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Power of Three
Diana Wynne Jones
Review
"Teems with adventure and suspense." (ALA Booklist )
"Fast-paced and suspenseful." (School Library Journal )
"Her ...
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King of Shadows
Susan Cooper
From Publishers Weekly
Cooper (The Dark Is Rising) brilliantly weaves past and present together, using London's Globe The...
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Westmark
Lloyd Alexander
From the Publisher
Falling in with a roguish doctor, his dwarf attendant and an urchin girl, Theo embarks on an unforg...
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The High King (Prydain Chronicles)
Lloyd Alexander
Review
"Greater, more disastrous, and demanding more courage are the battles into which Taran leads his followers against...
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Taran Wanderer (Prydain Chronicles)
Lloyd Alexander
Review
"There is no paucity of daring forays, wicked enchanters, tiny people, desperate fights, et cetera; there is in fa...
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The Witches
Roald Dahl
Amazon.com Review
This Roald Dahl classic tells the scary, funny and imaginative tale of a seven-year-old boy who has a ...
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Thief Lord
Cornelia Funke
Amazon.com Review
Imagine a Dickens story with a Venetian setting, and you'll have a good sense of Cornelia Funke's priz...
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The Battle of the Sun
Jeanette Winterson
Review
PRAISE FOR TANGLEWRECK: 'Winterson has a fine ear for children's dialogue and her writing is lucid, pitched perfe...
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The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman
Amazon.com Review
In The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman has created a charming allegory of childhood. Although the book open...
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The Somebodies
N. E. Bode
From School Library Journal
Grade 5-8–This final book in the trilogy barrels along at breakneck pace. Young Fern is...
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Umbrella Summer
Lisa Graff
Review
“Graff has created a lively, quirky individual who tells her story with frankness and humor.” (Schoo...
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Black Water (Pendragon series # 5)
D.J. Machale
About the Author
D.J. MacHale is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Pendragon series. He has written, direct...
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Madeline
Ludwig Bemelmans
Amazon.com Review
No child could resist this adorable, 9-inch-tall, rag-doll-soft Madeline--complete with appendix-remova...
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The Amaranth Enchantment
Julie Berry
From
Intriguing characters, fine plotting, and a richly worked narrative carry the reader into Lucinda’s vaguely ...
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The Magic Thief: Lost
Sarah Prineas
From Publishers Weekly
In this thrilling sequel to The Magic Thief, Conn, "a gutterboy from the streets of Twilight," con...
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Max (Maximum Ride, Book 5)
From Publishers Weekly
The fifth entry in Patterson's all-ages Maximum Ride fantasy/thriller series finds the teenaged ti...
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Witch Dreams
Vivian Vande Velde
From School Library Journal
Grade 6-9–Nyssa, 16, is a witch who is able to dream other people's dreams. She is tryi...
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Cloudland (Red Fox picture books)
John Burningham
Amazon.com Review
Something terrible has happened! While hiking in the mountains with his parents, Albert trips and fall...
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The Secret of Platform 13
Eva Ibbotson
From Publishers Weekly
This modern-day fairy tale featuring a group of endearing mythical creatures (and some less palata...
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