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Amulet of Samarkand
Author: Jonathan Stroud
Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace. Bartimaeus series. Ages 10-14
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Bella at Midnight
Author: Diane Stanley
The plot of this fast paced novel is based on the story of Cinderella. Diane Stanley embellishes the old story with a brave and handsome prince, magic rings, and assorted relatives, both wicked and funny. Bella is as courageous and resourceful as she is beautiful and saves two kingdoms and many lives. Ages 9-12
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BFG
Author: Roald Dahl
Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant) who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts a plan with him to save the world from nine other man-gobbling giants. Ages 9-12
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Bliss
Author: Kathryn Littlewood
Twelve-year-old Rose Bliss wants to work magic in her family's bakery as her parents do, but when they are called away and Rose and her siblings are left in charge, the magic goes awry and a beautiful stranger tries to talk Rose into giving her the Bliss Cookery Booke. Ages 8-12
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Book of Everything
Author: Guus Kuijer
Thomas can see things no one else can see and records these visions in his 'Book of Everything'. They comfort him and give him strength to finally confront his father and become what he wants to be when he grows up: 'Happy'. Ages 10-13
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Borrowers
Author: Mary Norton
Miniature people live in an old country house and provide for themselves by "borrowing" things from the humans until they are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock. Series. Ages 9-12
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Boy Who Climbed Into the Moon
Author: David Almond
Paul is the kind of kid who sometimes thinks surprising thoughts. The thought he thinks that starts his adventure in this book, is, “sometimes I think the moon is not the moon, but is a hole in the sky.” Paul lives in the basement of a huge apartment building; and the way to the top is the elevator – or as they say in England – the “lift”. This story begins when Paul decides to ride the lift all the way to the very top, floor 29. And beyond that – maybe he can find a way to climb to the moon. Ages 8-11
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Breadcrumbs
Author: Anne Ursu
Hazel and Jack are best friends until an accident with a magical mirror and a run-in with a villainous queen find Hazel on her own, entering an enchanted wood in the hopes of saving Jack's life. Ages 8-12
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Bridge to Never Land
Author: Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Sarah and Aidan begin to decipher a mysterious document that refers to the origins of Peter Pan and are suddenly pursued by a being that can take any form and will stop at nothing to get what it wants from them. Ages 10 & up
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Catwings
Author: Ursula Le Guin
Mrs. Jane Tabby cannot explain why all four of her children have wings, but she does know that the gritty city neighborhood that they live in is too dangerous for Harriet, Thelma, James and Roger. As soon as the kittens demonstrate that they can fly, Mrs. Tabby tells them to fly away, far away from the dangerous city. Though saddened to leave their mother, the siblings do fly away and end up living in the forest, but that has is dangerous too, with owls, coyotes and raccoons. Then one day Harriet meets two children named Hank and Susan, who feed the siblings and care for them without capturing them and their lives take a turn for the better. Series. Ages 7-10
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City of Ice
Author: Laurence Yep
From the islands of Hawaii, Scirye and her loyal companions pursue the villainous Mr. Roland and evil dragon Badik all the way to the city of Nova Hafnia in the icy Arctic Circle, to prevent Roland from obtaining the power to alter the universe. Sequel to City of Fire. Ages 10-12
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Dark Hills Divide: the Land of Elyon
Author: Patrick Carman
Inquisitive twelve-year-old Alexa Daley is spending another summer in the walled town of Bridewell. What are the townspeople so afraid of? As Alexa begins to unravel the truth, she discovers a strange and ancient enchantment -- and exposes a danger that could destroy everything she holds dear. Ages 9-12
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Falcon Quinn and the Black Mirror
Author: Jennifer Finney Boylan
Thirteen-year-old Quinn believes he is fairly normal until he is spirited away from his grandmother's house to the Academy for Monsters, where he leads his new friends in rebelling against the faculty's agenda of suppressing students' true natures. Ages 10-12
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Falling In
Author: Frances O’Roark Dowell
