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  • Cover of The Halloween Tree
    The Halloween TreeNovel

    Ray Bradbury · standalone novel · 1972

    Adventure, whimsical in tone, about coming of age.

    “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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  • Cover of Fluke
    FlukeNovel

    James Herbert · standalone novel · 1977

    Emotional in tone, about reincarnation and identity.

    “A dog named Fluke is barely more than a puppy when fragments of a life that isn't his own surface in his mind -- memories of a wife, a daughter, a job, an entire human existence he can't reconcile with the body he's now living in.”

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  • Cover of Circus Mirandus
    Circus MirandusSeries

    series · 2 books · 2015

    Whimsical and hopeful in tone, about wizards.

    “With his friend Jenny Mendoza in tow, Micah sets out to find the Circus and the man he believes will save his grandfather.”

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  • Cover of The Time Traveler's Wife
    The Time Traveler's WifeNovel

    Audrey Niffenegger · standalone novel · 2003

    Time travel and romance, emotional in tone.

    “Niffenegger, who was frustrated with love when she began the novel, wrote the story as a metaphor for her failed relationships.”

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  • Cover of Gossamer
    GossamerNovel

    Lois Lowry · standalone novel · 2006

    About coming of age.

    “What stealthy nighttime messengers are the guardians of our most deeply hidden hopes and our half-forgotten fears?”

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  • Cover of The Ocean at the End of the Lane
    The Ocean at the End of the LaneNovel

    Neil Gaiman · standalone novel · 2013

    Dark fantasy, eerie in tone, about fae.

    “A seven year old farm boy becomes friends with an eleven year old neighbor girl, who he discovers is ancient and powerful and intervenes when a nonhuman entity attempts to make a home in earthly reality.”

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