In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king.
Hero by Alethea Kontis
Saturday Woodcutter accidentally conjures an ocean in the backyard and, with sword in tow, sets sail on a pirate ship, only to find herself kidnapped and held captive by a mountain witch with the power to destroy the world.
Legacies by Mercedes Lackey
After her family is killed, Spirit White is taken to Oakhurst Academy, a combination orphanage and school for those with magical powers, where she and her new friends investigate when students start mysteriously disappearing.
Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
Eleven-year-old Alanna, who aspires to be a knight even though she is a girl, disguises herself as a boy to become a royal page, a learning many hard lessons along her path to high adventure.
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
When sixteen-year-old orphan Tessa Fell's older brother suddenly vanishes, her search for him leads her into Victorian-era London's dangerous supernatural underworld, and when she discovers that she herself is a Downworlder, she must learn to trust the demon-killing Shadowhunters if she ever wants to learn to control her powers and find her brother.
More Fierce Female Fiction for Teens --
Assassin's Heart by Sarah Ahiers
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith
The Friday Society by Adrienne Kress
The Girl of Fire and Thorn by Rae Carson
Impossible by Nancy Werlin
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
Palace of Spies by Sarah Zettel
Prom Dates from Hell by Rosemary Clement-Moore
Revenge and the Wild by Michelle Modesto
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Sorcery and Cecelia, or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer
Terrier by Tamora Pierce
Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee
Vessel by Sarah Durst
Check these books out on display at the Arnold Branch through April 14, 2017.
No comments:
Post a Comment