Garth Nix

Ever since she was a tiny child, Sabriel has lived outside the walls of the Old Kingdom, away from the random power of Free Magic, and away from the Dead who won't stay dead...

A girl's quest to find her father leads her to an extended family of magical fighting booksellers who police the mythical Old World of England when it intrudes on the modern world....

Lirael lost one of her hands in the binding of Orannis, but now she has a new hand, one of gilded steel and Charter Magic. On a dangerous journey, Lirael returns to her childhood home....

On the seventh day, there was a choice.....

When Clariel is drawn into the efforts to find and capture the dangerous Free Magic creature, she finds hidden sorcery within herself, yet it is magic that carries great dangers....

The adventure continues in this third book of the epic multiplatform fantasy series....

Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr....

She had become an Abhorsen, Lirael thought, at least on the outside....

It is strange enough that Odo and Eleanor have stumbled upon a sword in a dried-up river outside their village. It is even stranger that Odo is able to remove it from where it's buried....

Poor Princess Anya. Forced to live with her evil stepmother's new husband, her evil stepstepfather. Plagued with an unfortunate ability to break curses with a magic-assisted kiss....