Chosen by P.C. and Kristen Cast

The second installment of this awesome series has even more vampires and excitement to offer than the first. Zoey, having removed Aphrodite from her place of power in the Dark Daughters, has become the new leader. She is also adorned with new tattoos that Nyx, her goddess, has given her to show she is on the right path. However, things are not as good as they seem. Fledglings are dying and somehow...coming back to life. Who is behind this? What can Zoey and her friends do to stop it?

Marked by P.C. and Kristen Cast

This is an excellent story about a young fledgling vampire named Zoey Redbird who meets new friends, and enemies, when she moves to the House of Night in Tulsa, Oklahoma. However, something is different about Zoey than the rest of the fledglings...the cresent moon mark that is on all fledgling and adult vampires is completely filled in, something that shouldn't happen until she becomes an adult. What does this mean? What strange things are happening at the House of Night? All of these questions and more are answered in this amazing series.

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

This is a story that takes place in another demention that is parallel to our own, where people's souls are located on the outside of their bodies, called daemons. These daemons take shape of animals and are unique to the person. A young girl named Lyra goes on a whirlwind adventure with her daemon where they discover secrets about an evil corporation who is run by an evil woman who are bent on taking the magic daemons possess away from children. All in all, it leaves you on the edge of your seat wanting more.

Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

This book takes a new turn on the way angels are look at. Patch, a fallen angel, finds unlikely friendship in Nora Gray, who is instantly attracted to him. Together, they go on a mysterious mystery about other fallen angels and murder. I reccomend this to anyone interested in the darker side of literature and delight in the mysterious.

Pretties by Scott Westerfield

In this sequal to Uglies, Tally is transformed into a Pretty, but for very special reasons. However, she can't remember what these reasons are and this causes her and her other friend to get in serious trouble. This continuation of the story has every thing the original has, and more.

Warriors: Into the Wild by Erin Hunter

This book is about wild cats that roam the forests outside of civilizations and the story of a house cat who joins them and ultimately earns their respect, and eventually their loyalty. Erin Hunter does an excellent job of capturing the mood of the experiances he faces as he meets the different clans and becomes part of the noblest of all, Thunder Clan. The others are Wind Clan, River Clan, and the devious Shadow Clan. They are the fiends of the forest, except for the humans and other large animals.

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

This is an out of this world story that portrays a sort of future earth where everyone is surgically altered to be "pretty" when they turn 16 to reduce war and make everyone equal. However, the main character, Tally, changes her mind about this procedure after meeting a girl who says their is a surviving band of uglies who are living off the land like no one has done for thousands of years. She embarks on a journey to follow her friend and find this village and along the way she discovers many unsettling and scary secrets about her society.