by Jaclyn Moriarty (2013)
Fourteen-year-old Madeleine of Cambridge, England, struggling to cope with poverty and her mother's illness, and fifteen-year-old Elliot of the Kingdom of Cello in a parallel world where colors are villainous and his father is missing, begin exchanging notes through a crack between their worlds and find they can be of great help to each other.
Martin Booth
Pip and her twin brother, Tim, awaken an alchemist's son from a centuries-long slumber when their family moves to an old English country estate, and he enlists them in the fight against an evil alchemist who seeks to create a homunculus.
Vivian French
Une collection donnant à suivre les aventures que partagent Charlotte, Katie, Daisy, Alice, Sophie et Émilie dans l'enceinte de la prestigieuse Princesse Academy, une institution pour princesses modèles. Les héroïnes se partagent la narration, levant le voile sur les cours (dragonologie, haute couture royale, cuisine fine, sortilèges appliqués, maintien et élégance, etc.), les moments de complicité, les rivalités entre les diverses "chambres" (l'équivalent des "maisons" de "Harry Potter"), les bals, les voeux réalisés par Marraine Fée (l'enchanteresse et intendante de l'établissement), l'austérité de la directrice, le stress lié à l'obtention des Points Diadème (qui sont gages de bonne conduite, donnent droit à des privilèges et permettent aux étudiantes d'accéder à un niveau d'enseignement supérieur), les tenues, etc. -- De nombreuses aquarelles, campant les héroïnes (émules de "Barbie") dans un univers rose bonbon tout à fait stéréotypé, agrémentent cette première lecture dont la couverture est ornée d'étoiles argentées. [SDM]
Mercedes Lackey
A second anthology of new stories set in the universe of Lackey's Elemental Masters alternate-reality Edwardian London features magically gifted individuals whose stories are loosely based on classic fairy tales and includes contributions by leading genre authors.
Linda Chapman & Steve Cole
When new step-siblings Milly, Michael, Jason, and Jess move to a town in the middle of nowhere, the last thing they expect is to find a magic book. But when they stumble upon The Genie's Handbook, their lives are changed forever. Each chapter in The Genie Handbook contains one of six stages of training to be mastered, and the kids are thrilled at the prospect of becoming genies. Then they discover Skribble, the crotchety, magical bookworm who lives inside the book. Unfortunately, he's eaten a lot of the important bits, and seems to have a secret agenda of his own. Both helped and hindered by the bookworm, the four kids attempt to train to be genies-with results both comic and chaotic. Will it take a near-disaster for the family to realize that you have to be very careful what you wish for?