Thornlight

Tara Nikkel and the Dream Mage (Tara Nikkel Books)

The Way to the Castle

Farworld Book 2: Land Keep

City of Stolen Magic

The Gingerbread Witch

Unseen Magic

Faerietayle: The Icon Quest

"A heart-pounding adventure. Magic and monsters lurk in every corner as a headstrong trio search for their place in Aden Polydoros's haunting world." ––Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights

Magic, monsters, and much political upheaval abound in this dark fantasy about a girl whose unique power has the potential to help save her friends—and an empire.

The Kosa empire roils in tension, on the verge of being torn apart by a proletarian revolution between magic-endowed elites and the superstitious lower class, but seventeen-year-old Toma lives blissfully disconnected from the conflict in the empire with her adoptive family of benevolent undead.

When she meets Vanya—a charming commoner branded as a witch by his own neighbors—and the dethroned Tsar Mikhail himself, the unlikely trio bonds over trying to restore Mikhail’s magic and protect the empire from the revolutionary leader, Koschei, whose forces have stolen the castle. Vanya has his magic and Mikhail has his title, but if Toma can’t dig deep and find her power in time, all of their lives will be at Koschei’s mercy.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Thornlight

Claire Legrand, 2021

Tara Nikkel and the Dream Mage (Tara Nikkel Books)

R.A. Sapp, 2015

The Way to the Castle

Stephanie Baker, 2023

Farworld Book 2: Land Keep

J. Scott Savage, 2009

City of Stolen Magic

Nazneen Ahmed Pathak, 2023

The Gingerbread Witch

Alexandra Overy, 2022

Unseen Magic

Emily Lloyd-Jones, 2022

Faerietayle: The Icon Quest

Nicolas Delgiudice, 2004