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MagicalamityNovel
Kate Saundersstandalone novel2011
About coming of age.
“Eleven-year-old Tom is shocked to learn that he is a demisprite, half fairy and half mortal, and that he, aided by three fairy godmothers, must save his father, who is hiding in the fairy Realm, while safeguarding his mortal mother.”
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Same Place But DifferentSeries
series2 books1995
Fantasy and portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about fae and quests, set in fairyland and contemporary.
“Young John Nesbit enters the world of the Strangers in order to rescue his baby sister whom the fairies have replaced with a Changeling.”
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Start with The Same Place But Different →
Faerie WarsSeries
series5 books2003
completed
“As of 2011, there are five books in the ongoing series.”
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Start with Faerie Wars →
StardustNovel
Neil Gaimanstandalone novel1998
Fairy tale retelling, whimsical in tone, about coming of age.
“Stardust has a different tone and style from most of Gaiman's prose fiction, being consciously written in the tradition of pre-Tolkien English fantasy, following in the footsteps of authors such as Lord Dunsany and Hope Mirrlees.”
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FairylandSeries
series7 books2009
Whimsical in tone, about coming of age.
“The novels follow a 12-year-old girl named September as she is spirited away from her average life to Fairyland.”
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Start with The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making →
Mopsa the FairyNovel
Jean Ingelowstandalone novel1869
Whimsical in tone, about coming of age.
“The journey is via a river – clearly symbolic of the River of life – and en route Jack has many adventures.”
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