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Fantasy
Fiction
Abbott, Tony - Secrets
of Droon Series There
are many books in this series (80-104 pages long). The magic
begins when
Julie, Neal, and Eric discover a tiny room under the basement
stairs.
A rainbow-colored staircase suddenly appears and carries
them to the secret world of Droon—a land of shiny
red men, giant flying lizards, and a princess who needs
their
help.
Alexander, Lloyd -
• Arkadians (272 pages) To escape the wrath of the king and his
wicked soothsayers, an honest young man joins with a poet-turned-jackass
and a young girl with mystical powers on a series of epic
adventures.
• Cat who wished to be a man (107 pages) When he begins dealing
with humanity, Lionel the cat begins to understand why his
wizard master was reluctant to change him into a man.
• Gypsy Rizka (195 pages) Living alone in her wagon on the outskirts
of a small town while waiting for her father's return, Rizka,
a Gypsy and a trickster, exposes the ridiculous foibles of
some of the townspeople.
•
Iron Ring (283 pages) Driven by his sense of "dharma," or
honor, young King Tamar sets off on a perilous journey, with
a significance greater than he can imagine, during which
he meets talking animals, villainous and noble kings, demons,
and the love of his life.
Alexander, Lloyd -
Prydain Chronicles
1. Book
of Three (217 pages) Taran, The Assistant Pig-Keeper,
longs to be a hero. He begins his journey with a strange
assortment of companions on a dangerous mission to save his beloved land,
Prydain.
2. Black
Cauldron (224 pages) Newbery Honor Book. In
this second book in the award-winning fantasy series,
The Prydain
Chronicles,
Prince Gwydion leads the quest to destroy the Black Cauldron--chief
implement of the evil powers of the Lord of the Land
of Death.
3. Castle
of Llyr (201 pages) Princess Eilonwy must leave
her friends to go to the Isle of Mona for training as
a proper
princess. Because she has magical powers, Achren, the
most evil enchantress in the land, seeks her. Shortly
after
her arrival on the Isle of Mona, something sinister and
secret
befalls her. Eilonwy's loyal friends realize her peril
and set out on an exciting and terrifying mission to
rescue her.
4. Taran
Wanderer (256 pages) The fourth book of the
Prydain cycle tells of the adventures that befell Taran
when he
went in search of his birthright and the truth about
himself.
5. High
King (285 pages) Newbery Award. In this fifth
and final chronicle of Prydain the forces of good and
evil
meet in ultimate
confrontation.
Alexander,
Lloyd - Wizard in
the Tree (137 pages) Mallory's encounter with the
wizard in the tree begins a chain of events that change
the lives of the villagers dominated by a suspicious squire.
Almond, David – Skellig (182
pages) What appears to be a pile of dusty bones and feathers
becomes a glowing almost
human truth in the lives of Michael and his next-door
neighbor, Mina.
Avi –
• Bright shadow (167 pages) Having used four of the five
wishes she is granted to make on behalf of the hapless
citizens
of her country, Morwenna flees the kingdom to decide what to do
with the last wish.
• Midnight Magic (249 pages) In Italy in 1491, Mangus
the magician and his apprentice are summoned to the
castle of Duke Claudio
to determine if his daughter is indeed being haunted
by a ghost.
• Perloo the Bold (225 pages) Perloo, a peaceful scholar
who has been chosen to succeed Jolaine as leader of
the furry
underground people called the Montmers, finds himself in danger when Jolaine
dies and her evil son seizes control of the burrow.
• Poppy (147 pages) Poppy the deer mouse urges her
family to move next to a field of corn big enough to
feed them
all
forever, but Mr. Ocax, a terrifying owl, has other ideas.
• Poppy and Rye (182 pages) Sequel to Poppy. When their home
next to a brook is destroyed by beavers, a large family
of golden mice is aided by Poppy the deer mouse and her grumpy
porcupine friend, who in the process forges a relationship
with the son he had abandoned.
• Ragweed (173
pages) A prequel to Poppy. Ragweed, a young country
mouse, leaves his family and travels
to
the big city, where
he finds excitement and danger and sees cats for the
first time.
Babbitt, Natalie -
• Search for Delicious (167
pages) The Prime Minister is compiling a dictionary and
when no one at court
can agree on the meaning
of delicious, the King sends his twelve-year-old messenger
to poll the country.
• Tuck Everlasting (139
pages) The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing
situation when they discover that
a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share
their secret about
a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing
any
older.
Bakken, Harald - Fields
and the Hills (228
pages) Journeying to the Tamish city of Domn, Weyr, a thirteen-year-old
orphan with special senses, gains self-acceptance and
an awareness
of his talents as a performer when he meets an Agari
family and joins their acting and singing troupe.
