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Young WizardsSeries
series24 books1983
About wizards and coming of age.
“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.”
from the catalogue
Start with So You Want to Be a Wizard →
ChrestomanciSeries
series12 books1977
completed
Whimsical in tone, set in parallel universe.
“Greenwillow Books published a US edition within the calendar year.”
from the catalogue
Start with Charmed Life →
The Nsibidi ScriptsSeries
series3 books2011
About coming of age and identity, set in africa.
“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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Akata Witch →
Charlie Bone UniverseSeries
series14 books2002
Start with Midnight for Charlie Bone →
Endymion SpringNovel
Matthew Skeltonstandalone novel2006
Mysterious in tone, about books and reading and coming of age.
The Dark Is RisingSeries
series5 books1965
Mythic fantasy.
“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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →