Teens

Animals
	Redwall   (2005 Ongoing Series) by Brian Jacques Talking animals have numerous adventures in the world of Redwall.
	The Sight   (2003) by David Clement-Davies In Transylvania during the Middle Ages, a pack of wolves sets out on a perilous journey to prevent their enemy from calling upon a legendary evil one that will give her the power to control all animals.
	WE3 †   (2005) by Grant Morrison A cat, a dog and a rabbit are genetically engineered to be ultimate weapons. When the government decides to destroy them, they escape, and are hunted when all they really want is a home.
	Night Gate   (2005) by Isabelle Carmody Rage Winnoway's best (and only) friends, her animals tag along as she runs away when her mother falls deathly ill. She finds an entrance to another world where the animals are transformed into humans, and must solve a mystery in order to return and save her mother.
	Five Ancestors (Tiger, Monkey)   (2005, Ongoing Series) by Jeff Stone Five boys, the sole survivors of a Shaolin Temple must bring the villain to justice all while practicing their unique forms of martial arts (tiger style, monkey style, etc.). Each book features one of the boys.
	Lady: My Life as a Bitch   (2003) by Melvin Burgess In Manchester, England, when a seventeen-year-old girl who hasn't been acting like herself lately is turned into the very creature she has personified, she isn't sure that the change is all bad.
	Hunted   (pbk 2004) by N.M. Browne A young woman in a coma becomes a magical red fox in another space and time, where she plays a vital role in a rebellion against the king.
	Letters from Wolfie   (2004) by Patti Sherlock Certain that he is doing the right thing by donating his dog, Wolfie, to the Army's scout program in Vietnam, thirteen-year-old Mark begins to have second thoughts when the Army refuses to say when and if Wolfie will ever return.
	Katurran Odyssey   (2004) by Terry Whitlatch A lemur who is banished from his home, seeks to return and address the wrongs that were done to him, and to save his home from an evil ruler.
Fairy Tales & Myths
	Fables †   (Ongoing) by Bill Willingham In a world where the fables and fairy tales are real (just hiding) many interesting tales come to light.
	Sunlight and Shadow   (2004) by Cameron Dokey An adaptation and new telling of the opera "The Magic Flute".
	Great God Pan   (2003) by Donna Jo Napoli A retelling of the Greek myths about Pan, both goat and god, whose reed flute frolicking leads him to a meeting with Iphigenia, a human raised as the daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra.
	East   (2003) by Edith Pattou A young woman journeys to a distant castle on the back of a great white bear who is the victim of a cruel enchantment. A retelling of "East of the Sun, West of the Moon."
	The Garden   (2004) by Elsie Aidinoff The story of Adam and Eve from the point of view of the snake.
	Beauty   (2005) by Nancy Butcher A new telling of Snow White.
Fantastical Creatures
	Hawksong, Snakecharm & Falcondance   (Trilogy Concluded 2005) by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Follow the saga of two families allied by marriage. One changes into the shapes of hawks, the other snakes. This is their story and the story of their son, unique in his duality.
	Eragon & Eldest   (2005) by Christopher Paolini Paolini's story of a boy and his dragon fighting to free their world from an evil despot.
	Hollow Kingdom, Close Kin, & In the Coils of the Snake   (Trilogy Concluded 2005) by Clare Dunkle This trilogy deals with a family, human, goblin, elf, all trying to live, love and find happiness while staying in hiding from the human world.
	Divide Books (The Divide, Back to the Divide, Jinx on the Divide)   (Continuing Series) by Elizabeth Kay Felix discovers an alternate magical universe where he has many adventures.
	Goblin Wood   (2003) by Hilari Bell A young Hedgewitch, an idealistic knight, and an army of clever goblins fight against the ruling hierarchy that is trying to rid the land of all magical creatures.
	Valiant   (2005) by Holly Black Valerie runs away to New York and finds out that not only are faeries real, but they are dangerous, as are their drugs.
	The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride v. 1)   (2005) by James Patterson After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "birdkids", who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.
	Bartimaeus Trilogy (Amulet of Samarkand, The Golem's Eye, Ptolemy's Gate)   (Trilogy Concluded 2006) by Jonathan Stroud This is the tale of Nathaniel a brilliant but young wizard who conjures up the demon Bartimaeus. The adventures are told both from both points of view, and the demon’s are especially droll (especially given that he is thousands of years old and controlled by a young smug, pompous teen).
	Fourth World (V.1 Missing Link Trilogy)   (2005) by Kate Thompson Fifteen-year-old Christie and his older stepbrother, Danny, travel to the home and mysterious laboratory of the elder boy's scientist mother, where they learn a shocking truth about the nature of her experiments.
