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  • Cover of The Spindlers
    The SpindlersNovel

    Lauren Oliver · standalone novel · 2012

    Set in underground & caves.

    “Accompanied by an eccentric, human-sized rat, Liza embarks on a perilous quest through an underground realm to save her brother, Patrick, whose soul has been stolen by the evilest of creatures--the spider-like spindlers.”

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  • Cover of Narnia Universe
    NarniaUniverse

    universe · 38 books · 1950

    Set in secondary world.

    “Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe →

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    includes Narnia, Narnia Solo Adventures

  • Cover of Seaward
    SeawardNovel

    Susan Cooper · standalone novel · 1983

    Emotional in tone, about coming of age and grief and loss.

    “What they do know are the tragedies that took their parents, then wrenched the two of them out of reality, into a strange and perilous world through which they must travel together, knowing only that they must reach the sea.”

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  • Cover of Tolkien's legendarium
    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    Set in secondary world.

    “Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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    includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The History of Middle Earth, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings

  • Cover of Redwall Universe
    RedwallUniverse

    universe · 32 books · 1986

    Set in secondary world.

    “Ring the Joseph Bell and lay the long tables, for a tale is starting.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Redwall →

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    includes Redwall, The Tribes of Redwall, Redwall Picturebooks, Redwall Audio Version

  • Cover of The Phantom Tollbooth
    The Phantom TollboothNovel

    Norton Juster · standalone novel · 1961

    Whimsical and funny in tone, about coming of age.

    “A journey through a land where Milo learns the importance of words and numbers provides a cure for his boredom.”

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