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The UnseenNovel
Zilpha Keatley Snyderstandalone novel2004
About friendship.
“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.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Witch's Headstone →
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Shadows →
CoralineSeries
series2 books2002
Portal fantasy and horror, tense in tone, set in parallel universe.
“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
from the catalogue
Start with Coraline →
The Halloween TreeNovel
Ray Bradburystandalone novel1972
Adventure, whimsical in tone, about friendship and 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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Lewis BarnaveltSeries
series12 books1973
Fantasy, eerie in tone, set in contemporary and north america.
“Lewis Barnavelt is a lonely orphan who moves in with his uncle Jonathan, an amateur wizard, in a rambling old house that turns out to hide a doomsday clock built into its walls by a previous, malevolent owner.”
from the catalogue
Start with The House with a Clock in Its Walls →