Isabelle Bean opens a closet door and falls into a strange world where children are hiding from a witch. When Isabelle sets off to look for the witch, she makes an amazing discovery. Ages 9-12
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Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian
Author: Michael Rex
Eastwood Elementary has a new student, and he's nothing like the other kids in 3G. Fangbone is a barbarian warrior from another world who’s been charged with the task of keeping a deadly weapon from Skullbania's vilest villain, Venomous Drool! Can Fangbone's new classmates team up to help him triumph over hound-snakes, lava-ferrets, and dirt devils? Ages 7-11
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Ghost on the stairs
Author: Chris Eboch
Thirteen-year-old Jon and his eleven-year-old sister, Tania, are typical kids -- except for the fact that Tania can communicate with ghosts. While filming at an old hotel in Colorado, Jon and Tania find themselves trapped in a ghostly love story that happened more than a century ago. Ages 9-12
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Hero and the Crown
Author: Robin McKinley
Aerin, with the guidance of the wizard Luthe and the help of the Blue Sword, wins the birthright due her as the daughter of the Damarian king and a witchwoman of the mysterious, demon-haunted North. Ages 9-12
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Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms: Magic, Mystery and a Very Strange Adventure
Author: Lissa Evans
As if being small and having S. Horten as his name isn't bad enough, now 10-year-old Stuart is forced to move far away from all his friends. But on his very first day in his new home, Stuart's swept up in an extraordinary adventure: the quest to find his great-uncle Tony--a famous magician who literally disappeared off the face of the earth--and Tony's marvelous, long-lost workshop. Ages 9-12.
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How to Ride a Dragon's Storm
Author: Cressida Crowell
Hiccup, the reluctant Viking hero, has three months, five days, and six hours to discover America, return to Berk, save his father, battle Polarserpents, and win the annual Inter-Tribal Friendly Swimming Race. No problem! Ages 8-12
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Howl's Moving Castle
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl. Ages 9-12
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Igraine the Brave
Author: Cornelia Funke
The daughter of two magicians, twelve-year-old Igraine wants nothing more than to be a knight, and when their castle is attacked by a treacherous neighbor bent on stealing their singing magic books, Igraine has an opportunity to demonstrate her bravery. Ages 8-12
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In a Blink
Author: Kiki Thorpe
In a blink of an eye, four friends are whisked out of their ordinary lives to the most wonderful place of all—Never Land, home to fairies, mermaids . . . and now four lost girls. The girls don't want to leave right away, but Queen Clarion and Tinker Bell have figured out a way for them to get home. Series. Ages 6-9
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Into the Land of the Unicorns
Author: Bruce Coville
Cara meets many wonderful creatures, but the most magnificent of all is Lightfoot, a rebellious young unicorn. Together with her new unicorn friend, a hairy creature named the Dimblethum, and the monkey-like Squijum, Cara sets out to reach the Unicorn Queen before the mysterious man following them does -- and to prevent the destruction of all unicorns. Series. Ages 9-12
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Magic Thief, Book I
Author: Sarah Prineas
Conn should have dropped dead the day he picked Nevery's pocket and stole the wizard's locus magicalicus, a stone used to focus magic and work spells. But for some reason he did not. Astonished and intrigued, Nevery agrees to take Conn on as his apprentice, on the condition that the boy finds a locus stone of his own within a month. But with his wizard lessons and helping Nevery discover who, or what, is stealing the city of Wellmet's magic, time is running out for Conn to find his stone. Sequel: Lost, Magic Thief, Book 2. Ages 9 & up
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Magyk
Author: Angie Sage
Who is Septimus Heap? A lost child? An unlikely hero? A powerful wizard? The Magyk begins here. Series. Ages 9-12
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Midnight for Charlie Bone
Author: Jenny Nimmo
Charlie Bone's life with his widowed mother and two grandmothers undergoes a dramatic change when he discovers that he can hear people in photographs talking. Ages 9-12
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Midnight Zoo
Author: Sonya Hartnett
Two boys, ages 12 and 9, travel at night to avoid the soldiers who attacked their caravan and left them parentless. They carry with them their baby sister and a very small amount of food. One night they find a zoo with many different animals who soon start to talk and tell their stories. Ages 9-12
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Mind if I Read Your Mind?
