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A Monster CallsSeries
series2 books2011
About grief and loss.
“A Monster Calls follows a boy struggling with his mother's terminal illness, who is visited each night by a tree-like monster demanding an honest story from him in exchange for the unsettling tales it tells.”
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SkelligNovel
David Almondstandalone novel1998
About friendship.
“In the U.S., it was a runner up for the Michael L. Printz Award, which recognises one work of young adult fiction annually.”
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Heaven EyesNovel
David Almondstandalone novel2000
Reflective in tone, about friendship.
ElidorNovel
Alan Garnerstandalone novel1965
Portal fantasy, about quests, set in secondary world.
“Set primarily in modern Manchester, it features four English children who enter a fantasy world, fulfill a quest there, and return to find that the enemy has followed them into our world.”
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Fire and HemlockNovel
Diana Wynne Jonesstandalone novel1984
Mythic fantasy, about fae and amnesia.
Bod OwensSeries
series3 books2007
Dark fantasy, bittersweet in tone, about found family, set in our world.
“Neil Gaiman's 2008 novel won both the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and illustrator P. Craig Russell later adapted it into a two-volume graphic novel.”
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