Note: Underlined titles are books that the Ada Public Library does not currently own or have on order. If you are interested in reading these titles, ask at the circulation desk, and we may be able to find them for you at another library.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
by Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson is fairly normal, however, he seems to be getting into trouble fairly often. When his pre-algebra teacher turns into a monster and tries to kill him, his mother decides that it is time he knew the truth. He is a demigod. His father is actually the Greek god of the sea, Poseidon. His mother decides to send him to camp Half-Blood, a summer camp specifically for demigods, where he will be safe. But he ends up on an adventure to the gates of the underworld along with his friends, a satyr and the daughter of Athena.
To learn more about Rick Riordan and his books, visit the website at http://www.percyjacksonbooks.com
Sisterhood of the Traveling
Pants
by Ann Brashares
Tibby, Bridget, Lena, and Carmen have been friends since before they were born. Their mothers met in a prenatal aerobics class, and the girls have done everything together ever since. The summer before their 16th birthdays is the first one they have ever spent apart, but before they all leave on their various trips, they find an old pair of pants in a vintage store that miraculously fit them all perfectly. They decide to buy them, and share them over the summer as a means of being together. The books follow the girls as they share the pants every summer until after their freshman year in college, as each have their own unique romances and adventures.
To learn more about Ann Brashares and her books, visit her website at http://www.annbrashares.net
Sisterhood of the Traveling
Pants
Second Summer of the Sisterhood
Girls In Pants: Third Summer of the Sisterhood
Forever in Blue
Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld
Imagine you lived in a futuristic world where at the age of 16, everyone gets an operation that makes them look perfect, like supermodels. Sounds like a pretty good deal right? Perhaps. But not if you are one of the "uglies" a group of teenagers who have decided not to have the operation, but to keep their own bodies.
To learn more
about Scott Westerfeld and his books, visit his website at
http://www.scottwesterfeld.com
Uglies
Pretties
Specials
Extras
Twilight Saga
by
Stephenie Meyer
Bella Swan's mother has just gotten married, when she decides to move from her home in Phoenix, AZ to live with her father in rural Oregon. At first she has some trouble adjusting to her new life, especially when she meets the mysterious Cullen family. Edward Cullen seems to dislike her at first, but then he saves her life, and she finds that his feelings for her are just the opposite. But Edward and his family have a secret. They are vampires. Although their situation seems unnatural, Bella and Edward fall in love and must fight outside forces from keeping them apart.
To
learn more about Stephenie Meyer and her books, visit her homepage at
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com
Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
Breaking Dawn
A Series of Unfortunate Events
by Lemony Snicket
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire have led a wonderful life thus far. They live with their parents in a large house where they can each indulge in their favorite pastimes. Violet likes to invent things, Klaus likes to read, and Sunny is a baby who likes to bite things. This is all before the first book though. Sadly, their lives take a turn for the worst. It all begins one fateful day when they are standing on Briny Beach. This is when they receive the awful news that their parents have been killed in a fire that has engulfed their whole house. They are then forced to move in with a relative they have never even heard of; the villainous Count Olaf. He only takes them in to find a way to get his hands on the Baudelaire fortune. Once his evil plot is unveiled, the children are moved from one place to the next as Count Olaf follows them, destroying any hope that they have for happiness.
