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The MissingSeries
series10 books2008
Science fiction and time travel, about identity and coming of age, set in contemporary and north america.
“Jonah Skidmore is one of the stolen children, and he, along with his non-adopted sister Katherine, must help return the missing kids to their rightful places in history and fix time before it is destroyed.”
from the catalogue
Start with Found →
The Curse WorkersSeries
series3 books2010
Urban fantasy, about curses and organized crime.
“Holly Black's Curse Workers trilogy is set in an alternate America where 'curse work' — magic that harms or transforms through touch — is illegal, enforced through gloves and Prohibition-era-style crime families.”
from the catalogue
Start with White Cat →
CoralineSeries
series2 books2002
Portal fantasy and horror, eerie in tone.
“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
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Start with Coraline →
Dark MatterNovel
Blake Crouchstandalone novel2016
Thriller & suspense, set in parallel universe.
“Jason Dessen, college physics professor, husband and father, is kidnapped and taken to a parallel universe where his counterpart had dedicated his life to inventing a method of traveling between an infinity of parallel universes.”
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KindredNovel
Octavia E. Butlerstandalone novel1979
Historical fiction, about slavery and race and racism, set in 19th century.
“Widely popular, it has frequently been chosen as a text by community-wide reading programs and book organizations, and for high school and college courses.”
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JumperSeries
series6 books1992
Adventurous in tone, about psychic powers.
“Steven Gould's series continues across Reflex, Impulse, and Exo, later following his and his wife's daughter as a second-generation jumper.”
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Start with Jumper →