by Josephine Angelini (2016)
Lily Proctor has come a long way from the weak, sickly girl she used to be. She has gained power as a witch and a leader, found her way home, chosen to face battle again, and (after losing her first love and being betrayed by her new love) she has learned more about loss and grief than she ever wanted to know.
David Teague
"Henry Cicada just wants to be plain, but extraordinary things keep happening to him. When he's accidentally transported to a different dimension, he realizes a little wackiness is the key to adventure"--
David Ward
When Ryan Graham goes to New Denver to interview an arrogant scientist who plans a daring experiment in time travel, the Graham family and others are drawn into a race to keep the universe from being destroyed.
Robert Charles Wilson
Turk and his young friend Isaac Dvali are taken up by a community of fanatics who use them to enable a passage to the dying Earth, where they believe a prophecy of human/Hypothetical contact will be fulfilled.
Andre Norton
When Earthmen got into space, they found advanced races who deemed Earth far too barbaric to join them. They were assigned the only task deemed suitable, mercenaries on other backwards planets. Kana Karr, Arch Swordsman, Third Class, has his first assignment on Fronn. However, there they find weapons that belong only to the Galactics, and mechanized Terrans, all illegal. They must fight the entire planet to find a way to return and warn Central Command.