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Dragon Rider
by Cornelia Funk |
After learning that humans are headed toward his hidden
home, Firedrake, a silver dragon, is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy
in a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven,
encountering friendly and unfriendly creatures along the way, and
struggling to evade the relentless pursuit of an old enemy. |
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Gregor the Overlander
by Suzanne Collins |
When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister
are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle
involving men, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest
foretold by ancient prophecy. |
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Children of the Red King
(Charlie Bone)
by 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. |
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The Keys to the Kingdom
Series
by Garth Nix |
Arthur's life is saved by a key shaped like the minute
hand of a clock, but bizarre creatures from another realm are determined
to take the key even if it means killing him. |
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Amulet of Samarkand
by 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. |
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The Anybodies
by N.E. Bode |
After learning that she is not the biological daughter
of boring Mr. and Mrs. Drudger, Fern embarks on magical adventures with
her real father and finally finds "a place that feels like
home." |
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Artemis Fowl
by Eoin Colfer |
When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his
family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the
fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty
troll. |
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