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Part 1
All books can be found by the author's last name in the Juvenile Fiction area unless noted on the booklist.
- Alexander, Lloyd.
- THE ARKADIANS.
To escape the wrath of the king and his wicked soothsayers, an honest young man joins with a poet-turned jackass and a young girl with mystical powers on a series of epic adventures.
- GYPSY RIZKA.
Living alone in her wagon on the outskirts of a small town while waiting for her father's return, Rizka, a Gypsy and a trickster, exposes the ridiculous foibles of some of the townspeople.
- THE IRON RING.
Driven by his sense of "dharma," or honor, young King Tamar sets off on a perilous journey, with a significance greater than he can imagine, during which he meets talking animals, villainous and noble kings, demons, and the love of his life.
- Amato, Mary.
- THE WORD EATER.
Lerner Chanse, a new student at Cleveland Park Middle School, finds a worm that magically makes things disappear, and she hopes it will help her fit in, or get revenge, at her hated school.
- Baker, E.D.
- DRAGON'S BREATH.
Having recovered their human shape, Emeralda and Eadric try to help Aunt Grassina find the special objects needed to break the spell that turned Grassina's true love, Haywood, into an otter.
- Banks, Lynne Reid.
- THE FAIRY REBEL.
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.(Paperback) (Large Type)
- THE INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD.
A nine-year-old boy received a plastic Indian, a cupboard and a little key for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventures when the Indian comes to life in the cupboard and befriends him.
- THE RETURN OF THE INDIAN.
A year after he sends his Indian friend, Little Bear, back into the magic cupboard, Omri decides to bring him back, only to find that he is close to death and in need of help. Sequel to The Indian in the Cupboard.
- Barrie, J.M.
- PETER PAN.
How Wendy, John, and Michael flew with Peter Pan, the boy who never grew up, to adventures in Never-Never Land with pirates, redskins, and the bad-tempered fairy Tinker Bell.
- Barron, T.A.
- THE FIRES OF MERLIN.
"Book three of 'The lost years of Merlin'." Having voyaged to the Otherworld in his quest to find himself, the young wizard Merlin must face fire in many different forms and deal with the possibility of losing his own magical power.
- THE LOST YEARS OF MERLIN.
A young boy who has no identity nor memory of his past washes ashore on the coast of Wales and finds his true name after a series of fantastic adventures.
- THE MERLIN EFFECT.
When she joins her father and several others investigating a strange whirpool and possible sunken treasure ship off the coast of Baja California, thirteen-year-old Kate is drawn into a centuries-old conflict between Merlin and the evil Nimue.
- THE MIRROR OF MERLIN.
Through adventures involving a haunted marsh, talking trees, and the creature called the ballymag, the young wizard Merlin continues to experience both his growing powers and his essential humanity.
- THE SEVEN SONGS OF MERLIN.
Having stumbled upon his hidden powers, the young wizard Merlin voyages to the Otherworld in his quest to find himself and the way to the realm of the spirit.
- THE WINGS OF MERLIN.
Merlin's fragile home on the isle of Fincayra is threatened by the attack of a mysterious warrior with swords for arms and by the escape of Stangmar from his imprisonment, as Merlin continues to move toward his ultimate destiny.
- Baum, L. Frank.
- THE WIZARD OF OZ.
The adventures of Dorothy, who, with her little dog, Toto, is taken by a cyclone from her farm in Kansas to the wonderful Land of Oz, where she meets the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly lion, and finally the Wonderful Wizard himself.
- THE LAND OF OZ.
Young Tip runs away from his guardian, the witch Mombi, taking with him Jack Pumpkinhead and the wooden Sawhorse, and flees to the Emerald City, where he learns the incredible secret of his past.
- DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD IN OZ.
Dorothy and the Wizard are sucked into the center of the Earth, and together they make their way back to Oz, dodging grim perils on a hazard-filled journey.
- THE ROAD TO OZ.
Dorothy and the Shaggy Man inexplicably find themselves in Oz where they meet Polychrome, the abandoned daughter of the Rainbow, and a host of others on their way to Ozma's lavish birthday party.
