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The BorrowersSeries
series8 books1952
Adventurous in tone.
“The Borrowers imagines a family of tiny people living secretly beneath the floorboards of an English house, surviving by borrowing pins, stamps, and other small items from the human beans upstairs without ever being seen.”
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Watership DownSeries
series21 books1972
completed
Adventurous in tone, about quests and found family, set in contemporary.
“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
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The BongleweedNovel
Helen Cresswellstandalone novel1973
Set in contemporary.
“The mysterious seed that Becky tricks her playmate into planting in the formal gardens turns out to be a continuously growing weed that threatens to take over everything.”
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BromeliadSeries
series3 books1989
completed
Adventurous in tone, about transported to another world, set in contemporary.
“The trilogy tells the story of the Nomes, a race of tiny people from another world who now live hidden among humans.”
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Charlotte's WebNovel
E. B. Whitestandalone novel1952
Literary & general, bittersweet and emotional in tone, about friendship.
The Enchanted CastleNovel
E. Nesbitstandalone novel1907
About magical artifacts, set in early 20th century.
“On a dull school holiday, siblings Jerry and Jimmy and their friend Kathleen stumble across a grand, hidden estate in the countryside, with a lake, marble statues, and a maze at its heart.”
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