Banks,
Lynne Reid -
• Adventures of King Midas (153 pages) King Midas comes
to regret his wish to turn all he touches into gold
and must deal with
a magician, a witch, and a dragon as he tries to undo
the magical spell.
•
Fairy Rebel (125 pages) Tiki knows that the Fairy Queen
forbids her to use magic powers on humans, but when she is accidentally "earthed" on
Jan's foot, she finds it impossible to resist Jan's plea
for a baby.
• Indian in the Cupboard (181
pages) There are several sequels to this book. A nine-year-old
boy receives
a plastic Indian,
a cupboard, and a little key for his birthday and finds
himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes
to life in the
cupboard and befriends him.
Barron, T. A –
Lost years of Merlin series A young boy washes ashore
on the coast of Wales with no memory of who he is.
Through a series
of adventures he discovers his true identity.
1. Lost
years of Merlin (326 pages)
2. Seven
songs of Merlin (306 pages)
3. Fires
of Merlin (261 pages)
4. Mirror
of Merlin (245 pages)
Billingsley, Franny
-
• Folk Keeper (162 pages) Orphan Corinna disguises
herself as a boy to pose as a Folk Keeper, one who
keeps the
Evil Folk
at bay, and discovers her heritage as a seal maiden
when she is taken to live with a wealthy family in
their manor by the
sea.
• Well Wished (170
pages) In a time of dire need, eleven-year-old Nuria
tries to outwit the magical
wishing well in her
mysterious mountain village.
Brittain, Bill - Wish
Giver (181 pages) Newbery Honor Book. When
a strange little man comes to the Coven
Tree Church
Social promising he can give people exactly what
they ask for, three
young believers- in-magic each make a wish that comes
rue in the most unexpected way.
Butler, Susan - Hermit
Thrush Sings (282 pages) After a natural disaster
has all but destroyed the earth,
the orphaned
and "defective" Leora,
while searching for her sister, defies the oppressive
laws of the land and joins a band of rebels trying
to overthrow
the government.
Calhoun, Dia - Firegold (285
pages) Jonathon is haunted by the fact that he is different
from everyone else
in the Valley.
Even his father won't listen to questions about his
heritage. Could Jonathon be a Dalriada - one of the
mountain people
who have magnificent horses, mystical powers, and
blue eyes like
his? When Jonathon is blamed for the blight that
is destroying the Valley's precious orchards, he
escapes
to the Red
Mountains in search of answers. Can Jonathon discover
his true identity?
Will he find the courage to do what is best for the
two nations who are tearing his family apart?
Charnas,
Suzy McKee - Bronze king (196
pages) When Valentine starts noticing odd things are vanishing
from NYC, she
unknowingly summons a wizard from Sorcery Hall.
He enlists her help in
fighting against the dreaded Monster of Darkness.
Chew,
Ruth –
• Do-it-yourself magic (127 pages) A magic double-headed
hammer, which enables Rachel and Scott to make
objects larger or
smaller, helps them prevent a burglary and takes them inside a medieval
castle.
• Earthstar magic (128 pages) Ellen and Ben meet
a friendly witch who reveals the magic power of
the earthstar
to
them.
Cooper, Susan -
• Boggart (196 pages) 12 year old Emily returns
home from a visit to a castle in Scotland that
her family
has just inherited,
only to find that she has accidentally brought
home with her a boggart, a mysterious and invisible
spirit
with a fondness
for practical jokes.
• Boggart and the monster (185
pages) In this companion volume to The Boggart,
the invisible and mischievous
spirit living
in the Scottish Castle Keep sets out to help save
Nessie the Loch Ness Monster, one of its few remaining
cousins.
Cooper, Susan - Dark
is Rising Series
1. Over
Sea, Under Stone (252 pages) Three children
on a holiday in Cornwall find an ancient manuscript
which sends
them on a dangerous quest for a grail that would reveal the true
story of King Arthur.
2. Dark is Rising (216 pages) On his eleventh
birthday Will Stanton discovers that he is the
last of the
Old Ones, destined
to seek the six magical Signs that will enable
the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces
of the Dark.
3. Greenwitch (147 pages) Jane's invitation to
witness the making of the Greenwitch begins a
series of sinister
events
in which she and her two brothers help the Old
Ones recover the grail stolen by the Dark.
4. Grey King (208 pages) Newbery Award. In this
fourth book of The Dark Is Rising sequence, Will
Stanton,
visiting in Wales,
is swept into a desperate quest to find the golden
harp and to awaken the ancient Sleepers.
5. Silver on the Tree (269 pages) In this conclusion
of the tale begun in "Over Sea, Under Stone," Will
Stanton, the Welsh boy Bran, and the Drew children
try to locate the
crystal sword that alone can vanquish the strong
forces of Dark.
