

Since Adam Parrish woke the leyline, otherworldly magic surges through Henrietta, Va. This secret is at the center of "Dream Thieves." In the last-sentence cliff-hanger of "Raven Boys," Ronan Lynch divulged his secret that he could bring things from his dreams to reality.

Maggie Stiefvater starts where " Raven Boys" left off and brings the intricate plot, dimensional characters and beautiful, lyrical writing back in the second installment of the Raven Cycle, "Dream Thieves." " DREAM THIEVES: Book II of the Raven Cycle ," by Maggie Stiefvater, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 416 pages (f) (ages 16 and up)