To learn more about Lemony Snicket and his books, visit his homepage at http://www.lemonysnicket.com
The
Bad Beginning
The
Reptile Room
The
Wide Window
The
Miserable Mill
The
Austere Academy
The
Ersatz Elevator
The
Vile Village
The
Hostile Hospital
The
Carnivorous Carnival
The
Slippery Slope
The
Grim Grotto
The
Penultimate Peril
The
End
Harry Potter
by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter has lived with his Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, and cousin Dudley Dursley for as long as he can remember. His parents were killed in a car crash when he was just a baby, that left him with a lightning bolt shaped scar on his forehead. The Dursleys have been anything but kind to Harry. They basically treat him like a servant. It is just before his 11th birthday that the letters begin to arrive. Mysterious letters addressed to him, that his Uncle Vernon will not allow him to see. Eventually, so many letters arrive, that Vernon takes the whole family, and the begin moving from hotel to hotel, but everywhere they go, the letters find them. One the eve of his birthday, a special visitor arrives. Rubeus Hagrid is the keeper of keys and grounds at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where Harry has been accepted. It turns out that not only is Harry a wizard, but his parents were really killed by the dark wizard Voldemort, and Harry survived with only his scar. No one had heard from Voldemort since. The books follow Harry and his friends as they attend school at Hogwarts, each year coming up against some sort of dangerous situation somehow tied to the dark lord.
To learn more about J.K. Rowling and her books, visit her homepage at http://www.jkrowling.com
Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry
Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry
Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry
Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows
14 year old Bobby Pendragon was happy with his perfectly ordinary life. That is, until the night his uncle informed him that he is really a traveler, and anything but ordinary. Together, they must travel through space and time to save the territories of Halla from a demon named Saint Dane, whose goal it is to destroy all of humanity.
To learn more about D.J. MacHale and the Pendragon series, visit his website at http://www.thependragonadventure.com
The
Merchant of Death
The
Lost City of Faar
The
Never War
The
Reality Bug
Black
Water
The
Rivers of Zadaa
The
Quillan Games
The Pilgrims of Rayne
Raven Rise
Follow Matthias the mouse on his quest to recover the lost sword of Martin the Warrior in order to save Redwall Abbey from the evil intentions of the villain, a rat named Cluny the Scourge, with the help of his friends, a badger named Constance, a mute squirrel named Silent Sam, his mother Jess, and many others.
To learn more about Brian Jacques and the Redwall series, visit his website at http://www.redwall.org
Redwall
Mossflower
Mattimeo
Mariel
of Redwall
Salamandastron
Martin
the Warrior
The
Bellmaker
Outcast of Redwall
The
Pearls of Lutra
The
Long Patrol
Marlfox
The
Legend of Luke
Lord Brocktree
Taggerung
Triss
Loamhedge
Rakkety Tam
*Note: The Redwall books were not published in chronological order, so if you want to read about the books in the order that the events happened, the correct order is as follows: Lord Brocktree, Martin The Warrior, Mossflower, The Legend of Luke, Outcast of Redwall, Mariel of Redwall, The Bellmaker, Salamandastron, Redwall, Mattimeo, The Pearls of Lutra, The Long Patrol, Marlfox, Taggerung, Triss, Loamhedge, Rakkety Tam, High Rhulain.
For centuries, Fablehaven has served as a sanctuary for mystical creatures that most humans do not believe exist. It is a safe place for them to live, and to avoid extinction. Kendra and her brother, Seth are going to stay with their grandfather while their parents are away on a cruise. Little do they know, he is the caretaker of a magical world full of creatures that they believed to only exist in fairy tales. Once they figure out the secret, their lives become full of adventure with fairies, satyrs, imps, trolls, and all other manner of creatures.
To learn more about Brandon Mull and the Fablehaven series, visit the website at http://www.fablehaven.com
Inheritance
by Christopher Paolini
Eragon a poor, 15-year old farm boy who believes his life to be fairly insignificant when he finds a polished blue stone in the forest. He thinks it is a lucky find, and that he can sell it to buy food for his family. Imagine his surprise when his treasure hatches to reveal a dragon. It turns out he is a dragon rider, one of a select group of people who are chosen to ride dragons for the protection of their people. Now he must travel with his dragon Saphira to fight against the evil intentions of the king of the empire.
