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Septimus Heap Book 1
by Angie Sage
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by Frances Hardinge
Published Oct 2012
Read ReviewsIn the eagerly awaited sequel to Fly by Night, acclaimed storyteller Frances Hardinge returns to a vivid world rich with humor, danger, and discovery.
by Ingrid Law
Published Mar 2010
Read ReviewsFor generations, the Beaumont family has harbored a magical secret. They each possess a savvy a special supernatural power that strikes when they turn thirteen. Grandpa Bomba moves mountains, her older brothers create hurricanes and spark electricity and now its the eve of Mibs big day.
Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos
by Robin L. LaFevers
Published May 2008
Read ReviewsTheodosia Throckmorton has her hands full at the Museum of Legends and Antiquities in London. Her father may be the head curator, but it is Theoand only Theowho is able to see all the black magic and ancient curses that still cling to the artifacts in the museum.
by Cornelia Funke
Published May 2005
Read ReviewsA dragon. A boy. A journey. Together, they embark on a magical journey to find the legendary place where silver dragons can live in peace for ever, with only a curious map and the whispered memories of an old dragon to guide them.
by Peter Dickinson
Published Feb 2005
Read ReviewsWhen Alfredo, a twelve-year-old boy in eighteenth-century Italy, loses his family in a fire, he goes to live with Uncle Giorgio - a sorcerer in control of the fires of Mt. Etna who has sinister plans for his nephew.
by Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell
Published Jun 2004
Read Reviews'In poetic prose, Stewart and Riddell invent the magical realm that culminates at the Edge. The narrative will cast a spell over readers from the beginning with its utterly odd, off-kilter sense of logic and a vocabulary that is equal parts Dr. Seuss and Lewis Carroll'. Ages 10+.
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