- THE EMERALD CITY OF OZ.
The wicked Nome King, who plots to conquer Oz and enslave its people, prepares to invade the Emerald City just as Dorothy and her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry arrive there.
- THE PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ.
Scarps, the Patchwork Girl, is brought to life and the Munchkin boy Ojo sets out on a quest to find the magical cure that will release his Unc Nunkie from a spell that has turned him into a marble statue.
- TIK-TOK OF OZ.
An army of girls headed by Ann, the Queen of Oogaboo, the smallest and poorest kingdom in Oz which has just 18 subjects, decides to conquer the Land of Oz and set up Ann as Ruler in Ozma's place. But Betsy Bobbin and the Shaggy Man decide to oppose them, with the help of Tik-Tok, a clockworkman.
- THE SCARECROW OF OZ.
Trot and Cap'n Bill land safely in Oz after the Scarecrow saves them from a dreadful fate in a great whirlpool, and they visit a cavern under the sea, where they meet a strange winged creature called an Ork.
- RINKITINK IN OZ.
Prince Inga, a boy hero, Dorothy, and many other characters wander a long way from the Land of Oz before they all assemble in the Emerald City to take part in Ozma's banquet.
- THE LOST PRINCESS OF OZ.
The giant Frogman fights the evil villian Ugu and searches for Ozma of Oz.
- THE TIN WOODMAN OF OZ.
With the help of Woot the Wanderer, Nick Chopper, who is the Tin Woodman, finds the pretty Muchkin girl to whom he was engaged before the Wicked Witch enchanted his axe and he traded his flesh for tin.
- THE MAGIC OF OZ.
The remarkable adventures of Dorothy, Trot, and the Wizard of Oz in their successful search for a magical birthday present for Princess Ozma of Oz.
- GLINDA OF OZ.
Ozma discovers in Glinda's Great Book of Records that the Skeezers have declared war on the Flatheads, and she decides that it is her duty to bring about peace. She and Dorothy journey north and are imprisoned by the Skeezers until Glinda herself saves them.
- THE FOLLOWING OZ BOOKS WERE WRITTEN BY RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON AFTER THE DEATH OF L. FRANK BAUM. HOWEVER, THEY ARE SHELVED UNDER BAUM.
- THE ROYAL BOOK OF OZ.
The Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the long lost Emperor of the Silver Island, and how he was rescued by Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion.
- KABUMPO IN OZ.
Kabumpo, an elegant elephant, Prince Pompa, and Peg Amy, a charming wooden doll, have strange adventures with a box of magic, and meet up with the wicked old Nome King.
- THE COWARDLY LION OF OZ.
An "Oz" book about the Cowardly Lion and the people who were hunting him down.
- GRAMPA IN OZ.
An adventure featuring an old soldier called Grampa, a young prince named Tatters, a lost Princess, and a weather cock named Bill.
- THE LOST KING OF OZ.
The King of Oz is lost and Snip, the little Button Boy, Pajuka, the goose, Kabumpo, and Mombi all help to find him.
- THE HUNGRY TIGER OF OZ.
Betsy Bobbin and the Hungry Tiger have exciting adventures with a new prince, a vegetable man, giants, and many other unusual characters.
- THE GIANT HORSE OF OZ.
The prince of the Ozue Isles and Trot gallop off on a high horse and have adventures with a wicked soothsayer, a man in a bottle, the Shutter Faces, and other strange creatures, and are on hand when the lost queen returns.
- Beaverson, Aiden.
- THE HIDDEN ARROW OF MAETHER.
When she runs away from her cruel stepfather rather than be married off to a follower of the evil Rane, Linn begins to discover her own special gift and wonder if she might be one of the lysefolk, followers of the Great One about whom she has only read.
- Berger, Barbara Helen.
- GWINNA.
Having grown a pair of wings and felt the longing for the freedom of the skies, 12-year-old Gwinna goes to the Mother of the Owls, who sends her on a quest to find the songs of the wind.
