Briar Rose
by Jane Yolen | 
A Kingdom of Exiles
by S. B. Nova | 
In Other Lands
by Sarah Rees Brennan | 
The Elementalist
by V. V. Mont | 
Fledgling
by Nicole Conway | 
Call Down the Hawk
by Maggie Stiefvater | 
Crow's Revenge
by Marcus Alexander | 
Sorcery of Thorns
by Margaret Rogerson |
This Time of Darkness
by H. M. Hoover | 
The Iron Trial
by Holly Black | 
The Casquette Girls
by Alys Arden | 
King of Scars
by Leigh Bardugo | 
Sinking
by Sarah Armstrong-Garner | 
As Old as Time
by Liz Braswell | 
Incendiary
by Zoraida Cordova | 
Spellhacker
by M. K. England | 
Day Soldiers
by Brandon Hale | 
Hero
by Michael Grant | 
Lilith
by Christoph Marzi | 
Forest of Souls
by Lori M. Lee |
Eight-year-old Kahu craves her great-grandfather's love and attention. But he is focused on his duties as chief ofa Maori tribe in Whangara, on the East Coast of New Zealand - a tribe that claims descent from the legendary 'whale rider'. In every generation since the whale rider, a male has inherited the title of chief. But now there is no male heir - there's only kahu. She should be the next in line for the title, but her great-grandfather is blinded by tradition and sees no use for a girl. Kahu will not be ignored. And in her struggle she has a unique ally: the whale rider himself, from whom she has inherited the ability to communicate with whales. Once that sacred gift is revealed, Kahu may be able to re-establish her people's ancestral connections, earn her great-grandfather's attention - and lead her tribe to a bold new future.