	Troll Fell   (2004) by Katherine Langrish Forced to live with his evil identical-twin uncles after his father's death, twelve-year-old Peer tries to find a way to stop their plan to sell the neighbor's children to the trolls.
	The Sea of Trolls   (2004) by Nancy Farmer After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.
	Dread Locks   (2005) by Neal Shusterman Accustomed to a carefree existence, fourteen-year-old Parker Baer meets the girl next door and finds his life taking a menacing turn as he begins to absorb some of her terrible powers.
	Red Rider’s Hood   (2005) by Neal Shusterman In this second entry in Neal Shusterman's Dark Fusion series, he twists the familiar fairy tale "Red Riding Hood" into a brooding story about a city plagued by gangs. Red, a boy famous for cruising around in a bloodcolored Mustang, takes on the Wolves after they rob his grandmother.
	Mutant Texas, Tales of Sheriff Ida Red †   (2003) by Paul Dini The sleepy town of Mutant, Texas, has had its share of disasters, some of which have caused them to...well, mutate. When their special features catch the eye of a traveling freak show, it's down to Ida Red to find out who is attempting to harm the people of her town.
	Boneyard †   (Continuing Series) by Richard Moore Michael Paris inherits a plot of land in the town of Raven's Hollow. He doesn't know it, but the land is a cemetery inhabited by a community of wisecracking demons, among them a hipster werewolf in shades and leather jacket, a sexy vampire, a goofy witch, a talking skeleton and other similar types. Boneyard is the story of Michael’s struggle to keep the cemetery and its residents out of trouble, and of the developing romance with Abbey, the vampire.
	The Lightning Thief   (2005) by Rick Riordan Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
	Cry of the Icemark   (2005) by Stuart Hill A beautiful princess and an intrepid warrior, Thirrin Freer Strong-in-the-Arm Lindenshield is only 13. But she has been preparing for this moment her whole life, the moment she becomes queen and must rule her tiny kingdom by herself. Now she must find a way to protect her tiny kingdom from the most terrible invasion it has ever known.
	Dusk   (2005) by Susan Gates Sharing both human and hawk genes, a young girl escapes from her cage at a top secret laboratory where she was conceived by military scientists in a botched experiment designed to create stronger soldiers.
	Wee Free Men & Hat Full of Sky   (2004) by Terry Pratchett This is the continuing story of Tiffany Aching reluctant witch and her trials and tribulations as she is trained in the ways of witch-hood.
	Dragon & Thief, Dragon & Soldier, Dragon & Slave   (Continuing Series) by Timothy Zahn These are the adventures of Jack, a young thief on the run, and Draycos a dragon-like alien who relies on a symbiotic relationship with a host to survive. Together they will discover the threat to Draycos' world and save his people from annihilation.
	Elfquest †   (Ongoing Series) by Wendy & Richard Pini This is the story of the Wolfriders. They are elves who bond with wolves telepathically, and they live very much in concert with nature. Throughout the adventures readers meet other elves who are more elitist, humans who are either intent on worshiping them as gods or destroying them for being demons, and other magical creatures too numerous to mention. There is love, adventure, betrayal all the necessities of a good fantasy tale.
Misc. Horror & Suspense
	Dr. Franklin's Island   (2003) by Ann Halam When their plane crashes over the Pacific Ocean, three science students are left stranded on a tropical island and then imprisoned by a doctor who is performing horrifying experiments on humans involving the transfer of animal genes.
	Abarat & Days of Magic, Nights of War   (2004) by Clive Barker Candy Quackenbush is a troubled yet good-natured Minnesotan girl, but when she ventures into an empty field one day and meets John Mischief, a creature with seven extra talking heads on his antlers, she's rendered awestruck and knows she's bound for a heap of adventure. Soon the two are narrowly escaping a dark hunter sent by the evil Lord Carrion and diving into the Sea of Izabella, a vast ocean containing 25 islands that stand for each hour of the day, plus a mystical Twenty-Fifth Hour. As Candy embarks on her adventure throughout this mind-bending archipelago, she visits the average citizens of Yebba Dim Day, joins a clan of tarrie-cats and slothlike Malingo to battle the dastardly Kaspar Wolfswinkel, and even gets a horrific taste of the Twenty-Fifth Hour itself.