Author: Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver
It's time for Moorepark Middle School's annual Speak Out Challenge and Billy Broccoli thinks he's got it made. With his best friend Hoover Porterhouse - the ghost with the most - by his side, Billy's got the competition in the bag. Who wouldn't vote for a demonstration on mind reading? Series. Ages 8-12
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Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Author: Kate DiCamillo
Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores him and travels across the country, acquiring new owners and listening to their hopes, dreams, and histories. Ages 7-12
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Mister Monday
Author: Garth Nix
Arthur Penhaligon is supposed to die at a young age, but is saved by a key that is shaped like the minute hand of a clock. A man named Mister Monday will stop at nothing to get the key back. Arthur goes to a mysterious house that only he can see, so that he can learn the truth about himself and the key. Ages 9 – 12.
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Mistress of the Storm: A Verity Gallant tale
Author: M. L. Welsh
After a stranger gives an ancient book to unpopular, twelve-year-old Verity Gallant, she and her new-found friends, Henry and Martha, uncover secrets stirring in the harbor town of Wellow and use them to face a powerful, vengeful witch. Ages 9-12
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Museum of Thieves
Author: Lian Tanner
Goldie, an impulsive and bold twelve-year-old, escapes the oppressive city of Jewel, where children are required to wear guardchains for their protection, and finds refuge in the extraordinary Museum of Dunt, an ever-shifting world where she discovers a useful talent for thievery and mysterious secrets that threaten her city and everyone she loves. Ages 9-12
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Nightshade City
Author: Hilary Wagner
Deep beneath Trillium City, a modern metropolis, lies the Catacombs, a kingdom of rats of extraordinary intelligence and ability. This enthralling animal fantasy, in the classic tradition of Redwall and Watership Down, encompasses timeless themes of honor and loyalty, family ties and lost love, alliances and betrayals. Ages 10-14
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No Passengers Beyond This Point
Author: Gennifer Choldenko
With their house in foreclosure, sisters India and Mouse and brother Finn are sent to stay with an uncle in Colorado until their mother can join them. But when the plane lands, the children are welcomed by cheering crowds to a strange place where each of them has a perfect house and a clock that is ticking down the time. Ages 10 & up
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Ogre of Oglefort
Author: Eva Ibbotson
When the Hag of Dribble, an orphan boy, and a troll called Ulf are sent to rescue a princess from an ogre, it turns out to be far from the routine magical mission they expect. Ages 8-12
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Over Sea, Under Stone
Author: Susan Cooper
Three children on vacation in Cornwall find an ancient manuscript which sends them on a dangerous quest that entraps them in the eternal battle between the forces of the Light and the Dark. Series. Ages 9-12
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Palace of Stone
Author: Shannon Hale
Miri and her Princess Academy friends have been brought to Asland to help the princess Britta prepare for her wedding. But as Miri befriends students who seem sophisticated and exciting she also learns that they have some frightening plans. Torn between loyalty to the princess and her new friends, Miri looks to find her own way in this new place. This sequel picks up where Princess Academy left off. Ages 10 & up
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Peter & the Starcatchers
Author: Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Peter, an orphan boy, and his friend Molly fight off thieves and pirates in order to keep the secret safe away from the diabolical Black Stache and his evil associate Mister Grin. Prequel to: J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan. Series. Ages 9-12
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Phantom Tollbooth
Author: Norton Juster
Finding a car and a tollbooth in his bedroom, Milo drives off to rescue the lost princesses, Rhyme and Reason, aided by the Spelling Bee and a watchdog named Tock. Ages 8 & up
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Rise Of The Darklings
Author: Paul Crilley
After saving a piskie's life, twelve-year-old Emily Snow finds herself in the middle of a centuries-old war between rival fairy factions and a secret society named The Invisible Order. Series. Ages 10-13
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Rogue Crew
Author: Brian Jacques
The murderous and evil Razzid Wearat and his crew of vermin are on a mission to seize Redwall Abbey for themselves, and Abbot Thibb and his Redwallers must defend their home with the help of the hares of the Longpatrol and the Rogue Crew of sea otters. Series. Ages 9-12
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Rowan of Rin
Author: Emily Rodda
