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Ray Bradburystandalone novel1972

Fantasy and adventure, about grief and loss, set in contemporary.

“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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Bod OwensSeries

series3 books2007

Fantasy and dark fantasy, set in contemporary 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.”
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Start with The Witch's Headstone →

Five Children UniverseSeries

series27 books1902

completed

Fantasy, set in early 20th century and british isles.

“Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation.”
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Start with Five Children and It →

Jungle BookUniverse

universe44 books1893

Adventure, adventurous in tone, set in 19th century and jungle.

“The Law of the Jungle is older than any animal reciting it, and a naked man-cub who wandered into a wolf den at dusk will have to learn every clause of it.”
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Start with The Jungle Book →

includes The Jungle Books

Johnny Dixon and the ProfessorSeries

series13 books1983

Gothic, eerie in tone, set in north america and contemporary.

“In each book, 12-year-old Johnny and his group of friends face and overcome evil forces usually bent on ending the world.”
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Start with The Curse of the Blue Figurine →

Lewis BarnaveltSeries

series12 books1973

Fantasy, eerie in tone, set in north america and contemporary.

“Lewis Barnavelt is a lonely orphan who moves in with his uncle Jonathan, an amateur wizard, in a rambling old house that turns out to hide a doomsday clock built into its walls by a previous, malevolent owner.”
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Start with The House with a Clock in Its Walls →

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