	Bride of Deimos †   (Continuing Series) by Etsuko Ikeda Minako, a schoolgirl with flowing blond hair, is approached by a stranger who declares Minako is to be his bride. Suddenly he reveals himself as the devil and informs her there is no escape: all those whom she loves will be destroyed piecemeal until she agrees to be the Bride of Deimos. The rest of the books follow Minako as she attempts to continue her ordinary life, but things aren't the same. A new chum turns out to have killed his mother a few years ago; a favorite teacher ends up being a werewolf who rips out the throat of another of Minako's favorite instructors; and the very cement of the walls of local buildings turns out to be evil, having been mixed with the crushed bones of unfortunate factory workers. The books also follow her growing affection for Deimos.
	Sorcerers of the Nightwing & Demon Witch   (2003) by Geoffrey Huntington Devon March has always known that he is different. Devon's monsters in the closet are real, and he also has certain unreliable magic-like powers. When his father dies, fourteen-year-old Devon is sent to live with strangers in a spooky mansion called Ravenscliff. There he must use his powers to protect the world and the town from the “hellmouth” that lies within the house attracting demons, ghosts and more.
	Demon Ororon Books †   (Continuing Series) by Hakase Mizuki Both Chiaki and Ororon have been ostracized from their respective celestial realms ·Chiaki because she is an impure angel and Ororon because he is the youngest son of the Lord Devil and therefore a threat to his older brothers for leadership of the underworld. As various demons come by to eat the angel Chiaki, she learns that having the incredibly powerful Ororon by her side is useful. She also finds herself falling for Ororon but can a relationship between an angel and a demon really work?
	Revenge of the Witch   (Last Apprentice Series, Book 1) by Joseph Delaney For years, Old Gregory has been the Spook for the county, ridding the local villages of evil. Now his time is coming to an end. But who will take over for him? Twenty-nine apprentices have tried -- some floundered -- some fled, some failed to stay alive. Only Thomas Ward is left. He's the last hope; the last apprentice.
	Gyo Books †   (Continuing Series) by Junji Ito When dead sea creatures begin attacking Okinawa, something must be done. How are the creatures walking on land, why are they attacking people and can the people of the world survive the onslaught? Tadashi does his best to survive and to solve the mystery in order to save the world from these horrible creations.
	The Book of Dead Days & The Dark Flight Down   (2005) by Marcus Sedgwick With the help of his servant and an orphan girl, a magician named Valerian searches graveyards, churches, and underground waterways for a book he hopes will save him from a pact he has made with evil. In the second book the problems continue when Boy is captured by the Emperor.
	Pet Shop of Horrors †   (Continuing Series) by Matsuri Akino In this pet shop you will never find a typical pet, only exotic pets with strange rules, “don’t feed after midnight,” “don’t let any light hit it” and more. If you break the rules, beware -- the sweet pet you purchased will turn into a horrible monster which will destroy you or the city or the world (and sometimes all of the above). Then the mild mannered pet store owner will have to find the pet and save everyone, again...
	The Mediator Series (Darkest Hour, Reunion, Haunted, Twilight, The Ninth Key, Shadowland)   (Continuing Series) by Meg Cabot Susannah Simon is a mediator — a liason between the living and the dead. If you think this gets in the way of her attempts at a normal sixteen-year-old life, you'd be right. You try going to the mall while constantly being accosted by the undead.
	Raven's Point   (2004) by Melinda Metz An ancient evil has reawakened on a small island off the coast of Rhode Island, eager to cause death and destruction as it has twice before, but three teens face it with their newly-developed supernatural abilities.
	Hellboy Series †   (2003) by Mike Mignola Hellboy was brought to Earth 60 years ago in a failed attempt to bring about the end of the world by the Nazi party. Now as the top field agent of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, a clandestine branch of the FBI, Hellboy's job mandate is relatively simple: Track down and eradicate supernatural beings. Vampires, werewolves, hellish ghouls -- so far nothing has been able to best the 6'9" horned giant with a stone fist (the Right Hand of Doom) and a multipurpose, handheld cannon affectionately named the Good Samaritan. Follow his adventures, surprisingly emotional with plenty of vim and vigor (and loads of fighting) for all who love a good action adventure.
	Midnighters Books (Secret Hour & Touching Darkness)   (2005) by Scott Westerfeld Upon moving to Bixby, Oklahoma, fifteen-year-old Jessica Day learns that she is one of a group of people who have special abilities that help them fight ancient creatures living in an hour hidden at midnight; creatures that seem determined to destroy Jess. This series follows Jessica and the other teens as they struggle to survive, learn of the limits of their abilities and keep their sanity in a world gone mad.
	Gregor books (Gregor the Overlander, Gregor and the Prophecy of the Bane, Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods)   (2005) by Suzanne Collins Gregor finds an underground world populated with giant rats and cockroaches and a small population of humans when he follows his baby sister down an airshaft from his NY apartment’s laundry room. He finds that he is “the chosen one” who must fulfill various prophecies to save both their world and his own.
