Historical Fantasy for Teen Girls

Try these books if you're looking for:
  • Fantasy
  • Female characters
  • Teen books
  • Clean reads
  • No vampires

The Story Teller’s Daughter 
 By Cameron Dokey
YA F DOKEY
When Shaharazad becomes enslaved, she must come up with a plan that will make the coldhearted king see her in a different light in order to change her future. 

Inkheart 
By Cornelia Funke
YA F FUNKE Ink Tril #1
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service. 

East 
By Edith Pattou
YA F PATTOU A young woman journeys to a distant castle on the back of a great white bear who is the victim of a cruel enchantment. 

A Curse as Dark As Gold 
By Elizabeth Bunce
YA F BUNCE
Upon the death of her father, seventeen-year-old Charlotte struggles to keep the family’s mill running, despite the mortgage and what the locals believe is a curse, but when a man who is capable of spinning straw into gold appears, it’s up to her to decide if she’s willing to pay the price for his help.

Recently Published Teen Adventures with a Dash of Romance

Try these books if you're looking for:
  • Adventure
  • Romance
  • Characters who push the boundaries of their societies
Legend
By Marie Lu
YA F LU
In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-olds Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy.

Under the Never Sky
By Veronica Rossi
YA F ROSSI
Aria and Perry, two teens from radically different societies--one highly advanced, the other primitive--hate being dependent on one another until they overcome their prejudices and fall in love, knowing they can't stay together.

Incarceron
By Catherine Fisher
YA F FISHER
To free herself from an upcoming arranged marriage, Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, a futuristic prison with a mind of its own, decides to help a young prisoner escape.

The False Prince
By Jennifer A. Nielsen
YA F NIELSEN Ascenden #1

In the country of Carthya, a devious nobleman engages four orphans in a brutal competition to be selected to impersonate the king's long-missing son in an effort to avoid a civil war.