Captivating young adult fantasy for grownups
Discover captivating young adult fantasy books for grownups—from Patricia A. McKillip's Riddle-Master to Garth Nix's Sabriel. Explore mature, magical tales and masterful fantasy authors in this curated adult reading list.
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Sabriel
by Garth Nix
Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead.
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The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
by Alan Garner
A young girl and her brother are catapulted into a battle between good and evil for possession of a magical stone of great power that is contained in her bracelet.
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The Owl Service
by Alan Garner
During a summer vacation in a secluded Welsh valley, three young people find themselves driven by the spirits of three mythical lovers to reenact an ancient tragedy.
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Riddle-Master
by Patricia A. McKillip
For over twenty years, World Fantasy Award winner Patricia A. McKillip has captured the hearts and imaginations of thousands of readers. Now at last her renowned Riddle-Master trilogy–The Riddle-Master of Hed, Heir of Sea and Fire, and Harpist in the Wind–long out of print, is collected in one volume. It is considered her most enduring and beloved work. Now it is collected in one volume for the first time–the epic journeys of a young prince in a strange land, where wizards have long since vanished...but where magic is waiting to be reborn.
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The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
by Patricia A. McKillip
A wizard, accustomed to the company only of great legendary beasts, is introduced to the human world with all its sorrows and delights when a baby comes into her care.
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The Book of Atrix Wolfe
by Patricia A. McKillip
In wolf shape, among the wolves, he had sensed danger sweepingtoward the mountains he loved. So begins The Book of Atrix Wolfe, the story of a man who lived amongwolves, hiding from the mistakes of his past -- and the woman who offered him one lastchance for redemption.
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The Dark Is Rising Sequence/Silver on the Tree/The Grey King/Greenwitch/the Dark Is Rising/Over Sea, Under Stone
by Susan Cooper
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