To learn more about Christopher Paolini and his books, visit his website at http://www.alagaesia.com/index.php
Eragon
Eldest
Brisingr (Available in September 2008)
Princess Diaries
by Meg Cabot
Mia Thermopolis has always been plain. No one ever really noticed her, and she was happy that way. She and her mother live in NYC with her cat Fat Louie, and she has a great best friend named Lily Moscovitz. She is happy with her life until her father makes one of his visits to NYC. It isn't like any other visit they have had. In the tearoom at the Plaza, he informs her that he is really a prince, and because of his illness, he will no longer be able to produce an heir to the throne, so although she is and illegitimate child, she will inherit the throne after him. The series follows Mia as she is forced to adapt to the life of a princess all the while attending high school. She must deal with dating, schoolwork, and learning how to one day run her own country.
To learn more about The Princess Diaries series and it's author, visit her website at http://www.megcabot.com
The Princess Diaries
Princess in the Spotlight
Princess in Love
Princess in Waiting
Project Princess
Princess in Pink
Princess in Training
The Princess Present
Party Princess
Sweet Sixteen Princess
Valentine Princess
Princess on the Brink
Princess Mia
Princess Lessons
Perfect Princess
Holiday Princess
Mediator Series
by Meg Cabot
Susannah Simon has seen ghosts for as long as she can remember. They have always pestered her but she can't seem to escape them. Now her mother has gotten married and moved her from their home in NYC to Carmel Beach, CA. She hopes that she won't have anymore trouble with ghosts, but her hopes are short lived. She soon finds that she has the ghost of a 19 year old boy in her room who has been there for over a hundred years. She soon finds out that she is not the only one who can see ghosts. She is one of a select few who called mediators, whose job it is to help ghosts with their unfinished business so that they can move on, but some of them refuse to go quietly.
To learn more about The Mediator Series and it's author, visit her website at http://www.megcabot.com
Shadowland
Ninth Key
Reunion
Darkest Hour
Haunted
Twilight
1-800-Where-R-You
by Meg Cabot
Jess is no ordinary 16 year old girl. She seems to get into trouble a lot, generally landing her in detention. As if her ability to find trouble isn't enough, she also has a special, psychic ability to find people who are missing.
To learn more about the 1-800-Where-R-You series and it's author, visit her website at http://www.megcabot.com
When Lightning Strikes
Code Name Cassandra
Safe House
Sanctuary
Missing You
Avalon High
by Meg Cabot
Ellie has just moved to Annapolis where she becomes the newest student at Avalon High School. It seems like a perfectly normal school on the outside. You have you usual cliques with the same sorts of people that you would find in any American high school. Everything seems to be normal until she begins noticing an odd parallel between her new classmates and the characters of the Arthurian legends. Now it seems as though Avalon High is headed for disaster, just like Camalot.
To learn more about Avalon High and it's author, visit her website at http://www.megcabot.com
Avalon High
Coronation
Homecoming
Other Books by Meg Cabot
Meg Cabot is well known for writing books for teenage girls. While her most well known are The Princess Diaries series, she has also written several other well liked books about seemingly ordinary young women who do extraordinary things.
To learn more about Meg Cabot, and her books, visit her website at http://www.megcabot.com
Airhead
How To Be Popular
Pants on Fire
Jinx
All American Girl
Ready or Not
Teen Idol
Nicola and the Viscount
Victoria and the Rogue
Prom Nights from Hell
Books by Vivian Vande Velde
Vivian Vande Velde writes mostly fantasy novels. Most of them take place in medieval times, and are often about knights, dragons, and witchcraft. While many of her books seem to be serious in nature, there are generally a great many humorous undertones.
To learn more about Vivian Vande Velde and her books, visit her website at http://vivianvandevelde.com
Heir
Apparent
Never Trust a Dead Man
The Rumplestiltskin Problem
Smart Dog
Now You See It...
