Exploring Fantasy

Exploring Fantasy

Wizardry Fantasy

Inkheart

cover photo: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.

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Wizards at War

cover photo: Wizards at War by Diane Duane

Nita and Kit rejoin forces when a strange darkness of the mind overcomes the older wizards, stealing away their power, and forcing the younger wizards to go to war to save the world.

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Magic Under Glass

cover photo: Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore

A wealthy sorcerer's invitation to sing with his automaton leads seventeen-year-old Nimira, whose family's disgrace brought her from a palace to poverty, into political intrigue, enchantments, and a friendship with a fairy prince who needs her help.

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Magyk

cover photo: Magyk by Angie Sage

After learning that she is the Princess, Jenna is whisked from her home and carried toward safety by the Extraordinary Wizard, those she always believed were her father and brother, and a young guard known only as Boy 412--pursued by agents of those who killed her mother ten years earlier.

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The Warrior Heir

cover photo: The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima

After learning about his magical ancestry and his own warrior powers, sixteen-year-old Jack embarks on a training program to fight enemy wizards.

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House of Many Ways

cover photo: House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones

When Charmain is asked to housesit for Great Uncle William, the Royal Wizard of Norland, she is ecstatic to get away from her parents, but finds that his house is much more than it seems.

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Negima! 14

cover photo: Negima! 14 by Ken Akamatsu

Negi has finally met his father--at least in holographic form and now he's more determined than ever to follow in his footsteps. On the run from reporters following his tournament performance, Negi turns himself into a beautiful bishonen, but using magic may let his secret out once and for all.

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The Whimsic Alley Book of Spells

cover photo: The Whimsic Alley Book of Spells by George W. Beahm

Provides more than 200 spells contributed by Harry Potter fans worldwide, as well as guidance on selecting an appropriate wardrobe, a history of wands, and other related topics.

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The Amulet of Samarkand

cover photo: The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud

Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace.

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The Book of Mordred

cover photo: The Book of Mordred by Vivian Van Velde

As the peaceful King Arthur reigns, the five-year-old daughter of Lady Alayna, newly widowed of the village-wizard Toland, is abducted by knights who leave their barn burning and their only servant dead.

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Slathbog’s Gold by Mark Forman

cover photo: Slathbog’s Gold by Mark Forman by Mark Forman

When fifteen-year-old orphan Alex Taylor sees an odd sign in a shop window and goes inside to investigate, he is sent on a quest to defeat an evil dragon, and in the process he confronts his fears and learns about his future and his past.

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Sorcery and Cecelia

cover photo: Sorcery and Cecelia by Patricia Wrede

In 1817 in England, two young cousins, Cecilia living in the country and Kate in London, write letters to keep each other informed of their exploits, which take a sinister turn when they find themselves confronted by evil wizards.

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