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YA Urban Fantasy (page 3)


Cover art for THE SUMMONING
CHILDREN'S
Released: July 1, 2008

"Teen readers might scream loud enough to raise the dead. (Fiction. 14 & up)"
After seeing a ghost in her school, Chloe Saunders arrives at the Lyle House, a home for troubled teens, but specters keep surfacing, causing her to question both her sanity and supposedly safe surroundings. Read full book review >
Cover art for WICKED LOVELY
CHILDREN'S
Released: June 12, 2007

"Overlong wish-fulfillment, but enjoyably sultry. (Fantasy. YA)"
This steamy faery story reads like a torrid girl's fantasy and will produce some swoons. Read full book review >
Cover art for CITY OF BONES
CHILDREN'S
Released: March 27, 2007

"Lush and fun. (Fantasy. YA)"
This urban-fantasy series opener spices its fight against evil with sexual tension. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE BLUE GIRL
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2004

"And yes, the tattooed and pierced Imogene does turn spectacularly blue in one of the many page-turning plot points. (Fantasy. YA)"
Readers always know what to expect in a de Lint fantasy: supple, sinuous writing in a contemporary setting laced with fantasy neatly hardwired in place. Read full book review >
Cover art for TITHE
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2002

"A labyrinthine plot with Goth sensibility makes this a luscious treat for fans of urban fantasy and romantic horror. (Fiction. YA)"
Debauchery, despair, deceit, and grisly death—what more could you ask from a fairy tale? Read full book review >