Friday Finds! (10)

Friday Finds are books I've heard about during the past week. Credit goes to MizB from Should Be Reading. What's with all my Friday Finds being Young Adult books lately? And the trend continues....


Found this @ Reading Extensively

Firelight by Sophie Jordan
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pub, Date: September 7, 2010
Reading Level: Young Adult
336 pages

Blurb:
With her rare ability to breathe fire, Jacinda is special even among the draki—the descendants of dragons who can shift between human and dragon forms. But when Jacinda’s rebelliousness leads her family to flee into the human world, she struggles to adapt, even as her draki spirit fades. The one thing that revives it is Will, whose family hunts her kind. Jacinda can’t resist getting closer to him, even though she knows she’s risking not only her life but the draki’s most closely guarded secret.(From Goodreads)



Found this @ Tales of a Ravenous Reader

Spells by Aprilynne Pike
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pub, Date: May 4, 2010
Reading Level: Young Adult
368 pages

Blurb:
Six months have passed since Laurel saved the gateway to the faerie realm of Avalon. Now she must spend her summer there, honing her skills as a Fall faerie. But her human family and friends are still in mortal danger--and the gateway to Avalon is more compromised than ever.

When it comes time to protect those she loves, will she depend on David, her human boyfriend, for help? Or will she turn to Tamani, the electrifying faerie with whom her connection is undeniable? (From author's website)



Found this @ Dark Faerie Tales

The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Pub, Date: July 8, 2010
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
336 pages

Blurb:
What if fairy tale magic really existed?

Lonely at her new school, Elizabeth takes a job at the New York Circulating Material Repository, hoping to make new friends as well as pocket money. The Repository is no ordinary library. It lends out objects rather than books—everything from tea sets and hockey sticks to Marie Antoinette’s everyday wig.

It’s also home to the Grimm Collection, a secret room in the basement. That’s where the librarians lock away powerful items straight out of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales: seven-league boots, a table that produces a feast at the blink of an eye, Snow White’s stepmother’s sinister mirror that talks in riddles and has a will of its own.

When the magical objects start to disappear, Elizabeth and her new friends embark on a dangerous quest to catch the thief before they’re accused of the crime themselves—or the thief captures them. (Summary from author's website)