Fantasy for Young Adults Booklist

The Young Merlin Trilogy
• 1 Passager - A forest boy with no name and unable to speak is rescued, cared for, and recovers one memory—his name is Merlin.
• 2 Hobby - When his adoptive family is killed in a fire, Merlin eventually manages to join a traveling magic show.
• 3 Merlin - Seeking a refuge, Merlin returns to the woods he was rescued from, where he soon meets up with another homeless boy named Cub.

The Pit Dragons Series
• 1 Dragon’s Blood - Jakkin is a bond-boy who must earn enough to buy his freedom. Risking life-long slavery, he steals a dragon egg, then secretly raises the young dragon to fight in the arena.
• 2 Heart’s Blood - Having won his freedom with his unbeatable fighting dragon, Jakkin joins rebel forces who want to get rid of slavery.
• 3 A Sending of Dragons - Accused of a crime he didn’t commit, Jakkin is exiled. Can his dragon save him?

• 1 A Spell for Chameleon - Everyone is Xanth has a magic talent, except Bink--who must find one or be exiled to Mundania!
• 2 The Source of Magic - Now that he has a magic talent, Bink is ordered to find the source of magic for Xanth itself.
• 3 Castle Roogna - Bink’s young son Dor travels back in time in search of a magic potion.

• 1 Another Fine Myth - Skeeve wants to be a thief, his master wants him to learn magic. Hoping to impress Skeeve, his master summons a demon—and dies, leaving Skeeve to face a very angry demon.
• 2 Myth Conceptions - Aahz gets Skeeve to take a "cushy" job as court magician of Possiltum. What they don’t know about the job could get them killed.
• 3 Myth Directions - Skeeve and Tananda go shopping for a birthday present for Aahz. But Tananda doesn’t know the difference between shopping and stealing.

• Bright Shadow - Morwenna is just a simple chambermaid until she inherits five wishes.
• Midnight Magic - Young Fabrizio must help Master Mangus free the Count’s daughter from a ghostly haunting.

• The Misenchanted Sword - Valdar is a soldier missing behind enemy lines, so he trusts the grouchy old wizard who promises him a magic sword.
• With a Single Spell - Tobias thought his troubles were over when a wizard agrees to teach him magic, but the old man dies after teaching him one spell. What can anyone do with just one spell?
• The Unwilling Warlord - Sterren has always made a living playing dice. When a group of strangers tell him he is the Ninth Warlord of Semma, he thinks they’re joking. Semmans don’t joke when their country is about to be invaded!

• 1 Dealing with Dragons - Cimorene is bored being a princess, so she does something very improper and unladylike—she volunteers to be kidnapped by a dragon. Then she won’t let anyone rescue her!
• 2 Searching for Dragons - Mendanbar, King of the Enchanted Forest, knows it’s his duty to marry a princess, but all of the ones he’s met are just too silly.
• 3 Calling on Dragons - Mendanbar’s magic sword is stolen, but he needs to stay and rule the Enchanted Forest, so his wife Cimorene sets off to get it back—so what if she’s pregnant.
• 4 Talking to Dragons - Daystar doesn’t understand why his mother has given him a sword and sent him on a mysterious quest in the Enchanted Forest, but he’s too polite to argue.

• 1 Sandry’s Book - Four young outcasts with unusual magical talents find a new home and new teachers at Winding Circle.
• 2 Tris’s Book - Pirates with a fearsome new weapon seek to destroy Winding Circle, the only place Tris has ever called home.
• 3 Daja’s Book - Forest fires loom on the horizon and Traders want something from Daja, a girl they consider unlucky.
• 4 Briar’s Book - Plague threatens Winding Circle, Briar’s new friends, and his favorite teacher.
• *Look for The Circle Opens series that will continue their stories.

• Golden Compass - Orphaned Lyra and her daemon fall into dangerous adventures.
• Subtle Knife - A cat brings Will into Lyra’s world and danger.
• Amber Spyglass - Will and Lyra’s adventures conclude.

