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Ma and Pa DraculaNovel
Ann M. Martinstandalone novel1989
Humor.
“A fourth grader discovers that his adoptive parents are vampires and tries to convince them to let him go to school and have human friends.”
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The Ogre DownstairsNovel
Diana Wynne Jonesstandalone novel1974
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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Bod OwensSeries
series3 books2007
Dark fantasy, bittersweet in tone, about 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 →
FledglingNovel
Octavia E. Butlerstandalone novel2005
Science fiction, dark in tone, about race and racism.
Black and Blue MagicNovel
Zilpha Keatley Snyderstandalone novel1966
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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Magic ShopSeries
series7 books1982
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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Start with The Monster's Ring →