Young Readers Fantasy

In every school there are bullies. In every town there are local legends and their scary stories. In the small town of Cokerville, 11 year old Tyler and his friends have to deal with both, but they come to realize that the local legend of a haunted Indian burial ground is much more than just imagination.

In the small town of Griever's Mill, 11-year-old Ben Cameron is expecting to finish off his summer of relaxing and bird-watching without a hitch. But everything goes wrong when dark clouds roll in. Old Man Crandall is the first to change - human one minute and a glass statue the next. Soon it's happening across the world. Dark clouds fill the sky, and at random, people are turned into frozen versions of themselves. There's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, and no one knows how to stop it.

Wheezy Tweet is handicapped girl who lives in a care home. Part of her handicap is that she sees things others don't, like space invasions and misplaced alien monsters. She must find a way to save herself, her world, and her friends. In the Land of La, she must travel to a bizarre and scary dimension to save her autistic housemate.

After bouncing around in foster homes for most of her childhood, 17-year-old Tessa Jacobs doesn’t believe she deserves love. But everything changes when she has a chance encounter with Skylar, a senior from a neighboring town who’s a true romantic. Their budding relationship quickly leads to the kind of passion you only see in the movies. As her heart begins to open, Tessa starts to believe she might be deserving of love after all. When tragedy strikes, Tessa wakes up alone in a hospital room with no memory of how she got there.

Sunk by his nemesis, marooned alone on a desert island, can Blacktooth escape and avoid certain death? Pirate life may be perilous, but it’s probably different than you’d think. Blacktooth is a friendly pirate. He enjoys reading, eating, and searching for treasure with his crew. The Adventures of Blacktooth the Pirate recounts what it’s really like to be a pirate. In Blacktooth’s Treasure Chest, his nemesis Dog Breath Dirk is mad because he lost The Great Pirate Challenge, so he sinks Blacktooth’s ship and maroons him alone on a desert island. Can you guess how Blacktooth ...

Dani and Eden Rivera were both born to kill dragons, but the sisters couldn't be more different. For Dani, dragon slaying takes a back seat to normal high school life, while Eden prioritizes training above everything else. Yet they both agree on one thing: it's kill or be killed where dragons are concerned. Until Dani comes face-to-face with one and forges a rare and magical bond with him. As she gets to know Nox, she realizes that everything she thought she knew about dragons is wrong.

When Amelia and Bethany discover a mysterious book in the Magic Library, they’re whisked away to the bustling shores of 1722 Bermuda, a place teeming with daring sailors, hidden treasures, and swashbuckling secrets. As they navigate between the Royal Navy and the world of pirates, the sisters learn what it truly means to be brave, resourceful, and loyal. With historical intrigue and thrilling encounters on the high seas, The Magic Library: Pirate Hunters is a treasure trove of adventure that young readers won’t soon forget.

Macy Vickers isn’t your typical 12-year-old. Fierce, determined, and always ready to take charge, her friends Olivia Jackson and Jack Tyler often call her bossy, but Macy just knows what she wants. Olivia is the athletic, down-to-earth one, always looking out for others, while Jack is the prankster with a talent for finding trouble. Together, they make an unstoppable team. What begins as a quiet holiday at Macy’s aunt and uncle’s countryside home takes a dramatic turn on their first night when two mysterious strangers arrive and reveal a hidden doorway to a secret world called ...

Brystal Evergreen is running out of time. It's almost been a year since she made a deal with Death to find and destroy the Immortal in exchange for her life and she still hasn't found a single clue about who or where the Immortal is. To make matters worse, something dark and malignant has risen from deep within the earth, threatening life as we know it. To stop this new evil, the fairies and witches must work with all the kingdoms and territories, including the Righteous Brotherhood and their Army of the Dead.

