This week, I'm sharing some of the classics in teen fantasy. Here are a few of my favorites . . . .
Bored with traditional palace life, a princess goes off to live with a group of dragons and soon becomes involved with fighting against some disreputable wizards who want to steal away the dragons' kingdom.
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone.
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, learning many hard lessons along her path to high adventure.
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip
Raised on Eld mountain with only her father's magical menagerie for company, a young wizard is drawn irrevocably into the human world with all its sorrows and delights when a baby comes into her care.
Howl's Moving Castle by Diane Wynne Jones
Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl .
More Classics of Teen Fantasy --
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
The Girl of Fire and Thorn by Rae Carson
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin
Check these books out on display at the Arnold Branch through August 13, 2021.
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