The release date for the English version of 'Sabriel' by
Garth Nix is Sep 1996. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Sabriel, who was sent to an Ancelstierre boarding school as a young kid, has no experience with the Dead, who don't remain dead in the Old Kingdom, or the erratic power of Free Magic. However, Sabriel's father, the Abhorsen, disappears during her last semester, and she realizes she has to go to the Old Kingdom to locate him.
Garth Nix burst onto the fantasy scene with Sabriel, the first book in the Abhorsen series. The story transports readers to a world where the distinction between the living and the dead isn't always obvious—and sometimes vanishes completely.