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The Accelerati TrilogySeries
series3 books2014
Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about magical artifacts, set in contemporary and our world.
“In the attic room, he finds a collection of old junk.”
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The Indian in the CupboardSeries
series5 books1980
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Fantasy and portal fantasy.
“Lynne Reid Banks' Indian in the Cupboard series begins with the 1980 children's novel in which a boy discovers that an old cupboard can bring his plastic toy figures to life.”
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Smart DogNovel
Vivian Vande Veldestandalone novel1998
About artificial intelligence.
“Fifth grader Amy finds her life growing complicated when she meets and tries to hide an intelligent, talking dog who has escaped from a university lab.”
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My Teacher Is an AlienSeries
series4 books1989
About aliens.
“Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird.”
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InterWorldSeries
series3 books2007
Portal fantasy and fantasy, set in parallel universe.
“Michael Reaves developed the story with Neil Gaiman, and Reaves's daughter Mallory Reaves co-wrote the two sequels.”
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Sal and GabiSeries
series2 books2019
Funny in tone, set in parallel universe.
“Unlike other books Rick Riordan wrote or edited, this book contains no references to any kind of mythology.”
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