Fantastical Fiction - MID | McKinney Public Libraries

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When her brother disappears into the Fae realm, twelve-year-old Lark must try to save him by solving riddles, fixing an ancient clock, and trusting her new Fae friend, Rook.

2) The lost island of Tamarind

Author

Aguiar, Nadia

Series

Book of Tamarind volume 1

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When thirteen-year-old Maya's marine biologist parents are washed overboard in a storm, Maya, her younger brother Simon, and their baby sister Penny land their sailboat on a mysterious, uncharted island filled with danger.

3) Amira & Hamza: the war to save the worlds

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Ahmed, Samira (Fiction writer)

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A genie informs twelve-year-old Amira and her younger brother Hamza that they are the chosen ones who must defeat a monstrous demon of Islamic folklore to save the Earth and a parallel dimension.

4) Amari and the night brothers

Author

Alston, B. B

Series

Amari volume 1

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Thirteen-year-old Amari, a poor Black girl from the projects, gets an invitation from her missing brother to join the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and join in the fight against an evil magician.

5) The memory thief

Author

Anderson, Jodi Lynn

Series

Thirteen witches volume 1

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When sixth-grader Rosie begins to see magic, she learns that her mother's dwindling memory is tied to an age-old battle between the light of the moon and the darkness of witches.

6) Tuck everlasting

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Babbitt, Natalie

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The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older.

7) maya and the rising dark

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8) The train to impossible places: A cursed delivery

Author

Bell, P. G. (Peter Gwilym)

Series

Train to impossible places volume 1

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Eleven-year-old Suzy Smith joins the troll-operated Impossible Postal Express, but she botches her first delivery by stealing a cursed snow globe containing a boy who claims there is a plot to take control of the Union of Impossible Places.

9) Peter and the starcatchers

Author

Barry, Dave

Series

Peter & the Starcatchers volume 1

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The young orphan Peter and his friend Molly have many adventures on the high seas while carrying a precious cargo of magical dust.

10) The iron trial

Author

Black, Holly

Series

Magisterium volume 1

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Callum Hunt wants to fail the Iron Trial so that he can stay away from magic. However, he passes the test and now there will be more tests to come.

11) The dreadful tale of Prosper Redding

Author

Bracken, Alexandra

Series

Dreadful tale of Prosper Redding volume 1

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"I would say it's a pleasure to meet thee, Prosperity Oceanus Redding, but truly, I only anticipate the delights of destroying thy happiness." Prosper is the only unexceptional Redding in his old and storied family history-that is, until he discovers the demon living inside him. Turns out Prosper's great-great-great-great-great-something grandfather made-and then broke-a contract with a malefactor, a demon who exchanges fortune for eternal servitude....

12) oddity

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13) Serwa Boateng's guide to vampire hunting

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Brown, Roseanne A

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After her home is attacked by shapeshifting vampires, twelve-year-old Serwa Boateng is sent to live with her aunt and cousin in Maryland, but the aspiring vampire hunter discovers that middle school is harder than it appears on television, especially when she has to avoid detention and turn her classmates into warriors before they become vampire food.

14) The princess who flew with dragons

Author

Burgis, Stephanie

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Twelve-year-old Princess Sofia of Drachenheim enjoys freedom from her sister's manipulations during a diplomatic mission to far-off Villenne, until she and her dragon friend, Jasper, are forced to face ice giants.

15) The girl with the dragon heart

Author

Burgis, Stephanie

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Silke has an unexpected opportunity to learn what happened to her parents years before when Princess Katrin asks her to stay at the palace as a spy during a visit from the rulers of Elfenwald.

16) renegade magic bk 2

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17) Flunked

Author

Calonita, Jen

Series

Fairy Tale Reform School volume 1

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When petty thief Gilly, who lives with five younger brothers and sisters in a run-down boot, gets caught stealing, she's sentenced to three months at Fairy Tale Reform School, where all the teachers are former villains, including the Big Bad Wolf, the Evil Queen, and Cinderella's wicked stepmother.

18) City of the plague god

Author

Chadda, Sarwat

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"Thirteen-year-old Sikander Aziz has to team up with the hero Gilgamesh in order to stop Nergal, the ancient god of plagues, from wiping out the population of Manhattan in this adventure based on Mesopotamian mythology"--

19) The school for good and evil

Author

Chainani, Soman

Series

School for Good and Evil volume 1

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Best friends Sophie and Agatha are going to the School for Good and Evil.

20) Aru Shah and the end of time

Author

Chokshi, Roshani

Series

Pandava volume 1

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Chokshi about twelve-year-old Aru Shah, who has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. While her classmates are jetting off to family vacations in exotic locales, she'll be spending her autumn break at home, in the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture, waiting for her mom to return from her latest archeological trip. Is it any wonder that Aru makes up stories about being royalty, traveling to Paris, and having a chauffeur?...