Faeries and Far Away Realms


The Amulet of Samarkand
Jonathan Stroud
Y Fic Str

Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace. Sequels: Golem's Eye, Ptolemy's Gate

 


Artemis Fowl
Eoin Colfer
Y Fic Col

When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll. Sequels: Eternity Code, Arctic Incident, The Opal Deception, The Lost Colony, The Time Paradox

 


Blackbringer
Laini Taylor
Y Fic Tay

Magpie Windwitch, faerie, devil hunter, and granddaughter of the West Wind, must defeat an ancient evil creature, the Blackbringer, who has escaped from his bottle and threatens to unmake all of creation.

 


Bones of Faerie

Bones of Faerie
Janni Lee Simner
Y Fic Sim

Fifteen-year-old Liza travels through war-ravaged territory in a struggle to bridge the faerie and human worlds and to bring back her mother while learning of her own powers and that magic can be controlled.

 


Hunter's Moon

Chronicles of Faerie (series)
O.R. Melling
Y Fic Mel

Two teenage cousins, one Irish, the other from the United States, set out to find a magic doorway to the Faraway Country, where humans must bow to the little people. The Hunter's Moon, The Summer King, The Light-Bearers Daughter, The Book of Dreams

 


East
Edith Pattou
Y Fic Pat

A young woman journeys to a distant castle on the back of a great white bear who is the victim of a cruel enchantment.

 


ElfQuest Bedtime Stories
Wendy Lee
J 741.597 Le

This graphic novel is a retelling of several classic bedtime stories. ElfQuest is a series about the adventures of a tribe of forest-dwelling elves forced from their homes by humans.

 


Fairy Path

Faerie Path
Frewin Jones
Y Fic Jon

Anita, an ordinary sixteen-year-old girl, is transported from modern-day London to the realm of Faerie where she discovers that she is Princess Tania, the long-lost daughter of King Oberon and Queen Titania. Sequels: The Lost Queen, The Sorcerer King

 


Faerie Wars
Herbie Brennan
Y Fic Bre

Troubled by family problems, Henry finds his life taking a whole new dimension when he and his friend, old Mr. Fogarty, become involved with Prince Pyrgus Malvae who has been sent from the faerie world in order to escape the treacherous Faeries of the Night. Sequels: Purple Emperor, Ruler of the Realm

 


Fairy-Ality

Fairie-ality : the fashion collection from the House of Ellwand
Genie Shields
Y 398.45 FA

Presents pages from the catalog of the top designer of couture and accessories for the fairy world, interspersed with descriptions of the events to which these feather and flower creations will be worn.

 


Fairy Cube

Fairy Cube
Kaori Yuki
GN Y FAI

Ian is transported to another world by the fairy Ainsel, who promises to help him stop Tokage upon their return to the human plane. By possessing the body of the recently deceased Elijah, Ian attempts to save Rin from Tokage's clutches.

subjects: Fairies - Comic books, Magic, Graphic novels-Japan


The Fantasy Encyclopedia
Judy Allen
J 398.403 AL

With a foreword by the award-winning fantasy author Jonathan Stroud, and illustration by some of the world's best illustrators including John Howe, the Fantasy Encyclopedia is a spectacular one-stop guide to the creatures and people of folklore and fantasy.

 


Foiled by Jane Yolen

Foiled
Jane Yolen; artwork by Mike Cavallaro
GN Y FOI

Aliera is a star at fencing, but at school no one notices her--until her new lab partner Avery begins flirting with her. Aliera's mother just bought her a foil from a garage sale, and it has a strange jewel attached to the hilt. Will Aliera's first date be ruined when magical creatures try to steal her foil?

 


The Goblin Wood
Hilari Bell
Y Fic Bel

A young Hedgewitch, an idealistic knight, and an army of clever goblins fight against the ruling hierarchy that is trying to rid the land of all magical creatures.

 


The Good Neighbor by Holly Black

The Good Neighbor. Book 1, Kin
Holly Black, illustrated by Ted Naifeh
GN Y GOO

Sixteen-year-old Rue Silver, whose mother disappeared weeks ago, believes she is going crazy until she learns that the strange things she has been seeing are real, and that she is one of the faerie creatures, or Good Neighbors, that mortals cannot see.

 


The Hollow Kingdom
Claire Dunkle
Y Fic Dun

In nineteenth-century England, a powerful sorcerer and King of the Goblins chooses Kate, the elder of two orphan girls recently arrived at their ancestral home, Hallow Hill, to be his bride and queen. Sequels: Close Kin, In the Coils of the Snake

 


How to Ditch Your Fairy

How to Ditch Your Fairy
Justine Larbalestier
Y FIC LAB

In a world in which everyone has a personal fairy who tends to one aspect of daily life, fourteen-year-old Charlie decides she does not want hers--a parking fairy--and embarks on a series of misadventures designed to rid herself of the invisible sprite and replace it with a better one, like her friend Rochelle's shopping fairy.

