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At the Back of the North WindSeries
series2 books1869
About coming of age.
“Diamond travels together with the mysterious Lady North Wind through the nights.”
from the catalogue
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The Wind in the Willows UniverseSeries
series17 books1908
Set in british isles.
Start with The Wind in the Willows →
The Halloween TreeNovel
Ray Bradburystandalone novel1972
Adventure, about coming of age, set in contemporary.
“Eight boys gather on Halloween night to trick-or-treat with their ninth friend, Pipkin, only Pipkin never shows, having vanished on some errand that may cost him his life.”
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Little Wooden HorseSeries
series3 books1938
completed
Adventurous in tone, about quests.
“Ursula Moray Williams's Little Wooden Horse books follow a toymaker's wooden horse who sets out to earn money for his aging, poverty-stricken maker, enduring a string of owners and hardships along the way.”
from the catalogue
Start with Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse →
Tales of MagicSeries
series7 books1954
completed
Set in contemporary.
“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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Half Magic →
The Fairy ChroniclesSeries
series65 books2004
About fae and quests, set in secondary world.
Start with Marigold and the Feather of Hope →