Cooper, Susan - Seaward (167 pages) West and Cally, who speak different
languages and come from different countries
thousands
of miles apart,
are wrenched by catastrophe out of reality into
a perilous world through which they must travel
toward
the sea.
Coville, Bruce -
•
Dragonslayers (119 pages) A brave squire, an earnest
page and a strong-willed princess set out to
slay the dragon
created
to carry out a witch’s revenge.
• Goblins in the Castle (164 pages)
• Into the Land of the Unicorns (159 pages) Having
jumped into the fantasy land of luster, Cara joins
Lightfoot
the unicorn
in the search for Queen Arabella Skydancer.
Coville, Bruce - Magic
Book Shop Series
1. Jennifer Murdley’s Toad (156 pages) – When
an extraordinary-looking fifth grader purchases a
talking toad,
she embarks on a series of extraordinary adventures.
2. Jeremy Thatcher,
Dragon Hatcher (148 pages) – Small
for his age, but artistically talented, 12
year old Jeremy unkonwingly buys a dragon egg.
3. Monster's ring (87 pages)
4. Skull of truth (195 pages) Charlie, a sixth-grader
with a compulsion to tell lies, acquires a mysterious
skull
that forces its owner to tell only the truth, causing
some awkward
moments before he understands its power.
Coville, Bruce -
• Song of the Wanderer (330 pages) Sequel to Into
the Land of the Unicorns Having jumped into Luster,
the
land of unicorns,
Cara makes a perilous journey to bring back her
grandmother, The Wanderer, in order to release
the Queen of the
unicorns and allow her to die.
• World's Worst Fairy
Godmother (112 pages) Maybelle
Clodnowski is in big trouble. Every spell she
casts seems to backfire.
After her latest disaster (instead of turning
a frog into a prince, she turned a princess into
a frog!),
her boss gives
her one last chance.
Dalkey, Kara - Heavenward
Path (230 pages) Mitsuko
has been followed by bad luck. She sets out to
redeem herself
and
her family with help from shape-shifting friend
Goranu and other
mythological creatures including Lord (of the
Dead) Emma-O. (Sequel to Little Sister – YA
Fic)
Dalton, Annie - Out
of the Ordinary (243
pages) Fifteen-year-old Molly, who lives in a
turbulent,
single-parent household,
is asked by mysterious, otherworldly visitors
to protect an enchanted
child from great danger.
Dickinson, Peter -
Merlin dreams (166 pages) Nine stories of blood, magic, and fabulous
creatures,
set in the
framing device
of dreams coming to the enchanted wizard Merlin
as he lies imprisoned under a great stone.
Dorris,
Michael - Sees Behind Trees (104 pages) Walnut is old enough
to go through his tribe’s hunting trials to become
a man, but he can’t seem to see the
targets like everyone else. What he can do
is see behind
trees... with his eyes
closed.
Duane, Diane -
• So you want to be a wizard? (226 pages)
13-year-old Nita finds the help she needs
in a library
book on wizardry and is guided
into another dimension where she earns
her degree in wizardry.
• Deep wizardry (272 pages) Sequel to So
you want to be a wizard? During a summer
vacation
at the
beach, thirteen-year-old wizard Nita and
her friend Kit
assist
the whale-wizard S'reee in combating
an evil power.
• High wizardry (269 pages) Sequel to Deep
wizardry When her younger sister uses the
family computer
with its
special
wizard software to travel to worlds light years away, Nita
uses her wizardry to try to find her.
• Wizard abroad (342 pages) Sequel to Wizard
abroad. Sent on vacation to her aunt's
home in Ireland,
teenage wizard Nita
becomes entangled in a magic battle to
save the country from the ghosts of its
past.
Fletcher, Susan - Flight
of the Dragon Kyn (213 pages) When Kara was a small child,
she was brought
back
to life by a dragon
that nursed her to health. Many believe
this
is how she acquired the ability to call
down birds.
Hearing
of her
extraordinary
talent, the king thinks she might be able
to call down dragons as well. But when
Kara finds
that
the king
wants to slay the
dragons, she realizes she could never do
something so cruel.
Friesner, Esther M.
- Wishing season (138 pages) Khalid is close to graduation
from
magic school
when his teacher
lets
him try out a magic lamp. Unfortunately,
Khalid forgets to tell his first human
master the
most important
rule--humans are entitled to only three
wishes. So when his human
wishes for an infinite number of wishes,
Khalid is trapped in
his
lamp forever.
Grahame, Kenneth -
Reluctant Dragon (57 pages) The boy who finds the dragon in
the cave
knows it is
a kindly,
harmless
one but how can he convince the frightened
villagers and especially St. George
the dragon killer that
there is no
call for concern?
Haddix, Margaret
Peterson - Just Ella (225 pages) In this continuation of
the Cinderella
story,
fifteen-year-old Ella finds that
accepting Prince Charming's proposal ensnares
her in a suffocating tangle of palace
rules
and
royal etiquette, so
she plots to escape.
