| Find a cozy place to read…then leave our world behind! These books will fill your mind with fanciful places where our rules - of gravity, of grammar, of sense - may not count. And in those odd places, the people seem more wonderful, more evil, more courageous, and yet are not so different from you and your friends… Let this list be your passport to travel to any imaginable - or unimaginable - fantastic existence. |
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Alexander, L.
The Book of Three
Taran is only a pig keeper, but he must fight to save the kingdom from evil. |
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Juster, N.
The Phantom Tollbooth
Milo goes through a toy tollbooth into a magical land and embarks on a quest. |
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L'Engle, M.
A Wrinkle in Time
Meg, her brother, and her friend travel through time to rescue their father, with the assistance of three very strange ladies. |
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Levine, G.
Ella Enchanted
In this retelling of Cinderella, Ella must overcome the curse that forces her to obey any command given to her. |
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Lewis, C.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Four children travel through a wardrobe into the land of Narnia, and fight against the White Witch. |
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McCaffrey, A.
Dragonsong
Menolly runs away from her strict family and makes a home with some fire lizards. |
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McGraw, E.
The Moorchild
Saaski, who has always been scorned and different in her village, discovers that she is a changeling. |
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McKinley, R.
The Hero and the Crown
Aerin, daughter of the Damarian king, seeks her birthright. |
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Napoli, D.
Zel
A retelling of the story of Rapunzel,
Told from the point of view of the girl, and the witch. |
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Pierce, T.
Wild Magic
Daine helps a mage, a knight and a Queen in their battle to protect the kingdom against terrible, immortal creatures.
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Pullman, P.
The Golden Compass
Lyra sets out on a dangerous journey to save kidnapped children from horrible experiments in the Far North. |
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Tolkien, J.
The Hobbitt
Bilbo Baggins joins a band of dwarves to recover stonlen treasure guarded by Smaug the dragon. |
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Turner, M.
The Thief
Gen, the best thief in the land, is brought out of jail to steal a precious and magical stone for the king. |
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White, T.
The Sword in the Stone
Wart, unaware that he will one day become King Arthur, is tutored by Merlyn the wizard.
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Wrede, P.
Dealing with Dragons
Princess Cimerone is bored with palace life, and runs away to live with a group of dragons. |
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Yep, L.
Dragon of the Lost Sea
Shimmer, a dragon princess, goes on a quest to redeem herself. |
