Fantasy
The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe
C. S. (Clive Staples) Lewis
jFICTION Lewis, C. S.
Kids, Classics, Fantasy
Four English school children enter the magic land of Narnia through the back of a wardrobe and assist Aslan, the golden lion, in defeating the White Witch who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
Dragon pearl
Yoon Ha Lee
jFICTION Lee, Yoon Ha
Kids, Fantasy
Min, a thirteen-year-old girl with fox-magic, stows away on a battle cruiser and impersonates a cadet in order to solve the mystery of what happened to her older brother in the Thousand World Space Forces.
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The tale of Despereaux : being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup and a spool of thread
Kate DiCamillo
jFICTION DiCamillo, Kate
Kids, Fantasy
The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
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A tale of magic...
Chris Colfer
jFICTION/Colfer, Eoin
Fantasy
Fourteen-year-old Brystal Evergreen risks everything by opposing her kingdom's repression of women, but Madame Weatherberry, seeing her potential, invites her to a school where she hopes to change the world's perception of magic.
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Aru Shah and the song of death
Roshani Chokshi
jFICTION Chokshi, Roshani
Kids, Fantasy
Accused of stealing the god of love's bow and arrow, Aru has ten days to find the real thief or risk being kicked out of the Otherworld.
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The storm runner
Jennifer Cervantes
jFICTION Cervantes, Jennifer
Kids, Fantasy
To prevent the Mayan gods from battling each other and destroying the world, thirteen-year-old Zane must unravel an ancient prophecy, stop an evil god, and discover how the physical disability that makes him reliant on a cane also connects him to his father and his ancestry.
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The girl who drank the moon
Kelly Regan Barnhill
jFICTION Barnhill, Kelly Regan
Kids, Fantasy
"An epic fantasy about a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her"--
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Tuck everlasting
Natalie Babbitt
jFICTION Babbitt, Natalie
Kids, Fantasy, Historical Fiction
The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older.
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Three mages and a margarita : The Guild Codex: Spellbound Series, Book 1
Annette Marie
Broke, almost homeless, and recently fired. Those are my official reasons for answering a wanted ad for a skeevy-looking bartender gig. It went downhill the moment they asked me to do a trial shift instead of an interview—to see if I'd mesh with their "special" clientele. I think that part went great. Their customers were complete dickheads, and I was an asshole right back. That's the definition of fitting in, right? I expected to get thrown out on my ass. Instead, they… offered me the job? It turns out this place isn't a bar. It's a guild. And the three cocky guys I drenched with a margarita during my trial? Yeah, they were mages. Either I'm exactly the kind of takes-no-shit bartender this guild needs, or there's a good reason no one else wants to work here. So what's a broke girl to do? Take the job, of course—with a pay raise. --Amazon.com
I discovered the Guild Codex: Spellbound Series only about two weeks ago, and since them I'm already on the third audiobook. This series has so much action! I imagine it'd be like a Harry Potter but for adults. Mages who can control different elemental magic, mythical creatures, and epic battles. The heroine is a human who is trying to scrape by in fit in. Expect a side of romance with this book, too. -Melody
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