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The flying ship: N/a
By Andrew Lang. 2013
The folk of the Faraway Tree (The faraway tree. #3)
By Enid Blyton. 2007
When Joe, Beth and Frannie move to a new home, an Enchanted Wood is on their doorstep. And when they…
discover the Faraway Tree, that is the beginning of many magical adventures! Join them and their friends Moonface, Saucepan Man and Silky the fairy as they discover which new land is at the top of the Faraway Tree. Will it be the Land of Spells, the Land of Treats, or the Land of Do-As-You-Please? Sequel to "The magic faraway tree". Followed by “Up the faraway tree”. Grades 4-7. Originally published 1946, 2007. (Faraway Tree ; 3)The foundling and other tales of Prydain: And Other Tales Of Prydain (Prydain chronicles. #6)
By Lloyd Alexander. 1999
Eight tales dealing with happenings before the birth of Taran, assistant pig keeper, whose adventures in the Prydain Chronicles begin…
with “The Book of Three” (DC04224) and end with the Newbery Medal-winning “The High King” (DC10994). Some descriptions of violence. Grades 5-8. c1999.The finest creation
By Jean Rabe. 2004
Long ago, the Creators established the Finest Court, a race of intelligent, moral horses that names shepherds to secretly guide…
and guard the Fallen Favorites. Young Gallant-Stallion, a newly-appointed shepherd, escapes the violent massacre of the prince's wedding party, carrying away 13-year-old Meven, the new prince, and Meven's younger sister, Kalantha. Gallant-Stallion and his charges know that the assassins, directed by an evil avian mastermind, are tracking them, and embark on a series of adventures as they as they try to set things right - and stay alive. For junior and senior high readers. Some descriptions of violence. 2004.The first little fairy
By Nicola Baxter. 1998
The final reckoning (Deptford mice trilogy. #3.)
By Robin Jarvis. 1994
The ghostly spirit of Jupiter has returned, more terrifying than ever before. Bent on revenge, he smothers the world in…
an eternal winter of ice and snow. Huddled around their fires, the Deptford Mice are worried: the mystical bats have fled from the attic, and underground a new rat army is being mustered. With food short, and no sign of spring, the mice know that a desperate struggle confronts them. Few will survive. Sequel to "The Crystal Prison". Grades 5-8. 1994. (The Deptford mice trilogy ; 3)The Firework-maker's daughter (Arthur A Levine Novel Bks.)
By Philip Pullman. 1999
In order to become a master maker of fireworks like her father, Lila runs away to seek royal sulphur from…
a sacred volcano. But her father did not reveal all his secrets, and only the timely arrival of her friend Chulak and his white elephant, Hamlet, saves her. Grades 3-6. 1999.The fire dragon (Dragon mage. #3.)
By Katharine Kerr. 2001
In the year 850, Prince Maryn prepares to assume the throne. The ill-fated love affair between the prince and the…
magical Lilli comes to an end. Raena and Rhodry continue their rivalry two centuries later. Some descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. Sequel to "The Black Raven". c2001. (Dragon mage ; 3)The fire within (The last Dragon Chronicles Ser. #1)
By Chris D'Lacey. 2005
When college student David Rain rents a room in an unusual boardinghouse full of clay dragons, he has no idea…
that they, along with some lively squirrels, will help jumpstart his writing career. Grades 5-8. 2005, c2001.The folk of the air
By Peter S Beagle. 1986
Joe Farrell becomes involved with the League for Archaic Pleasures which engages in role-playing that includes medieval battles. Things turn…
nasty when a 25-year-old witch conjures up a being that seeks to destroy Sia, the girlfriend of Joe's friend, Ben. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. c1986.The foretelling
By Alice Hoffman. 2005
Growing up the daughter of an Amazon queen who shuns her, Rain rebels against the ways of her tribe through…
her sister-like relationship with Io, and her feelings for a boy from a tribe of wanderers. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2005.The first summer year
By Ian Kellam. 1972
The figure in the shadows (Lewis Barnavelt Ser. #Bk. 2)
By John Bellairs. 1993
Lewis finds an old coin that he hopes will protect him against bullies. He decides to test the coin's magic…
powers, but he is not prepared for the astonishing and sinister events that follow. Sequel to "The House with a Clock in Its Walls". Grades 5-8. 1993.The falling machine (Society of steam. #1)
By Andrew P Mayer. 2011
In 1880 women aren’t allowed to vote, much less dress up in a costume and fight crime, but twenty-year-old socialite…
Sarah Stanton still dreams of becoming a hero. Her opportunity arrives in tragedy when the leader of the Society of Paragons, New York's greatest team of gentlemen adventurers, is murdered right before her eyes. To uncover the truth behind the assassination, Sarah joins forces with the amazing mechanical man known as The Automaton. Descriptions of violence. 2011. (Society of steam ; 1)The fiend and the forge (Tapestry. #3.)
By Henry H Neff. 2011
Young Max McDaniels battles trolls, water beasts, and other monsters in a hostile, poverty-stricken dystopian landscape profoundly transformed by the…
villainous Astaroth. Sequel to "The Second Siege"; followed by "The Maelstrom". Grades 3-6. 2011.The farthest shore (Earthsea. #3.)
By Ursula K Le Guin. 1994
A young prince joins forces with the Master Wizard on a journey to discover a cause and remedy for the…
loss of magic in Earthsea. Sequel to "The tombs of Atuan". Followed by "Tehanu". Junior High. 1994.The fifth elephant (Discworld. #24.)
By Terry Pratchett. 1999
Sam Vimes is a man on the run and if he cannot make it through the forest to civilization there…
is going to be a terrible war. But there are monsters on his trail. They are bright, they are fast, they are werewolves - and they are catching up. Sequel to "Carpe jugulum" (DC30610). 1999. (Discworld ; 24).The fiery cross (Outlander. #5)
By Diana Gabaldon. 2001
Claire and James have crossed oceans and centuries to build a life together. The year is 1771 and war is…
approaching. To break his oath to the Crown will brand him as a traitor, to keep it is certain doom. Tensions both ancient and recent threaten not only Clair and James but also their daughter and her family. Sequel to “Drums of autumn”, followed by “A breath of snow and ashes”. 2001. If you request this book on CD it will be on 2 or more CDs. You must play the first CD to the end before playing the next CD.The famished road
By Ben Okri. 1991
Azaro, a spirit child who has promised to return from the world of the living, is reluctantly born again and…
again. Wanting to experience life, he breaks his pact and is tormented by his fellow spirits. 1991 Booker Prize winner. Prequel to "Songs of enchantment". 1991.The Crowfield curse
By Pat Walsh. 2010
It's 1347 and fifteen-year-old Will, an orphan boy, lives at Crowfield Abbey. Sent into the forest to gather wood, he…
rescues instead, a creature from a trap - a hob, who shares with Will a terrible secret. Somewhere in the forest behind the abbey where he lives, is a grave. And buried deep in the snow is an angel. But how can an angel die? What has it to do with the monks of the Abbey? When two hooded strangers arrive at Crowfield asking questions about the angel's grave, Will is drawn into a world of dangerous Old Magic. Grades 4-7. 2010.