Holch, Gregory
- Things with wings (227 pages) Twelve-year-old Newton
and his
classmate Vanessa, who is obsessed
with butterflies and flying, undergo
significant changes
as they try to discover
why the emerald rainbow butterflies
return to Angel Falls every spring.
Ibbotson,
Eva -
• Secret of Platform 13 (231 pages)
Odge Gribble, a young hag, accompanies
an
old wizard, a gentle
fey,
and a giant
ogre
on their mission through a magical tunnel from their
Island to London to rescue their
King and
Queen's son
who had been stolen as an infant.
• Which
Witch (231 pages) Deciding
that he must sire a child to
carry on his
tradition of Loathing
Light
and Blighting
the Beautiful, the Great Wizard Arriman announces
a competition among the witches
of
Todcaster, one
of whom
will marry him.
Jacques, Brian – Redwall
Series
• Bellmaker (397 pages) Worried
about his daughter Mariel, Joseph
the Bellmaker
is
led by a dream
from Redwall
Abbey to Southsward,
where he is caught up in the
battle between Squirrelking Gael
and the
vicious Foxwolf
Nagru.
• Long
Patrol (358 pages) Tammo,
a daring young hare hungry for
adventure, is sent
with Russa Nodrey, the wandering
red squirrel, to join the Long Patrol and defend
Salamandastron against the Rapscallion
horde.
• Mariel
of Redwall (387 pages)
The mousemaid Mariel achieves
victory at sea for the animals
of Redwall
Abbey, fighting the savage pirate rat Gabool the
Wild, warlord of rodent
corsairs.
• Marlfox (386 pages) When three young residents
of Redwall Abbey go on a quest to recover a tapestry
stolen
by the Marlfoxes, their bravery removes the curse
of these evil animals
on a lost island.
• Martin of Warrior (376 pages) Captured and enslaved
by the corsair stoat Badrang, young mouse warrior
Martin vows to end the evil beast's plundering and
killing.
• Mattimeo (446 pages) Mattimeo, the son of the warrior
mouse Matthias, learns to take up the sword
and joins the other animal inhabitants of Redwall
Abbey in resisting
Slagar
the fox
and his band of marauders.
• Mossflower (431 pages) Martin the warrior mouse
and Gonff the mousethief set
out to find the missing ruler
of Mossflower,
while the other animal inhabitants
of the woodland prepare to rebel against the evil
wildcat who
has seized power.
• Outcast of Redwall (360 pages) The destinies
of the badger lord dubbed Sunflash
and his mortal enemy,
the
ferret warlord
Swartt Sixclaw, are entwined
with those of many creatures, particularly the inhabitants
of Redwall
Abbey.
• Pearls
of Lutra (408 pages)
Tansy, a young hedgehog living
at Redwall
Abbey, attempts
to solve the
riddle of the missing
pearls while at the same time
the evil marten, Mad Eyes, desires
them for
himself.
• Redwall (351 pages) When the
peaceful life of ancient Redwall
Abbey is
shattered by
the arrival
of the
evil rat Cluny
and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse,
determines to find the legendary
sword of Martin
the Warrior which, he is convinced,
will help
Redwall's
inhabitants destroy the enemy.
• Salamandastron (356 pages)
Urthstripe the Strong, a wise
old badger,
leads the animals
of the great
fortress of
Salamandastron and Redwall Abbey against the weasel
Ferahgo the Assassin and his
corps of vermin.
• Legend
of Luke (374 pages)
When Martin the Warrior leaves
Redwall
Abbey and
embarks upon a journey to the
place of his birth, he learns
about the brave and noble deeds
of his father Luke, a real Warrior
Chieftain.
• Lord
Brocktree (370 pages)
Dotti, a brazen young haremaid
and the
badger Lord Brocktree,
a fearsome warrior, embark
on
a perilous journey to the legendary mountain of the
badger lords. But at the end
awaits the vicious wildcat
Ungatt Trunn and his infamous Blue Hordes, who have
been wreaking
destruction
all over Salamandastron, terrorizing
the creatures who once peacefully
lived there.
Jones, Diana Wynne
• Castle in the Air (199 pages)
Having long indulged himself
in daydreams
more exciting
than his mundane
life as a carpet
merchant, Abdullah unexpectedly
purchases a magic carpet and
his life changes
dramatically as his
daydreams come true and
dangerous adventures become
daily fare.
• Dark Lord of Derkholm (345
pages) Derk, an unconventional
wizard,
and his magical
family
become involved
in a plan to put a
stop to the devastating tours of their world arranged
by the tyrannical Mr. Chesney.
