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The Alvin Maker SagaSeries
series15 books1986
Fantasy.
“In fact, young Alvin appears to be the only one in the world.”
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Bring the JubileeNovel
Ward Moorestandalone novel1953
Science fiction and time travel, about war.
“Like most Northerners, Hodge was poor - but he had ambition.”
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NationNovel
Terry Pratchettstandalone novel2008
Fantasy, about survival and found family, set in islands.
Stranger in a Strange LandNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961
Science fiction and first contact, about aliens, set in near future.
47Novel
Walter Mosleystandalone novel2005
Dark in tone, about slavery.
“Number 47, a fourteen-year-old slave boy growing up under the watchful eye of a brutal master in 1832, meets the mysterious Tall John, who introduces him to a magical science and also teaches him the meaning of freedom.”
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The Root CellarNovel
Janet Lunnstandalone novel1981
Time travel and fantasy, adventurous in tone.