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Fantastical books for middle grade readers!

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Beneath the Swirling Sky, Elizabeth Groening
Skate the Seeker by Jeff Ayers
The Red Door, Chris Solaas
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New books for teens + young adults

Best for readers ages 13–18—and beyond!
The Looking-Glass Illusion, Sara Ella
The Eternity Gate, Katherine Briggs
Calligraphy Guild, R. M. Archer
young men’s · young women’s · all fiction
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Challenging novels for wise readers 18 and up.
The Looking-Glass Illusion, Sara Ella
Light of Eidon, Karen Hancock
Wandering, Loren G. Warnemuende
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The Little Mermaid’s Live-Action Remake Fares Better Than Critics Forecast

Some new songs may flounder, but Ariel’s voice and Triton’s character redeem the 2023 Disney film. · Marian Jacobs
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Lovely People, Minna Sundberg
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Lovely People

Three best friend bunnies are living in a Social Credit system, and are enjoying their lives until they run into trouble.
“Minna Sundberg’s short graphic novel celebrates adorable bunnies and the full gospel while warning against modern consumerism and moralistic surveillance.”
—Lorehaven review, 2021
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults
The Rooster and the Raven King, John Paul Tucker

The Rooster and the Raven King

Cary, Clarisse, and Gregory embark on a quest to recover stolen scrolls and find Keida, who may possess the secret to defeating their sly foe, Blodcroew.
Reader ages: middle grade, teens + young adults
Song of Leira, Gillian Bronte Adams

Song of Leira

With the fate of the world at stake, the Song bids her rise to battle and the Songkeeper must answer.
Reader ages: adults, middle grade, teens + young adults
Songkeeper by Gillian Bronte Adams

Songkeeper

War ravages Leira and the Song has fallen silent. Freed from the hold of a slave ship, Birdie, the young Songkeeper, and Ky, a street-wise thief, emerge to a world at war.
Reader ages: adults, middle grade, teens + young adults
Shelter Island, John Paul Tucker

Shelter Island

Can Cary, Clarisse, and Gregory help an intelligent race of birds end a centuries-old conflict before war invades their homeland?
Reader ages: middle grade
Alison Henry and the Creatures of Torone, C. J. Darlington
Reviewed

Alison Henry and the Creatures of Torone

Alison Henry finds herself in the strange land of Torone, where evil beasts trap and devour the creatures of the woods and the rightful heir to the throne is on the run.
“Despite its simplicity, Alison Henry is good comfort food for people who dream of other realms.”
—Lorehaven review, spring 2018
Reader ages: middle grade, teens + young adults

The Sword Of Six Worlds

Untrained, unsure and hunted, Validus Smith must recover the fabled Sword of Six Worlds, the only weapon capable of defeating the Blight.
Reader ages: middle grade

Lucas: Guardian Of Truth

After being humiliated by bullies, eleven-year-old Lucas Phelman is given a strange watch with bizarre effects.
Reader ages: middle grade
The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis

Narnia: The Last Battle

With Eustace and Jill at his side, King Tirian, the noble unicorn Jewel and the King’s loyal subjects must stand fast against the powers of evil.
Reader ages: adults, middle grade, teens + young adults

Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew

When Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer are tricked by Digory’s peculiar Uncle Andrew into becoming part of an experiment, they set off on the adventure of a lifetime. Book 6 in The Chronicles of Narnia series, fantasy for all ages.
Reader ages: adults, middle grade, teens + young adults
The Horse and His Boy, C. S. Lewis

Narnia: The Horse and His Boy

During the glorious reign of Narnian kings and queens Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, Shasta, a young boy living in Calormen with a cruel man who claims to be his father, begins his journey to the unknown North.
Reader ages: adults, middle grade, teens + young adults
The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis

The Silver Chair

Aslan summons Eustace Scrubb and Jill Pole to the land of Narnia, and sends them to rescue a Narnian prince. Their mission will bring them face-to-face with a deadly and beautiful evil.
Reader ages: adults, middle grade, teens + young adults
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, C. S. Lewis

Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader

This ocean journey takes Edmund, Lucy, their cousin Eustace, and the Narnian King Caspian to the Eastern Islands, beyond the Silver Sea, toward Aslan’s Country at the End of the World.
Reader ages: adults, middle grade, teens + young adults
Prince Caspian, C. S. Lewis
Reviewed

Narnia: Prince Caspian

A thousand years after Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie came to another world, Prince Caspian summons the children back to fight under Aslan and restore peace.
“Pacing starts slow but creature lore grows in C. S. Lewis’s sequel, introducing practical tyrants and talking-beast politics into a Narnian resistance.”
—Lorehaven review, 2023
Reader ages: adults, middle grade, teens + young adults
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
Reviewed

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy open a door and discover a magic world. There they meet Aslan the Great Lion, and their lives are changed forever.
“New and returning readers of all ages would do well to seek deeper magic within C. S. Lewis’s faithful classic.”
—Lorehaven review, 2023
Reader ages: adults, middle grade, teens + young adults

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