- Billingsley, Franny.
- THE FOLK KEEPER.
Orphan Corinna disguises herself as a boy to pose as a Folk Keeper, one who keeps the Evil Folk at bay, and discovers her heritage as a seal maiden when she is taken to live with a wealthy family in their manor by the sea .
- WELL WISHED.
In a time of dire need, eleven-year-old Nuria tries to outwit the magical wishing well in her mysterious mountain village.
- Birdseye, Tom.
- THE EYE OF THE STONE.
When he is pulled into another world called Timmra, Jackson finds he must fight the horrible monster Baen and unite two warring peoples, the Faron and the Yakonan.
- Bomans, Godfried.
- ERIC IN THE LAND OF THE INSECTS.
Nine-year-old Eric enters a landscape painting on his bedroom wall and discovers a world of meadow insects startingly similar to his own world.
- Bradshaw, Gillian.
- THE DRAGON AND THE THIEF.
In ancient Egypt an unlucky man meets a wealthy dragon and together they find dangerous but exciting adventure.
- Brittain, Bill.
- WINGS.
When twelve-year-old Ian grows an unsightly pair of wings, he becomes an embarrassment to his politically ambitious father and must look for help from class outcast Anita and her eccentric mother.
- Britton, Susan.
- THE TREEKEEPERS.
Searching for her father, Bird joins three other children, Issie, Dren, and Stoke, on a journey to the Kingdom of Wen to overthrow the evil Lord Rendarren.
- Chetwin, Grace.
- THE CHIMES OF ALYAFALEYN.
Into Alyafaleyn, where harmony is kept by the chimes called heynim that people draw to them throughm the air, are born two special people--Tamborel, who cannot attract heynim, and Caldrun, who has great power over them.
- THE RIDDLE AND THE RUNE.
Gom sets forth to seek his destiny, discovering that he has new powers and a gift for making friends such as the magnificent horse, Stormfleet, who accompanies him through many adventures.
- THE STARSTONE.
Apprenticed to a wizard, Gom begins to learn how to use the powers that help destroy the evil Katak and recover the last emerald Seal. Sequel to: The riddle and the rune.
- Christian, Peggy.
- THE BOOKSTORE MOUSE.
A mouse living in an antiquarian bookstore learns the true power of words when he literally falls into a medieval tale and help defeat the dragon censor.
- Collins, Suzanne.
- GREGOR THE OVERLANDER.
When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange undeground world, they trigger an epic battle foretold by an ancient prophecy.
- Cooper, Susan.
- THE DARK IS RISING.
On his eleventh birthday Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the six magical Signs that will enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark. (Paperback)
- THE GREY KING.
Will Stanton, visiting in Wales, is swept into a desperate quest to find the golden harp and to awaken the ancient Sleepers. (Newbery Award winner)
- Coville, Bruce.
- JEREMY THATCHER, DRAGON HATCHER.
Small for his age but artistically talented, 12-year-old Jeremy Thatcher unknowingly buys a dragon's egg.
- SONG OF THE WANDERER.
Having jumped into Luster, the land of unicorns, Cara makes a perilous journey to bring back her grandmother, the Wanderer, in order to release the Queen of the unicorns and allow her to die.
- JENNIFER MURDLEY'S TOAD.
When an ordinary looking fifth grader purchases a talking toad, she embarks on a series of extraordinary adventures.
- Curry, Jane Louise.
- THE EGYPTIAN BOX.
Tee is happy to find that the ancient Egyptian box she inherits holds a spirit who will serve her, until she notices changes in her servant's appearance and behavior.
- Dahl, Roald.
- THE BFG.
Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.
- CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY.
Poverty-stricken Charlie Bucket finds the last golden ticket and wins a fabulous day at Willie Wonka's extraordinary chocolate factory.
- GEORGE'S MARVELOUS MEDICINE.
George decides that his grumpy, selfish old grandmother must be a witch and concocts some marvelous medicine to take care of her. (Paperback)
- JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH.
