fantasy fiction

Orphaned tiefling Doric has always felt out of place among her adoptive elven family in the Neverwinter Woods. When human encroachment upon their forest threatens their home, Doric knows she must master her druid powers to protect everyone in the forest. Traveling to the Emerald Enclave to train, Doric learns for the first time to appreciate her differences, grow in her powers, tackle peer jealousies, and reckon with her beliefs and fears.

Betrothed to Princess Aurora since her birth, young Prince Phillip has seen the power of magic first-hand after witnessing Aurora being given special gifts by good fairies and doomed to death by the evil fairy Maleficent. He has spent his whole life training to defeat Maleficent, but he's shocked when he experiences a strange burst of magic, and the three fairies tell him he can defeat Maleficent with own powers. Phillip begins learning how to master his magic, but he is also haunted by dreams of a mysterious girl named Briar Rose.

After Jafar's defeat, Princess Jasmine is ready to explore her new life with Aladdin, but tragedy intervenes when her father dies. Rather than inheriting the throne outright, Agrabah's ministers decree she must participate in a tournament to prove she has what it takes to be the next sultan. In addition, dark forces are descending upon the realm and Jasmine races to put a stop to the threat before Agrabah's future falls into the hands of nefarious forces.

Sparks fly when eighteen-year-old Nigel meets Ori during the Culling, a competition that determines whether a magician is stripped of their powers or joins the magical society known as the Guild, but they soon realize the connection growing between them threatens their future, the Guild, and all of humanity.

Two boys, best friends in a small midwestern town, finally come to understand that of all the terrors threatening them from Cooger and Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show the greatest menace exists within themselves.

Having spent years suffering from his weird, wasting sickness, Mateo has now learned the darker truth about himself, and vows to do anything--even betraying Lia, the girl he has feelings for, the one person in the world who has made him think about anything but his sickness and his research. Meanwhile, Anwei's rage grows after Knox nearly died in the tomb disaster and she also finds out her brother--the one she has been desperate to avenge all this time--is not only alive, but well and being raised by the monster she has vowed to hunt.

Training as a Silhouette, an apprentice to the immortals, 12-year-old orphan Yeung Zhi Ging gets a chance to prove her worth when an evil spirit called Fui Gwai returns, giving her the opportunity to use her newfound powers to save her friends and the world beyond.

"Paige loves facts! She records interesting information in her facts journal and shares it with anyone who will listen. Wombats' poop is cube-shaped! Her street's buildings have seventy-three windows. And a boy named Penn lives next door. The two couldn't be more different. The craziest thing Paige believes is that bananas are actually berries (scientifically proven!), but Penn thinks there's a monster in the neighborhood! Paige will prove Penn wrong and that monsters aren't real, one fact at a time"--.

Publisher Annotation: On a visit to their local seaside park, Penn is convinced there has been a mermaid sighting, and Paige is determined-once again-to prove him wrong, one fact at a time.

"Paige loves facts! She is constantly spouting information about everything and anything to anyone who will listen. A group of zebras is called a dazzle. Her street's buildings have seventy-three windows. And the boy named Penn who lives next door is her friend. This unlikely pair couldn't be more different ... Paige might know that the ancient Egyptians invented toothpaste, but Penn is sure the Evergreen Music School is haunted! And now Paige sets out to prove Penn is wrong, one fact at a time"--.