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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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Start with Five Children and It →

The Secret of Platform 13Series

series2 books1994

Portal fantasy, whimsical in tone, set in fairyland.

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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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Start with Half Magic →

Magic ShopSeries

series7 books1982

About coming of age.

“Bruce Coville's Magic Shop books each send a different kid into Mr. Elives's strange antique shop, where an ordinary-looking item turns out to carry real magic and consequences.”
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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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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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