The Nightbirds – girls with powerful magic they can gift with just a kiss. They are pampered, beautiful and showered with gifts, but can these well-guarded treasures be more than just birds in a gilded cage?
- Genre Guide
- Staff-Created List
Seattle Picks: Teen - Fantasy
8 users like thisMagic, dragons, immortals: these are the ingredients for potent fantasy. (Updated January 2025) MS = books for middle school readers. GN = graphic novels
StaffLibrary Staff
The Seattle Public Library


29 items
- Brewing is an illegal, lucrative and extremely dangerous power that can kill even the most powerful witcher. After her mother is murdered, Venus has no choice but to brew. A gritty, urban fantasy set in the seedy DC political underbelly,…
- Clement and Christina, heirs to a powerful New Orleans magical family, must find who orchestrated the murder of their grandparents, stole their throne, cursed their mother and is coming for them. Justice is a dark, gruesome and bloody…
- Adora is called by The Distance, a force threatening to destroy the world that only she can stop. Accompanied by a band of heroes, in the end, she alone must choose to stay or go.
- When a power-hungry coven kills Ffion’s fox familiar, she must pair up with a couple troublesome princes to find out what is destroying the magic and resurrect her beloved companion before it is too late.
- After her parents are killed by a runaway fish cart, Jane's only hope of a secure life is to marry a young man. Luckily for her, handsome Peter agrees readily, but when he is kidnapped by a mermaid, Jane must dive in to rescue him. GN MS
- Hiding as a servant while tending to a family who all suffer a strange affliction on the full moon, Emile finds himself torn between two men as he fights for the love he deserves – and everyone’s survival.
- Darling Seabreak and Talon Goldhoard must learn to work together if they are to survive the deception and treachery of the rival factions that seek to tear the world apart.
- A queer reimagining of the Korean Fox Maiden legend set in the 16th century. GN MS
- As a descendant of Greek gods, Io works as a private investigator, able to see and cut the threads of fate. Hired to look into a series of strange murders, she uncovers secrets that might consume her sister, her soulmate and her city.
- Raised to protect her nation from the monsters lurking in the sands, Shield warrior Imani now fights to find and retrieve her treacherous brother from the outside world and untangle the truths of her hidden kingdom.
- In 1937, Laura Ann Langston, a powerful queer mage hailing from a dead-end town, goes to New York City seeking a better future and finds opportunity, intrigue and a completely new set of problems.
- Lucifer’s Mark causes people to do bad things, or does it? Is Matt a hero “saving people” or a murderer?
- The story of two cursed sisters hunted by both human and supernatural monsters. In a world where women have little power, the bond of love between sisters is unbreakable.
- So what if Rook lacks magic? He just wants to be around it, why is that so bad? Engineering a magic detector and scoring a job with a sorcerer feels great. Sadly, the corrupt Magical Consortium considers his device illegal and is…
- A funny, romantic, cozy-fantasy. A bounty hunter, a troll and a baker’s apprentice find themselves bound together to save the goofy but undeniably charming Prince Hapless. MS
- Fearless Donaji is a hero to her Zapotec village. When she sets out to find her missing father - accompanied by the god that lives inside her poncho - she meets Itzcacalotl, a winged warrior. As their friendship blossoms, they face…
- After Marjan’s father is murdered, she determines to keep his veterinary office running. Soon she learns that her father also healed magical animals! Now, Marjan needs to study this magical new world all while balancing being a teenager…
- El Diablo shatters Mar León de la Rosa’s entire world on their sixteenth birthday. Now they must figure out their place in a new pirate crew, how to save their father and keep their magical abilities secret, or face execution. MS
- The elves living just off the coast of Puerto Rico intrigue everyone. Everyone except Sevim, who thinks they murdered her father. However, with everyone in danger, she must decide if she can trust the elf prince before it is too late. MS
You've viewed 20 of 29 items