THE ARKADIANS
(1995)
First edition of this characteristically charming and subtle children's adventure by the beloved and much-honored Alexander.
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CITY OF THE BEASTS
(2002)
Signed first US edition of the first young adult novel by the author of THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden.
BEYOND THE WESTERN SEA. Book One: The Escape From Home
(1996)
Signed first edition of this first half of the two-part BEYOND THE WESTERN SEA historical duology by the popular and prolific young adult novelist.
MERLIN'S DRAGON
(2008)
Signed first edition of this first book in the Merlin's Dragon trilogy, part of Barron's longer Merlin Saga.
PHOEBE DARING
(1912)
First edition of the 2nd book in Baum's YA detective series, with a striking ombre binding design.
MOLLY MOON'S INCREDIBLE BOOK OF HYPNOTISM
(2003)
Signed first US edition of Byng's first novel, a lighthearted runaway orphan hypnotist bildungsroman.
HIDING GLORY
(2007)
Uncommon signed first edition of Chester's first children's novel, the first volume in an illustrated fantasy series set in the secondary world of Joya.
MARVEL THE MARVELOUS
(2008)
Uncommon signed first edition of this second young adult fantasy by Chester, a poet and author of several nonfiction books.
THE ANGRY PLANET
(1946)
First US edition of this young adult Mars expeditionary adventure by Cross, an influential author, editor, and producer of fantasy, science fiction, and horror novels, radio plays, and television adaptations.
THE YEAR AFTER TOMORROW: An Anthology of Science Fiction Stories
(1954)
Uncommon first edition of this mid-'50s illustrated young adult science fiction anthology in the scarce dust jacket, with stories by del Rey, Carl H. Claudy, Peter van Dresser, and Robert Moore Williams.
HATCHING MAGIC
(2003)
Uncommon signed first printing of Downer's fourth book, a charming middle-grade fantasy with time-traveling dragons.
KENDRA KANDLESTAR AND THE BOX OF WHISPERS
(2005)
First edition of this middle-grade children's fantasy, charmingly illustrated by the author.
THE THIEF LORD
(2002)
Inscribed first US edition of Funke's self-illustrated young adult novel, the first of her many engaging and internationally popular fantasies to be translated into English.
ANNIE ON MY MIND
(1984)
First paperback edition of the first lesbian romance meant for the YA market.
JULIE
(1994)
Signed first edition of this sequel to George's classic Newbery Award-winning JULIE OF THE WOLVES.
JULIE'S WOLF PACK
(1997)
Lovely signed first edition of this third book following the wolf pack from George's Newbery Award-winning JULIE OF THE WOLVES.
GONE
(2008)
Signed first edition of Grant's apocalyptic YA novel of superpowered teens alone against the universe.
EVERNIGHT
(2008)
Signed first edition of Gray's romantic YA novel of dark forces at boarding school, from the long vampire heyday of the mid-2000s.
IN THE SMALL
(2008)
Signed first printing of this graphic novel following a group of survivors struggling to build a new life after all of humanity is miniaturized by a mysterious blue light.
ARILLA SUN DOWN
(1976)
Inscribed first edition of the classic '70s YA novel about a sensitive adolescent exploring her own identity and her family's history, published the year after Hamilton became the first Black author to be awarded the Newbery Medal.
THE BLACK BOOK OF SECRETS
(2007)
First US edition of Higgins's Dickensian fantasy of a wicked book and a wicked bookseller, first in the Sinister City series.
LOOK FOR THE STARS
(1956)
First edition, a young adult novel about a girl's trials and tribulations as a displaced person after WWII, rare in the original dust jacket.
GREEN ANGEL
(2003)
Signed first edition of this post-apocalyptic young adult fantasy by the author of PRACTICAL MAGIC.
LITTLEJIM
(1990)
Signed first edition of Houston's Appalachian historical novel, with the scarce signature of illustrator and noted bluegrass album cover artist Thomas Burt Allen.
LITTLEJIM'S DREAMS
(1997)
First edition of this middle grade historical novel of a young would-be aviator in 1920s Appalachia, scarce signed by the Tennessee-born illustrator and former head of the Ringling College of Art and Design.
