Aru Shah and the end of time by Roshani Chokshi - Twelve-year-old Aru stretches the truth to fit in at her private school, but when she is dared to prove an ancient lamp is cursed, she inadvertently frees an ancient demon

The wizards of once by Cressida Cowell - Young wizard prince Xar, who has no magic, and warrior princess Wish, an outcast, team up on an adventure that brings them to witches long believed to be extinct

The serpent's secret by Sayantani DasGupta - Kiranmala's parents disappear and a drooling rakkhosh demon shows up in her kitchen, and soon she is swept into another dimension, full of magic, winged horses, talking birds (very annoying), and cute princes

The field guide by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black - When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences

The Wearle by Chris d'Lacey - Gabrial is a young dragon, anxious to both prove himself and also find his father who years ago was one of a Wearle of dragons who set out from their home planet and were never heard from again

The familiars by Adam Jay Epstein, Andrew Jacobson - When a scrappy alley cat named Aldwyn passes himself off as a magical animal companion to Jack, a young wizard in training, Aldwyn and his fellow "familiars" must save the kingdom from the evil queen

The mark of the dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson - Since her father's death in a factory in the Dragonfly territories, thirteen-year-old Piper has eked out a living as a scrapper in Merrow Kingdom

The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch

Where the mountain meets the moon by Grace Lin - Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish, and then joins a dragon who cannot fly on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon

The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann - In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly Eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place

The flame of Olympus by Kate O'Hearn - Thirteen-year-old Emily's life is transformed when Pegasus, the mythological winged horse, crashes onto the roof of her building during a New York City blackout and takes her to Olympus

Archer's quest by Linda Sue Park - Twelve-year-old Kevin Kim helps Chu-mong, a legendary king of ancient Korea, return to his own time

The sword of summer by Rick Riordan - Living alone on the streets of Boston, Magnus Chase learns he is the son of a Norse god, from an uncle his mother claimed was dangerous

Race to the sun by Rebecca Roanhorse - Guided by her Navajo ancestors, seventh-grader Nizhoni Begay discovers she is descended from a holy woman and destined to become a monsterslayer, starting with the evil businessman who kidnapped her father

Magyk by Angie Sage - After learning that she is the Princess, Jenna is whisked from her home and carried toward safety by the Extraordinary Wizard, those she always believed were her father and brother, and a young guard known only as Boy 412

The dragonet prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland - When danger threatens one of their own, Clay and his friends may choose freedom over fate, leave their mountain, and set the dragon world on a course that no one could have predicted