• Howl's
Moving Castle (212
pages) Eldest of three sisters
in a
land where it is
considered to be
a misfortune, Sophie
is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice
until a witch turns her into
an old woman
and
she finds
herself
in the castle of the greatly
feared wizard Howl.
Kelleher,
Victor - Red King (185 pages) Aided only by a
trained
bear and a
monkey, a magician
and
an acrobat challenge
the power of the evil Red King who rules the Forest
Lands by spreading the red
fever to those
who refuse
to pay him
tribute.
Keller, Beverly -
Small Elderly Dragon (146 pages) When the
kingdom is overtaken
by a
sorcerer, young Princess
Dorma, nearsighted
and awkward, helps a small,
elderly dragon find
the power needed to save
the villagers.
Kidd, Ronald - Glitch:
A Computer Fantasy (117 pages)
A sixth-grade
boy who hates
computers is suddenly
pulled into one and finds
himself in the Computer Kingdom,
where he has
weird and dangerous adventures.
Koller, Jackie French
-
• Dragon in the family (63
pages) Sequel to: The Dragonling.
Darek
tries to
protect his
baby dragon
from angry villagers
and the Circle of Elders.
•
Dragonling (60 pages)
Finding a baby dragon accidentally
left alive
after
his older brother's
dragonquest,
Darek risks
death and the anger of his people in trying
to
return it to the Valley
of the Dragons.
Lee, Tanith
- Gold Unicorn (149 pages) This sequel
to Black Unicorn
finds
Tanaquil shocked
to learn
that the
tyrant
is really her half sister,
Lizra, who has constructed
a tremendous
mechanical unicorn as the
symbol of her reign. Lizra
commands
Tanaquil to use
her abilities
to make the
unicorn move.
Now Tanaquil must choose
between assisting
a war of conquest or
betraying her sister.
L'Engle,
Madeleine
1. A
Wrinkle in Time (211
pagess) Newbery Award
winner. 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.
2. Swiftly
Tilting Planet (278 pages) The youngest
of the
Murry children
must travel
through time
and space
in a
battle against
an evil dictator who
would destroy the entire
universe.
3. Wind
in the Door (211
pages) With Meg Murry's
help, the
dragons her
six-year-old brother
saw in the vegetable
garden
play an important part
in his struggle between
life
and death.
4. Many
Waters (310 pages)
The fifteen-year-old
Murry twins,
Sandy and Dennys, are
accidentally sent back
to a strange
Biblical time period,
in which mythical beasts
roam
the desert
and a
man named Noah is building
a boat in preparation
for a great
flood.
Le Guin, Ursula
K. - Earthsea trilogy
1. A
wizard of earthsea (205 pages) Ged was the
greatest
sorcerer in
all Earthsea,
but
once he
was called
Sparrowhawk, a reckless
youth, hungry for power
and knowledge, who tampered
with
long-held secrets
and loosed
a terrible
shadow upon the
world. This is
the tale of his testing,
how he mastered the mighty
words
of power,
tamed
an ancient dragon,
and crossed
death's
threshold
to restore the balance.
2. The
tombs of Atuan (163 pages) This is the
tale
of the young
wizard, Ged,
who came
to
the forbidden
labyrinth
to steal its
greatest treasure--the
Ring of Erreth-Akbe--and
stayed
to set
Tenar free and lead
her out of darkness.
3. The
farthest shore (223 pages) A young prince
joins
forces with
a master
wizard
on a journey
to discover
a cause and remedy
for the loss of magic
in Earthsea.
4. Tehanu:
the last book of Earthsea (226 pages)
When Sparrowhawk,
the Archmage of
Earthsea,
returns from
the dark land stripped
of his magic powers,
he finds refuge with
the aging
widow
Tenar
and
a crippled girl
child
who carries
an unknown
destiny.
Levine, Gail Carson.
Ella Enchanted (232 pages)
In
this novel based
on the story
of Cinderella,
Ella
struggles against the
childhood curse that
forces her to obey any
order given
to her.
McGraw, Eloise
- Moorchild (241 pages) Newbery Honor
Book. Feeling
that
she is neither fully
human nor "Folk," a
changeling learns her
true identity and attempts
to find the human child
whose place she had been
given.
McKinley, Robin -
• Blue Sword (272 pages)
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.
• Hero and the Crown (246 pages) Newbery
Award. 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.
•
Knot in the Grain & Other Stories (195 pages)
A collection of short stories set in the Kindgdom
of
Damar.
• Stone Fey (64 pages)
Maddy, a young woman
who runs
sheep on
her family
farm, develops
an
unusual relationship
with an elusive mountain
creature
called
a fey.
Maddy’s
fascination with the
Fey threatens her future.
Morrissey, Dean – Magic
Door Series
One day an earthquake
opens a door in the
Magic Door
Toy Shop,
three
children step
through
into a mysterious
land
called Great
Kettles. Follow their
adventures as they
try to find their way
home.
