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Fantasy Historical

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Fantasy: Historical

Entries marked with a ♥ are staff favorites

Bray, Libba A Great and Terrible Beauty

It’s 1895, and after the suicide of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma’s reception there is a chilly one. To make things worse, she’s been followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her. But why? What is her destiny?  (S)

Hoffman, Mary Stravaganza: City of Masks

Lucien, a twenty-first-century English boy, is being treated for cancer. When his father brings him an old Italian notebook to write in, his world changes as he falls asleep each night clutching his journal. At first he thinks he's dreaming of Venice, but soon it becomes clear that that he has somehow entered Belleza as Luciano, one of the Stravaganti, a brotherhood of time travelers. As he learns to stravagate back and forth between time and worlds, his split life becomes increasingly complicated--and dangerous.  (J,S)

♥ Turner, Megan Whalen The Queen of Attolia

Forsaken by the gods and left to his own devices, Eugenides, Royal Thief of Eddis, summons all his wit and wiles in an attempt to conquer the rival Queen of Attolia.  (M,J)

♥ Turner, Megan Whalen The Thief

After Gen's bragging lands him in the king's prison, the chances of escape look slim. Then the king's scholar, the magus, needs the thief's skill for a seemingly impossible task -- to steal a hidden treasure from another land. To the magus, Gen is just a tool. But Gen is a trickster and a survivor, with a plan of his own that will turn everything on its head.  (M,J)

Wrede, Patricia C. and Stevermer, Caroline Sorcery and Cecelia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot

It's 1817, and a great deal is happening in London. For starters, there's the witch who tried to poison Kate at Sir Hilary's induction into the Royal College of Wizards. Then there's Dorothea. Is it a spell that's made her the toast of the town - or could it possibly have something to do with the charm-bag under Oliver's bed? And speaking of Oliver, just how long can Cecelia and Kate make excuses for him? Ever since he was turned into a tree, he hasn't bothered to tell anyone where he is! The girls might think it all a magical nightmare...if only they weren't having so much fun.  (S)

 

 

  Grade Level Interest
M Middle School (defined as grades 6-8).
J Junior High (defined as grades 7-9).
S Senior High (defined as grades 10-12).
A/YA Adult-marketed book recommended for teens.

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