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BoggartSeries
series3 books1993
Fantasy, lighthearted and whimsical in tone, about fae, set in contemporary and british isles.
“Cooper, best known for The Dark Is Rising sequence, writes here in a lighter fantasy-adventure register.”
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Philippa FisherSeries
series3 books2008
Set in our world.
“Embarrassed by her free-spirited parents and lonely when her best friend moves away, a self-conscious eleven-year-old girl named Philippa summons a wish-granting fairy godmother, with unexpected results.”
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Start with Philippa Fisher's Fairy Godsister →
The Fairy RebelNovel
Lynne Reid Banksstandalone novel1985
Fairy tale retelling, set in fairyland.
“A rebellious fairy named Tiki, already in trouble for breaking the rule against wearing jeans, risks the further wrath of the Fairy Queen by trying to fulfill a human's special request for help.”
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Fog MagicNovel
Julia L. Sauerstandalone novel1943
Portal fantasy, about transported to another world and coming of age, set in north america.
“A Nova Scotian girl's love of the fog brings her happy adventures in a village lost for a hundred years”
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The Ogre DownstairsNovel
Diana Wynne Jonesstandalone novel1974
Funny in tone, about coming of age and family secrets, set in our world.
“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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Eight Days of LukeNovel
Diana Wynne Jonesstandalone novel1975
Mythic fantasy, about gods and coming of age.