Napoli, Donna
Jo –
• Jimmy, the pickpocket
of the palace (176
pages) Sequel
to
Price of the
Pond. Jimmy,
the froglet
son of an
enchanted frog-prince,
tries to save his pond
from the evil hag and
in the process
finds
himself
transformed
into
a human
boy.
•
Prince of the Pond:
Otherwise Known as
de Fawg Pin (151
pages) Having
been turned
into
a frog
by a hag,
a frog-prince makes
the best of his new
life as he mates, raises
a
family, and instills
a new
kind of thinking
into
his frog
family.
•
Zel (227 pages) A
tower, a witch, and
a strange
bitter herb
-- do
you know
the tale?
Nix, Garth
- Seventh Tower Series
1. Fall (195 pages)
Milla, an Icecarl maiden,
finds
Tal in
the wilderness.
They are complete
opposites.
He was
born in
the cultured world
of the castle; she
in the
stark
world beyond
the walls.
Together,
they
must unravel
the secrets
of The Seventh
Tower and fight to
survive.
2. Castle (215 pages)
Two worlds collide:
one spiritual
and
magical, the other
aggressive and warriorlike.
The world
of the new "Seventh Tower" series is
an intricate one, rich in detail and intrigue.
Together,
Tal and Milla
will unravel
the Castle's mysteries--and find a place for
themselves.
3. Aenir (233 pages)
Castle society is based
on the
order that the
Underfolk are servants
to the
Chosen,
the Spiritshadows
are bound to humans,
and Icecarl warriors
are an
outside threat
to the order. Tai and
Milla, with the help
of two Spiritshadows
from
the
dreamworld
of Aenir,
and
a fierce band of
Underfolk rebels, must
uncover a dark conspiracy.
4. Above
the veil (248
pages) Tal and Milla
are no longer
alone in
their
quest for
the truth
about their
world.
Crow, a rebel
Underfolk, and his
band of conspirators
have
joined them. They know
many
secrets about
the Castle—and
are on the verge of
uncovering the greatest
secret of all.
Oppel,
Kenneth -
1. Silverwing (217
pages) Shade is a
young bat,
the runt of
his Silverwing
colony.
But he's determined
to prove
himself
on the perilous migration
to Hibernaculum.
During a fierce
storm, he loses
the others
and soon
faces the
most incredible
journey of his young
life.
2. Sunwing (266 pages)
Sequel to Silverwing.
Continues the adventures
of Shade,
a young bat, as he
searches for his
father and struggles
to prevent
the evil jungle bat
Goth
from wiping
out
the sun.
Pierce, Tamora - Circle
of Magic Series
1. Sandry's
Book (225
pages) Four young
misfits find
themselves living
in a
strictly disciplined
temple
community where
they become friends while also learning
to do crafts and
to use
their powers,
especially
magic.
2. Tris's
Book (251
pages) With the defenses
of
Winding Circle
Temple
seriously weakened
by an
earthquake;
Tris and her fellow
mages-in-training
try to join their
different
magic
powers
to protect
the Winding Circle
community from a
pirate attack.
3. Daja's
Book (234
pages) While at Gold
Ridge castle
to the north
of Winding
Circle, Daja
and the three
other mages-in-training
who have become her
friends develop their
unique magical talents
as they try to prevent
a devastating forest
fire from
consuming
everything in its
path.
4. Briar's
Book (258
pages) Briar, a young
mage-in-training,
and
his teacher Rosethorn
must use their magic
to fight a deadly
plague that is ravaging
Summersea.
Pierce,
Tamora - Immortals Book Series
1. Wild
Magic (260
pages) The mage Numair,
the
knight Alanna,
and
Queen Thayet enlist
thirteen-year-old
Daine's help
to battle the dreadful immortal creatures
that have recently
begun to
attack the kingdom
of Tortall.
2. Wolf
Speaker (182
pages) With the help
of her animal
friends,
Daine fights
to
save the
kingdom
of Tortall
from ambitious
mortals and dangerous
immortals.
3. Emperor
Mage (255
pages) When she is
sent as part
of the delegation
from
Tortall
to
negotiate a peace
treaty with Carthak,
fifteen-year-old
Daine must use her
powers
to communicate
with animals for
4. Realms
of the Gods (209 pages)
This conclusion
to the three
previous books
about Daine and
her wild magic
solves
many of
her problems and
hints at the love
that lies
in
her
future.
Pierce, Tamora - Protector
of the Small Series
1. First Test (240
pages) Ten-year-old
Keladry
of Mindalen, daughter
of nobles, serves
as a page but
must prove
herself to the males
around
her if she is ever
to fulfill her
dream of becoming a knight.
