon, Wistala, and Copper find themselves at odds over the coming human war....

Author	Sheila A. Nielson
ISBN	0545097347

A mermaid haunts Adrianne's dreams . . . is she coming to warn her, save her, or drag her down into the depths of the briny sea forever?

When Adrianne comes face-to-face with the mermaid of Windwaithe Island, of whom she has heard terrible stories all her life, she is convinced the mermaid means...

Author	Patricia A. McKillip
ISBN	0441014437

A fantasist without equal, Patricia A. McKillip has created worlds of intricate beauty and unforgettably nuanced characters. For 25 years, she's drawn readers into her spell, spinning modern-day fables with a grace rarely seen. Now she presents a book of previously uncollected short stories, full...

Author	Sharyn November
ISBN	0142403202

Firebirds is more than simply an anthology -- it is a celebration of wonderful writing. It gathers together sixteen original stories by some of today's finest writers of fantasy and science fiction. Together, they have won virtually every major prize -- from the National Book Award to the World Fantasy...

Author	Walter Dean Myers
ISBN	0590409433

An exciting, eye-catching repackage of acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers' bestselling paperbacks, to coincide with the publication of SUNRISE OVER FALLUJA in hardcover.

A coming-of-age tale for young adults set in the trenches of the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, this is the story of Perry,...

Author	Joanne Bertin
ISBN	0812545427

Once every thousand years the phoenix of Jehanglan burns to death in a magical release. For millennia the emperors of Jehanglan have tried to harness the awesome power of the phoenix's rebirth. One has finally succeeded, using black magic and the enslavement of a dragon.

Far away at the Crown...

Author	Jane Lindskold
ISBN	0765351439

In Through Wolf's Eyes, Jane Lindskold introduced Firekeeper, the young girl raised by intelligent, language-using wolves. Abducted back into human society, Firekeeper found that, in the world of deadly human political intrigues, her training as a pack animal served her well.

Later,...