Sarah Beth Durst. Clarion, $16.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-328-72945-3
Featuring a richly diverse cast, vividly imagined worldbuilding, and passionate storytelling, Durst’s middle grade fantasy is a feast for the senses. Readers are immersed into the world of Mayka, who has lived on the mountain above the great city of
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Sarah Beth Durst. Bramble, $29.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-250-33397-1
Durst (The Lies Among Us) celebrates the power of community in this whimsical cottagecore romantasy. Introverted librarian Kiela Orobidan and her sentient spider plant assistant, Caz, escape a populist revolution–fueled fire in the the Great Library
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Sarah Beth Durst. HarperTeen, $19.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-0632-1407-1
Teens attending summer camp are hunted by a menacing evil in this suspenseful thriller by Durst (The Shelterlings). Hoping to provide her with opportunities to make friends and broaden her horizons, the parents of white-cued Claire Dreyer persuade...
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Sarah Beth Durst. Clarion, $16.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-358-35038-5
Twelve-year-old Emma Berry, known as Even, and her 11-year-old sister Olivia, called Odd, share a knack for wielding magic, but the power alternates between them daily, frustrating both Even, who dreams of becoming a fully accredited hero of magical
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Sarah Beth Durst. Harper Voyager, $16.99 trade paper (496p) ISBN 978-0-06-288863-1
Durst (Race the Sands) sets this richly drawn fantasy in a world where magic wielders called bone makers use animal bones to animate lifeless objects. Twenty-five years ago, Kreya Odi Altriana and her fabled team of heroes defeated Eklor, a corrupt...
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Sarah Beth Durst. Clarion, $16.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-358-06502-9
When animal lover Zoe begs her parents to let her keep the tiny kitten she finds just before her 12th birthday, they agree, provided she assumes all responsibility. But after the newly named Pipsqueak starts growing at an exponential rate and...
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Sarah Beth Durst. Harper Voyager, $16.99 trade paper (544p) ISBN 978-0-06-288861-7
Durst (the Queens of Renthia series) imbues a thrill-filled story about monster racing with impressive thematic depth and a refreshing spectrum of female characters. Whenever human evildoers die in the land of Becar, they reincarnate as vicious...
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Sarah Beth Durst. Morrow, $21.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-06-269084-5
Durst explores new lands linked to Renthia in this high-stakes but low-satisfaction standalone linked to her Queens of Renthia series (The Queen of Sorrow). On the island nation of Belene, Mayara is one of the rare women who can command spirits with
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Sarah Beth Durst. Harper Voyager, $21.99 (432p) ISBN 978-0-06-241338-3
The thrilling and sometimes melancholy finale of Durst’s Queens of Renthia trilogy continues to expand the world of Renthia, finally bringing the story into Semo, the neighboring country that had attacked the land of Aratay in the previous book....
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Sarah Beth Durst, Author . S&S/McElderry $16.99 (308p) ISBN 978-1-4169-8643-0
Durst (Into the Wild
) skillfully integrates a contemporary girl into an updated version of the tale East of the Sun and West of the Moon
, balancing the magical with the modern. Cassie grew up hearing the story of the Polar Bear King and the North...
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Sarah Beth Durst. Harper Voyager, $19.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-06-241335-2
In Durst’s excellent second Queens of Renthia fantasy (after Queen of Blood), the world of Renthia remains a dangerous place where the spirits of the elements want to kill humans, and only powerful queens, such as Queen Daleina of the Forests of...
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Sarah Beth Durst. Voyager, $19.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-06-241334-5
Mythopoeic Award–winner Durst (Chasing Power) launches her Queens of Renthia series with a stellar and imaginative tale. In the fantasy world of Renthia, spirits—tangible magical beings associated with the four elements—would destroy all humans if...
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Sarah Beth Durst. Clarion, $16.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-544-46497-1
Twelve-year-old Sophie’s parents own the Dreamcatcher Bookshop, underneath which they maintain a separate, secret business that traffics in actual dreams. After securing “raw” dreams from dreamcatchers they distribute to bookstore customers, Sophie’s
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Sarah Beth Durst. Bloomsbury, $17.99 (376p) ISBN 978-0-8027-3755-7
Kayla and her mother, Moonbeam, live in disguise—they fear Kayla’s father will discover them and kill Kayla like he did Kayla’s sister. Kayla resents this life in hiding because it also means keeping her telekinetic powers a secret. Disobeying her...
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Sarah Beth Durst. Mira, $14.95 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-0-7783-1711-1
YA author Durst (Drink, Slay, Love) makes a rather macabre foray into literary urban fantasy for adults. Lauren Chase she leaves for work one morning and refuses to take the left turn her normal route requires. Instead, she continues to drive until...
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Sarah Beth Durst. S&S/McElderry, $16.99 (432p) ISBN 978-1-4424-2376-3
In this powerful and melancholy fantasy, Liyana, a child of the desert, does not rebel against her fate as a vessel—a human whose mind is destined to die so that a goddess may occupy her body. Though Liyana is obedient, and her ritual performance is
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Sarah Beth Durst. S&S/McElderry, $16.99 (400p) ISBN 978-1-4424-2373-2
Having her way with the conventions of the genre, Durst (Enchanted Ivy) crafts a fresh, modern, and humorous twist on the vampire novel. At 16, Pearl adores life as a vampire; everything humans have to offer, from their cars to their blood, is hers...
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Sarah Beth Durst, S&S/McElderry, $16.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4169-8645-4
In this variation on the magic child goes to school theme, 16-year-old Lily Carter accompanies her grandfather and dim, frail mother to Princeton for Reunions weekend. At the Vineyard Club, an exclusive undergraduate "eating club" (modeled on actual
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Sarah Beth Durst, illus. by Ben Whitehouse. Running Press Kids, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-7624-5986-5
A small yellow dragon named Roar tries to shake his first-day-of-school jitters in this encouraging story, Durst’s (The Girl Who Could Not Dream) first picture book. Luckily, Roar has an older sister, Sparkles, who provides encouragement at every...
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