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series3 books2007

Dark fantasy, bittersweet in tone, about found family.

“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.”
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The Magician TrilogySeries

series3 books1986

Mythic fantasy.

“The stories are inspired by Welsh mythology, with elements borrowed from Mabinogion.”
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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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Fire and HemlockNovel

Diana Wynne Jonesstandalone novel1984

Mythic fantasy, about fae and amnesia.

SkelligNovel

David Almondstandalone novel1998

Emotional in tone, about friendship.

“In the U.S., it was a runner up for the Michael L. Printz Award, which recognises one work of young adult fiction annually.”
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ElidorNovel

Alan Garnerstandalone novel1965

Portal fantasy, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Set primarily in modern Manchester, it features four English children who enter a fantasy world, fulfill a quest there, and return to find that the enemy has followed them into our world.”
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