Gift Giving Guide 2022

Happy holidays! If you'd like to give someone a book by me this holiday season (and if so, thank you and I love you!!!), but you don't know which one to give to which reader, I thought I'd share a gift guide:

BOOKS FOR KIDS (AGES 8-12)

For the kid who loves talking animals and baked goods… THE SHELTERLINGS, a fantasy book for kids about a squirrel named Holly and her friends at the Shelter for Rejected Familiars.

For the kid with a sister or the kid who always wanted to walk through a portal to another world... EVEN AND ODD, a fantasy book for kids about two sisters who share magic. Also starring a unicorn named Jeremy.

For the kid who loves cats... CATALYST, a fantasy book for kids about a girl who finds a tiny kitten that grows and grows and grows... and then starts talking!

For the quiet kid or the kid who loves dragons... SPARK, a fantasy book for kids about a quiet girl and her lightning dragon who learn you don't need to change yourself to change the world.

For the kid who knows the power of stories... THE STONE GIRL'S STORY, a fantasy book for kids about a twelve-year-old girl made of living stone on a quest to save her family.

For the kid who wants a loyal best friend who has tentacles and loves cupcakes... THE GIRL WHO COULD NOT DREAM, a fantasy book for kids about a girl whose family owns a secret shop where they buy, bottle, and sell dreams.

BOOKS FOR ADULTS

For the reader who watched the extended edition of The Lord of the Rings, dabbled in D&D, and/or remembers the Dragonlance books fondly... THE BONE MAKER, a standalone epic fantasy about five heroes 25 years after they defeated an evil wizard and his bone army.

For the reader who thinks the Indy-500 would be better if the cars had a lot more teeth and tentacles... RACE THE SANDS, a standalone epic fantasy about monster racing (and smashing the patriarchy).

For the reader who likes kickass women and very tall trees... THE QUEEN OF BLOOD, Book One of the Queens of Renthia, an epic fantasy trilogy about bloodthirsty nature spirits.

For the reader who likes sea monsters... THE DEEPEST BLUE, a standalone epic fantasy about kickass women, a trial to become queen, and a LOT of sea monsters.

BOOKS FOR TEENS

For the teen who likes snark... DRINK SLAY LOVE, a YA fantasy about a 16-year-old vampire girl who is stabbed through the heart by a were-unicorn and develops a very inconvenient conscience.

For the teen who loves fairy-tale romance... ICE, a Beauty-and-the-Beast retelling, set in the present-day Arctic.

For the teen who wishes Ocean's Eleven had more dragons... FIRE AND HEIST, a YA fantasy about a socialite were-dragon who must lead her first heist in order to be accepted by her family of master thieves.

For the teen who wants to be swept away on an adventure... VESSEL, a YA epic fantasy, set in a desert land, about finding your own destiny.

For the teen who is thinking about college... ENCHANTED IVY, a YA fantasy about getting into college (and also were-tigers, talking gargoyles, and dragons).

And for the reader who wants the very newest book... THE LAKE HOUSE, my YA survival thriller about three girls stranded in the wilderness of Maine, is coming out in April 2023 from HarperTeen and is available for preorder!

For more info on these and any of my other books, please visit http://www.sarahbethdurst.com

If you'd like a signed bookplate (a clear sticker that I'd personalize and you can stick inside any of my books to transform them into signed books) for yourself or for a gift, please drop me an email (sarah AT sarahbethdurst DOT com), and I'd be happy to mail you one (US only).

Happy holidays, and thanks for reading!