Magic Can Be Murder
Witch Dreams
Ghost of a Hanged Man
The Changeling Prince
The Conjurer Princess
Tales from the Brothers Grimm and Sister Weird
There's a Dead Person Following My Sister Around
A Well Timed Enchantment
Companions of the Night
Dragon's Bait
A Coming Evil
User Unfriendly
Curses Inc. and Other Stories
Being Dead
Witch's Wishes
The Book of Mordred
Wizard at Work
Song of the Lioness Quartet
by Tamora Pierce
Alana wants to be a warrior. Unfortunately, in the land of Tortall, women are not allowed to be warriors. Instead of being left to the fate of being a lady cloistered in a convent, she switches places with her twin brother Thom, dresses herself as a boy, and begins her training to become a knight. She soon begins winning the admiration of all those around her due to her talent and work ethic. The series follows Alana in her adventures as a knight.
To learn more
about Tamora Pierce and her books, visit her website at
http://www.tamora-pierce.com
Alanna
In the Hand of the Goddess
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man
Lioness Rampant
Immortals Quartet
by Tamora Pierce
In her Immortals quartet, Tamora Pierce reintroduces the people and places from her Song of the Lioness quartet. The books follow 13 year old Diane, and orphan who has a unique ability to talk to animals. The books follow her as she learns to use her talent, and through adventures where it comes in handy.
To learn more
about Tamora Pierce and her books, visit her website at
http://www.tamora-pierce.com
Wild Magic
Wolf Speaker
The Emperor Mage
The Realms of the Gods
Circle of Magic Quartet
by Tamora Pierce
The Circle of Magic quartet follows four children, all from different walks of life, who come to Winding Circle, a temple where they will all learn how to use their unique magical talents, and learn more about each other and themselves. The children all live together at Discipline cottage and become like a family as each of them learns to embrace who they are.
To learn more
about Tamora Pierce and her books, visit her website at
http://www.tamora-pierce.com
Magic Circle: Sandry's Book
Magic Circle: Tris's Book
Magic Circle: Daja's Book
Magic Circle: Briar's Book
The Protector of the Small Quartet
by Tamora Pierce
10 years ago, King Jonathan of Tortall announced his decision to allow girls to train as pages, however, they enter on probation, and no girl has ever made it past the first year of training. Now 10 year old Keladry is seizing her opportunity. She must overcome all sorts of obstacles with the other trainees, animals, and other situations to achieve her dream of becoming a knight.
To learn more
about Tamora Pierce and her books, visit her website at
http://www.tamora-pierce.com
First Test
Page
Squire
Lady Knight
The Circle Opens Quartet
by Tamora Pierce
The Circle Opens quartet revisits the young mages from the Circle of Magic quartet. It is 4 years later, and each of them have gone their separate ways. Each book follows one of them as they must put their new skills to the test in some rather harrowing situations ranging from murder to street gangs to new people with new abilities.
To learn more
about Tamora Pierce and her books, visit her website at
http://www.tamora-pierce.com
Magic Steps
Street Magic
Cold Fire
Shatterglass
Books by Gail Carson Levine
Gail Carson Levine generally writes books that are based on classic fairy tales, or deal with similar themes. However, these are not your ordinary fairy tales. They are about people who do extraordinary things while still being normal people, and dealing with the same trials anyone else would. The heroines are not waifish or delicate in the least.
Ella
Enchanted
Fairest
Two Princesses of Bamarre
Writing Magic
Ever
The Princess Tales
The Wish
The Princess Test
Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand
The Fairy's Mistake
The Chronicles of Narnia
by C.S. Lewis
Simply put, the Chronicles of Narnia is a classic tale of good and evil. It is about a group of children who repeatedly travel to the magical world of Narnia where they fulfill a prophecy and must continuously bring down the evil forces threatening the happiness of the creatures who reside there.