Stevie Vegas is just your average 12 year old school kid living in suburban Valley Dale, with a passion for skateboarding. He thinks his life is pretty normal...that's until he discovers he's an Illuminator with extra-ordinary mind powers. Then the Shadowcasters arrive and he's forced into a battle as ancient as time itself, one that pits Illuminators against Shadowcasters: lightbringers against demons. Stevie Vegas must find a way to steal the source of the Shadowcasters' power, the cursed stones. Only then will he have the advantage in the fight for his life…

A tiny pirate ship. A mysterious riddle. A magical adventure beneath the sea! When mermaid sisters Coral, Pearl, and Marina discover a shrunken pirate ship tangled in the seaweed, they know it’s no ordinary treasure. The mystical seashell whispers a riddle, leading them on a daring quest to unravel an ancient pirate curse! To solve the mystery, the sisters must: ✅ Follow magical clues hidden beneath the waves ✅ Brave the dark waters where the Sea Witch rules ✅ Outsmart enchanted sea creatures ✅ Face the ghostly legend of the Phantom Fleet! Can the mermaid sisters break the curse ...

Tensions are rising between the Quatrans and the Specters, and the Quatra Fleet is gearing up for an epic fight. With a galaxy on the brink of war and loyalties divided, the friendship of four cadets will be tested. Orelia has been arrested for espionage, and her future is looking bleak...until the Quatrans make her a surprising offer that could save her life - and the lives of everyone in the galaxy. Reeling from his breakup, Arran finds comfort in a sympathetic boy from Loos, someone who understands how hard it can be to fit in.

THE DARK ENEMY NEVER RESTS. BUT NEITHER DO THE HEROES OF THE HIGHEST ORDER! A magical playground whisks Dan and Page into the Hidden Kingdom where a skinny giant registers them for hero training camp. There, they learn they must gain skills and earn powerful treasures by traveling back in time and walking in the footsteps of a real pioneer hero.

One guards a secret that governs your life, Painful and sharp like the cut of a knife. Two of your number are not who they seem. Two steal away as the dawn robs a dream. One will abandon the cause near the end. One has judged right between villain and friend. Five will be gone ere the struggle is done, ’Til one friend remains, to stand with The One.

Clothilde has lived her whole life in the shadows with her (sometimes) thieving and (always) ailing father. But when he fails to meet her one morning, sending her instead a mysterious ticket of half-paffage, Clo finds herself journeying across the sea to reunite with him. The ticket, however, leaves her on a sunless island inhabited only by creaking fishermen, a rumpled old woman, a piggish cat, and a moon-cheeked boy named Cary.

Alison, as a child, always shared a passionate connection to the supernatural, so years later, as an adult, she became a paranormal writer. One day when Alison goes out to meet with her editor to discuss her latest book, something mysterious happens: a dark and obscure figure steps out from the shadows. Alison, shocked, cannot perceive this figure standing before her. Why does this stranger resemble Teegan, the werewolf shifter she wrote about in one of her books? When she discovers that her latest novel is opening up a portal for all shapeshifters to wage war on one another, the race to ...

Everyone in Peter Powers' family has super awesome superpowers. His dad controls fire with his mind, and his mom can fly. His big brother makes copies of himself, and his little sister is super-strong. And his baby brother even turns invisible! But all Peter can do is - this is really embarrassing - make ice cubes with his fingertips. That's why Peter's been working hard to improve his ice talents and is more powerful than ever. But when a group of sky pirates come to town, they steal everyone's abilities - including Peter's.

The Electronic Mind Reader, the 12th Rick Brant novel, was published in 1957 and is another JANIG-based adventure with government spook Steve Ames as one of the main characters. The story involves foreign espionage against a secret government missile project based in Washington. Steve Ames comes for help from the Spindrift Foundation after several project scientists are struck down by a mysterious neural malady that seems to cause severe aphasia and inability to communicate.

After her mother passes away and her father retreats into his grief, 11-year-old Anne Applebaum is afraid the only happy endings she’ll ever have are in The World to Come, a collection of fairy tales about the flying forest of Bei Ilai. In its pages, children outsmart demons, girls train as knights, and songs come to life. But even these stories can’t stop Anne from feeling alone. So when a raven tells her that she has a long-lost twin brother named Rainer, she sets out to find him. Anne soon learns that Bei Ilai is a real place—and she must step through the door into this magical realm.

Win “Coal” Keegan is starting to get the hang of his new life. He’s come to love his foster family, the McKays, and is getting more confident with his invisibility powers. Almost too much confident. At first, he uses his abilities for small favors. But soon, favors snowball into bigger asks and messier pranks. And when rumors surface about a “ghost” in the neighborhood, Coal realizes it might be best to keep his talents under wraps.