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The Halloween TreeNovel
Ray Bradburystandalone novel1972
Adventure, about coming of age and 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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David and the PhoenixNovel
Edward Ormondroydstandalone novel1957
Adventure.
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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Start with Philippa Fisher's Fairy Godsister →
CatwingsSeries
series7 books1988
completed
About coming of age.
“Catwings is also the title of the first book in the series.”
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Start with Catwings →
BoggartSeries
series3 books1993
About fae, set in british isles.
“Cooper, best known for The Dark Is Rising sequence, writes here in a lighter fantasy-adventure register.”
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Start with The Boggart →
The Ogre DownstairsNovel
Diana Wynne Jonesstandalone novel1974
Funny in tone, about coming of age and 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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