Alliana, Girl of Dragons

Cinderella meets dragons.
Alliana’s father died several years ago, leaving her in the care of her stepmother, a selfish woman who treats Alliana worse than a servant. Forced to clean and mend night and day while her stepmother and stepsiblings live happily off her labor, Alliana dreams of her one chance for a better life – the regional ball, where every 12 year old is presented for a chance to be chosen to attend the royal academy.

FREDDIE VS THE FAMILY CURSE

Freddie is cursed. It’s a family inheritance. Anytime he tries to do anything, his bad luck screws him up somehow. He’s “Faceplant Freddie,” infamous since second grade for constantly tripping, knocking things (and people) over, and for being the biggest klutz ever.

When Freddie finds an anting-anting in his garage and accidentally activates it, the Filipino good luck charm turns out to be quite the opposite. The old charm comes together with a ghost of his great uncle Ramon. With the curse growing more lethal each day, Freddie, his cousin Sharkie, and Ramon must do all they can to break the curse.

SPARROW RISING

In a world where everyone has wings, one girl dreams of flying higher than she should.
Everyone from the sparrow clan works as farmers, but Ellie dreams of becoming a goldwing knight. Only problem, the knights have only ever been chosen from the high clans, like falcons or eagles. But Ellie won’t let precedents like that stop her from competing in the qualifying goldwing race. When she meets a few kids on their way to the capital, Ellie gladly joins them. Yet, as she travels from her quiet village to the capital, Ellie discovers a different side to the world that she believed in. Not all heroes live up to their legends, and not all criminals are as bad as they seem.

Hunter

Weak, young, and naive, Thatcher goes from fleeing a war in his home town, to an enemy prison camp, to working in the castle stables. After bonding with a blind dragon, Thatcher is given the chance to assist the prince on a mission.

The Stepmom Shake-up

Grace and her father make the perfect team and an even better two-person family. So, when her father starts to date again, with bright hopes of a future marriage, Grace will do anything to prevent that from happening. From thinking up pranks to sabotaging her father’s efforts, Grace is hard pressed to keep herself safe from potential stepmothers.

The Gatekeeper’s Staff

Percy Jackson heads to Africa – in the New Orleans lagoon. Magic camp, meet the nearly magicless TJ.

TJ’s sister, Dayo, was special. The promised child. A talented strong magic user respected by the entire magical world. But to TJ, she was a friend and sometimes confidante. It’s not just TJ who’s devastated at her death. But when magicless TJ thinks his sister’s spirit might be trying to communicate with him, and when a group known as the Keepers attack at her funeral, TJ desperately tries to find out more about his sister’s life and death, even if it means attending a remedial magic camp, where his lack of magic will embarrassingly become obvious to all.

Even & Odd

Even and Odd are sisters who live in the mundane world and can do magic, but only on every other day of the week, taking turns. Even would love to be able to do magic every day, especially since her sister, Odd, has zero interest in using her abilities on her own magic days. When the portal to the magical world unexpectedly fails while their mother is away on a business trip, and Even is stuck in the form of a skunk, Even and Odd, and their new unicorn friend, Jeremy, will need to find a way to get back home, and perhaps figure out why the portal failed.

The Gilded Girl

A Little Princess with magic.

Emma is the daughter of a rich and famous magitect. (That’s an architect who uses magic.) Until now, she was able to live a quiet life with her father, but with her magical ceremony coming up, she needs some serious magical training to avoid snuffing her magic. The boarding school she’s left at has a great reputation and is attended by the daughters of other wealthy and notable parents. Both the teachers and students are delighted to instantly befriend Emma, who loves sharing with her friends. But when the tables turn, Emma will learn that the world isn’t always her friend, and that smiles and kind words are fake and worthless when aimed only at her riches and not towards Emma herself.

The Last Fallen Star

Riley knows her family’s healing spells by heart, knows them better than her sister does. The only problem: Riley is adopted and can’t do any magic. When Hattie, her sister, finds a spell that should enable them to share Hattie’s magic and finally give Riley a place among their magical community, their plans go drastically awry. With Hattie’s life in danger, Riley must hurry to complete several tasks to save her. On the way, Riley will need to make some tough decisions, uncover secrets, find help from her friends and family, and hardest of all, choose between her heart’s desire and the people dearest to her.

The New Apprentice

Harry Potter for girls.
Z isn’t a name most parents would give their kid, but Z was lucky enough to have her name chosen by some city official’s naming system. Orphaned of her parents right after she was born, Z lived a tough life in the foster system until she ran into a bookshop owned by a sorcerer.