The
Magician's Nephew
The Lion, The Witch, and The
Wardrobe
The Horse and His Boy
Prince Caspian
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Last Battle
The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman
The Golden Compass series takes place in a world parallel to our own, where people's souls, or dæmons, walk alongside them in the forms of animals, and the mysterious "dust" threatens to bring all of the worlds together. It is the story of a girl named Lyra who discovers that the government is corrupt and that they are silencing people who disagree with them. Follow her on her journey to protect her friends and family, and bring justice to those who wish to harm them.
To learn more
about Philip Pullman and his books, visit his website at
http://philip-pullman.com
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
The Spiderwick Chronicles
by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi
Jared, Simon and Mallory Grace have just moved into the run down Spiderwick estate, and they are none too happy about it. Things start to look up, however, when they discover the secret study of their great-great uncle, Arthur Spiderwick. Once they read his journal, the field guide, weird things begin to happen. Suddenly, the world around them isn't the same. It is filled with creatures they never even knew existed. All of a sudden, they are cast into a new world where they must defend the secrets contained in the field guide from the evil Mulgrath.
To learn more about The Spiderwick Chronicles, visit the homepage at http://www.spiderwick.com
The Field Guide
The Seeing Stone
Lucinda's Secret
The Ironwood Tree
The Wrath of Mulgrath
Books by Holly Black
Besides the Spiderwick Chronicles, Holly Black's other books all deal with girls who unknowingly get involved in the faerie realm. They are all thrown into a world of which they know nothing about to accomplish fantastic feats.
To learn more about Holly Black and her books, visit her website at http://www.blackholly.com
Tithe
Valient
Ironside
Kin
House of Night
by PC and Kristin Cast (local Oklahoma authors)
16-year old Zoey Redbird resides in a world where vampyres and humans live in harmony with one another. When she is "marked", she has the opportunity to attend the prestigious House of Night school. Here she finds out that she was given a special mark by the vampyre goddess Nyx that has given her special powers that only the elite have.
To learn more about the House of Night series, visit the webpage at http://www.houseofnightseries.com
Marked
Betrayed
Chosen
Untamed
Den of Shadows
by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
At the age of 13, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes published the first novel in her Den of Shadows series, a group of books, each about a young girl residing in the world of vampires, shape-shifters, and other creatures of the night.
To learn more about Amelia Atwater-Rhodes and her books, visit her webpage at http://www.ameliaatwaterrhodes.com
In
the Forests of the Night
Demon in My View
Shattered Mirror
Midnight Predator
The Kiesha'ra
by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
The Kiesha'ra is a series of books, each about a different girl within the Wyvern Court, a community of shape-shifters, both avian and serpentine. These two groups within the Wyvern Court are at war with each other. Each girl must deal with different issues involved with their feuding people, and with being shape-shifters.
To learn more about Amelia Atwater-Rhodes and her books, visit her webpage at http://www.ameliaatwaterrhodes.com
Hawksong
Snakecharm
Falcondance
Wolfcry
Wyvernhail
Books by Annette Curtis Klause
Annette Curtis Klause is a librarian who began writing fantasy books for young adults. Her novels deal with such things as vampires, werewolves, and aliens. Her unorthodox lead characters deal with such things as love, loss, and mystery.
The
Silver Kiss
Blood and Chocolate
Alien Secrets
Freaks (Not yet released)
Books by Patricia McCormick
Patricia McCormick writes novels about young people who survive very difficult experiences. Written in powerful prose, her books deal with such issues as a young girl being sold into prostitution to pay off her family's debt, another young girl who will not speak to anyone but whose trials have become hard enough that she takes it out on her own body, and a young boy who must deal with a brother who is addicted to drugs.
To learn more about Patricia McCormick and her books, visit her webpage at http://www.pattymccormick.com
Sold
Cut
My Brother's Keeper
The
Enchanted Forest Chronicles
by Patricia Wrede
Cimorene is a princess. The only problem is, she doesn't want to be a proper lady. Rather than be bored to death at her parents castle, she gives herself willingly to the dragon Kazul. She must now protect the dragon from plots hatched against him by local wizards using her wit and courage.
