2010 YA Fiction and Fantasy: Part II
Explore the best 2010 YA fantasy and fiction books in Part II of our curated list. Discover must-read titles and hidden gems for young adult readers.
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The Magic Thief: Found
by Sarah Prineas
The Magic Thief: Found, the third book in Sarah Prineas’s acclaimed middle grade fantasy series, finds wizard’s apprentice Conn on the run! Sneaking out of …
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The Demon's Covenant
by Sarah Rees Brennan
Mae Crawford’s always thought of herself as in control, but in the last few weeks her life has changed. Her younger brother, Jamie, suddenly has …
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Calamity Jack
by Shannon Hale
In this graphic novel interpretation of "Jack and the Beanstalk," Jack is a born schemer who climbs a magical beanstalk in the hope of exacting …
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Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus
by R. L. LaFevers
Dragged by Sticky Will to a magic show featuring the Great Awi Bubu, magic detector Theodosia Throckmorton sets into motion an unexpected chain of events …
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The Wide-Awake Princess
by E. D. Baker
Annie, younger sister of the princess who would be known as Sleeping Beauty, is immune to magic and stays awake when the rest of the …
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Wayfarer
by R. J. Anderson
In a time of deadly crisis, Linden alone has the power to save her people. The faeries of the Oak are in danger of extinction, …
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The Sisters Grimm
by Michael Buckley
Chasing the devious Master through a series of classic children's tales in order to save their kidnapped baby brother, Sabrina, Daphne and their friend Puck …
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The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid
by Rick Riordan
One night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for a "research experiment" at the British Museum, where he hopes to set things right for his …
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Princess of Glass
by Jessica Day George
In the midst of maneuverings to create political alliances through marriage, sixteen-year-old Poppy, one of the infamous twelve dancing princesses, becomes the target of a …
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The Necromancer
by Michael Scott
While Josh and Sophie consider placing their futures in the hands of the mysterious Nicholas Flamel, Machiavelli unleashes murderous monsters with the power of killing …
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Pegasus
by Robin McKinley
Because of a 1000-year-old alliance between humans and pegasi, Princess Sylvi is ceremonially bound to Ebon, her own Pegasus, on her 12th birthday, but the …
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Cat O'Nine Tails
by Julia Golding
Cat is finally living a life of luxury--and so bored she's going out of her mind. But then she and her friends are kidnapped and …
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Heroes Return
by Moira J. Moore
When Lee Mallorough and Shintaro Karish reluctantly obey the Emperor's command to protect the duchy of Westsea, the homeland Taro has renounced, they find deadly …
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The Curse of Deadman's Forest
by Victoria Laurie
Determined to recruit six supernaturally gifted children to defeat a growing evil force, Ian and Theodosia Wigby embark on a life-threatening journey through a magic …
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The Rat Brain Fiasco
by Julie Berry
Cody Mack's misdeeds land him in a reformatory school, where he soon discovers that the principal and teachers are actual monsters with a sinister plan …
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Curse of the Bizarro Beetle
by Julie Berry
Escaping the Splurch Academy infirmary using stolen keys, Cody Mack and friends prepare for Halloween and try to figure out Cody's dreams about a giant …
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The Wyverns' Treasure
by R. L. LaFevers
When Nathaniel and Aunt Phil are summoned to the Welsh countryside to calm the giant dragons known as wyverns, they suspect the problem was caused …
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The Basilisk's Lair
by Robin L. La Fevers
A search for a missing serpent that is threatening an entire Dhughani village is complicated by Nate Fludd's ongoing efforts to solve the mystery of …
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Sea Glass
by Maria V. Snyder
Student glass magician Opal Cowan's newfound ability to steal a magician's powers makes her too powerful. Ordered to house arrest by the Council, Opal dares …
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Blameless
by Gail Carriger
After she leaves her husband, the pregnant Lady Maccon is dismissed from the Shadow Council, attacked by mechanical ladybugs, and becomes the target of vampires, …
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Behemoth
by Scott Westerfeld
Continues the story of Austrian Prince Alek who, in an alternate 1914 Europe, eludes the Germans by traveling in the Leviathan to Constantinople, where he …
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Darklight
by Lesley Livingston
Faerie can't lie . . . or can they? Much has changed since autumn, when Kelley Winslow learned she was a Faerie princess, fell in …
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Secondhand Charm
by Julie Berry
On her journey to the royal university to become a doctor, fifteen-year-old Evie, wearing potent gypsy charms, learns of her monstrous inheritance.
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Perchance to Dream
by Lisa Mantchev
From the critically acclaimed author of Eyes Like Stars We are such stuff as dreams are made on. Act Two, Scene One Growing up in …