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Ray Bradburystandalone novel1972

Adventure, whimsical in tone, about grief and loss.

“Eight boys gather on Halloween night to trick-or-treat with their ninth friend, Pipkin, only Pipkin never shows, having vanished on some errand that may cost him his life.”
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The UnseenNovel

Zilpha Keatley Snyderstandalone novel2004

About magical artifacts.

“Xandra Hobson has always been fascinated by magic.”
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Bod OwensSeries

series3 books2007

Dark fantasy, bittersweet in tone, about found family, set in british isles.

“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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The Ghost of GraylockNovel

Dan Poblockistandalone novel2012

Mystery & detective, set in small town.

“Staying with their aunts over the summer, Neil Cady, his sister Bree, and their new friends Wesley and Eric, set out to explore Greylock Hall, an abandoned psychiatric hospital which is supposed to be haunted by the ghost of Nurse Janet.”
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The Books of ElsewhereSeries

series5 books2010

Portal fantasy.

“When eleven-year-old Olive and her distracted parents move into an old Victorian mansion, Olive finds herself ensnared in a dark plan involving some mysterious paintings, a trapped and angry nine-year-old boy, and three talking cats.”
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The Ocean at the End of the LaneNovel

Neil Gaimanstandalone novel2013

Dark fantasy, about fae, set in countryside & village.

“A seven year old farm boy becomes friends with an eleven year old neighbor girl, who he discovers is ancient and powerful and intervenes when a nonhuman entity attempts to make a home in earthly reality.”
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