James is miserable living with his two cruel aunts until some wonderful magic seeds change his life and produce an enormous peach, which becomes a home for him and some oversized insects, and ends with a fantastic air trip to New York.
- David, Lawrence.
- HORACE SPLATTLY: THE CUPCAKED CRUSADER.
When his little sister's magic cupcakes transform him into a flying, fire-breathing superhero, ten-year-old Horace Splattly has adventures that include confronting the monster at the school playground.
- Dawnay, Romayne.
- THE CHAMPIONS OF APPLEDORE.
Hoping to rid their town of wolves, Tom the Boy and Sir Pomfrey hire a sick dragon who is no longer at the height of his powers.
- DeVita, James.
- BLUE.
Seeking freedom from his restrictive home and school life, Morgan, using his own powers, becomes a magnificent fish- the blue marlin.
- Dexter, Catherine.
- A IS FOR APPLE, W IS FOR WITCH.
Ten-year-old Apple, who can't wait to be a witch like her mother, tries to use a spell to teach perky Barnaby a lesson and gets into serious trouble.
- Doyle, Debra.
- GROOGLEMAN.
When thirteen-year-old Dan journeys to the Dead Lands to rescue the village healer kidnapped by the groogleman, he discovers strange things about himself and the world.
- Duane, Diane.
- HIGH WIZARDRY.
When her younger sister uses the family computer with its special wizard software to travel to worlds lights years away, Nita uses her Wizardry to try and find her.
- A WIZARD ABROAD.
Sent on vacation to her aunt's home in Ireland, teenage wizard Nita becomes entangled in a magic battle to save the country from the ghosts of its past.
- A WIZARD ALONE.
While Nita mourns her mother's death, teenage wizard Kit and his dog Ponch set out to find a young autistic boy who vanished in the middle of his Ordeal, pursued by the Lone Power.
- THE WIZARD'S DILEMMA.
Teenage wizard Nita travels to other universes to find a cure for her mother, who has brain cancer.
- DuPrau, Jeanne.
- THE CITY OF EMBER.
In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.
- Eager, Edward.
- HALF MAGIC.
Faced with a dull summer in the city, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha suddenly find themselves involved in a series of extraordinary adventures after Jane discovers an ordinary-looking coin that seems to grant wishes. Sequel to: Magic by the lake.
- KNIGHT'S CASTLE.
Four cousins, Roger, Ann, Eliza, and Jack, have an extraordinary summer when, after an old toy soldier comes to life, they find themselves transported back to the days of Robin Hood and Ivanhoe.
- MAGIC BY THE LAKE.
On a vacation with their mother and stepfather, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha find themselves overwhelmed with a lakeful of magical adventures after Mark captures an ancient turtle that seems to have extraordinary powers. Sequel to: Half magic.
- THE TIME GARDEN.
While spending the summer in a house by the sea, four cousins, Roger, Ann, Eliza, and Jack, discover a bank of wild thyme whose magic propels them on a series of adventures back and forth through time. Sequel to: Knight's castle.
- Farber, Erica.
- CIRCLE OF THREE: TALES OF THE NINE CHARMS.
Three young people from different times, each with unique abilities, are drawn together in a desperate effort to defeat the forces of the dark one.
- ISLANDS OF THE BLACK MOON.
Lila embarks on a quest to find her presumed-dead father in this chaotic mix of magic, science, mythology, and fairy tale. After opening the blue bottle she receives from her mysterious great-aunt, the 11-year-old falls into a magical world where she meets all sorts of bizarre creatures, sisnster adults, and a boy who befriends her.
- Ferris, Jean.
- ONCE UPON A MARIGOLD.
A young man with a mysterious past and a penchant for inventing things leaves the troll who raised him, meets an unhappy princess he has loved from afar, and discovers a plot against her and her father.
- Field, Rachel.
- HITTY: HER FIRST HUNDRED YEARS.
America 100 years ago seen through the adventures of a wooden doll. (Newbery Award winner)
- Fine, Anne.
- BAD DREAMS.
