Young Adult Magic Fantasy

If 14-year-old Cassandra Reed makes it through her first day at Miss Castwell’s Institute for the Magical Instruction of Young Ladies without anyone discovering her secret, maybe, just maybe, she’ll let herself believe that she really does belong at Miss Castwell’s. Except Cassandra Reed’s real name is Sarah Smith and up until now, she lived her whole life in the Warren, serving a magical family, the Winters, as all non-magical “Snipes” are bound by magical Guardian law to do. That is, until one day, Sarah accidentally levitates Mrs. Winter’s favorite vase in the parlor....

I spent three years avoiding the dead. Now they’re coming after me. When a handsome detective showed up at my tarot shop talking about zombies, I nearly threw him out. Nobody is powerful enough to raise the dead, except me and my uncle, and that’s a secret I plan on taking to the grave. Sure, as a Scythe, I can open literal portals between heaven and hell, but it’s the extra abilities I’m afraid of. Powers no low-class witch should possess. I’ve been hiding out reading tea leaves rather than attracting unwanted attention from supernatural rivals. But when the zombies make it ...

Graceling tells the story of the vulnerable-yet-strong Katsa, who is smart and beautiful and lives in the Seven Kingdoms where selected people are born with a Grace, a special talent that can be anything at all. Katsa’s Grace is killing. As the king’s niece, she is forced to use her extreme skills as his brutal enforcer. Until the day she meets Prince Po, who is Graced with combat skills, and Katsa’s life begins to change. She never expects to become Po’s friend. She never expects to learn a new truth about her own Grace—or about a terrible secret that lies hidden.

A destructive magic, a corrupt regime, an insidious plot...and the rogue who stood in the way. "Engaging from start to finish. I was constantly wanting to read what was going to happen next." - Amazon ★★★★★ Meet Lyra: An orphan A thief A liar A bard A warrior A princess ...A rogue When tragedy strikes, Lyra runs for her life...directly into the hands of fate. Destiny places her at the heart of a plot to overthrow the rulers of Issalia. She must help thwart this twisted scheme. Joined by a man armed with powerful magic and a soldier who wields an enchanted weapon, the trio must ...

Heartstopper meets Harry Potter! Jack is a typical teenager, leading a very ordinary life. But when his school is destroyed by an other-worldly creature, he finds himself thrown into a world of magic and monsters. Thousands of miles away, at the Pox Academy, Lincoln is shunned by the wizarding world and banned from using his own dark gift. As their paths collide, the two boys must confront their inner demons and face into a battle neither is prepared for. "Magic, demons, adventure. This novel makes a great gift for YA readers who loved the LGBT characters in Heartstopper but are crying out ...

With the evening's black strangle slowly smothering all that's left in the day, Zachary falls to his knees, holding his head in pain. Oblivious to this first glimpse at life as a Viscent, he curls up in a ball, as the cold surface of the road pushes against his face. With his eyes closed and face clenched, the realization that he has a unique gift brewing inside of him is beyond his wildest dreams. However, to earn this gift, to be a Viscent, he will soon learn that he must blindly travel to three different worlds, overcome the snare of the challenges within, and the darkness that chases ...

In the sandy Mojave Desert, Madison is a small town on the road between nothing and nowhere. But Eldon wouldn't want to live anywhere else because in Madison, everyone gets one wish - and that wish always comes true. Some people wish for money; some people wish for love. But Eldon has seen how wishes have broken the people around him. And with the lives of his family and friends in chaos, he's left with more questions than answers. Can he make their lives better?

The Emberborn Some flames were never meant to be tamed. Zack Rowen was never supposed to survive the wildfire. But when he walks out of the ashes untouched—and marked by flame—his quiet village life ends forever. A crimson-scaled dragon appears in the smoke, bonding to him without warning. And in that moment, everything changes. Taken to Drakemount, a mountaintop stronghold where dragon Riders are trained, Zack finds himself feared as much as he is watched. His dragon is like no other, his bond unprecedented, and the mark on his palm glows with the long-lost fire of the phoenix. Secrets...

In publishing-speak, here's what we at the LQ office sometimes describe as the Queer lovechild of Sholem Aleichem and Philip Roth: Uriel the angel and Little Ash (short for Ashmedai) are the only two supernatural creatures in their shtetl (which is so tiny, it doesn't have a name other than Shtetl). The angel and the demon have been studying together for centuries, but pogroms and the search for a new life have drawn all the young people from their village to America. When one of those young emigrants goes missing, Uriel and Little Ash set off to find her.

