McSweeney's McMullens, (2014). SIGNED - "Everyone in the broken-down town of Chelsea, Massachusetts, has a story too worn to repeat - But there's one story they all still tell:. . . the one about the girl who will be able to take their twisted world and straighten it out. The girl who will bring the magic. Could Sophie Swankowski be that girl? With her tangled hair and grubby clothes, her weird habits and her visions of a filthy, swearing mermaid who comes to her when she's unconscious," Zyzzyva called this book "a refreshing breath of air, equal parts eerie, heartbreaking and fantasical." SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated by Jason Polan. Includes an excerpt from the sequel. 334 pp.

McSweeney's McMullens, (2014). "Everyone in the broken-down town of Chelsea, Massachusetts, has a story too worn to repeat - But there's one story they all still tell:. . . the one about the girl who will be able to take their twisted world and straighten it out. The girl who will bring the magic. Could Sophie Swankowski be that girl? With her tangled hair and grubby clothes, her weird habits and her visions of a filthy, swearing mermaid who comes to her when she's unconscious," Zyzzyva called this book "a refreshing breath of air, equal parts eerie, heartbreaking and fantasical." Illustrated by Jason Polan. Includes an excerpt from the sequel. 334 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - A humorous young adult fantasy - or as one reviewer described it: "A wickedly barbed low fantasy. It's 2287, and due to a combination of bad planetary management and sheer funk, the human population has shrunk to just a handful. Having spent a year in an abandoned penthouse subsisting on roof-garden veggies and the occasional rat, young Jay gathers up his chicken, Ethel, and heads for the streets, driven by the urge to roam. Imagine Jay's surprise when Ethel suddenly introduces herself as a superbeing from Megaton, sent to rescue humans from extinction, even though they're 'Dumb as cluckin' cardboard'." 248 pp. ISBN: 0-689839790.

New York: Sheed and Ward, (1957). Hardcover first edition - An uncommon early science fiction novel for young adults by this prolific Catholic author. The story, published in 1957, follows a teenage boy named Gil whose brother, Hilary, a botanist, is a member of a crew of scientists who are making an expedition to the moon. Gil is not supposed to go along, but he falls asleep in the crew's ship and inadvertently becomes a stowaway. When they reach the far side of the moon they discover a livable atmosphere and two races of men in conflict. Illustrated with drawings by Martin Thomas. 179 pp. Dust jacket art by Arno.

Lulu.com (2010). SIGNED - Young author's first novel - "sixteen-year-old Collin has always dreamed of having an adventure. He gets his wish when he accidentally stumbles into a fantasy world; a world of lavish royalty, medieval villages, and a "haunted" forest. In one of the villages, he meets a passionate girl named Gwyn, who brings him into the world of the strange creatures called Sylvans." A story about family, friendship, love and acceptance. INSCRIBED on the half title page. 232 pp. ISBN: 978-0557254965.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Lia Kahn was perfect - rich, beautiful, popular - until the accident that nearly killed her. Now she has been downloaded into a new body that only looks human. Lia will never feel pain again; she will never age; and she can't really die. . . " 361 pp. ISBN: 1416969969.

New York: Greenwillow Books, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - In 16th century France, in a story rooted in myth, legend and history, a young English jack-of-all-trades becomes a legendary hero called the Seroster by means of a magic dagger and a group of powerful telepathic felines. The author, Robert Westall, was awarded the Carnegie medal twice. 306 pp. Dust jacket art by Bob Marstall. ISBN: 0-688039448I.

New York: Razorbill / Penguin, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - Dark fantasy for young adults, the sequel to the highly acclaimed 'Peeps.' "The summer is stifling and strange things are happening in New York City. A weird, black, oily substance is oozing from fire hydrants and faucets. A mysterious epidemic is turning people into raving cannibals. And the signs say that worse is coming.'' 286 pp. plus Author's note on the band names used for each chapter. ISBN: 159514062X.

New York: Simon Pulse / Simon & Schuster, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second book in the Leviathan Trilogy, a steampunk adventure series for young adults, set in a world modeled on that of World War I. Illustrated with black and white drawings and full color endpapers by Keith Thompson. Afterword by the author. 485 pp. ISBN: 978-1416971757.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A stand-alone novel by this award winning writer, a "thought-provoking novel-within-a-novel" Darcy has put college on hold to go to New York and publish her teen novel. Woven into her story of learning to navigate in New York city is her novel, Afterworlds, a "thriller about a teen who slips into the Afterworld to survive a terrorist attack. The Afterworld is a place between the living and the dead. . ." SIGNED on the title page. 599 pp. ISBN: 978-1481422345.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Canadian author's fast-paced and humorous first novel for older children - "Is there such a thing as too much adventure? Anne is about to find out. She has spent most of her thirteen years dreaming of the day she and her best friend Penelope will finally leave Saint Lupin's Institute for Perpetually Wicked and Hideously Unattractive Children. When the big day arrives, a series of very curious happenings lead to Anne being charged with an epic quest." SIGNED and dated in the year of publication on the title page. Illustrations by Mariono Epelbaum. 366 pp plus a secret epilogue bound in upside down. ISBN: 978-0316305280.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book in a new fantasy trilogy for older children by this award-winning writer. Set in an alternate 1941, in which twelve-year-old Scirye and her companions travel to Houlani, a new Hawaiian island created by magic, to enlist the aid of the volcano goddess Pele in an attempt to stop the evil threatening the world. Includes an author's afterword, a brief bibliography, a brief excerpt from the next book and a reader's guide. 320 pp. ISBN: 9780765319241.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - A fantasy for older children about courage and magic, power and innocence, the hunters and the hunted, beautifully illustrated with evocative drawings by Francisco Mora. ISBN: 0-15-2002111.