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Ray Bradburystandalone novel1972

Adventure, about grief and loss.

“Eight boys gather on Halloween night to trick-or-treat with their ninth friend, Pipkin, only Pipkin never shows, having vanished on some errand that may cost him his life.”
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Black and Blue MagicNovel

Zilpha Keatley Snyderstandalone novel1966

About identity.

“Twelve-year-old Harry Houdini Marco is awkward and clumsy, bearing little resemblance to his magician namesake, until he acquires the gift of flight.”
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The Unfinished AngelNovel

Sharon Creechstandalone novel2009

About angels and found family, set in europe and mountains.

“Until Zola arrives, a determined American girl who wears three skirts all at once.”
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Philippa FisherSeries

series3 books2008

About fae.

“Embarrassed by her free-spirited parents and lonely when her best friend moves away, a self-conscious eleven-year-old girl named Philippa summons a wish-granting fairy godmother, with unexpected results.”
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The Ogre DownstairsNovel

Diana Wynne Jonesstandalone novel1974

Funny in tone, about family secrets, set in british isles.

“When a disagreeable man with two boys marries a widow with three children, family adjustments are complicated by two magic chemistry sets which cause strange things to happen around the house.”
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Tales of MagicSeries

series7 books1954

completed

Fantasy, whimsical in tone, about friendship, set in contemporary and our world.

“Each book follows a different, sometimes overlapping set of children and a different magical object or rule, from Knight's Castle to the deliberately ambiguous Magic or Not? and its sequel The Well-Wishers.”
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