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Ages 9-12 -
Ages 12+
Ages 9-12
Alexander, Lloyd.
The book of Three. 1999.
In this fantasy Toran,
Assistant Pig-Keeper, has many adventures on a hazardous mission to save Prydain
from the forces of evil.
Bell, Hilari.
The Goblin Wood. 2003.
A young Hedgewitch, an idealistic
knight, and an army of clever goblins fight against the ruling hierarchy that is
trying to rid the land of all magical creatures.
Billingsley, Franny.
Well Wished. 1997.
In a time of dire need,
eleven-year-old Nuria tries to outwit the magical wishing well in her mountain
village
Cooper, Susan.
Over Sea, Under Stone. 1977.
Three children find an
ancient manuscript which sends them on a dangerous quest for a grail that would
reveal the true story of King Arthur.
Duane, Diane.
So you want to be a Wizard. 2003.
Thirteen-year-old
Nita, finds a library book on wizardry which guides her into another dimension.
Eager, Edward.
Half Magic. 1999.
Four siblings have magical adventures
after one of them finds a coin that appears to be able to grant wishes.
Fleishman, Sid.
Mr. Mysterious & Company. 1997.
The adventures of a
family of magicians traveling across the western plains in the 1880s.
Gliori, Debi.
Pure Dead Magic. 2002.
When their father is kidnapped,
the Strega-Borgia children, and their companions use magic and trips through the
Internet to bring peace to their Scottish Castle.
Gray, Margaret.
The Ugly Princess and the Wise Fool. 2002.
Princess
Rose and the fool Jasper work together to make their wishes come true, but find
they must face the magical Godmother Board of Trustees.
Levine, Gail Carson.
For Biddle’s Sake. 2002.
A young maiden,
transformed into a toad by a jealous fairy, relies on her newly honed magical
abilities to charm a prince into marriage.
Lewis, C. S.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. 1999.
Four
children enter Narnia where they must save the country from an evil witch.
Nesbit, E.
Five Children and It. 1999.
When four siblings discover a Psammead, or sand fairy, near their home, they learn that making wishes is
harder than they expected.
O’Shea, Pat.
The Hounds of the Morrigan. 1999.
When a ten-year-old boy
finds an old book of magic in a bookshop in Ireland, the forces of good and evil
gather to do battle over it.
Yolen, Jane.
The Wizard’s Map. 1999.
Three children visiting relatives
in Scotland become involved in the plans of a diabolical wizard.
Ages 12+
Ferris, Jean.
Once Upon a Marigold. 2002.
A young man with a talent
for inventing things leaves home, meets a princess, and thwarts a plot against
her father.
Jones, Diana Wynne.
Mixed Magics. 2001.
Four separate incidents test
the power of the Chrestomanci, a powerful enchanter, to control misuses of magic
on various worlds.
LeGuin, Ursula.
A Wizard of Earthsea. 1984.
A boy grows to manhood
while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice
to the Master Wizard.
Lubar, David.
Wizards of the Game. 2003.
Eighth-grader Mercer hopes to
bring a gaming convention to his middle school, but he attracts four wizards who
want his help in returning to their own world.
McKinley, Robin.
The Blue Sword. 1982.
Harry, bored with her sheltered
life in the remote colony of Daria, discovers magic when a native king with
mysterious powers kidnaps her.
Nix, Garth.
Sabriel. 1996.
Sabirel, daughter of the necromancer
Abhorsen, must journey into the magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from
the Land of the Dead.
Pierce, Tamora.
Magic Steps. 2000.
Sandy and her student undertake the
dangerous mission of entrapping the invisible killers of a powerful family in
Summer Sea.
Pope, Elizabeth.
The Perilous Gard. 2001.
While imprisoned at Elwenwood Hall for plotting against Queen Elizabeth, Kate Sutton find herself
involved a series of mysterious events.
Stroud, Jonathan.
The Bartimaeus Trilogy: The Amulet of Samarkand. 2003.
Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and
instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from a powerful magician. Sequel:
The Golem’s Eye.
Tolkien, J. R. R.
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 1999.
Frodo and Sam
must destroy the ring of Power to protect Middle Earth from an evil wizard.
Summer 2005
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