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BEST TEEN BOOKS OF 2012: IN OTHER WORLDS [SHOWING SLIDE 36 OF 41]

Do fantasy and science fiction--or their cousins, paranormal and dystopian fiction--float your boat? Climb aboard a few of these books.

THE GIRL WITH BORROWED WINGS by Rinsai Rossetti

THE GIRL WITH BORROWED WINGS

by Rinsai Rossetti

"Infused with an urgent hope, this glimmering love story exhilarates and refreshes. (Magical realism. 12 & up)"

Her name—Frenenqer—means "restraint" in "some language or other," and she is the only child—creation, really—of a man for whom affection is unspeakable: Pfft. Read full book review >

TIGER LILY by Jodi Lynn Anderson

THE DROWNED CITIES by Paolo Bacigalupi

THE DEMON CATCHERS OF MILAN by Kat Beyer

BLACK HEART by Holly Black

GIRL OF NIGHTMARES by Kendare Blake

ABOVE by Leah Bobet

THE DIVINERS by Libba Bray

DEVINE INTERVENTION by Martha Brockenbrough

THE CRIMSON CROWN by Cinda Williams Chima

THE ASSASSIN'S CURSE by Cassandra Rose Clarke

REACHED by Ally Condie

AFTER THE SNOW by S.D. Crockett

THE GIRL IN THE CLOCKWORK COLLAR by Kady Cross

VESSEL by Sarah Beth Durst

RADIANT DAYS by Elizabeth Hand

SERAPHINA by Rachel Hartman

THE OBSIDIAN BLADE by Pete Hautman

THE HERO'S GUIDE TO SAVING YOUR KINGDOM by Christopher Healy

FRIENDS WITH BOYS by Faith Erin Hicks

THE CHAOS by Nalo Hopkinson

WRAPPED UP IN YOU by Dan Jolley

ENCHANTED by Alethea Kontis

STORMDANCER by Jay Kristoff

THE BRIDES OF ROLLROCK ISLAND by Margo Lanagan

TEAM HUMAN by Justine Larbalestier

EVERY DAY by David Levithan

THRONE OF GLASS by Sarah J. Maas

FROI OF THE EXILES by Melina Marchetta

SHADOWFELL by Juliet Marillier

BE MY ENEMY by Ian McDonald

THE BROKEN LANDS by Kate Milford

A CONFUSION OF PRINCES by Garth Nix

PANDEMONIUM by Lauren Oliver

BURN MARK by Laura Powell

A MILLION SUNS by Beth Revis

THE GIRL WITH BORROWED WINGS by Rinsai Rossetti

PASSENGER by Andrew Smith

THE RAVEN BOYS by Maggie Stiefvater

THE GIRL WHO FELL BENEATH FAIRYLAND AND LED THE REVELS THERE by Catherynne M. Valente

DUST GIRL by Sarah Zettel

BITTERBLUE by Kristin Cashore

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