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Here are our favorite teen fantasy novels. These titles are classified as Teen High School (TH) and can be found in the Teen section of the library, unless otherwise noted.
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The Encanto's Daughter
by De la Cruz, Melissa
Upon her father's death, half-Encanto MJ Rodriguez, the rightful heir to the Sirena throne, discovers her father was murdered and forges an unlikely alliance to find the truth—one that forces her to decide if she can both open herself to love and carry the weight of the crown.
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Sky's End
by Gregson, Marc J.
To save the only family he has left from his murderous uncle, Conrad enters the Selection of the Twelve Trades where he overhears whispers of rebellion in the dark while enduring vigorous training, manipulative peers and the Gauntlet—a brutal final test.
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Compass and Blade
by Greenlaw, Rachel
On the remote isle of Rosevear, Mira, like her mother before her, is a wrecker, one of the seven on the rope who swim out to shipwrecks to plunder them. Mira's job is to rescue survivors, if there are any...
But the people of Rosevear never admit the truth: that they set the beacons themselves to lure ships into the rocks.
When the Council watch lays a trap to put an end to the wrecking, they arrest Mira's father. Desperate to save him from the noose, Mira strikes a deal with an enigmatic wreck survivor guarding layers of secrets behind his captivating eyes, and sets off to find something her mother has left her, a family secret buried deep in the sea.
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Darker by Four
by Tan, June CL
When their paths cross in the shadows, Rui, who is seeking to avenge her mother's death; Yiran, who is honing his newfound powers; and Nikai, who is searching for his missing master, the Fourth King of Hell, must rise against destiny to prevent all hell from breaking loose—literally.
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Of Jade and Dragons
by Chen, Amber
After her father, a world-class engineer, is murdered, 18-year-old Aihui Ying, disguised as her brother and with only her father's secret journal and a jade pendant snatched from the assassin, enters the prestigious and dangerous male-only Engineer's Guild apprenticeship trials to avenge his death.
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Her Radiant Curse
by Elizabeth Lim
When her beautiful 17-year-old sister Vanna is to be auctioned off in a vulgar betrothal contest, Channi, who is cursed with a serpent's face, defends Vanna from the cruelest of suitors, unleashing an evil that could sever their bond forever.
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The Awakening
by Omar Epps
In a New York ravaged by climate change and class division where Nubians live as outcasts, Zuberi, Uzochi, and Lencho must decide whether to use their newly-discovered extraordinary and terrifying powers to lift their people up, or to leave them behind.
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Wolf Soldier
by James R. Hannibal
A shepherd boy and four trainees search for a missing spy, who may be the only one who can stop an impending invasion.
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The Luminaries
by Susan Dennard
To reclaim her family's standing within the Luminaries, an ancient order standing between humanity and nightmares, Winnie must pass the hunter trials, entering a world of danger, lies, and betrayal where she must protect her town, her family and her heart.
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A Forgery of Roses
by Jessica S. Olson
A portrait artist whose paintings alter people's bodies, Myra, when her gift is discovered by the governor's wife, is forced to complete a special portrait resurrecting the governor's dead son, which brings her face-to-face with a killer.
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A Magic Steeped in Poison
by Judy I. Lin
To save her sister's life, Ning, a young tea-maker, enters a competition to win a favor from the princess, but soon finds herself the one in danger when she is faced with backstabbing competitors, bloody court politics, and a mysterious boy with a shocking secret.
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Forging Silver into Stars
by Brigid Kemmerer
When the King's Courier, Lord Tycho, stops in the small town of Briarlock he is quick to befriend Jax and Callyn, but the town has long been an outpost for the anti-magic Truthbringers, and soon they find themselves embroiled in a world of shifting alliances and ancient magic.
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This Woven Kingdom
by Tahereh Mafi
The long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom forced to hide in plain sight, servant girl Alizeh waits in the shadows to uproot the kingdom of the crown prince and the world.
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Nightrender
by Jodi Meadows
The three kingdoms of Salvation have been at war so long that they have forgotten to watch an even bigger threat: the Malstop and the incursion from the demon plane which it contains. But as Princess Johanne of Embria contemplates her upcoming marriage to Prince Rune of Caberwill which will unite two of the kingdoms (if she does not kill him) the Malstop is weakening--and Nightrender, the only warrior who can save the world, sleeps in her castle, waiting for someone to summon her
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Castles in their Bones
by Laura Sebastian
Secretly trained since birth in the arts of deception, seduction, and violence, princesses Sophronia, Daphne, and Beatriz find their loyalties tested when each enters into a marriage to help make their mothers dream of ruling Vesteria come true.
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The Ivory Key
by Akshaya Raman
Four estranged royal siblings, each harboring secrets and conflicting agendas, must learn to work together as they search for the Ivory Key—a thing of legend that will lead to a new source of magic.
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Shadow and Bone
by Leigh Bardugo
Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken to become the protegé of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold.
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The Ruins of Gorlan
by John Flanagan
With Morgarath, Lord of the Mountains of Rain and Night, on the brink of attacking the kingdom, fifteen-year-old Will is chosen as the Ranger's new apprentice and must learn all the skills necessary to take part in the fierce battle ahead with their unique form of magic in the hopes of saving the villagers from pending annihilation.
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Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare This novel follows a young warrior as she immerses herself in elite supernatural salons before an outbreak of demon attacks places London under quarantine.
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The Betrothed
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Kiera Cass
Declared the unexpected love of a commitment-resistant young prince, a nobleman’s daughter is rapidly disillusioned by the outsized expectations of royal life before meeting a stranger with the mysterious power to see into her heart.
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