Great teen books to give a book lover you know this holiday season!

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Looking for great teen books to give a book lover you know this
holiday season? Here are ten fantastic titles!

2. 1. “FantasticBeastsandWheretoFindthem” byJ.K.Rowling
When Magizoologist Newt Scamander
arrives in New York, he intends his stay to
be just a brief stopover. However, when
his magical case is misplaced and some of
Newt’s fantastic beasts escape, it spells
trouble for everyone…

3. 2.“TheLordoftheRings” byJ.R.R.Tolkien
In ancient times, the Rings of Power were crafted by Elven-smiths, and
Sauron the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so
that he could rule all the others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and
though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After
many ages, it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins.
From Sauron’s fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, his power spread far
and wide. Sauron gathered all the Great Rings to him, but always he
searched for the One Ring that would complete his dominion. When Bilbo
reached his eleventy-first birthday he disappeared, bequeathing to his
young cousin Frodo the ruling ring and a perilous quest: to journey across
Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the ring
by casting it into the Cracks of Doom. The Lord of the Rings tells of the
great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf
the Wizard; the hobbits Merry, Pippin, and Sam; Gimli the dwarf; Legolas
the elf; Boromir of Gondor; and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider.

4. 3.“TheHungerGames”bySuzanneCollins
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the
nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve
outlying districts. Long ago the districts waged war on the
Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms,
each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in
an annual televised event called, “The Hunger Games,” a fight
to the death on live T.V. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen,
who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it
as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her
district in the Games. The terrain, rules, and level of audience
participation may change, but one thing is constant: kill or be
killed.

5. 4.“HogwartsClassics”byJ.K.Rowling
Inside the “Hogwarts Classics” boxed set, readers will
find a pair of books treasured by students at Hogwarts
School for Witchcraft and Wizardry: Quidditch Through
the Ages, a comprehensive history of the game and its
rules (just try to ignore the doodles of Harry Potter, Ron
Weasley, and other Hogwarts students who couldn’t
resist); and The Tales of Beedle the Bard, translated from
the ancient runes by Hermione Granger, with an
introduction, notes, and illustrations by J.K. Rowling and
extensive commentary by Albus Dumbledore.

6. 5.“TheAuraliaThread”byJeffreyOverstreet
Synopsis from book one, “Auralia’s Colors”:
When thieves find an abandoned child lying in a monster’s footprint, they
have no idea that their wilderness discovery will change the course of
history.
Cloaked in mystery, Auralia grows up among criminals outside the walls of
House Abascar, where vicious beastmen lurk in shadow. There, she
discovers an unsettling--and forbidden--talent for crafting colors that enchant
all who behold them, including Abascar’s hard-hearted king, an exiled wizard,
and a prince who keeps dangerous secrets.
Auralia’s gift opens doors from the palace to the dungeons, setting the stage
for violent and miraculous change in the great houses of the Expanse.
“Auralia’s Colors” weaves literary fantasy together with poetic prose, a
suspenseful plot, adrenaline-rush action, and unpredictable characters sure
to enthrall ambitious imaginations.

7. 6.“AroundtheWorldin80Days” byJulesVerne
One ill-fated evening at the Reform Club, Phileas Fogg rashly bets
his companions 20,000 that he can travel around the entire globe
in just eighty days--and he is determined not to lose. Breaking the
well-established routine of his daily life, the reserved Englishman
immediately sets off for Dover, accompanied by his hot-blooded
French manservant Passepartout. Travelling by train, steamship,
sailing boat, sledge, and even elephant, they must overcome
storms, kidnappings, natural disasters, Sioux attacks and the
dogged Inspector Fix of Scotland Yard--who believes that Fogg
has robbed the Bank of England--to win the extraordinary wager.
“Around the World in Eighty Days” gripped audiences on its
publication and remains hugely popular, combining exploration,
adventure, and a thrilling race against time.

8. 7.“HarryPotter”byJ.K.Rowling
Harry Potter has no idea how famous he is. That’s because
he’s being raised by his miserable aunt and uncle who are
terrified Harry will learn that he’s really a wizard, just as his
parents were. But everything changes when Harry is
summoned to attend an infamous school for wizards, and he
begins to discover some clues about his illustrious birthright.
From the surprising way he is greeted by a lovable giant, to the
unique curriculum and colorful faculty at his unusual school,
Harry finds himself drawn deep inside a mystical world he
never knew existed and closer to his own noble destiny.

9. 8.“Fahrenheit451”byRayBradbury
Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are
forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness.
Even so, Montag is unhappy; there is discord in his marriage.
Are books hidden in his house? The Mechanical Hound of the
Fire Department, armed with a lethal hypodermic, escorted by
helicopters, is ready to track down those dissidents who defy
society to preserve and read books.
The classic dystopian novel of a post-literature future,
“Fahrenheit 451” stands alongside Orwell’s “1984” and
Huxley’s “Brave New World” as a prophetic account of
Western civilization’s enslavement by the media, drugs and
conformity.
Bradbury’s powerful and poetic prose combines with uncanny
insight into the potential of technology to create a novel,
which, decades on from first publication, still has the power to
dazzle and shock.

10. 9.“TheEmperor’sEdge” byLindsayBuroker
Imperial law enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon is good at her
job: she can deter thieves and pacify thugs, if not with a
blade, then by toppling an eight-foot pile of coffee
canisters onto their heads. But when ravaged bodies
show up on the waterfront, an arson covers up human
sacrifices, and a powerful business coalition plots to kill
the emperor, she feels a tad overwhelmed. Worse,
Sicarius, the empire’s most notorious assassin, is in town.
He’s tied in with the chaos somehow, but Amaranthe
would be a fool to cross his path. Unfortunately, her
superiors order her to hunt him down. Either they have an
unprecedented belief in her skills...or someone wants her
dead.

11. 10.“ThePrincessBride”byWilliamGoldman
As Florin and Guilder teeter on the verge of war, the
reluctant Princess Buttercup is devastated by the loss of
her true love, kidnapped by a mercenary and his henchmen,
rescued by a pirate, forced to marry Prince Humperdinck,
and rescued once again by the very crew who absconded
with her in the first place. In the course of this dazzling
adventure, she’ll meet Vizzini--the criminal philosopher
who’ll do anything for a bag of gold; Fezzik--the gentle
giant; Inigo--the Spaniard whose steel thirsts for revenge;
and Count Rugen--the evil mastermind behind it all. Foiling
all their plans and jumping into their stories is Wesley,
Princess Buttercup’s one true love and a very good friend
of a very dangerous pirate.

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