	Courtney Crumrin Books †   (Continuing Series) by Ted Naifeh Courtney's parents have dragged her out to a high-to-do suburb to live with her creepy Great Uncle Aloysius in his spooky old house. She's not only the new kid in school, but she also discovers strange things lurking under her bed.
	Bleach †   (Continuing Series) by Tite Kubo Bleach tells the story of Ichigo Kurosaki, who is just like any other ordinary 15-year-old high school student -- except for his special ability to see ghosts. So when a teenage girl materializes through his bedroom wall, it should be no call for alarm. However, this girl, named Rukia, is a shinigami (Soul Reaper) who is hunting a Hollow (an evil spirit that consumes souls). The Hollow proceeds to attack Ichigo's family and Rukia is badly wounded. In order to defeat the evil spirit, Rukia must let Ichigo temporarily become a Soul Reaper by absorbing some of her energy. However, Ichigo inadvertently ends up with all of Rukia's powers and after defeating the Hollow, she informs Ichigo that since she has relinquished all her powers, he must now take on all the responsibilities of a Soul Reaper until she can figure out how to get her powers back. Now this 15-year-old high school student begins a brand new vocation as a hyperkinetic, all-purpose ghost buster.
	Dark Horse Book of Witchcraft †   (2004) by Various Authors This is a collection of short stories involving witches in various forms and scenarios.
Vampires & Werewolves
	By These Ten Bones   (2005) by Clare Dunkle A boy with a mysterious illness brought on by the full moon terrorizes a medieval village. The girl who falls in love with him must try to save him and hide his malady from the villagers who want to burn him.
	Vampire High   (2003) by Douglas Rees When his family moves from California to New Sodom, Massachusetts and Cody enters Vlad Dracul Magnet School, many things seem strange, from the dark-haired, pale-skinned, supernaturally strong students to Charon, the wolf who guides him around campus on the first day.
	The Pack   (2003) by Elisa Carbone Akhil Vyas, a new boy in school, reluctantly decides that in order to prevent a violent crime, he must tell Omar and Becky his secret.
	Vampire Kisses   (2003) by Ellen Schreiber Sixteen-year-old Raven, an outcast who always wears black and hopes to become a vampire some day, falls in love with the mysterious new boy in town, eager to find out if he can make her dreams come true.
	Bloodline   (2005) by Kate Cary Mina Harker’s son has inherited his father’s vampiric nature and returns to terrorize England during World War I.
	Got Fangs?   (2005) by Katie Maxwell A girl attempts to redeem the soul of a cool motorcycle driving vampire who happens to be really hot.
	Hellsing †   (Ongoing) by Kohta Hirano Hellsing is a vampire who hunts vampires at the behest of the British government.
	Thirsty   (2005) by M.T.Anderson From the moment he knows that he is destined to be a vampire, Chris thirsts for the blood of people around him while also struggling to remain human.
	Wolf Brother   (2005) by Michelle Paver 6,000 years in the past, twelve-year-old Tarak and his guide, a wolf cub, set out on a dangerous journey to fulfull an oath the boy made to his dying father--to travel to the Mountain of the World Spirit seeking a way to destroy a demon-possessed bear that threatens all the clans.
	The Wolving Time   (2003) by Patrick Jennings In France during a time of witch-hunts, in a village with a corrupt priest, thirteen-year-old Lazlo longs to be able to turn into a wolf as his parents can, but also desires the friendship of a village girl.
	Taste of Night   (2004) by R.L. Stine Livvy Weller wants her twin sister, Destiny, to join her on the darker side as a vampire, but Destiny is determined to restore Livvy to her human condition and bring her back home to their family.
	Peeps   (2005) by Scott Westerfeld Cal has been infected with a virus which makes him into a carrier and turns everyone he’s “with” into a vampire. He is determined to hunt them down before they kill anyone or create more of their kind.
	Twilight   (2005) by Stephanie Meyer In the Olympic Peninsula of northwest Washington State, a small town named Forks exists under a near-constant cover of clouds. It rains on this inconsequential town more than any other place in the United States." So begins teenager Isabella Swan's encounter with her new hometown. Her spirits lift, however, when she meets mysterious, handsome Edward Cullen. Unfortunately, Edward hides a grave secret that most endangers those he loves: In the darkness of the night, he yearns for human blood.
	Wereling Trilogy (Wounded, Prey, Resurrection)   (2005) by Stephen Cole A boy who is turned into a werewolf, yet retains his humanity during the transformation seeks a cure. He also must save the world from the Werewolf Council who are set to take over the world, all while trying to win the love of a girl descended from a long line of werewolves.