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Aladdin, 2007. ISBN 13 (9781416947202) ISBN 10 (1416947205) When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents' estate, they discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures and that a battle between good and evil is looming
 * //Fablehaven//** by Brandon Mull

//**Madhouse**// by Rob Thurman RoC, 2008. 352 p. (1429599545) Half human Cal Leandros and his brother, Niko, aren't exactly prospering with their preternatural detective agency. Who could have guessed that business would dry up in New York City, where vampires, trolls, and other creepy crawlies are all over the place? But now there's a new arrival in the Big Apple. A malevolant evil with ancient powers is picking off humans like sheep, dead-set on making history with an orgy of blood and murder. And for Cal and Niko, this is one paycheck they're going to have to earn

//**Moonshine**// by Rob Thurman RoC, 2007. 352 p. (9780451461391) After saving the world from his fiendish father's side of the family, Cal Leandros and his stalwart half brother Niko have settled down wiht new digs and a new gig, bodyguard and detective work. And in New York City, where preternatural beings stalk the streets just like normal folk, business is good. Their latest case has them going undercover for the Kin, the werewolf Mafia. A low-level Kin boss thinks a rival is setting him up for a fall, and wants proof. The place to start is the backroom of Moonshine, a gambling club for non-humans. Cal thinks it's a simple in-and-out job. But Cal is very, very wrong. Cal and Niko are being set up themselves, and the people behind it have a bite much worse than their bark...


 * //Bone Chiller//** by Graham McNamee

Disney Hyperion, 2009. 384 p. ISBN 13 (9780786838653) ISBN 10 (0786838655) Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his school work or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse-Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. When Percy's mom finds out, she knows it's time he knew the truth about where he came from, and that he go to the one place he'll be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half Blood, a summer camp for demigods where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friends, one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena, Percy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the Underworld and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods.
 * //Percy and the Olympians series, Book 1 The Lightning Theif//** by Rick Riordan

//**The Inheritance series**// by Christopher Paolini Knopf, 2003. 509 p. (0375826688) In Alagaesia, a fifteen year old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters

RoC, 2005-2009
 * //Age of Fire series//** by E.E. Knight

DAW, 2007 662 p. (9780756404079) The riveting first-person narrative of a young man who grows to be the most notorious magician his world has ever seen. From his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that transports the readers into the body and mind of a wizard.
 * //Name of the Wind//** by Patrick Rothfuss

Scholastic Press, 2009. ISBN 13 (9780439023498) ISBN 10 (0439023491) By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.
 * //Catching Fire//** by Suzanne Collins