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The Nsibidi ScriptsSeries
series3 books2011
Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age and identity, set in africa and contemporary.
“The Nsibidi Scripts follows Sunny Nwazue, a Nigerian-American albino girl living in Nigeria, as she discovers latent magical ability and is inducted into a hidden society of Leopard People with its own laws, dangers, and hierarchy.”
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Young WizardsSeries
series24 books1983
About wizards, set in our world.
“Across fifteen books published between 1983 and 2019, the two age forward in something close to real time as their missions escalate from New York streets to alien worlds and beyond.”
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The Dark Is RisingSeries
series5 books1965
Set in british isles.
“The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising.”
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White GiraffeSeries
series4 books2007
Adventure.
“Just as Martine is settling into life at Sawubona, the wildlife game reserve, with her grandmother and Jemmy, her white giraffe, she must leave for two weeks on a school trip off the coast of South Africa.”
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SummerlandNovel
Michael Chabonstandalone novel2002
Portal fantasy, whimsical in tone, about quests, set in parallel universe.
“Summerland weaves elements of a World Series, parallel-universe road trip, and a hero's odyssey.”
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The Rest of Us Just Live HereNovel
Patrick Nessstandalone novel2015
About chosen one, set in our world and north america.
“The one who's supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death?”
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