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Title: The Chronicles of Prydain
Author: Alexander, Lloyd
Summary: young pig keeper has adventures far beyond his station: battling the Horned King, destroying the Black Cauldron and rescuing the Princess Eilonwy.(Book of three, Black Cauldron, Castle of Llyr, Taran Wanderer, High King, Prequel Foundling and other Tales.)


Title: The search for Happily Ever After
Author: Baehr, Patricia
Summary: Kettie finds herself transported through a wormhole to land of fairy tale characters where she helps Cinderella's rat achieve happily ever after.


Title: The Dark Secret of Weatherend
Author: Bellairs, John
Summary: Fourteen year old Anthony Mundy and the town librarian try to prevent an evil wizard from turning the world into an icy wasteland.


Title: The Bronze King
Author: Charnas, Suzy McKee
Summary: 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. Sequels: The Silver Glove, The Golden Thread


Title: The Dark is Rising
Author: Cooper, Susan
Summary: 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. (Over Sea, Under Stone, Dark is Rising , Greenwitch, Grey King, Silver on the Tree.


Title: Dragonslayers
Author: Coville, Bruce
Summary: A brave squire and earnest page and a strong willed princess set out to slay the dragon created to carry out a Witch's revenge.


Title: Matilda
Author: Dahl, Roald
Summary: Brilliant first-grader Matilda triumphs over her book hating parents and Miss Trunchbull, the odious school principal.


Title: The Witches
Author: Dahl, Roald
Summary: A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.


Title: So you want to be a Wizard
Author: Duane, Diane
Summary: Thirteen year old Nita finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry and is guided into another dimension where she earns her degree in wizardry. Sequels: Deep Wizardry, High Wizardry, A Wizard Abroad.


Title: Half Magic
Author: Eager, Edward
Summary: Jane, Mark, Katharine and Martha find a coin that grants half of every wish they make. Sequels: Knight's Castle, Magic by the Lake, Time Garden.


Title: Seven Day Magic
Author: Eager, Edward
Summary: The main characters in Susan's library book turn out to be Susan herself and the friends who share her seven magic adventures.


Title: The secret platform 13
Author: Ibbotson, Eva
Summary: Odge, a young hag, accompanies an old wizard, a gentle fey, and a giant ogre on their mission through a magical tunnel to rescue their king's son.


Title: Howl's Moving Castle
Author: Jones, Diana Wynne
Summary: In the land of Ingary, such things as spells, invisible cloaks, and seven league boots are everyday things. Nothing is quite what it seems to be. Sequel: Castle in the Air.


Title: The lives of Christopher Chant
Author: Jones, Diana Wynne
Summary: Christopher discovers that his dreams are so realistic that he can actually visit other worlds and bring things back from them for his beloved, yet mysterious uncle. Sequels: Charmed Life, The Magicians of Caprona, Witch Week.


Title: A Wizard of Earthsea
Author: LeGuin, Ursula
Summary: A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard. (Sequels: Tombs of Atuan, Farthest Shore, Tehanu.)


Title: Ella Enchanted
Author: Levine, Gail
Summary: In this unique version of the Cinderella story, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given her.


Title: The Chronicles of Narnia
Author: Lewis, C. S.
Summary: Four friends enter a magic closet and arrive in the magical world of Narnia where they must battle the forces of good and evil. (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Prince Caspian; Voyage of the Dawn Treader; Silver Chair; Horse and His Boy; Magician's Nephew; The Last Battle.)


Title: The hero and the crown
Author: McKinley, Robin
Summary: Aerin, with the help of the wizard Luth and a magic blue sword, wins the birthright due her as the daughter of a King and a witch. (Sequel: The Blue Sword.)


Title: Five children and It
Author: Nesbit, E.
Summary: While digging in a sandpit, the children discover a Psammead- a creature with mysterious powers who leads the children into adventure and excitement. (Sequels: The Phoenix and the Carpet; The Story of the Amulet.)


Title: The hounds of Morrigan
Author: O'Shea, Pat
Summary: The ancient book Pidge found brings the evil Queen Morrigan and her two witchlike assistants to his door, threatening the future of the world.


Title: Songs of the Lioness
Author: Pierce, Tamora
Summary: Alanna decides to ignore her magical powers and disguises herself as a boy in order to train as a knight. (Alanna: The First Adventure; In the Hand of the Goddess; The Woman Who Rides Like a Man; Lioness Rampant.)


Title: The Castle in the attic
Author: Winthrop, Elizabeth
Summary: 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. (Sequel: Battle for the Castle.)


Title: The Enchanted Forest Chronicles
Author: Wrede, Patricia
Summary: Princess Cimorene would rather be eaten by a dragon than marry a dull prince like a proper princess--so she volunteers to be captured by the powerful dragon Kazul. (Dealing with Dragons; Searching for Dragons; Calling on Dragons; Talking to Dragons.)


Title: Wizard's Hall
Author: Yolen, Jane
Summary: A young apprentice wizard saves the wizard's training ball by trusting and believing in himself.


Title: Journeyman Wizard
Author: Zambreno, Mary Frances
Summary: Jermyn goes to Land's End to study wizardry under the famous spell maker Lady Jean and experiences magical mayhem and mystery. (Sequel: A Plague of Sorcerers.)