Do you believe in Faeries?: The Best of Elfpunk
Explore the enchanting world of elfpunk faeries with 'Do you believe in Faeries?: The Best of Elfpunk'—a curated list of magical books blending fantasy, folklore, and punk allure.
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War for the Oaks
by Emma Bull
Eddi McCandry, an unemployed Minneapolis rock singer, finds herself drafted into an invisible war between the faerie filk.
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Tithe
by Holly Black
After returning home from a tour with her mother's rock band, sixteen-year-old Kaye, who has been visited by faeries since childhood, discovers that she herself is a magical faerie creature with a special destiny.
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Valiant
by Holly Black
When she runs away to New York, seventeen-year-old Valerie Russell finds that escape from her own reality is impossible as she encounters colorful, desperate, and strange new friends who end up giving her the surprise of her life.
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Ironside
by Holly Black
As the possessor of Roibin's true name, sixteen-year-old Kaye returns to Faeryland to try and complete a nearly-impossible quest that will release him from the spell of the faery queen who holds him in thrall.
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The Chronicles of Faerie
by O.R. Melling
In this book, which School Library Journal called ôlyrical and mesmerizing,ö eighteen-year-old Laurel arrives in Ireland on the anniversary of her sisterÆs mysterious death, to take up her twinÆs failed mission to find the Summer King and save Faerie. As
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Wicked Lovely
by Melissa Marr
Rule #3: Don't stare at invisible faeries. Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous, they walk hidden in mortal world. Aislinn fears their cruelty—especially if they learn of her Sight—and wishes she were as blind to their presence as other teens. Rule #2: Don't speak to invisible faeries. Now faeries are stalking her. One of them, Keenan, who is equal parts terrifying and alluring, is trying to talk to her, asking questions Aislinn is afraid to answer. Rule #1: Don't ever attract their attention. But it's too late. Keenan is the Summer King who has sought his queen for nine centuries. Without her, summer itself will perish. He is determined that Aislinn will become the Summer Queen at any cost—regardless of her plans or desires. Suddenly none of the rules that have kept Aislinn safe are working anymore, and everything is on the line: her freedom; her best friend, Seth; her life; everything. Faerie intrigue, mortal love, and the clash of ancient rules and modern expectations swirl together in Melissa Marr's stunning 21st century faery tale.
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Rise of the Evening Star
by Brandon Mull
When Kendra and Seth return to Fablehaven, they discover that Grandpa Sorenson has asked three specialists to protect the property from the Society of the Evening Star, a group determined to steal an artifact of great power from the preserve.
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Grip of the Shadow Plague
by Brandon Mull
Seth attempts to halt a plague that is turning Fablehaven's beings of light into creatures of darkness, while his sister Kendra and the Knights of the Dawn attempt to retrieve an artifact before the Society of the Evening Star.
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The Iron Dragon's Daughter
by Michael Swanwick
Named a NEW YORK TIMES notable book of 1994, THE IRON DRAGON'S DAUGHTER tells the heartrending story of a changeling child who is kidnapped to a realm of malls and machines and enslaved in a vast, infernal factory. Ultimately she escapes and attempts to educate herself about this alien world, while being tormented by visions of the life she was denied.
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Now You See It . . .
by Vivian Vande Velde
With Wendy's new glasses, she begins to see cheerful corpses, old crones disguised as teeny-boppers, and portals to another world--a place where everyone knows of the glasses' powers and will do anything to get them.
