Ra's Spiral Path

Category: young adult

  • Level Up

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    By Gene Luen Yang; art by Thien Pham Place: Publisher & Year: New York: First Second, 2011 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal Format: Graphic novel ISBN: 9781596432352 Audience: Adult, young adult Number of pages: 160 Setting: An unspecified town somewhere in the US. Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Dennis Ouyang is kicked out of…

  • Miss Peregrines’s Home for Peculiar Children

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    By Ransom Riggs Place: Publisher & Year: Philadelphia: Quirk Books, 2011 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, time travel fantasy, historical fantasy, mystery, paranormal, historical fiction Series: The author’s blog (8/9/2011) states that there will be a sequel to this book. ISBN: 9781594744761 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 352 Setting: Englewood, Florida & Cairnholm, Wales Time…

  • Queen of the Dead

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    By Stacey Kade Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Hyperion, 2011 Genres:  Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal Series: A Ghost and the Goth Novel; 2 ISBN: 9781423134671 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 267 Setting: Groundsboro (state not specified but the town is near Decatur, so it could be Illinois) Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Alona…

  • Nickel Plated

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    By Aric Davis Place: Publisher & Year: Las Vegas, NV: AmazonEncore, c2010 Genre: Mystery, hard boiled crime fiction, suspense ISBN: 9781935597322 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 197 Setting: Grand Rapids, Michigan Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Nickel is a twelve year old child abuse survivor and foster child escapee.  At the age of ten,…

  • The Ghost and the Goth

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    By Stacey Kade Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Hyperion, 2010 Genres:  Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal Series: A Ghost and the Goth Novel; 1 ISBN: 9781423124870 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 281 Setting: Groundsboro (state not specified but the town is near Decatur, so it could be Illinois) Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When…

  • The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint

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    By Brady Udall Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Vintage Contemporaries, c2001, 2002 Genre: General fiction ISBN: 9780375719189 Audience: Adult, young adult Number of pages: 423 Setting: Various locations in Arizona, including San Carlos Reservation, Globe, and Fort Apache.  Also set in Richland, UT and Stony Run, PA. Time period: Hard to decipher, but it…

  • Mockingjay

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    By Suzanne Collins Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Scholastic Press, 2010 Genres: Science fiction, adventure, dystopian, thriller Series: The Hunger Games; 3 ISBN: 9780439023511 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 392 Setting: Panem – mainly District 13 & the Capitol, but also Districts 12, 8, and 2 Time period: Sometime in the future Plot…

  • Matched

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    By Ally Condie Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Dutton Books, 2010 Genres: Science fiction, dystopian, romance Series: Matched; 1 ISBN: 9780525423645 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 369 Setting: The City & Mapletree Borough, Oria Province Time period: An unspecified time in the future Plot summary: Cassia Reyes lives in a perfect society.  Debilitating…

  • Catching Fire

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    By Suzanne Collins Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Scholastic Press, 2009 Genres: Science fiction, adventure, dystopian, thriller Series: The Hunger Games; 2 ISBN: 9780439023498 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 391 Setting: Panem – mainly District 12 & the Capitol Time period: Sometime in the future Plot summary: When Katniss returns to District 12…

  • Bones of Faerie

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    By Janni Lee Simner Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Random House, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, dark fantasy, faerie tale, dystopian Series: A sequel – Faerie Winter – is due to be published in April, 2011 ISBN: 9780375845635 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 247 Setting: St. Louis, Missouri area Time period: About twenty years in…