Faerie and Urban Fantasy

All Sam wants to do on his vacation is sleep, play with his video games, and be left alone. Fate has other plans for him, however. While exploring a burial mound with his new friend, Charly, Sam accidentally sets off a chain of events that changes his life forever. Faced with the threat of an evil force called the Malifex, spells, demons, Men in Black, ancient relics, and more, Sam needs some serious help. With his fate--and that of the world--hanging in the balance, will Sam be strong and brave enough to defeat the Malifex?

Season Fairies create and control the weather using special musical instruments. Sugar, an apprentice Snow Fairy, and her friends Salt and Pepper, all want to become full-fledged Season Fairies. But the only way to achieve this is to search for and find the "Twinkles" that will make their magical flowers bloom!

From the co-creator of the bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles comes this unique gothic fantasy. "Tripping the dark fantastic with newcomer Holly Black means pixie dust may well include blood spatter, sharp thorns, and bits of broken glass."--"Publishers Weekly," starred review.

In this compulsively seductive tale as enchanting as it is chilling, a "New York Times" bestselling author takes readers back to the bewitching world of Faerie in a stunning sequel to her acclaimed first book "Tithe."

Once upon a time, there was a girl caught in a grown-up world of SUPERSTARS and supermodels, a glitz-and-glamour web of SECRETS and lies. . . .

In this mesmerizing post-modern fairy tale, critically acclaimed author Francesca Lia Block distills elements of fantasy and realism into an intoxicating blend of striking imagery and raw emotion.

This is the story of Barbie Marks, who dreams of being the one behind the camera, not some barely flesh-and-blood version of the plastic doll she was named after. It is the story of Griffin Tyler, whose androgynous beauty hides the dark pain within him. And finally, it is the story of Mab, a pinkie-sized, magenta-haired, straight-talking fairy who may or may not be real.

With the same lush, electrifying prose that made WEETZIE BAT a cult classic, Francesca Lia Block concocts a potent brew of magic

The first five books in Cabot's exciting series--previously published under the pen name Jenny Carroll--about a teenage girl who communicates with the dead are now reissued.

In New York, 15-year-old Clary Fray doesn't expect to witness a murder--much less one committed by three teenagers covered with odd markings and brandishing bizarre weapons. Exotic and gritty, this book begins a new fantasy series about demons and a secret tribe of warriors called the Shadowhunters. Margaret K. McElderry Books

In this follow-up to "The Opal Deception," teenage criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl is approached by the fairy council to predict when a demon from the Eighth Family colony will materialize on Earth. Because if humans find out about the demons, then all fairies will be exposed.

Some of today's best fantasists draw on the great wealth of world faery lore and classic faery literature in this companion anthology to the World Fantasy Finalist "The Green Man." Authors include Tanith Lee, Holly Black, and Neil Gaiman.

This ALA Best Book for Young Readers is now available in paperback. When Imogene and her family move to Newford, she quickly gets to know two very different people. Maxine is a "good girl" following a strict life plan. Adrian is a bit more unusual--he's a ghost who has a huge crush on Imogene.

In his latest novel, de Lint offers a delightful combination of realism, magic, humor, and hope, in a story about a 14-year-old girl who makes a surprising new friend--a six-inch high, punked-out teenage Little who has run away from home.

A magical story of love, bravery, and discovering one's destiny, this first novel in a magical new series for teens introduces Tania, the lost princess of Faerie, who is torn between two loves and two worlds.

In a world unseen by mortals, the forces of Summer and Winter are at war. Two Faery Courts have been seeking the Summer Queen for more than nine centuries--one to restore the power of Summer and the other to banish it in this gritty modern Faery tale.

The author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Wicked Lovely" continues her tales of Faery in a dark, ravishing story of temptation and consequences, and of heroism when least expected.

Now available in paperback--the first installment of a magical series that begins the romantic and atmospheric tale of two teenage girls caught in the world of Faerie.

Un Lun Dun is London through the looking glass, an urban Wonderland of strange delights where all the lost and broken things end up--including people. When 12-year-old Zanna and her friend Deeba find a secret entrance into this strange city, it seems that an ancient prophecy is coming true. Illustrations.

Now available in paperback--a YA fantasy in which Ron, a teenage runaway, comes of age among the punk elves and humans of Bordertown, a run-down city on the border between the real world and the magic world of Faerie.

In this debut title of "Hallowmere," a dark, edgy, historical fantasy series, 15-year-old Corrine is orphaned after the Civil War and finds herself propelled into an ancient battle between dark vampiric Fey and the mortal world.

Bursting with the sharp intelligence and sly humor that's fast becoming his trademark, Westerfield's new novel is an utterly original take on an archetype of horror--the vampire.

Poison has always been a willful, contrary girl, prone to being argumentative and stubborn. So when her sister is snatched by the mean-spirited faeries, she seeks out the Phaerie Lord to get her back. But finding him isn't easy, and the quest leads Poison into a murderous world of intrigue, danger, and deadly storytelling. With only her wits and her friends to aid her, Poison must survive the attentions of the Phaerie Lord, rescue her sister, and thwart a plot that's beyond anything she (or the reader) can imagine. . . .

A 16-year-old harpist prodigy and three brothers--members of the sensationally popular teen boy band--are transported to a strange and mystical wilderness where they find themselves in the middle of a deadly tug-of-war struggle between a magical fox named Fossegrim and the monstrous troll Aenmarr of Austraegir.