2. Page (257 pages) Keladry of Mindelan
continues her training to become a squire
with
the aid of a new maid, the support
of her friends, interference
from some other pages, and some serious,
even dangerous opposition.
3. Squire (224 pages) At the age of 14,
Keladry of Mindelan is a squire. A squire
serves and learns from a seasoned
knight for four years,
then faces a final test. That final test
is the Ordeal, which takes
place in a magical room called the Chamber.
Does Kel
have what
it takes
to survive?
Pope, Elizabeth - Perilous
Gard Newbery Honor Book In 1558 while imprisoned
in a remote castle, a young girl
becomes involved
in a series of
events that leads to an underground labyrinth
peopled by
the last practitioners
of druidic magic.
Rowling, J.K.
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone (309 pages) Rescued from
the outrageous neglect of his aunt
and uncle, a
young boy
with a great destiny proves his worth
while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards
and
Witches.
• Harry Potter
and the Chamber of Secrets (256 pages)
When the Chamber of Secrets
is opened
again at the
Hogwarts School
for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year
student Harry Potter finds himself in
danger from a dark power
that has
once more been
released on the school.
• Harry Potter
and the Prisoner of Azkaban (435
pages) During his third
year at
Hogwarts School
for Witchcraft
and Wizardry,
Harry Potter must
confront the devious and dangerous wizard
responsible for his parents'
deaths.
•
Harry Potter and
the Goblet of Fire (734
pages) During
Harry’s
forth year at Hogwarts, instead of the usual
Inter-House Quidditch Cup, a Triwizard Tournament
will be held,
during which three
champions, one from each of three schools of
wizardry (Hogwarts, Durmstrang, and Beaux-batons),
must
complete three challenging
magical tasks. The competitors must be at least
17 years old, but the Goblet of Fire that determines
the champions
mysteriously
produces Harry's name, so he becomes an unwilling
fourth contestant. Meanwhile, it is obvious to
the
boy's allies
that the evil
Voldemort will use the Tournament to get at Harry.
Sauer, Julia -
Fog Magic (107
pages)
Newbery Honor
Book.
A child of
Nova Scotia who
loves the fog
is transported
by it to a secret
world
of
her own.
Service,
Pamela –
• Being of Two
Minds (149 pages)
Connie
Hendricks, an almost
typical American
14-year-old, and
Rudolph, the
14-year-old
crown prince of
a small kingdom,
enter
each
other's
minds
when they are temporarily
unconscious.
And when Rudolph
is kidnapped while
Connie
is a guest
in his mind, she
must convince
others
that Rudolph's
life--as
well
as the fate
of his kingdom--is
in danger.
•
Storm at the Edge
of Time (178
pages)
•
Weirdo's of the
Universe Unite! (136 pages)
Dedicated weirdos
Mandy and
Owen accidentally
summon up five
mythological beings,
who need their
aid in defending
Earth
from
space invaders.
Shusterman, Neal -
Dark Side of Nowhere (185
pages)
Jason, who
thinks that
life is at
its most boring
in Billington
where
he lives, finds
out that he and
his parents
are
actually an advance
guard
for an
alien invasion
which is now
on its way
to planet Earth.
Smith,
Sherwood -
• Wren to the Rescue (216 pages) With
the help of
a prince and
an apprentice
wizard,
Wren
strives to
rescue
her
best friend,
a princess named
Tess, from the
fortress of
a wicked
king.
•
Wren's Quest (199 pages) Sequel
to
Wren to the
Rescue. While
Wren and
Prince Connor
set
off to
uncover her
parentage, a
sinister wizard
creates
havoc back home
in Cantimoor
and threatens
to kidnap
Wren's best friend,
Princess
Teressa.
Smith, Sherwood
•
Wren's War (210
pages) Sequel
to Wren’s
War. When wicked
King Andreus
declares war
on the royal
families of Meldrith,
Wren and her
friends, Princess
Teressa, Prince
Connor, and chief
magic maker Tyron,
determine to
defeat him.
Skurzynski,
Gloria
- Virtual
War (157
pages)
War has
become a computer
game
played on
a universal scale,
and Corgan
is the fourteen-year-old
genetically engineered
to be the best
at the game.
When he meets his
teammates,
questions arise.
Springer,
Nancy - I am Mordred (184
pages)
He
wanted to
love King Arthur,
the
man who tried
to kill
him at birth.
He tried
everything
to overcome the role
of murderer
of the much
beloved
king, his father.
Turner,
Ann Warren - Rosemary's
Witch (164
pages) After
moving into
an old house in
a small New
England town,
9-year-old
Rosemary discovers
that
the nearby
woods conceal
a 150-year-old
witch,
who once lived
in the
house and
is using her magic
to take
it back.
