Well-written Teen Fantasy

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Finnikin of the Rock
By Melina Marchetta
YA F MARCHETT
Now on the cusp of manhood, Finnikin, who was a child when the royal family of Lumatere was brutally murdered and replaced by an imposter, reluctantly joins forces with an enigmatic young novice and fellow-exile, who claims that her dark dreams will lead them to a surviving royal child and a way to regain the throne of Lumatere.

Birthmarked
By Caragh M. O’Brien
YA F O’BRIEN
When her midwife mother is forcibly taken away by the very people she serves, sixteen-year-old Gaia Stone starts to question the role of the Enclave and whether it deserves the loyalty her family has so faithfully given.

The Thief
By Megan Whalen Turner
YA F 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.

The Wee Free Men
By Terry Pratchett
YA F PRATCHET
A young witch-to-be named Tiffany teams up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of six-inch-high blue men, to rescue her baby brother and ward off a sinister invasion from Fairyland.

Star Crossed
By Elizabeth C. Bunce
YA F BUNCE
In a kingdom dominated by religious intolerance, sixteen-year-old Digger, a street thief, has always avoided attention, but when she learns that her friends are plotting against the throne she must decide whether to join them or turn them in.

Steel
By Carrie Vaughn
YA F Vaughn
When Jill, a competitive high school fencer, goes on vacation with her family to the Bahamas, she is magically transported to an early-eighteenth-century pirate ship where she is surrounded by strangers and is forced to sign on as crew. She senses that the only key to getting back home is through a notorious and deadly pirate, Edmund Blane.