Young Adult

THE NAME OF THE WIND by PATRICK ROTHFUSS

Wizard, villain, warrior, slave, hero and villain of a thousand tales. But behind the legend is the simple story of a boy who dares to challenge destiny, a woman, and a world that will never be the same...

A GAME OF THRONES

The Stark and Lannister families and their struggle to control the Iron Throne in the foreground; in the background is a huge ancient wall marking the northern border beyond which barbarians, ice vampires and such menace the south as years-long winter advance.

THE DECEPTION OF THE EMERALD RING by LAUREN WILLIG

Focus's on Letty Alsworth, who, after a comedy of errors, quickly weds Lord Geoffery Pinchingdale-Snipe, her older sister's intended. Geoffery flees to Ireland on the eve of his elopement. Unbeknownst to Letty, his plan isn't to abandon her, it's to quash the impending Irish Rebellion.

A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY by LIBBA BRAY

Gemma, 16, has an unconventional upbringing in India until the day she foresees her mothers death in a black, swirling vision, that turns out to be true. Sent back to England, she is enrolled at Spence, a girl's academy with a mysterious burned out East Wing.

THE FORREST OF HANDS AND TEETH by CARRIE RYAN

The book begins seven generations after the Return, an undead plague that has ended civilization as we know it. Mary, lives in a village surrounded by one last vestige of industrial technology; a chain link fence. She is bound not only by the fence but by the archaic traditions of her people.

THE BRONZE BOW by ELIZABETH GEORGE SPEARE

The story concerns Daniel, a young Jew at the time of Christ. He has an intense hatred of the Romans and lives in an outlaw band in the hills. When his grandmother dies he must move to the village to take care of his sister while continuing his mission to drive the Romans back to Rome.