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  • Cover of Artemis Fowl
    Artemis FowlSeries

    series · 15 books · 2001

    Adventurous in tone.

    “As of 2013, the novels have sold more than 21 million copies in 44 languages, and are one of the best-selling series of all time.”

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  • Cover of The Halloween Tree
    The Halloween TreeNovel

    Ray Bradbury · standalone novel · 1972

    Adventure, whimsical in tone, about 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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  • Cover of Magic Shop
    Magic ShopSeries

    series · 7 books · 1982

    Fantasy, about coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.

    “Bruce Coville's Magic Shop books each send a different kid into Mr. Elives's strange antique shop, where an ordinary-looking item turns out to carry real magic and consequences.”

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    The Ocean at the End of the LaneNovel

    Neil Gaiman · standalone novel · 2013

    Dark fantasy, eerie in tone, set in countryside & village.

    “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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    The Ogre DownstairsNovel

    Diana Wynne Jones · standalone novel · 1974

    Whimsical in tone, about family secrets, set in british isles.

    “When a disagreeable man with two boys marries a widow with three children, family adjustments are complicated by two magic chemistry sets which cause strange things to happen around the house.”

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    Black and Blue MagicNovel

    Zilpha Keatley Snyder · standalone novel · 1966

    Whimsical in tone.

    “Twelve-year-old Harry Houdini Marco is awkward and clumsy, bearing little resemblance to his magician namesake, until he acquires the gift of flight.”

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