Teen Fantasy

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Eragon
By Christopher Paolini
YA F PAOLINI
In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy called Eragon finds a marvelous blue stone. Before he can trade it to feed his family, it hatches into a beautiful sapphire-blue dragon. Eragon bonds with the dragon, and overnight he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic, and power. With only an ancient sword and the advice of an old storyteller, Eragon and the fledgling dragon must prepare to travel through a dangerous empire.

Princess Academy
By Shannon Hale
YA F HALE
While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.

The Golden Compass
By Philip Pullman
YA F PULLMAN
Lyra Belacqua is an orphan growing up within the walls of Oxford University. But it quickly becomes clear that Lyra's world is not like our own. For one thing, people there each have a personal daemon, an animal companion that is connected with their identity and soul. Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra sets out to find her best friend who has mysteriously disappeared into the Far North.

Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
By Jessica Day George
YA F GEORGE
Blessed—or cursed—with an ability to understand animals, the Lass has always been an oddball. When an isbjorn (polar bear) seeks her out and promises that her family will become rich if the Lass will accompany him to his castle, she doesn’t hesitate. But the bear is not what he seems, nor is his castle, which is made of ice and inhabited by silent servants.

Inkheart
By Cornelia Funke
YA F FUNKE
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life. Unfortunately, one of those characters abducts them and tries to force Meggie’s father into service.