Because only he can read the magical map, weak and timid Rowan joins six other villagers to climb a mountain and try to restore their water supply, as fears of a dragon and other horrors threaten to drive them back. Series. Ages 9-12
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Stoneheart
Author: Charlie Fletcher
When twelve-year-old George accidentally decapitates a stone statue in London, England, he falls into a parallel dimension where he must battle ancient "live" statues and solve a dangerous riddle. Ages 9-12
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Tail of Emily Windsnap
Author: Liz Kessler
After finally convincing her mother that she should take swimming lessons, twelve-year-old Emily discovers a terrible and wonderful secret about herself that opens up a whole new world. Series. Ages 9-12
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Tale of Two Castles
Author: Gail Carson Levine
Twelve-year-old Elodie journeys to Two Castles in hopes of studying acting but instead becomes apprentice to a dragon, who teaches her to be observant and use reasoning, thus helping her to uncover who is poisoning the king. Ages 10 & up
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The Colossus Rises
Author: Peter Lerangis
Jack McKinley is an ordinary kid with an extraordinary problem. In a few months, he's going to die. Jack needs to find seven magic loculi that, when combined, have the power to cure him. One problem - the loculi are the relics of a lost civilization and haven't been seen in thousands of years. Ages 9 -12
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The Hero's Guide to Saving your Kingdom
Author: Christopher Healy
The four princes erroneously dubbed Prince Charming and rudely marginalized in their respective fairy tales form an unlikely team when a witch threatens the whole kingdom. Ages 8-12
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The Land of Stories: the wishing spell
Author: Chris Colfer
Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, twins Alex and Conner leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about. But after a series of encounters with witches, wolves, goblins, and trolls, getting back home is going to be harder than they thought. Ages 8-12
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Troubletwisters
Author: Garth Nix
When their house mysteriously explodes and they are sent to live with an unknown relative named Grandma X, twelve-year-old twins Jaide and Jack Shield learn that they are troubletwisters, young Wardens just coming into their powers, who must protect humanity from The Evil trying to break into Earth's dimension. Series. Ages 8-12
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True Meaning of Smekday
Author: Adam Rex
When her mother is abducted by aliens on Christmas Eve (or "Smekday" Eve since the Boov invasion), 11 year-old Tip hops in the family car and heads south to find her and meets an alien Boov mechanic who agrees to help her and save the planet from disaster. Ages 9-12
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Tuesdays at the Castle (Castle Glower #1)
Author: Jessica Day George
Can you imagine living in a home that adds and subtracts whole rooms? This home is a magical castle that makes rooms and changes itself all the time and you can tell how it feels about you by the condition and size of your room! Celine is the castle’s favorite inhabitant and when supposedly caring people arrive to “help” the castle does its best to really help her and her family. Age 8 and up
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Unwanteds
Author: Lisa McMann
In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly Eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths hone their abilities and learn magic. Ages 9-12
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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Author: Grace Lin
Minli, a poor but imaginative girl, buys a magical goldfish from a peddler. When she sets the goldfish free, it tells her a secret that sends her on a journey to change her fortune. This original tale is beautifully told and richly illustrated. Ages 9-12.
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White City
Author: John Claude Bemis
The last (and best!) book in the Clockwork Dark trilogy. Ray, Conker, and their Rambler friends face the Gog and his Machine in a final struggle at the 1893 Chicago Exposition. Ages 9-12
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Wildwood
Author: Colin Meloy
When her baby brother is kidnapped by crows, seventh-grader Prue McKeel ventures into the forbidden Impassable Wilderness--a dangerous and magical forest in the middle of Portland, Oregon--and soon finds herself involved in a war among the various inhabitants. Ages 10 & up
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Wonderstruck
Author: Brian Selznick
Ben longs for the father he has never known while Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. As both children set out alone on desperate quests, Ben’s story is told in words and Rose’s in pictures. Ages 8 & up
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Word Eater
Author: Mary Amato
Lerner Chanse, a new student at Cleveland Park Middle School, finds a worm that magically makes printed words disappear, and she hopes it will help her fit in, or get revenge, at her hated school. Ages 6-8
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