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Artemis FowlSeries
series15 books2001
About fae.
“As of 2013, the novels have sold more than 21 million copies in 44 languages, and are one of the best-selling series of all time.”
from the catalogue
Start with LEPrecon →
Watership DownSeries
series21 books1972
completed
About survival and found family, set in countryside & village.
“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
from the catalogue
Start with Watership Down →
DarkmouthSeries
series4 books2015
Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about monster hunting and coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.
Start with The Legends Begin →
Emily WindsnapSeries
series16 books2003
Fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in contemporary.
“For as long as she can remember, twelve-year-old Emily Windsnap has lived on a boat.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Tail of Emily Windsnap →
The Indian in the CupboardSeries
series5 books1980
completed
Portal fantasy.
“Lynne Reid Banks' Indian in the Cupboard series begins with the 1980 children's novel in which a boy discovers that an old cupboard can bring his plastic toy figures to life.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Indian in the Cupboard →
Young WizardsSeries
series24 books1983
About wizards.
“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 →