The Legend of the Protectors of Earth

Thief of Dreams

The Wild Hunt: The Hound Who Hunts Nightmares - Book One

Forged in Fire and Stars

The Animal's Secret Kingdom: Unidom and the Earld

Darkbeast

The Lantern Fox (Mammoth Reads)

Extraordinary

Girl of Fire and Thorns

New York Times-bestselling author Rae Carson makes a triumphant return to the world of her award-winning Girl of Fire and Thorns trilogy in this extraordinary stand-alone novel. With action, adventure, and a heroine set on destroying the patriarchal limits meant to keep her in her place, The Empire of Dreams once again proves that Rae Carson is a master of epic fantasy.

Even though Red Sparkle Stone is a foundling orphan with an odd name and a veiled past, she's about to be adopted into the royal family—by Empress Elisa herself. Sixteen-year-old Red can hardly believe her luck. Then, in a stunning political masterstroke, the empress's greatest rival blocks the adoption, and Red is left with no family and no future.

Grieving and lost, but determined to find her place, Red hatches a daring plan: she will prove herself as a recruit for the world's most elite fighting force, the legendary Royal Guard—something no woman has done before. But it's no coincidence that someone wanted her to fail as a princess, someone whose shadowy agenda puts everything she loves at risk. As danger closes in, it will be up to Red and her new friends—and maybe some new enemies—to save the empire. If they can survive recruitment year.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

The Legend of the Protectors of Earth

Heath A. King, Heath Allen King, 2004

Thief of Dreams

Todd Strasser, Tood Strasser, 2003

The Wild Hunt: The Hound Who Hunts Nightmares - Book One

Caractacus Plume, 2015

Forged in Fire and Stars

Andrea Cremer, Andrea Robertson, 2020

The Animal's Secret Kingdom: Unidom and the Earld

J. J. True, 2011

Darkbeast

Morgan Keyes, 2012

The Lantern Fox (Mammoth Reads)

Garry Kilworth, 1998

Extraordinary

Miriam Spitzer Franklin, 2015