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Pentagram (original) / The Gatekeepers (US) / The Power of FiveSeries
series5 books1983
Thriller & suspense, set in our world.
“Thirteen-year-old Martin's new life with a foster mother on a Yorkshire farm quickly becomes a nightmare where evil and unbelievable happenings seem to threaten his life.”
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CoralineSeries
series2 books2002
Portal fantasy, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.
“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
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Start with Coraline →
The Dark Is RisingSeries
series5 books1965
Mythic fantasy, adventurous in tone.
“The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising.”
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Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →
BreatheNovel
Cliff McNishstandalone novel2006
Ghost stories, about survival and grief and loss.
“Twelve-year-old Jack, suffering from chronic asthma, has just moved into the old house with his widowed mother, and discovers that the Ghost Mother wants him to herself.”
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Lockwood & Co.Series
series6 books2013
Ghost stories, about monster hunting and friendship, set in big city.
Start with The Screaming Staircase →
The Ocean at the End of the LaneNovel
Neil Gaimanstandalone novel2013
Dark fantasy, about fae, set in our world.
“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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