Lloyd Alexander
K.A. Applegate
Everworld (Series)
The place where Gods, dragons,
wizards, and other mythological
creatures call home
Seventh Grade and up
T.A. Barron
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.
5th Grade and up
James R. Berry
Magicians of Erianne
Ronan, a young boy with no memory and
strong magical powers,is sent on a quest
to retrieve the stolen sword Excalibur from
Morgan Le Fey.
Seventh Grade and up
Franny Billingsley
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.
5th Grade and up
Dia Calhoun
Firegold
Ousted by the brown-eyed Valley folk because he is different,
thirteen-year-old Jonathon Brae sets out on a dangerous
journey to learn his true identity among the
Dalriada people of the Red Mountains.
6th Grade and up
Robert Cormier
Fade
Paul Moreaux, the thirteen-year-old son of French Canadian
immigrants, inherits the ability to become invisible,
but this power soon leads to death and destruction.
8th Grade and up
David Clement-Davis
Princess Nevermore
When a fifteen-year-old Mandrian princess makes a wish
in a wizard's circle, she winds up on Earth alone and
without the ability and desire to return to home.
5th Grade and up
Diane Duane
Deep Wizardry
During a summer vacation at the beach, thirteen-year-old
wizard Nita and her friend Kit assist the
whale-wizard S'reee in combating an evil power.
7th Grade and up
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Just Ella
In this continuation of the Cinderella story,
fifteen-year-old Ella finds that accepting Prince Charming's
proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules
and royal etiquette, so she plots to escape.
5th Grade and up
Victoria Hanley
The Seer and the Sword
Princess Torina, who has the ability to see the future,
and her friend Landen, who seeks a sword that belongs to
his conquered kingdom, are separated when
a treacherous murderer gains power, but from exile
each works to restore peace and the rightful rulers.
6th Grade and up
Eva Ibbotson
Island of the Aunts
As they get older, several sisters decide that they
must kidnap children and bring them to their secluded
island home to help with the work of caring for an
assortment of unusual sea creatures.
5th Grade and up
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.
5th Grade and up
Which Witch?
Deciding that he must sire a child to
carry on his tradition of Loathing Light and
Blighting the Beautiful, the Great Wizard Arriman
announces a competition among the
witches of Todcaster, one of whom will marry him.
5th Grade and up
Brian Jacques
Redwall (Series)
A series of fantasy books set in Redwall Abbey, a peaceful place
founded by a warrior mouse named Martin.
7th Grade and up
Dianna Wynne Jones
Dark Lord of Derkholm
Derk, an unconventional wizard, and his magical family
become involved in a plan to put a stop to the
devastating tours of their world arranged by the
tyrannical Mr. Chesney.
7th Grade and up
Patrice Kindl
Owl in Love
A fourteen-year-old girl, who can transform into an owl at will,
discovers interesting new relationships with both
humans and owls when she develops a crush on her
science teacher
5th Grade and up
Mercedes Lackey
The River's Gift
Fifteen-year-old Ariella uses her magic healing abilities to
treat hurt and sick animals in a nearby forest.
6th Grade and up
Gail Carson Levine
Ella Enchanted
In this novel based on the story of
Cinderella, Ella struggles against the
childhood curse that forces
her to obey any order given to her.
5th Grade and up
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 a
nd her popularity will vanish.
5th Grade and up
Madeleine L'Engle
A Wrinkle in Time
Meg and her friends are spirited to
another world by three extra-terrestrial beings
where they find her father and undergo many
adventures and terrors before they free him.
5th Grade and up
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Many Waters
The fifteen-year-old Murry twins, Sandy and
Dennys, are accidentally sent back to a strange
Biblical time period, in which mythical beasts
roam the desert and a man named Noah is building
a boat in preparation for a great flood.
6th Grade and up
Ursula K. Le Guin
Tanith Lee
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.
7th Grade and up
Donna Jo Napoli
Beast
Elaborates on the tale of Beauty and the Beast,
told from the point of view of the beast
and set in Persia.
6th Grade and up
Crazy Jack
In this version of the traditional tale of the
young boy who climbs a beanstalk, Jack
searches for his father, falls in love with Flora,
and learns the value of real treasure.
6th Grade and up
Sirena
The gods grant immortality to the mermaid
Sirena when she rescues a human man from
the sea and they fall in love, but his mortality
creates great conflict between love and honor
when he is called to defend Greece
in the Trojan War.
7th Grade and up
Zel
Based on the fairy tale Rapunzel,
the story is told in alternating chapters
from the point of view of Zel, her mother,
and the prince, and delves into the
psychological motivations
of the characters.
6th Grade and up
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Sang Spell
When his mother is killed in an
automobile accident, high-schooler Josh
decides to hitchhike across country, and
finds himself trapped in a mysterious
village somewhere in the Appalachian
Mountains, among a group of people
who call themselves Melungeons.
5th Grade and up
Garth Nix
Shade's Children
In a savage postnuclear world, four young
fugitives attempt to overthrow the bloodthirsty
rule of the Overlords with the help
of Shade, their mysterious mentor.
7th Grade and up
Tamora Pierce
Circle of Magic (Series)
Protector of the Small (Series)
The Song of the Lioness (Series)
Philip Pullman
Dark Materials (Series)
Dian Curtis Regan
Princess Nevermore
When a fifteen-year-old Mandrian princess
makes a wish in a wizard's circle, she winds up
on Earth alone and without the ability and
desire to return to home.
5th Grade and up
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter (Series)
Sherwood Smith
Crown and Court Duel (Series)
Wren's Quest
J.R.R. Tolkien
Kate Thompson
Switchers
When freakish weather grips the Arctic regions and
moves southward, an Irish girl and her strange companion
save the world from disaster through their ability to
switch into animal forms.
5th Grade and up
Midnight Choice
Tess, who has the ability to change into animal form,
must choose between good and evil as she tries
to decide whether to Switch into a phoenix
or a vampire for the rest of time.
5th Grade and up
Wild Blood
Shortly before she turns fifteen and loses
the power to "Switch," Tess spends time
with her cousins in the Irish countryside
trying out different animal forms,
but when her cousins disappear in the woods
she must face her fears to save them.
6th Grade and up
Megan Whalen Turner
The Queen of Attolia
Forsaken by the gods and left to his own
devices, Eugenides, Royal Thief of Eddis,
summons all his wit and wiles in an
attempt to conquer the rival Queen of Attolia.
7th Grade and up
The Thief
Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the
adventure which takes him to a remote
temple of the gods where he will attempt
to steal a precious stone.
6th Grade and up
Cynthia Voigt
Jackaroo
When hard times among the People revive the old stories
of the hero Jackaroo, an innkeeper's daughter follows her
own quest to unlock the secret reality behind the legend
6th Grade and up
Patricia Wrede
The Enchanted Forest Chronicles
(Series)
Lawrence Yep
Dragon Steel
To free her clan from slavery at underwater forges, the
dragon princess Shimmer and her human companion Thorn
combat the Dragon King's jealousy and treachery.
7th Grade and up
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