Tales of the Frog Princess Series by E. D. Baker: The Frog Princess

Now, unless you love romance and adventurous princess stories, I don't recommend this book. I don't think a lot of people read it, but its pretty good! Although, most of my friends don't care for girly stuff like princesses...screw them! There's witches and wizards, peasants and nobles, kings and queens, dragons and griffins...sound enticing? I'd rate it a 4 1/2!
          Genre: Fantasy/Magic/Mystery/Drama/Romance/Fairy-Tale/Adventure/Paranormal/

SUMMARY: (I know it's short. But then, the book is short. :P)
          Princess Emeralda a.k.a. Emma isn't exactly the perfect princess. Her laugh sounds like a donkey's bray, she's so terribly clumsy, and she hates Prince Jorge, the only prince suitor she has that her mother hopes she will marry. Emma thought she was escaping her troubles when she sneaked into the swamp, but in reality, all she did was ask for more. Trying to build up her courage to kiss this slimy talking frog called Eadric, she never imagined that the action would turn her own self into a frog!
          Eadric and Emma don't know what went wrong, but in the meantime, they start spending time with each other with Eadric teaching Emma how to survive as a frog. After a while, Emma decides that she must find her aunt, who is a powerful and good witch, to reverse the spell. Eadric, however, insists that they find the witch who had cast the curse on him in the first place. While looking for her, they were captured by a witch-pretender who wanted their toes and tongues.
          Managing to escape, they make their way back to the castle to hunt down Emma's aunt. But there is one problem: Even if they make it, could her aunt possible not have a way to turn them back?
          E. D. Baker is a fantastic author. She writes her own little fantasies about famous princess tales and does a wonderful job of it. She entrances her audience with humor, romance, and adventure and puts a lovely twist on a classic tale.

Tales of the Frog Princess Series: The Frog Princess, Dragon's Breath, Once Upon A Curse, No Place for Magic, The Salamander Spell

(BTW, she writes a few other series. Go look them up!)

         

Hush, Hush Series by Becca Fitzpatrick: Hush, Hush

One day, I was in my school library, and I was like, I have no idea what to read! Please recommend something! Someone! Help me! My librarian helped me and suggested I try out the Hush, Hush series. I'm glad I took her advice. At least a 4-star, more likely 5-star rating.
          Genre: Fantasy/Magic/Mystery/Drama/Romance/Angels/Otherworldly/Paranormal

SUMMARY:
          Nora Grey is a sixteen-year-old girl living in Coldwater, Maine. Nora lives in with her mother, Blythe, in an eighteenth century farmhouse located on the outskirts of town. The house, located on Hawthorne Lane, has no neighbors. The year before, her father had been murdered and the house is one of Nora's remaining connections to him.
          Despite that, Nora is an average sixteen-year-old girl. She tries to get good grades, hangs with her best friend, Vee, you know, all the usual. She doesn't care about boys...that is, until she meets Patch.
          Nora finds Patch annoying, but is still drawn to him.
          Patch is always by Nora's side, often saving her when bad things begin to happen. Nora is attacked on the highway by a masked man, another masked assailant attacks Vee after Vee dons Nora's coat, and more than one person breaks into Nora's house.
          Ancient forces are threatening Nora. Patch is one. And there's another...
          A classic girl-meets-otherworldly-guy-and-they-all-in-love story, Becca Fitzpatrick captivates her audience with this dramatic telling of angels, fallen and not fallen. Now I think about it, it reminds me of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer: clues telling that he's dangerous, possibly going to kill you; he's so handsome, can't stop thinking about him; other hints that he isn't human; and otherworldly forces interfering with our love...etc. But trust me, it's a lovely tale.

Hush, Hush quartet: Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence; Finale

The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini: Eragon

I saw this book one day in my English classroom library, and I was like, There's a dragon, yay! As I love fantasy, I couldn't wait to read it! What furthered my interest was that the summary on the back/cover showed the setting was to be in medievalish times with magic. I love those types of stories.
          Genre: Fantasy/Mystery/Adventure/Young-Adult/Magic/Dragons

SUMMARY:
          Eragon is the nephew of Garrow. He never met his mother Selena, and all he knows about her is that she left him in the village Carvahall of Alagaësia, and she never returned since. One day, he goes hunting in the dangerous Spine when a flash of light and an explosion sounds. In the mist appears a curious gem-like blue stone.
          Since it scared off the animals he was hunting, Eragon decided to see if he could sell it to feed his family instead. He couldn't and tells his Uncle Garrow and cousin Roran about his finding. Then one night, the stone hatches. It wasn't a stone; it was a dragon egg.
          Both frightened and excited by the discovery that he is now a Rider, Eragon raises the dragon in secret until two of King Galbatorix's servants, the Ra'zac, come to Carvahall, though it is later revealed that they weren't looking for the egg at first. The Ra'zac are monstrous beings who are the predators of man and more. They burned down Garrow's farm, killing him in the process. Eragon and his dragon, who he named Saphria, escape to the Spine, and Eragon vows to avenge his uncle.
          On their journey, Brom, the village storyteller who fled Carvahall with Eragon and Saphria, shows his talent for magic and fighting and begins to teach Eragon of those and the ancient language and the history of the Riders. Along the way, Eragon and his friends encounter many obstacles, including a fight with the Ra'zac in which they all would have died had it not been for Murtagh, a superior swordfighter, and rescues an elf named Arya.
          Christopher Paolini is a very talented author, although admittedly not all of his ideas are original, but it really is a fantastic story. The classic fantasy, a normal boy suddenly becoming one of the most important people in his world on a heroic quest to stop some sort of evil. There are multiple and intricate plot twists to the series that you'll never see happening. I applaud and cheer for Christopher Paolini as I read every single word from his books.
          
The Inheritance Cycle Series: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance
         

The Missing Series by Margaret Peterson Haddix: Found

This book is amazing. Porcupine never went to our school's library until I got him to check out this book. It's that cool.
The book drew me in instantly and I'd give it a five star review.
          Genre: Sci-Fi/Mystery/Adventure/Historical Fiction/Young-Adult

SUMMARY:
          John Skidmore is an ordinary boy. He's adopted sure, but he never lets that bother him, especially with those adopt-a-kid-and-make-him-feel-happy books. So yes, life is normal for John Skidmore, with his annoying preppy sister Katherine and his two loving parents. Soon, John meets a kid named Chip Winston, who had just moved into the neighborhood. They become fast friends. One day, Jonah receives a mysterious and creepy letter, saying just six words: YOU ARE ONE OF THE MISSING. He brushes it off as a prank until he finds out Chip was sent one too.
          Why does both of them receive the letter? What is it that they had in common? After some breaking-and-entering in Chip's own house, they find out Chip is also adopted and that's their connection to those weird notes. Katherine, Jonah, and Chip then set out to find out that the letters are somehow linked to the shifty circumstances surrounding the two boys' adoptions. Their investigating leads them to questioning the FBI, and involving a man that can disappear and appear out of nowhere, a huge smuggling operation, and an airplane that appears out of thin air full of babies.
          Margaret Peterson Haddix’s Found is the first action-packed novel in the exciting “The Missing” series and it has many plot twists and involves time travel.

The Missing Series: Found, Sent, Sabotaged, Torn, Caught, Risked, Revealed, Redeemed