Vande Velde, Vivian
- Well-timed
enchantment (184 pages)
Geena Howe
loves art
and is thrilled
to
find that
she
has the ability
to literally
project herself
into paintings.
She can
even
travel
to places
beyond what
is depicted
on the
canvas,
but can only
come back
at
the
spot where
she
came in.
When
Geena
enters one
of Monet's
water
lily paintings,
she
realizes
that the
moat with
the water
lilies
where
she came
into the
painting
is gone,
trapping
her.
Wangerin,
Walter -
Crying
for a Vision (279
pages)
Waskn
Mani, "Moves
Walking," the
son of a
Lakota woman
and one of
the stars
in the sky,
is torn between
his devotion
to the mystical
world and
his destiny
of confronting
the powerful
one-eyed
warrior
Fire Thunder.
West, Tracey – Pixie
Tricks series Violet Briggs
just met
someone who's
really out
of this
world.
He's a fairy
named Sprite
and he has
a huge secret!
Fourteen
fairies escaped
from
the Otherworld
and they're
causing all
kinds of
trouble.
It's up to
Sprite, the
Pixie Tricker,
to catch
the
fairies,
but he needs
Violet's
help. Will
Violet and
Sprite
be able to
trick the
fairies into
going home
before
it's too
late?
Winthrop,
Elizabeth
-
•
Castle in
the Attic (179
pages)
A gift
of a toy
castle, complete
with
silver
knight, introduces
William to
an adventure
involving
magic and
a personal
quest.
•
Battle for
the Castle (211 pages)
Sequel
to Castle
in
the Attic.
Twelve-year-old
William uses
the magic
token to
return,
through the
toy
castle in
his attic,
to
the
medieval
land of Sir
Simon, which
is now
menaced by
a skeleton
ship
bearing a
plague
of ravenous
rats.
Wynne-Jones,
Diana - Dark
Lord of
Derkholm (354 pages)
It’s
wizard Derk’s
turn to host
the (dreaded)
annual Pilgrim
Party romp
through the
countryside.
He is barely
ahead of
the pack
of pilgrims
as he deals
with all
manner of
unearthly—and
earthly headaches.
Yarbro,
Chelsa Quinn
- Monet’s
Ghost (151
pages) Geena
Howe loves
art and is
thrilled
to find that
she has the
ability
to literally
project herself
into paintings.
She can even
travel to
places beyond
what is depicted
on the canvas,
but
can only
come back
at the spot
where she
came in.
When Geena
enters one
of Monet's
water lily
paintings,
she
realizes
that the
moat with
the water
lilies where
she came
into the
painting
is gone,
trapping
her.
Yep,
Laurence
- Dragon
of the Lost
Sea (213
pages) Shimmer,
a renegade
dragon
princess,
tries to
redeem herself
by capturing
a witch
with the
help of a
human
boy.
Yolen,
Jane – Pit Dragons
series
1. Dragon's
Blood:
a Fantasy (243
pages)
Jakkin,
a bond
boy who
works as
a Keeper
in a dragon
nursery
on
the planet
Austar IV, secretly trains
a fighting
pit dragon
of his
own
in
hopes of
winning
his freedom.
2. Heart's
blood (238
pages)
Jakkin,
now
a free
dragon
trainer,
has his
plans
abruptly
changed
when he
is asked
to
infiltrate
rebel forces
taking
hold on
the planet.
Yolen, Jane –
•
Dragon's Boy (128
pages)
Young
Arthur meets a
dragon
and
comes
to accept
him as
a friend
and
mentor.
•
Wizard
Hall (133
pages)
Upon
entering
Wizard's
Hall,
the
school
for young
wizards
in
training,
Henry
is promptly
given
a
new name:
Thornmallow--prickly
on the
outside,
squishy
within.
As
the 113th
student
to arrive
at Wizard's
Hall,
he quickly
learns
that
he has
a mysterious
extra
burden
of responsibility
that
no one
will
explain.
The horrifying
secret?
The future
of Wizard's
Hall
depends
on
him,
regardless
of his magical
bumbling.
Yolen, Jane – Young
Merlin
Series
1. Passager A foundling
rediscovers
his
identity
through
the
help
of
the
falconer
who
adopts
him.
2. Hobby Young
Merlin
is
orphaned
by
a fire
and
joins
a
traveling
pair
of
magicians
who
help
him
begin
to
discover
his
true
powers.
3. Merlin Merlin,
now
twelve
years
old,
begins
to
come
into
his
magic
while
being
held
captive
by
a band
of
wild
folk.
Zambreno, Mary
Frances
- Plague of
sorcerers (257
pages)
When
a
magic plague
begins
to
take
its
toll
of
the
wizards
in
the
Empire,
Jermyn,
a
newly-apprenticed wizard,
and
Delia,
his
skunk
familiar,
must
find
a
way
to
stop
it.
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