If
you liked Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson
series, you might like:
Tunnels by Roderick Gordon. When Will Burrows and his friend Chester embark on a quest to find Will's archaeologist father, who has inexplicably disappeared, they are led to a labyrinthine world underneath London, full of sinister inhabitants with evil intentions toward "Topsoilers" like Will and his father.
The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh. Fourteen-year-old Jack Perdu, a prodigy of classical mythology, suffers a near-fatal accident after which he meets Euri, a young ghost who introduces him to New York's ghostly underworld, eight levels below Grand Central Station, where he decides to look for his mother who disappeared years earlier.
Gregor The Overlander by Suzanne Collins. Eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world populated by humans, giant spiders, bats, cockroaches, and rats, but his anxiety to find his way home is quelled when he finds a prophecy that foretells of his role in the Underland's future.
Interworld by
Neil Gaiman When he is almost fifteen, Joey Harker suddenly learns that he is
a Walker, a person who is able to travel between different dimensions.
Before he knows it, he gets pulled into a team of different
versions of himself, each from another dimension, to fight the evil forces
striving to conquer all the worlds.
The Twelve Tasks of Flavia Gemina by Caroline Lawrence. When amateur detective Flavia and her friends decide to find out more about a widow who wants to marry Flavia's father, they link their investigation to Hercules's twelve tasks.
Magyk by Angie Sage. Right after his birth, baby Septimus Heap is carried away and pronounced dead. At the same time, his father is given a baby girl to watch in his place. Ten years later there is an assassination attempt on Jenna, who, it turns out, is the daughter of the murdered queen. Thus begins a dangerous and mysterious adventure as Jenna and Septimus try to regain the kingdom.
If you liked Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series, you might try:
A Great And Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray. After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.
Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber. Sixteen-year-old Raven, an outcast who always wears black and hopes to become a vampire some day, falls in love with the mysterious new boy in town, eager to find out if he can make her dreams come true
Beauty by Robin McKinley. Kind Beauty grows to love the Beast at whose castle she is compelled to stay and through her love releases him from the spell which had turned him from a handsome prince into an ugly beast.
Vampire High by Douglas Rees. When his family moves from California to Massachusetts and Cody enters Vlad Dracul Magnet School, many things seem strange, from the dark-haired, pale-skinned, supernaturally strong students to Charon, the wolf who guides him around campus on the first day.
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Tsunamis, earthquakes, massive floods, volcanic eruptions, increasingly hazardous air quality are just the beginning. Millions of people just within the U.S. are dead in the first week. With electricity completely off line and warnings of oil and gas shortages, Miranda and her family must depend on each other if they have any hope of surviving the record breaking cold winter to come.
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. Tally is faced with a difficult choice when her new friend Shay decides to risk life on the outside rather than submit to the forced operation that turns sixteen year old girls into gorgeous beauties, and realizes that there is a whole new side to the pretty world that she doesn't like
Who's Your Daddy by Lynda Sandoval. Lila, Meryl, and Caressa each have fathers in professions that scare off their daughters' potential dates, so the girls decide to host an alternative social event to homecoming night that ends up changing their lives.
