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  • Cover of The Halloween Tree
    The Halloween TreeNovel

    Ray Bradbury · standalone novel · 1972

    Adventure, about coming of age and 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 Bod Owens
    Bod OwensSeries

    series · 3 books · 2007

    Dark fantasy, about coming of age and found family, set in 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.”

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    Start with The Witch's Headstone →

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  • Cover of Magic Shop
    Magic ShopSeries

    series · 7 books · 1982

    About coming of age.

    “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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    Start with The Monster's Ring →

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  • Cover of 43 Old Cemetery Road
    43 Old Cemetery RoadSeries

    series · 7 books · 2009

    Humor, funny in tone, set in north america.

    “The author of best-selling children's fiction series Ghost Tamer sets out to write volume 13, after 20 years in retirement or writers block.”

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    Start with Dying to Meet You →

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  • Cover of Good Omens
    Good OmensSeries

    series · 2 books · 1990

    Humor, funny in tone, about prophecy, set in british isles.

    Start with Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch →

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  • Cover of The Island of Dr. Libris
    The Island of Dr. LibrisNovel

    Chris Grabenstein · standalone novel · 2015

    Portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age.

    “Billy’s spending the summer in a lakeside cabin that belongs to the mysterious Dr. Libris.”

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