Dealing
With Dragons
Searching For Dragons
Calling on Dragons
Talking to Dragons
Books by Libba Bray
It is 1895, and 16-year old Gemma Doyle is being shipped from her home in India to a proper English boarding school called Spence. Not only that, but Gemma also has visions that have a tendancy to come true. Now a mysterious Indian man is following her. What does everything mean, and what will become of her as she becomes entangled with some of the most powerful girls at Spence?
To learn more
about Libba Bray and her books, visit her website at
http://www.libbabray.com
Rebel
Angel
The Sweet Far Thing
The Great and Terrible Beauty
The Squire's Tale
by Gerald Morris
The Squire's Tale puts an interesting new twist on the lives of Arthurian knights. The books follow young Terrence, an orphan raised in the woods by a wizard, as he becomes the squire to the knight, Sir Gawain. Each one learns something from the other, and readers get an interesting new take on the legends of old, and follow them on their adventures.
The
Squire's Tale
The Squire, His Knight, and
His Lady
The Savage Damsel and the
Dwarf
Farsifal's Page
The Ballad of Sir Dinadan
The Princess, the Crone, and
the Dung Cart Knight
The Lioness and Her Knight
The Quest of the Fair Unknown
The Adventures of Sir
Lancelot the Great
The Adventures of Sir Givret
the Short
Grey Griffins
by Derek Benz
and J.S. Lewis
Max, Ernie, Harley and Natalia are a group of friends in a secret club they have dubbed the Grey Griffins. They get together and play Round Table, a role playing game involving goblins, faeries, spriggans, and other mythical creatures. When Max releases a spriggan from an old book that he finds in his grandmother's attic, the game suddenly becomes very real, and the kids find themselves in a position where it is their duty to save the world.
To learn more about the Grey Griffins series and it's authors, visit the webpage at http://www.greygriffins.com
The
Revenge of the Shadow King
The Rise of the Black Wolf
The Fall of the Templar
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
by Louise Rennison
Georgia Nicolson is a teenager growing up in England, dealing with the things that all teenagers deal with. She and her friends "The Ace Gang" deal with boys, school, beauty treatments gone awry, and her crazy family, most girls can relate to the types of hilarious situations in these books.
To find out more about Louise Rennison and her books, visit her website at http://www.georgianicolson.com
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal
Snogging
On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God
Knocked Out by my
Nunga-Nungas
Dancing in my Nuddy Pants
Away Laughing on a Fast Camel
Then He Ate my Boy Entrancers
Startled By His Furry Shorts
Love is a Many Trousered Thing
Stop in the Name of Pants
Artemis Fowl
by Eoin Colfer
Artemis is 12-years old, a millionaire, and a criminal mastermind. The books follow Artemis on his escapades which seem to get more and more complicated after he kidnaps a fairy; Capt. Holly Short of the LEPrecon unit. Now, not only is he pulling off capers no 12-year old should be able to, he is also involved with the mystical realm.
To learn more about the Artemis Fowl series and it's author, visit the webpage at http://www.artemisfowl.com
Artemis Fowl
The Arctic Incident
The Eternity Code
The Opal Deceptioin
The Lost Colony
The Time Paradox
Artemis Fowl: The Graphic
Novel
The
Edge Chronicles
by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
Twig always knew he was different. First of all, although he has been raised by woodtrolls, he is obviously not the same as them. He is a human. He finds out that he has been abandoned in the Deepwoods, and becomes determined to find where he came from. On his quest he befriends many other odd creatures, and makes enemies out of others.
To learn more about the Edge Chronicles and it's authors, visit the webpage at http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/edgechronicles/
Beyond the Deep
Woods
Stormchaser
Midnight Over Sanctaphrax
The Curse of Gloamglozer
The Last of the Sky Pirates
Vox
Freeglader
The Winter Knights
Clash of the Sky Galleons