Eldest, by Christopher Paolini (Alfred A. Knopf, 2005)

No sooner has one battle ended for young hunter-turned-reluctant hero Eragon and his dragon Saphira, than another begins. For the world has become an ever more dangerous place, filled with uncertainty and potential betrayal around every corner. The Empire now … Continue reading

Spirits That Walk In Shadow, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Viking, 2006)

For those who attend college, freshman year is perhaps the strangest, most trying period of their time there. Away from home for an extended period of time, with ready access to drugs, alcohol, and the opposite sex, exposed to all … Continue reading

Larklight, by Phillip Reeve (Bloomsbury, 2006)

For Art and Myrtle Mumby, life is anything but normal. They dwell in the sprawling house known as Larklight, which occupies an orbit out in the blackness of space beyond the Earth’s Moon. Their history is one in which Newton’s … Continue reading

Beka Cooper: Terrier, by Tamora Pierce (Random House, 2006)

Nearly two centuries before Alanna the Lioness broke all the rules to become a lady knight and a legend, the land of Tortall looked to different heroes to keep them safe. Heroes such as Beka Cooper, of the Provost’s Guard. … Continue reading