+ Bel
Bellairs, Jon
The
House With a Clock in it's Walls
Dial Press, 1973
A boy goes to live with his uncle in an old mansion that has an old clock in
it's walls that is ticking off the minutes until doomsday.
+ Cam
Cameron, Eleanor
Wonderful
Flight to the Mushroom Planet
Little Brown, 1954
A strange little man inspires two boys to, along with their space ship, find
a small planet near earth and help the inhabitants out of great difficulty.
+ Cam
Cameron, Eleanor
Stowaway
to the Mushroom Planet
Little Brown, 1956
The two boys met in the Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet have a
cousin who stows away on the next flight. The cousin, an unbeliever, is
amazed as to what happens on this visit to the planet of Basidium.
YA PB Cha
Charnas, Suzy McKee
The
Bronze King
Bantam, 1985
When Valentine starts noticing odd things are vanishing from NYC, she
unknowingly summons a wizard from Sorcery Hall. He enlists her help in
fighting against the dreaded Monster of Darkness.
YA Col
Colfer, Eoin
Artemis
Fowl
Hyperion, 2001
When a twelve year old evil wizard tries to restore his families fortune by
capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back
with technology, magic and a very nasty troll.
YA PB Coo
Cooper, Susan
The
Dark is Rising
Aladdin, 1973
Three children set out to find King Arthur's grail, touching off a struggle
between the forces of good and evil, The Light and the Dark.
+ Dah
Dahl, Roald
Matilda
Viking Kestral, 1988
Genius first grader Matilda triumphs over her book hating parents and Miss
Trunchbull, the mean-spirited school principal.
+ Dah
Dahl, Roald
The
Witches
Puffin, 1983
A boy and his grandmother thwart the plans of England's witches to all
children into mice.
+ Enr
Enright, Elizabeth
Gone
Away Lake
Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1990
Patricia and her cousin Julian discover summer adventure in a hidden colony
of forgotten summer houses on the shores of a swampy lake.
+ Lev
Levine, Gail
Ella
Enchanted
Harper Collins, 1997
In this unique version of the Cinderella story, Ella struggles against the
childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given her.
+ McG
McGraw Eloise
Moorchild
McElderry, 1996
A changeling learns her true identity and tries to find the child whose
place she has taken.
+ PB Nes
Nesbit, E.
Five
Children and It
Puffin, 1902
While digging in a sandpit, the children discover a Psammead- a creature
with mysterious power, who leads the children in adventure and excitement.
YA PB O'Sh
O'Shea, Pat
The
Hounds of the Morrigan
Laurel Leaf, 1985
The ancient book Pidge found brings the evil Queen Morrigan and her two
witchlike assistants to his door, threatening the future of the world.
Pierce, Tamora
The
Circle of Magic Series
Scholastic
Four young outcasts learn about their magic powers, but
while still learning to control their powers, they must battle deadly
threats.
YA Pul
Pullman, Phillip
The Amber Spyglass
Knopf, 2000
Lyra and will find themselves at the center of the battle of forces of
Authority and those that are gathered by Lyra's father, Lord Asriel.
YA Pul
Pullman, Philip
The Golden Compass
Knopf, 1996
Accompanied by her animal-like daemon, Lyra tries to prevent her best friend
and other kidnapped children from being the subject of experiments.
YA Pul
Pullman, Phillip
The Subtle Knife
Knopf, 1997
As the boundaries between the world begins to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon
Will Perry helping the search for his father for for a powerful, magical
knife.
+ Win
Winthrop, Elizabeth
The Battle for the Castle
Holiday House 1993
Twelve year old William uses magic to return through the toy castle to his
attic to the medieval land of Sir Simon , which is now menaced by a
skettonship bearing a plague of ravenous rats.
+ Win
Winthrop, Elizabeth
The Castle in the Attic
Holiday House, 1985
William is given a toy medieval castle as a gift, and is magically
transported to another world of wizards and dragons. Here he must
fight a battle between good and evil.
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