One song to kill a king. You'd think that a rare supernatural like myself, a woman who can make magic from music, would be able to get a better job than killing people. You'd be wrong. Times are tough. I take the work I can get. But as soon as I laid eyes on my new target, I regretted my career choice. The Onyx King isn't just one of the most powerful men in existence, he's also drop-dead gorgeous. I've never doubted my abilities, but looking into King Torin's sapphire eyes unsettles me. There's something there that tells me this murderous song of mine may be my last.The Last Lullaby is the...

Ah, Christmas! Gemma Doyle is looking forward to a holiday from Spence Academy, spending time with her friends in the city, attending ritzy balls, and on a somber note, tending to her ailing father. As she prepares to ring in the New Year, 1896, a handsome young man, Lord Denby, has set his sights on Gemma, or so it seems. Yet amidst the distractions of London, Gemma's visions intensify, visions of three girls dressed in white, to whom something horrific has happened, something only the realms can explain.

The DFZ, the metropolis formerly known as Detroit, is the world’s most magical city with a population of nine million and zero public safety laws. That’s a lot of mages, cybernetically enhanced chrome heads, and mythical beasties who die, get into debt, and otherwise fail to pay their rent. When they can’t pay their bills, their stuff gets sold to the highest bidder. That’s when they call me. I’m a Cleaner: a freelance mage employed by the DFZ to sort through the mountains of magical junk people leave behind. It’s not a pretty job, or a safe one....

Life sucks when your friends are pissed at you. Just ask Zoey Redbird. In one week she has gone from having three boyfriends to having none, and from having a close group of friends who trusted and supported her to being an outcast. Speaking of friends, the only two Zoey has left are undead and unMarked. And Neferet has declared war on humans, which Zoey knows in her heart is wrong.

Surviving high school is hard. Surviving a magic zone is worse. Fourteen-year-old Todd just wants a summer job. Instead, he finds himself dodging necromancers, befriending talking parrots, and delivering packages across cities swallowed by enchantment. In a world where magic is spreading like wildfire, scrambling tech, awakening monsters, and warping reality, Todd discovers he has a rare magical gift… and it’s put a target on his back. The Magic Zone is no place for the unprepared. Electronics fail. Cities fall. Magic isn’t a fairy tale; it’s how you stay alive. Armed with a ...

Drastically altered after her fall at the end of Hidden, Neferet is now more dangerous than ever - and her quest for vengeance will wreak havoc on humans, as well as Zoey and her friends. Chaos is loosed in Tulsa and the House of Night is blamed. Can Zoey stop Neferet in time to keep her anger from escalating to full-on war? Or will someone else have to step in to take the fall?

Cosmopolitan Magazine calls Addison's books..."easy, frothy fun!" Addictive from start to finish! The Celestra series has been optioned for film by 20th Century Fox! A halfbreed angel who can read minds, one too many love interests, and an entire faction of angels who are out to kill her—living on Paragon Island can be deadly. From NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Addison Moore. From NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Addison Moore A death. A war. Regret. Heartbreak. An old enemy. A new enemy. A well-placed boyfriend. An ending you won’t believe. ...

When two teens discover that they were both sexually assaulted at the same party, they develop a cautious friendship through her family’s possibly magical pastelería, his secret forest of otherworldly trees, and the swallows returning to their hometown, in Anna-Marie McLemore's The Mirror Season....

For Ning, the only thing worse than losing her mother is knowing that it's her own fault. She was the one who unknowingly brewed the poison tea that killed her - the poison tea that now threatens to also take her sister, Shu. When Ning hears of a competition to find the kingdom's greatest shennong-shi - masters of the ancient and magical art of tea-making - she travels to the imperial city to compete. The winner will receive a favor from the princess, which may be Ning's only chance to save her sister's life.

Missing for 3,000 years, Magic has returned to Olympus. But is it the change they need—or the end of everything? Darien Glade was torn from his world and thrust into Olympus, chosen as one of the Eldric—warriors fated to stop the rise of Cyprin, the dark sorcerer threatening all existence. As new dangers close in, Darien discovers that magic isn’t lost after all—it’s hidden. And he may be able to wield it. While Darien fights to survive, the remaining Eldric journey across Olympus to recover the ancient weapons needed to end the cycle. And far from them all, Evatra sets off on her...

Armed only with a frying pan and her common sense, Tiffany Aching, a young witch-to-be, is all that stands between the monsters of Fairyland and the warm, green Chalk country that is her home. Forced into Fairyland to seek her kidnapped brother, Tiffany allies herself with the Chalk's local Nac Mac Feegle, aka the Wee Free Men, a clan of sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men who are as fierce as they are funny.