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RathaSeries
series6 books1983
Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about survival and coming of age, set in prehistoric.
“The books center around a society of sapient prehistoric cats, the Named, who herd prehistoric horses and deer and are in conflict with a non-sentient group of cats called the Unnamed.”
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James and the Giant PeachNovel
Roald Dahlstandalone novel1961
Whimsical in tone, about found family, set in contemporary.
“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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Watership DownSeries
series21 books1972
completed
About quests and found family, set in countryside & village and contemporary.
“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
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Start with Watership Down →
Alfred KroppSeries
series3 books2005
About magical artifacts, set in contemporary.
“Rick Yancey's Alfred Kropp trilogy follows the teenage title character through three young-adult fantasy-adventure novels.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp →
BromeliadSeries
series3 books1989
completed
About transported to another world, set in contemporary.
“The trilogy tells the story of the Nomes, a race of tiny people from another world who now live hidden among humans.”
from the catalogue
Start with Truckers →
Chronicles of Ancient DarknessSeries
series9 books2004
Historical fantasy, about quests.
“The books chronicle the adventures of Torak, an adolescent boy, and his friends Renn and Wolf.”
from the catalogue
Start with Wolf Brother →