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THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA SERIES by C.S. Lewis The Magician's Nephew The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The Horse and His Boy Prince Caspian The Voyage of the Dawn Treader The Silver Chair The Last Battle On a daring quest to save a life, two friends are hurled into another world, where an evil sorceress seeks to enslave them. But then the lion Aslan's song weaves itself into the fabric of a new land, a land that will be known as Narnia. And in Narnia, all things are possible... |
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TITHE: A MODERN FAERIE TALE by Holly Black Sixteen-year-old Kaye, who has been visited by faeries since childhood, discovers that she herself is a magical faerie creature with a special destiny. |
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VALIANT: A MODERN TALE OF FAERIE by Holly Black Valerie Russell runs away to New York City to escape a life that has utterly betrayed her. Sporting a new identity, she takes up with a gang of squatters who live in the city's labyrinthine subway system. |
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ALICE IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS by Lewis Carroll By falling down a rabbit hole and stepping through a mirror, Alice experiences unusual adventures with a variety of nonsensical characters. |
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THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH by Norton Juster Milo thinks that just about everything is a big waste of time -- when he even bothers to think at all. But he starts to see life in a whole new way after a mysterious gift transports him to the Lands Beyond. |
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THE BLUE SWORD by Robin McKinley Harry, bored with her sheltered life in the remote orange-growing colony of Daria, discovers magic in herself when she is kidnapped by a native king with mysterious powers. |
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THE HERO AND THE CROWN by Robin McKinley Aerin, with the guidance of the wizard Luthe and the help of the blue sword, wins the birthright due her as the daughter of the Damarian king and a witchwoman of the mysterious, demon-haunted North. |
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THE CHRONICLES OF PRYDAIN SERIES by Lloyd Alexander The Book of Three The Black Cauldron Castle of Llyr Taran Wanderer A fairy tale with origins in Welsh mythology, about the imaginary kingdom of Prydain. Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper, has many adventures on a harzardous mission to save Prydain from the forces of evil. |
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THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES SERIES by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi The Field Guide The Seeing Stone Lucinda’s Secret The Ironwood Tree The Wrath of Mulgarath When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences. |
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FAERIE WARS CHRONICLES SERIES by Herbie Brennan The Faerie Wars The Purple Emperor Ruler of the Realm Faerie Lord The Faeman Quest Troubled by family problems, Henry finds his life taking a whole new dimension when he and his friend, old Mr. Fogarty, become involved with Prince Pyrgus Malvae who has been sent from the faerie world in order to escape the treacherous Faeries of the Night. |
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UNDERLAND CHRONICLES SERIES by Suzanne Collins Gregor the Overlander Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods Gregor and the Marks of Secret Gregor and the Code of Claw Gregor, a kid from New York City, falls out of his laundry room into a fantastical subterranean world called the Underland. Accompanied by his toddler sister, Boots, he encounters giant talking creatures–cockroaches, bats, spiders and rats–and an unusual society of humans. |
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THE DARK IS RISING SEQUENCE SERIES by Susan Cooper Over Sea, Under Stone The Dark is Rising Greenwitch The Grey King Silver on the Tree Three children on vacation in Cornwall find an ancient manuscript which sends them on a dangerous quest that entraps them in the eternal battle between the forces of the Light and the Dark. |
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THE SECRET COUNTRY TRILOGY by Pamela Dean The Secret Country The Hidden Land The Whim of the Dragon For the past nine years, cousins Patrick, Ruth, Ellen, Ted, and Laura have played at "The Secret"-a game full of witches, unicorns, a magic ring and court intrigue. In The Secret, they can imagine anything into reality, and shape destiny. Then the unbelievable happens: by trick or by chance, they find themselves in the Secret Country, their made-up identities now real. |
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INKHEART SERIES by Cornelia Funke Inkheart Inkspell Inkdeath Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service. |
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TIME QUINTET by Madeleine L'Engle A Wrinkle in Time A Wind in the Door A Swiftly Tilting Planet Many Waters Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government. |
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CHILDREN OF THE RED KING SERIES by Jenny Nimmo Midnight for Charlie Bone Charlie Bone and the Time Twister Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors Charlie Bone and the Hidden King Charlie Bone and the Beast Charlie Bone and the Shadow Charlie Bone and the Red Knight Charlie Bone's life with his widowed mother and two grandmothers undergoes a dramatic change when he discovers that he can hear people in photographs talking. |
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ABHORSEN TRILOGY by Garth Nix Sabriel Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr Abhorsen Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead. |
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THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM SERIES by Garth Nix Mister Monday Grim Tuesday Drowned Wednesday Sir Thursday Lady Friday Superior Saturday Lord Sunday Arthur Penhaligon is supposed to die at a young age, but is saved by a key that is shaped like the minute hand of a clock. The key causes bizarre creatures to come from another realm, bringing with them a plague. |
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THE HOBBIT AND THE LORD OF THE RINGS SAGA by J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of the Lord of the Rings The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of the Lord of the Rings The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard, Merry, Pippin, and Sam, Gimli the Dwarf, Legolas the Elf, Boromir of Gondor, and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider. |
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