Despite her preference for books over friends, Melanie gradually becomes involved with a new classmate and determined to find the reason for her strange behavior.
- Fletcher, Susan.
- DRAGON'S MILK.
Kaeldra, an outsider adopted by an Elythian family when she was young, possesses the power to understand dragons and uses this power to try to save her younger sister, who needs dragon's milk to recover from an illness.
- FLIGHT OF THE DRAGON KYN.
Fifteen-year-old Kara is summoned by King Orrik, who believes she has the power to call down the dragons that have been plundering his realm, and she is caught up in the fierce rivalry between Orrik and his jealous brother Rog.
- SIGN OF THE DOVE.
As the last of the dragon eggs, laid long ago, begin to hatch, Lyf becomes a reluctant friend who tries to save both the dragon mothers and their newly born children from their enemies.
- Foster, Alan Dean.
- THE HAND OF DINOTOPIA.
Will and Sylvia search for the mysterious Hand of Dinotopia, which will supposedly lead to a safe sea route to and from the hidden island where people and dinosaurs live together peacefully. Based on the "Dinotopia" books by James Gurney.
- Gliori, Debi.
- PURE DEAD WICKED.
The Strega-Borgia children accidentally create 500 clones of themselves at the same time that the roof of their Scottish castle falls in, attracting evil contractors who want their home. (Sequel to Pure Dead Magic).
- Gordon, Dann and Zaki.
- DAVIN.
As a child lies ill with fever, the figures of a bugle boy, a blustery sergeant major, a princess, and other toys come to life and search for the mysterious Davin, a powerful figure who can cure the boy.
- Gray, Luli.
- FALCON AND THE CHARLES STREET WITCH.
Twelve-year-old Falcon must find the courage to save the day - and the dragon, Egg - after having a series of magical misadventures caused by her little brother, a distracted old dragon, and a bumbling witch.
- Gray, Margaret.
- THE UGLY PRINCESS AND THE WISE FOOL.
When plain-looking Princess Rose longs for the beauty to snare handsome Prince Parsley, and the wise fool Jasper longs to restore wisdom to the kingdom, they end up working together and find hey must face the magical Godmother Board of Trustees.
- Griffin, Adele.
- WITCH TWINS AT CAMP BLISS.
When the ten-year-old witch twins head for summer camp, Claire is excited and Luna is reluctant, but things do not turn out quite the way either of them expects.
- Griffin, Peni R.
- THE MAZE.
On her first visit to her father's new home, eight-year-old Caroline and her older stepbrother enter a magical painting left by one of her father's art students and find themselves trapped in a maze inhabited by mermaids, minotaurs, and other mythical creatures.
- Gruelle, Johnny.
- PAPER DRAGON.
When Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy set out to help a little girl find her father, they meet up with a mean couple, a paper dragon, and a two-headed dog before ending up at a magic castle.
- Hearne, Betsy.
- WISHES, KISSES, AND PIGS.
After eleven-year-old Louise makes a wish on the first evening star and her brother turns into a pig, she uses wishes, kisses and spells to try to put things right again.
- Hite, Sid.
- ANSWER MY PRAYER.
When the angel Elbol comes down to the land of Korasan to help the forester's sixteen-year-old daughter, Lydia, he finds himself involved in romance, political inrigues, and other escapades.
- Hughes, Carol.
- TOOTS AND THE UPSIDE-DOWN HOUSE.
Toots one day finds herself in an upside-down world, with fairies who are trying to protect her house from evil goblins that want to destroy it along with the stamp collection that Toots thinks her father loved more than he loves her.
- TOOTS UNDERGROUND.
Toots is once again transported to the Upside-Down World, where the fairy inhabitants are desperately trying to defeat the evil waspgnat before it destroys the garden that Toots and the faires share.
- Ibbotson, Eva.
- THE SECRET OF PLATFORM 13.
Odge Gribble, a young hag, accompanies an old wizard, a gentle fey, and a giant ogre on their mission through a magical tunnel from their Island to London to rescue their King and Queen's son who had been stolen as an infant.
