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series7 books1954

completed

Fantasy, whimsical in tone, set in 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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My Teacher Is an AlienSeries

series4 books1989

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens.

“Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird.”
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Captain UnderpantsSeries

series15 books1989

Humor and superhero, funny in tone.

Start with The Really Cool Adventures of Captain Underpants →

Fog MagicNovel

Julia L. Sauerstandalone novel1943

Fantasy and portal fantasy, about transported to another world, set in small town.

“A Nova Scotian girl's love of the fog brings her happy adventures in a village lost for a hundred years”
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The Homework MachineSeries

series2 books2006

Science fiction, about artificial intelligence.

“Four fifth-grade students--a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker--as well as their teacher and mothers, each relate events surrounding a computer programmed to complete homework assignments.”
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Five Children UniverseSeries

series27 books1902

completed

Fantasy, set in early 20th century and british isles.

“Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation.”
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Start with Five Children and It →

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