Lightning, espionage, and magic—Inselgrau's fate lies in the hands of one thunder goddess with a heart of iron, one exiled spy, and one Magician haunted by chronic pain. Under the tutelage of the Fantazikes, Evelyn Stormbourne's dominion over the skies has become formidable. When she receives word from her spymaster that an old and powerful enemy has taken her throne by lethal force, she sets off on a cross-country trek to return to Inselgrau. If she wants her country back, she'll have to free...
Science and magic mean danger in this sequel to The Unnaturalists, which School Library Journal called "an entertaining mix of steampunk and fantasy." After Vespa, Syrus, and Bayne defeated the Grue and restored order to their world in The Unnaturalists, they thought their future was secure. Empress Olivia, committed to peace and equality for humans and Elementals alike, was a fair and just ruler. And the Creeping Waste had vanished, giving them hope for the first time. But rebellion is brewing...
Goliath (Leviathan Trilogy (PB), #3) (Leviathan, #3)
by Scott Westerfeld
Alek and Deryn are back onboard the Leviathan. The ship is ordered to pick up Tesla, a Russian inventor who has created a machine he claims can destroy half of the world, which he is using as a threat to impose peace. Alek wants to the end the war, so decides to back Tesla politically, as do the Darwinists. Meanwhile Deryn is still pretending to be a boy, though Alek has figured out her true identity, and promises to keep her secret. With stops in New York, California and Mexico, Deryn and Alek...
The Edge Chronicles 10: The Immortals (Edge Chronicles)
by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
It’s five hundred years into the third age of flight and mighty phraxships steam across the immensity of the Deepwoods, plying their lucrative trade between the three great cities. But all across the Edge, trouble is brewing. The goblin clans are preparing for war. And a storm is gathering, unlike any that has been seen before.When the life of Nate Quarter, a young lamplighter, is threatened, he is forced to flee from the phraxmines of the Eastern Woods to the mighty city of Great Glade. He is p...
New York Times bestselling author A.G. Howard launches a dark and compelling new YA fantasy series about a girl whose family is cursed by Halloween. "Packed with action scenes, detailed world-building, and allusions to other popular media, this will be a crowd-pleaser with avid fantasy readers, likely to appeal to fans of Melissa Marr and Holly Black." -BCCB Phoenix “Nix” Loring knows her family is under a Halloween curse. When she was three, her parents tragically died on October 31st. Eleven...
Two teens discover the secrets of a magical curiosity shop in a story of timeless love and deadly consequences. The heart-wrenching story of The Radium Girls meets the enchanting world of Howl’s Moving Castle. Perfect for fans of The Starless Sea and Divine Rivals! "[A] hauntingly romantic fantasy adventure."—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review It was a day for finding things... On the morning Twain, a lonely boy with a knack for danger, discovers a strand of starlight on the cliffs outside of...
Brass, Blimps and Bots
by Charlotte Byrne, Linton Valdock, and Mark Piggott
The Turncoat's Gambit (Inventor's Secret, #3)
by Andrea Cremer
"In an alternate nineteenth-century America, Charlotte is on the run from both the empire and the revolution. Now she must figure out whom she trusts, once and for all"--
Discovered picking pockets at Coxford's Corn Market, fourteen year old Sin is hunted across the city. Caught by the enigmatic Eldritch Moons, Sin is offered a way out of his life of crime: join the Covert Operations Group (COG) and train to become a spy. At Lenheim Palace, Sin learns spy craft while trying not to break the school's Cast-Iron Rules. Befriended by eccentric Zonda Chubb, together they endeavour to unmask a traitor causing havoc within the palace. After an assassination attempt on t...