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2025 Finalist for Fantasy
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Small Wonder
In Ross Montgomery’s touching novel "Small Wonder", brothers hide from danger and uncover family secrets. Tick and Leaf lead an idyllic life in their late grandfather’s cabin—until the malevolent Drene arrive on Ellia’s shores to...
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The Witch of Prague
In J. M. Sidorova’s propulsive fantasy novel "The Witch of Prague", a girl unravels political scandals amid discoveries of her own mystical abilities. In the late 1960s in Prague, Alica is on the cusp of adulthood. Craving independence...
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Honeysuckle
Bar Fridman-Tell’s aching and alarming novel "Honeysuckle" is part star-crossed love story, part allegory about human attempts to effect dominion over nature. Eight-year-old Rory is distraught when his older sister, Wynne, outgrows...
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The Returned Child
"The Returned Child" is a foreboding, lush fantasy novel in which teenagers navigate the mysteries of their home. An ancient evil stalks the woods of rural Maine in Levi Peltier’s chilling horror novel "The Returned Child". There is...
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Of Gods and Men
In the enigmatic, realm-crossing fantasy novel "Of Gods and Men", a battle of good against evil germinates. The god of darkness sets his sights on conquering Earth in Harrison F. Kraus’s epic fantasy novel "Of Gods and Men". Across the...
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Beneath the Verdant Veil
Concerned with the tension between belief and evidence, "Beneath the Verdant Veil" is an intriguing speculative novel. In Veronica Thorne’s thrilling science fiction novel "Beneath the Verdant Veil", a tropical basin’s unusual...
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Mancala Moon
Poignant and ethereal, the fantasy novel "Mancala Moon" follows a man’s quest for intergenerational understanding in the mysterious woods. With hints of magical realism, Asa Bowers’s fantasy novel "Mancala Moon" follows a young man...
