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series2 books1952

completed

Fairy tale retelling, lighthearted in tone, about curses and coming of age.

“John Midas is delighted when, through a magical gift, everything his lips touch turns into chocolate.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Chocolate Touch →

Bad BooksSeries

series3 books2014

Set in contemporary.

“The books in the series are Bad Magic, Bad Luck, and Bad News.”
from the catalogue

Start with Bad Magic →

DerkholmSeries

series2 books1998

completed

Set in secondary world.

“Year of the Griffin follows one of Derk's griffin children years later, enrolled at a chronically underfunded wizards' university with a band of misfit students.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Dark Lord of Derkholm →

Tales of MagicSeries

series7 books1954

completed

About friendship, 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 →

Fool on the HillNovel

Matt Ruffstandalone novel1988

About coming of age, set in contemporary and small town.

Groosham GrangeSeries

series2 books1988

Set in contemporary and british isles.

“Groosham Grange follows twelve-year-old David Eliot, expelled from every other school, who is sent to a strange boarding school on a remote island where the staff and pupils are not what they seem.”
from the catalogue

Start with Groosham Grange →

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