 


I am Morgan le Fay: A Tale From Camelot
Nancy Springer
Y Fic Spr

In a war-torn England where her half-brother Arthur will eventually become king, the young Morgan le Fay comes to realize that she has magic powers and links to the faerie world. This is the sequel to I am Mordred: a tale from Camelot.

 


Inkheart
Cornelia Funke
Y FIC Fun

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. Sequels: Inkspell, Inkdeath

 


Inu-Yasha: a Feudal Fairy Tale
Rumiko Takahashi
GNY Inu

Transported back to Japan's feudal era, high school student Kagome accidentally releases the feral half-demon dog boy Inu-Yasha from his imprisonment for stealing the Jewel of Four Souls.

 


I Was a Teenage Fairy
Francesca Lia Block
Y Fic Blo and Y Fic Blo

A feisty and crabby fairy called Mab helps a teen girl named Barbie heal traumas of her past. Francesca Lia Block is the 2004 recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for outstanding contributions to young adult literature.

 


Lips Touch by Laini Taylor

Lips Touch: Three Times
Laini Taylor
Y Fic Tay

Three short stories about kissing, featuring elements of the supernatural.

 


The Minister's Daughter
Julie Hearne
Y Fic Hea

In 1645 in England, the daughters of the town minister successfully accuse a local healer and her granddaughter of witchcraft to conceal an out-of-wedlock pregnancy, but years later during the 1692 Salem trials their lie has unexpected repercussions.

 


The Moorchild
Eloise McGraw
Y Fic Mac

Feeling that she is neither fully human nor "Folk," a changeling learns her true identity and attempts to find the human child whose place she had been given.

 


The New Policeman
Kate Thompson
Y Fic Tho

Irish teenager JJ Liddy discovers that time is leaking from his world into Tir na nOg, the land of the fairies, and when he attempts to stop the leak he finds out a lot about his family history, the music that he loves, and a crime his great-grandfather may or may not have committed. Companion: The Last of the High Kings

 


Poison
Chris Wooding
Y Fic Woo

When Poison leaves her home in the marshes of Gull to retrieve the infant sister who was snatched by the fairies, she and a group of unusual friends survive encounters with the inhabitants of various Realms, and Poison herself confronts a surprising destiny.

 


Tithe: a Modern Faerie Tale
Holly Black
Y Fic Bla

Sixteen-year-old Kaye, who has been visited by faeries since childhood, discovers that she herself is a magical faerie creature with a special destiny. (This is the same author who contributes to The Spiderwick Chronicles.) Sequels: Valiant: a modern tale of Faerie, Ironside

 


Wee Free Men
Terry Pratchett
Y Fic Pra

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. Sequels: Hat Full of Sky, Wintersmith

 


Wicked Lovely
Melissa Marr
Y Fic Mar

Seventeen-year-old Aislinn, who has the rare ability to see faeries, is drawn against her will into a centuries-old battle between the Summer King and Winter Queen, and the survival of her life, her love, and summer all hang in the balance. Sequel: Fragile Eternity. Check out her other fairy book: Ink Exchange

 


Wings by E D Baker

Wings
E.D. Baker
Y Fic Bak

When Tamisin discovers that she is half fairy, she decides to find out more answers directly from the fairies themselves, including her mother, the fairy queen.

 


Wings by Aprilynne Pike

Wings
Aprilynne Pike
Y Fic Pik

When a plant blooms out of fifteen-year-old Laurel's back, it leads her to discover the fact that she is a faerie and that she has a crucial role to play in keeping the world safe from the encroaching enemy trolls. Sequel: Spells

 


Wondrous Strange

Wondrous Strange
Lesley Livingston
Y Fic Lev

When seventeen-year-old actress Kelley Winslow meets Sonny Flannery, she discovers he is a changeling and guardian of the gate between the faerie Otherworld and the mortal realm. She also learns that her mother had otherworldly powers that she has passed on to Kelley.

 


Why I Let My Hair Grow Out
Maryrose Wood
Y Fic Woo

On a bike trip in Ireland trying to recover from a broken heart, sixteen-year-old Morgan is transformed, not only by the others on the tour, but by her visits to the past, where she is believed to be the legendary half-goddess Morganne, sent to help end a faery curse.

 


List updated June 2010— Joanna Nigrelli


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