Longbow is the first in the (highly enjoyable) historical series, The Saga of Roland Innes, which has ties to Robin Hood lore. The Icebound Land is another in the (excellent) Ranger’s Apprentice series. And I read Fablehaven last fall because it was the “Book of the Month” selection for one of my GoodReads groups. It’s the first in a five-book series.
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Six of Crows is a gritty YA with a heist underway. The Ranger’s Apprentice series is a fast-favorite I’ll be continuing to read through this year. And Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is … different. (Screen plays do not read like a book.)
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The Secret of Zoom has math and music, orphans and boom! The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles is a quirky and quaint quest. And The Zoo at the Edge of the World involves a stuttering boy, a Great White Hunter, and a jaguar’s magic.
Tamaqua & Juniata
arguably the cutest part of “Team Ewan”
Under the Egg is an art mystery (with a side of art history!) The Quest to the Uncharted Lands is a sci-fantasy adventure from Jaleigh Johnson’s World of Solace books. (Stowaways must save the ship!) And The Peculiar is a dark fantasy with steampunk elements. (Fairies are kinda scary!)
Zane Johns doesn’t look like his half-brothers, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have any kind of family resemblance. He fits right in with his mother’s family (in looks, anyhow).
C. J. Milbrandt 