- Jacques, Brian.
- LOAMHEDGE.
While a group of adventurers from Redwall seeks out the ancient abbey of Loamhedge in hopes of curing a young haremaid's paralysis, Redwall is besieged by vermin.
- MARIEL OF REDWALL.
The mousemaid Mariel achieves victory at sea for the animals of Redwall Abbey, fighting the savage pirate rat Gabool the Wild, warlord of rodent corsairs.
- MATTIMEO.
Mattimeo, the son of the warrior mouse Matthias, learns to take up the sword and joins the other animal inhabitants of Redwll Abbey in resisting Slager the fox and his band of marauders. Sequel to: Redwall.
- REDWALL.
When the peaceful life in and around ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior which, he is convinced, will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy the enemy.
- Jarvis, Robin.
- THORN OGRES OF HAGWOOD.
The werlings, a peaceful group of forgotten forest creatures whose only magic is the ability to change shapes, are unwittingly drawn into the search for a valuable item stolen from an evil queen many years before.
- Johnston, Thomas.
- THE OGRE DOWNSTAIRS.
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.
- Jones, Diana Wynne.
- YEAR OF THE GRIFFIN.
When Elda, the griffin daughter of the great Wizard Derk, arrives for schooling at the Wizards' University, she encounters new friends, pirates, assassins, worry, sabotage, bloodshed, and magic misused.
- MIXED MAGICS: FOUR TALES OF CHRESTOMANCI.
Four separate incidents test the power of the Chrestomanci, a powerful enchanter with nine lives, to control misuses of magic on various worlds.
- THE MERLIN CONSPIRACY.
Roddy and Nick, two teenagers with magical powers they are just learning to use, find that they must work together to save Roddy's home world of Blest from destruction by power-hungry wizards.
- Jordan, Sherryl.
- THE HUNTING OF THE LAST DRAGON.
In England in 1356, as a monk records his every word, a young peasant tells of his journey with a young Chinese noblewoman to St. Alfric's Cove and the lair of a dragon.
- Juster, Norton.
- THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH.
Milo, a boy who recieves a surprise package of a toll booth, goes off in a toy automobile on a tour of an imaginary country where he meets such things as a huge bee who is a Spelling Bee, a light meal that is all lights, a square meal that is all squares, and a watchdog that has the body of an alarm clock.
- Kay, Elizabeth.
- THE DIVIDE.
While hiking on the Continental Divide of Costa Rica, a young boy with a heart condition falls into a magical otherworld filled with fantastical creatures.
- Kaye, M.M.
- THE ORDINARY PRINCESS.
The most beautiful and gifted princess in the kingdom has a spell put on her at birth that she will be ordinary and then takes matters into her own hands when she grows up to avoid being married to a dreary prince. (Audiobook)
- Kendall, Carol.
- THE GAMMAGE CUP.
A handful of Minnipins, a sober and sedate people, rise up against the Periods, the leading family of an isolated mountain valley, and are exiled to a mountain where they discover that the ancient enemies of their people are preparing to attack.
- THE WHISPER OF GLOCKEN.
Prompted by a terrible flood, a seemingly unheroic group of little people sets out on a quest to restore an ancient treasure and make the valley of the Watercress safe again.
- Kindl, Patrice.
- GOOSE CHASE.
Rather than marry a cruel king or a seemingly dim-witted prince, an enchanted goose girl endures imprisonment, capture by several ogresses, and other dangers before learning exactly what she is.
- Kingsley, Charles.
- WATER BABIES.
The fairies turn Tom, a runaway chimney sweep, into a water baby and he has adventurous experiences with stream and sea dwellers.
- Klaveness, Jan O'Donnell.
- BEYOND THE CELLAR DOOR.
The arrival of their crotchety old grandfather coincides with Jeff and Megan's discovery of a magical Victorian house, which can fulfill their wishes and decorate itself to fit their dreams.
- Kraan, Hanna.
- THE WICKED WITCH IS AT IT AGAIN!
