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Ruins – Orson Scott Card (2012)

Rigg, Param, and Vadesh race through time across a shattered world, unraveling lost cities and deadly secrets where survival means bending fate itself. Will they reshape destiny?

Orson Scott Card

Pathfinder

Fantasy Science Fiction Young Adult

Visitors – Orson Scott Card (2014)

Rigg, Noxon, and Param race through time to save Garden from destruction, risking love, power, and sacrifice in a breathtaking clash of fate, family, and survival.

Madeleine L'Engle

O'Keefe Family Time Quintet

Fantasy Science Fiction Young Adult

An Acceptable Time – Madeleine L’Engle (1989)

A girl steps into ancient time through a shimmering autumn threshold, where peace, sacrifice, and the mystery of time entwine across centuries in a spellbinding journey.

Neil Gaiman

InterWorld

Fantasy Science Fiction Young Adult

InterWorld – Neil Gaiman (2007)

A directionless teen stumbles into a war across worlds, discovering he’s the key to saving the multiverse from rival empires of magic and machine.

Neil Gaiman

InterWorld

Fantasy Science Fiction Young Adult

The Silver Dream – Neil Gaiman (2013)

Joey Harker returns to navigate a war-torn multiverse, facing haunting doubts, new alliances, and a girl who might unravel everything he thought he understood.

Neil Gaiman

InterWorld

Fantasy Science Fiction Young Adult

Eternity’s Wheel – Neil Gaiman (2015)

Joey Harker races across dimensions to stop a force that could erase reality itself, gathering versions of himself in a final battle where identity is the key to survival.

Gene Stratton-Porter

Limberlost

Adventure Romance

A Girl of the Limberlost – Gene Stratton-Porter (1909)

A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter follows Elnora Comstock as she overcomes hardships and discovers her passion for nature in the Indiana swamps.

Scott Westerfeld

Afterworlds

Fantasy Young Adult

Afterworlds – Scott Westerfeld (2014)

Two worlds collide as a young writer pens a ghostly tale that begins to mirror her reality, blurring the line between creation and consequence.

Susan Coolidge

Carr Family

Romance Young Adult

What Katy Did – Susan Coolidge (1872)

What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge follows Katy Carr, a spirited girl whose accident teaches her resilience, shaping her journey toward maturity and self-discovery.

Susan Coolidge

Carr Family

Romance Young Adult

What Katy Did at School – Susan Coolidge (1873)

What Katy Did at School by Susan Coolidge follows Katy Carr and her sister Clover as they navigate friendships and challenges in a strict boarding school.