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| Abouzeid, Chris | Anatopsis | Request from another library! Ask a librarian for help! | Anatopsis, the immortal witch, discovers the true - and horrible - plans of her demi-god tutor Mr. Pound. |
| Alexander, Lloyd | Chronicles of Prydain | J ALE | |
| Banner, Catherine | Eyes of a king | YA BAN | Leo's life is cold, lonely, and narrow....until he finds a magical book in the snow. As secrets appear on the book's pages, Leo must learn to use his hidden powers, and try to survive in a dangerous world. |
| Chapman, Linda | Be a genie in six easy steps | J CHA | |
| Chima, Cinda Williams | Warrior Heir (series) | YA CHI | |
| Collins, Suzanne | Gregor the Overlander (series) | J COL | |
| Cooper, Susan | Dark is Rising quartet | YA COO | Will is the youngest and newest member of a group of powerful beings trying to stand against the darkness that threatens to engulf the world |
| Druitt, Tobias | Corydon (series) | Request from another library! Ask a librarian for help! | Monsters that aren't monsters. Greek heroes and gods who aren't what they seem. Good vs. Evil. Or vice-versa. |
| Duane, Diane | Young Wizards (series) | YA DUA | So, you want to be a wizard? Or do you? Life as a powerful wizard can be marvelous and exciting - but it can also be tragic and dangerous. |
| Dunmore, Helen | Ingo (series) | J DUN | When their father disappears, Sapphy and Conor are drawn into the magical world of Ingo, the undersea kingdom of the Mer people. |
| Falcone, L. M. | Walking with the dead | Request from another library! Ask a librarian for help! | What happens when you accidentally acquire coins of Hades? Bad things. Exciting things. Dangerous things. |
| Farmer, Nancy | Sea of Trolls (first in a series) | YA FAR | Pirates. Norse gods. Mysterious lands. Kidnapped heroes. |
| Forrester, Sandra | Adventures of Beatrice Bailey (series) | Request from another library! Ask a librarian for help! | Beatrice Bailey has only one simple spell - but she's perfectly happy living as an ordinary human, rather than a witch. Then she and her friends get a chance to compete for entry into a magical world they've only imagined - will they choose the world of magic or the world of humans? And will they survive the tests? |
| Friesner, Esther | Nobody's Princess | Request from another library! Ask a librarian for help! | Helen, princess of Sparta, is beautiful and has powerful connections. But that just makes her a pawn. Or does it? Can a tough, intelligent, stubborn princess determine her own destiny? |
| Funke, Cornelia | Inkheart trilogy | J FUN | Books are magic - especially when they come alive! A living book, words that create, dangerous villains, and a fantastical land. |
| Halam, Ann | Snakehead | YA HAL | Destiny. Perseus and Andromeda. Medusa. Monsters and gods. Who can tell which is which? |
| Jones, Diana Wynne | Chrestomanci (series) | Request from another library! Ask a librarian for help! | There is always a Chrestomanci - a nine-lived wizard who keeps an eye on things in the many parallel worlds. But not all Chrestomanci's are happy to be picked....especially when they're young and would rather do - well, just about anything else! |
| Jones, Diana Wynne | Dark Lord of Derkholm (sequel: Year of the Griffin) | Request from another library! Ask a librarian for help! | If there was a magical world just one world over, wouldn't you want to visit? But this year's official "Dark Lord", Derk is having some difficulties. The Forces of Evil won't behave, the dwarves are getting out of order, and nobody ordered a dragon - but he showed up anyway! |
| Jones, Diana Wynne | Dalemark Quartet | Request from another library! Ask a librarian for help! | |
| Kindl, Patrice | Lost in the labyrinth | Request from another library! Ask a librarian for help! | The heroic Theseus has arrived to kill the monstrous Minotaur. But not if Xenodice, the Minotaur's half-sister, can save him! |
| Kingsley, Kaza | Erec Rex (series) | Request from another library! Ask a librarian for help! | Erec has gotten into trouble again - this time he's ended up in the wrong world! Or has he? Enter the world of Alypium, where magic has gone crazy and only Erec can save the kingdom! |
| Kogler, Jennifer Anne | Otherworldlies | Request from another library! Ask a librarian for help! | If Harry was a (girl) vampire and the Dursleys were nice.... |
| La Fevers, R. L. | Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos (sequel, Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris) | J LAF | Secret societies. Dangerous magic. Egyptian curses. Mummies. Lots of mummies. Secret talismans. Only Theo can save the day! |
| Mieville, China | Un Lun Dun | YA MIE | Zanna and her friend Deeba have discovered a strangely beautiful but frightening world. Destruction is imminent, and only the one of the Prophecy can avert it. But when the prophesied one is attacked, someone must save the city... |
| Murphy, Jill | Worst Witch (series) | Request from another library! Ask a librarian for help! | Mildred Hubble is the worst witch at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches - her spells go wrong, she's always late, and she can't even get a black cat! And now, the teacher's star pupil, Ethel, is her worst enemy! Will she survive until summer vacation? |
| Nimmo, Jenny | Children of the Red King (series) | J NIM | Charlie Bone has a dangerous talent - and he's not the only one. Trapped in a grim school, surrounded by villains and few friends, Charlie struggles to master his talent and discover the secrets that threaten him |
| O'Shea, Pat | Hounds of the Morrigan | Request from another library! Ask a librarian for help! | A magic book starts a war between ancient forces of good and evil. |
| Pierce, Tamora | Circle of Magic quartet | YA PIE | Sandry, Daja, Briar, and Tris all have magical powers that make them misfits - both in their families and in the ordered world of winding circle. But their strange and dangerous powers are needed when disaster strikes. |
| Riordan, Rick | Percy Jackson and the Olympians (series) | YA RIO | Percy just wants to fit in at his new school - but when a field trip goes horribly, monstrously wrong, he finds himself on the run and discovered dangerous secrets about himself and the world around him |
| Sabin, E. Rose | School for Sorcery (series) | Request from another library! Ask a librarian for help! | Tria Tesserell has a hard year ahead of her as a first-year student at the Lesley Simonton School for the Magically Gifted. Tria must protect her friends, battle enemies, and still manage to pass her finals! |
| Sage, Angie | Septimus Heap (series) | J SAG | Secret heirs, dastardly villains, monsters, flight through the marshes, and a great battle against darke magyk - join Septimus Heap on his dangerous and exciting adventures! |
| Stevermer, Caroline | College of Magics (sequel: Scholar of Magics) | Request from another library! Ask a librarian for help! | Faris Nallaneen, student at Greenlaw college, isn't sure the magic they're (not) being taught even exists. But as her life becomes more dangerous and confusing, she must learn to see and wisely use the powers she is discovering |
| Stringer, Helen | Spellbinder | YA STR | |
| Stroud, Jonathan | Bartimaeus trilogy | YA STR | Nathaniel has no past - and not much of a future - as a lowly wizard's apprentice in a London ruled by powerful magicians. But he has plans. By secretly teaching himself more advanced magic, he's able to summon the djinni Bartimaeus....who's not quite what he expected! |
| Ursu, Anne | Chronus Chronicles | YA URS | A mysterious illness. An underworld invasion. Death. Pain. And a really nasty guy called Phil. |
| Wrede, Patricia C. | Thirteenth Child | YA WRE | Eff, the thirteenth child, is fated to be unlucky. Her twin brother, the seventh son of a seventh son, is fated to be lucky and powerful. Or are they? |