juvenile fiction / fantasy & magic

Marcus, Kris, and Angie, the "problem" kids at school, together with their families are in Gentle Valley for the harvest festival--but there is no real harvest here, just a sick corn maze with an old evil lurking at the center.

Twelve-year-old Barbadian Josephine encounters a strange figure who resembles the fearsome Heartman who steals children's hearts, while also dealing with the odd behavior of her best friend.

"Landon Murphy discovers the undercover janitorial world when his soon-to-be stepsister, Jade Shu, guides him through a magical portal at the bottom of a dumpster that leads to a fantastical landfill and the home of the School of Garbage"--.

In this retelling of the Wizard of Oz, the story is told from the perspective of Toto the dog.

Billy and his friends are transported to a distant future where the evil Dragon of Death rules Dragon City and humans live to serve the dragon population, but they are determined to find their dragons, defeat the Dragon of Death, and return home.

YOUR FAULT, APOLLO. YOUR PUNISHMENT. My father's voice still rings in my ears. Can you believe Zeus blamed me for the gods' battle with Gaea? Just because the earth goddess duped one of my progeny--Octavian--into plunging the Greek and Roman demigods into a civil war that nearly destroyed human civilization. I ask you, how was that my fault? Now I'm cast out of Olympus in the form of a sixteen-year-old mortal boy! Sadly, I've been punished this way before. I know I will face many trials and hardships. I can only hope that if I suffer through them and prove myself worthy, Father will forgive me and allow me to become a god again. But this time my situation seems much more dangerous. One of my ancient adversaries knows I am here and is having me followed. The Oracle of Delphi remains dark, unable to issue prophecies. Most embarrassing of all, I am bound to serve a demigod street urchin who defends herself by throwing rotten fruit. Zeus could not possibly expect me to fix the Oracle problem by myself. Not in my present weak condition. It's time for me to drop in on Camp Half-Blood, where I might find some talented fodder ... er, I mean heroes to help. No doubt they will welcome me as a celebrity! They will bring me holy offerings, like peeled grapes and--oh, gods--perhaps even bacon! Mmm. Yes. If I survive this, I really must write an ode to the power of bacon.

"The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those who don't. As the kingdoms of Erilea fracture around her, enemies must become allies if Aelin is to keep those she loves from falling to the dark forces poised to claim her world"--.

Young Linnet, her father, and the other bird-people, the Alkonosts, have been driven to live in the swamps of Morovia, forbidden to sing magic, and often hunted by the humans, so when her father is captured Linnet embarks on a rescue mission.

When twelve-year-old Onyeka discovers that she has psychokinetic powers, her mother reveals that she is Solari, part of a secret group of Nigerian mutants that trains at the Academy of the Sun.

Seven and Thorn still have not found a way to cure the hex that turned their friends into stone, magic seems to be working backwards, every new witchling at the Black Moon Ceremony is a spare--and the Hill Society blames the Spares and wants to prevent them from using magic.