• 1 Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone - Harry doesn’t expect much on his eleventh birthday, least of all to be told he’s a wizard.
• 2 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - In his second year at Hogwarts, everyone is in danger from the Heir of Slytherin, whoever that is.
• 3 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - In his third year at school Harry must guard himself from the insane wizard who betrayed his parents.
• 3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

• 1 Pawn of Prophecy - Garion, an ordinary farmboy, starts a quest he doesn’t understand with people he isn’t sure he knows.
• 2 Queen of Sorcery - Garion discovers that his aunt is really the Sorceress Polgara and his grandfather is Belgarath, the Eternal Man.
• 3 Magician’s Gambit - Garion now knows he has the dangerous ability to become a sorcerer like his grandfather.
• 4 Castle of Wizardry - Garion and his friends must venture inside enemy territory in order to complete their quest.
• 5 Enchanter’s Endgame - The quest is over, Garion now knows his true identity and his true destiny.
• *The Mallorean, continues the story of Garion.

• 1 Redwall - Peaceful Redwall Abbey is besieged by Cluny the Scourge, an evil, one-eyed rat and his army of vermin.
• 2 Mossflower - Martin the warrior mouse stumbles into trouble, danger, and a woodland revolution against an evil wildcat ruler.
• 3 Mattimeo - Mattimeo and his friends are kidnapped by Slagar, a fox who hopes to destroy Redwall Abbey.

• 1 A Wizard of Earthsea - Ged, called Sparrowhawk, grows up with a gift for magic that saves his village, carries him across seas, and brings him to greatness.
• 2 The Tombs of Atuan - Tenar is raised as a Priestess, but will she be a faithful servant to the Nameless Ones or anger them by helping Ged?
• 3 The Farthest Shore - News comes from across the sea to Archmage Ged. Magic is disappearing from the lands of Earthsea. Can he save the magic?
• *A fourth book, Tehanu, was added much later.

• 1 A Wrinkle in Time - Meg Murray, her younger brother Charles Wallace, and her new friend Calvin “tesser” through space and across planets to rescue her father.
• 2 A Wind in the Door - Meg, Calvin, and their principle Mr. Jenkins are sent inside Charles Wallace to understand his dangerous illness.
• 3 A Swiftly Tilting Planet - Meg telepathically follows Charles Wallace and a unicorn as they travel through time to try to save the world.
• 4 Many Waters - Meg’s twin brothers Sandy and Dennys travel back in time to the oasis of Noah.

• Ella Enchanted - As a baby, Ella is cursed to always do as she’s told. Even a fairy godmother can’t stop Ella’s selfish father, a greedy stepmother, and two scheming stepsisters from using this to their advantage.
• The Two Princesses of Bamarre - Princess Meryl is brave and daring, Princess Addie is scared of everything. But when Meryl is struck down by the Grey Death, Addie will do anything to find a cure.
• *Levine is also writing a series called The Princess Tales.

• Dragonsong - Menolly wants to be a Harper, but her strict father forbids it. When her hand is injured, she fears she will never be able to make music again and runs away.
• Dragonsinger - Now the first girl apprentice in Harper Hall, Menolly must face new challenges and new enemies.
• Dragondrums - Menolly’s friend Piemur’s voice has finally changed. What can he do in Harper Hall if he can’t sing anymore?

• 1 The Riddle-Master of Hed - Morgan, young ruler of the tiny island Hed, risks his life to solve a riddle.
• 2 Heir of Sea and Fire - Raederle, Morgan’s fiancée, does not believe the reports of his death and sets out to find him.
• 3 Harpist in the Wind - Morgan and Raederle, both with a new magic they don’t understand, must battle shape-changers.

• Here Abide Monsters - Two teenagers take a really wrong turn while driving on an abandoned road—they end up in another world!
• Scent of Magic - Willadene may be an orphan, but her magical sense of smell wins her a place in an herbalist’s shop.