The continuing advenures of a not-quite-so-wicked witch who lives in the forest with an owl, a hare, and a hedgehog.
- Lee, Tanith.
- BLACK UNICORN.
With her talent for mending things, 16-year-old Tanaquil reconstructs a unicorn which, brought to life, lures her away from her desert fortress home and her sorceress mother to find a city by the sea and the way to a perfect world.
- THE WHISPER OF GLOCKEN.
Prompted by a terrible flood, a seemingly unheroic group of little people sets out on a quest to restore an ancient treasure and make the valley of the Watercress safe again.
- WOLF STAR.
On the day of her wedding to Argul, Claidi is kidnapped by armed men in a hot-air-balloon.
- WOLF TOWER.
When a stranger is captured by the Guards of the House and Garden where she has worked all her life as a slave and maid, sixteen-year-old Claidi helps him escape and sets out with him to journey to his home city through the dangerous Waste.
- Levin, Betty.
- THE BANISHED.
Siri, her uncle, and the Furfolk make a perilous journey across the sea to deliver an ice bear to the king as ransom for his lifting the banishment which his grandfather had imposed upon the people of Starkland.
- Levine, Gail Carson.
- ELLA ENCHANTED.
In this novel on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.
- THE FAIRY'S MISTAKE.
In this humorous retelling of a Perrault tale, the fairy Ethelinda rewards one twin sister for good behavior and punishes the other for bad, only to discover that her punishment is more pleasing than her reward.
- THE PRINCESS TEST.
In this humorous retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and the Pea," Lorelei must pass many difficult tests in order to prove that she is a true princess and win the hand of Prince Nicholas.
- THE WISH.
When granted her wish to be the most popular girl in school, Wilma, an eighth grader, forgets that she will graduate in three weeks and her popularity will vanish.
- Levinson, Marilyn.
- RUFUS AND MAGIC RUN AMOK.
When ten-year-old Rufus discovers that he has magical powers like his mother and grandmother, he learns that being a wizard is not quite what he expected.
- Lewis, C.S.
- THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA:
- 1. THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE.
While spending a holiday on an old English estate, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy find their way through the back of a huge wardrobe into a land of talking animals, giants, satyrs, and fauns, ruled by Aslan, a lion, and a wicked queen. Here they help Aslan destroy the spell of the White Witch.
- 2. PRINCE CASPIAN.
The children return to Narnia, and with the help of the great lion Aslan, overthrow the evil Telmarines, save Prince Caspian from his murderous uncle, and restore Caspian, the rightful king, to the throne.
- 3. THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER.
The children embark on an adventure abroad Prince Caspian's magic ship which takes them past islands and sea monsters to the land of Narnia.
- 4. THE SILVER CHAIR.
While seeking Rilian, the missing son of King Caspian, Eustace and Jill encounter talking owls, marchwiggles, underwater earthworms, a witch, and a centaur before they are able to free the underworld from the evil spell
that has been put on it.
- 5. THE HORSE AND HIS BOY.
Shasta the boy and Bree the talking horse plan to escape from Calormen to Narnia. On the way they are joined by a runaway girl and her own talking horse. Their escape becomes a race to reach Narnia ahead of the savage Calormen cavalry and to give warning of the unexpected attack on the king's castle.
- 6. THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW.
With Digory and Polly we are taken back to the dawn of Narnia time and the day when beasts first talked, which was also the day when people from our world first went into Narnia.
- 7. THE LAST BATTLE.
Jill and Eustace, the children from beyond the world's end, come to the aid of young King Tirian in Narnia's last battle with the evil Calormen. King Tirian is overcome but his prison becomes a paradise.
- Loehr, Mallory.
- WATER WISHES.
While staying at the beach for the summer, ten-year-old Polly and her younger brother Sam find a message in a bottle, providing them and their thirteen-year-old brother with exciting and scary adventures.
- Lofting, Hugh.
- THE VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE.
Dr. Dolittle journeys to Spider-monkey Island to try to learn shellfish language. (Newbery Award winner)
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