by Bruce CovilleConditional Recommendation: An epic and complex weaving of story lines to conclude the series, the fate of Luster, its creators and all its creatures.
Genre: Fantasy
by Bruce CovilleConditional Recommendation: Cara is sent on another mission in Luster: to collect a story from the centaurs while her father searches on earth for her mother.
Genre: Fantasy
by Kirby LarsonConditional Recommendation: 16-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels to Montana to try her hand at homesteading and prove up a claim of land so that she can have a place to call home.
Awards: Newbery Medal (2007), Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (2008), Montana Book Award (2006), California Young Readers Medal for Middle School/Junior High (2009), Missouri Gateway Readers Award (2009)
by Bruce CovilleUnconditional Recommendation: Thrust into another world, young Cara must make friends with fantastical creatures in order to keep a magical amulet out of evil hands and fulfill her grandmother’s request.
Genre: Fantasy
by Brandon MullConditional Recommendation: Cole must learn how to survive in a fantastical world, try to save his captured friends, and help new friends set things right in a world gone wild.
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure
Conditional Recommendation: While tracking the fleeing Outsiders cult, Halt is poisoned and Will must face a skilled enemy and race against time to save his beloved mentor.
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
by Tui T. SutherlandConditional Recommendation: From the perspective of Glory the RainWing, the dragonets of destiny discover RainWings are disappearing from the Rainforest Kingdom and their search takes them through the Kingdom of Sand, the Ice Kingdom, and to the secret NightWing Kingdom.
Genre: Fantasy
by Kate DiCamilloUnconditional Recommendation: With the help of a funny stray dog, Opal makes friends in her new town.
Awards: Newbery Honor (2001)
by Kate DiCamilloConditional Recommendation: With the help of a feisty friend and a caged tiger, a 12-year-old boy learns how to process his bottled-up grief.
Awards: Charlie May Simon Children’s Book Award Nominee (2004), National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature (2001)
by Cornelia FunkeConditional Recommendation: A dragon, a brownie, and a boy set off on a quest to find the Rim of Heaven, a safe place for dragons to live, before humans invade their home or an ancient villain catches them.
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure