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Bod OwensSeries
series3 books2007
Fantasy and dark fantasy, set in our world and 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 →
Tuck EverlastingNovel
Natalie Babbittstandalone novel1975
Fantasy, about immortality, set in north america and countryside & village.
Nightmare at the Book FairNovel
Dan Gutmanstandalone novel2008
Fantasy, about transported to another world and books and reading, set in our world.
The Halloween TreeNovel
Ray Bradburystandalone novel1972
Fantasy, about friendship and grief and loss, set in our world.
“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.”
from the catalogue
Good OmensSeries
series2 books1990
Fantasy, funny in tone, about prophecy, set in british isles.
Start with Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch →
A String in the HarpNovel
Nancy Bondstandalone novel1976
Fantasy, about grief and loss, set in our world and british isles.