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SwitchersSeries
series3 books1997
About identity, set in our world.
“Kate Thompson's Switchers trilogy follows Tess, a Dublin teenager who can shapeshift into any animal but will lose the power forever on her fifteenth birthday.”
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The Dark Is RisingSeries
series5 books1965
Mythic fantasy.
“The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising.”
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Un Lun DunNovel
China Miévillestandalone novel2007
Portal fantasy, about transported to another world and chosen one, set in otherworld.
“The title is derived from 'UnLondon,' the name of the alternate realm where the book is set.”
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IngoSeries
series5 books2005
completed
Set in underwater.
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The Hounds of the MorriganNovel
Pat O'Sheastandalone novel1985
Mythic fantasy, about quests.
James and the Giant PeachNovel
Roald Dahlstandalone novel1961
Whimsical in tone, about found family, set in our world.
“There have been re-illustrated versions of it over the years, drawn by Michael Simeon, Emma Chichester Clark, Lane Smith and Quentin Blake.”
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