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series27 books1902

completed

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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The BorrowersSeries

series8 books1952

Adventurous in tone, about survival, set in british isles.

“The Borrowers imagines a family of tiny people living secretly beneath the floorboards of an English house, surviving by borrowing pins, stamps, and other small items from the human beans upstairs without ever being seen.”
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BoggartSeries

series3 books1993

Whimsical in tone, 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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Tales of MagicSeries

series7 books1954

completed

Whimsical in tone, about friendship.

“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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CatwingsSeries

series7 books1988

completed

About coming of age.

“Catwings is also the title of the first book in the series.”
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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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