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The book of three
by Lloyd Alexander
Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper to a famous oracular sow, sets out on a hazardous mission to save Prydain from the forces of evil
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Abarat
by Clive Barker
Thrust into a fantastical world far away from her home in Minnesota, Candy Quackerbush must make sense out of her new surroundings as she is sent to the island of Abarat in the Sea of Izabella where she is given a warning that the evil Lord Carrion is eagerly looking for her.
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Faerie wars
by Herbie Brennan
Troubled by family problems, Henry finds his life taking a whole new dimension when he and his friend, old Mr. Fogarty, become involved with Prince Pyrgus Malvae who has been sent from the faerie world in order to escape the treacherous Faeries of the Night
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Artemis Fowl
by Eoin Colfer
Twelve-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl, heir to the Fowl family empire and centuries-old legacy of scams and underworld machinations, decides to uncover the secret treasure of the Fairy People by stealing one of their magical books, decoding with his computer, kidnapping leprechaun Holly Short, and taking on the entire forces of the fairy kingdom. 150,000 first printing.
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Stardust
by Neil Gaiman
Living in a Victorian countryside town overshadowed by an imposing stone barrier, Tristran is compelled to retrieve a fallen star for the woman he loves and crosses to the wondrous other side of the barrier, where he encounters dangerous rivals for the star. Reissue. (A Paramount Pictures/Dreamworks film, directed by Michael Vaughn, releasing August 2007, starring Robert De Niro, Michele Pfeiffer, Sienna Miller, Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, and Jason Flemyng) (Fantasy)
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Howl's moving castle
by Diana Wynne Jones
Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl. Reprint.
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The Merlin Conspiracy
by Diana Wynne Jones
Roddy and Nick, two teenagers with magical powers they are just learning to use, find that they must work together to save Roddy's home world of Blest from destruction by power-hungry wizards
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The tough guide to Fantasyland
by Diana Wynne Jones
A unique guide to fantasy literature helps readers understand such subjects as virginity, why High Priests are always evil, how Dark Lords always have minions, and useful tips on what to do when captured by a Goblin. Reprint.
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A wrinkle in time
by Madeleine L'Engle
Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government, in a rerelease of the classic story. A Newbery Medal Book. Simultaneous.
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The gunslinger
by Stephen King
Roland, the world's last gunslinger, tracks an enigmatic Man in Black toward a forbidding dark tower, fighting forces both mortal and other-worldy on his quest
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A wizard of Earthsea
by Ursula K. Le Guin
When Sparrowhawk, a young student at the School for Wizards, becomes overanxious and tries his dangerous powers too soon, he unleashes a terrible evil throughout the land
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Sabriel
by Garth Nix
Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead
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Dragonspell
by Donita K. Paul
When Kale, a slave girl, finds a dragon egg, she is freed and sent to the city of Vendala, but her journey there is interrupted when she becomes involved in an attempt to recover a meech dragon egg stolen by the evil wizard Risto
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The hobbit, or, There and back again
by J. R. R. Tolkien
The prequel to the epic fantasy saga The Lord of the Rings chronicles the adventures of the inhabitants of Middle-earth and of Bilbo Baggins, the hobbit who brought home to The Shire the One Ring of Power. Reissue.
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The golden compass
by Philip Pullman
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North
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