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Three YA fantasies take you on a journey — at home

Source: Meghan Collins Sullivan

I think it's fair to say that a lot of us are feeling a bit stir-crazy these days. Something to consider: There's no safer way to have an adventure than via the medium of a good quest story.

These three YA fantasies offer up creative magic systems and mythologies, stakes as high as they come, and girls with the grit to get it done.

A Thousand Steps Into Night by Traci Chee

The only daughter of a country innkeeper, Miuko grew up hearing stories about the spirits and demons that roam the roads outside the

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