Cooper, Susan. The Magician's Boy. (J First Chapter Co)
Follows the adventures of a magician's assistant in the strange land of Story.
Duey, Kathleen. Moonsilver.* (J First Chapter Du)
Heart, a foundling who was discovered five years earlier wrapped in a unicorn-embroidered blanket, finds a pregnant white mare in the woods and struggle to keep the mare and her colt safe and well.
Greenburg, Dan. The Misfortune Cookie.* (J First Chapter Gr)
Zack visits a very strange Chinese restaurant called Wun Dum Guy and finds that the fortunes in his fortune cookies start coming true.
Koller, Jackie F. The Dragonling. (J First Chapter Ko)
Finding a baby dragon accidentally left alive after his older brother's dragonquest, Darek risks death and the anger of his people in trying to return it to the Valley of the Dragons.
MacDonald, Alan. Trolls Go Home!* (J Ma)
When the Trolls move next door to the Priddles, both families find the other strange, which causes many misunderstandings.
McMullan, Kate. The New Kid at School.* (J First Chapter Ma)
Wiglaf is off to Dragon Slayers' Academy and in for a first day of school he will never forget.
Peterson, John. The Littles.* (J First Chapter Pe)
A tiny family has a variety of adventures in their lives under the Bigg's house.
Scieska, Jon. Knights of the Kitchen Table *. (J Sc)
Joe receives a magic book for his birthday present from his uncle. Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported to a time when evil knights, fire-breathing dragons, and vile-smelling giants roamed the land.
Alexander, Lloyd. The Book of Three.* (J Al)
Taran, the assistant pig-keeper, goes on a dangerous mission to save his beloved homeland.
Barry, Dave. Peter and the Starcatchers.* (J Ba)
Soon after Peter, an orphan, sets sail from England on the ship Never Land, he befriends and assists Molly, a young Starcatcher, whose mission is to guard a trunk of magical stardust from a greedy pirate and the native inhabitants of a remote island.
Colfer. Artemis Fowl. * (J Co)
When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.
Cooper, Susan. The Dark Is Rising. (J Co)
Will Stanton finds that he is one of the Old Ones, and must seek the six Signs to triumph over the Dark.
Coville, Bruce. The Monsters of Morley Manor. (J Co)
Anthony and his younger sister discover that the monster figures he got in an unusual box at an estate sale are alive, but they have no way of knowing that the "monsters" will lead them on fantastical adventures to other worlds in an effort to try to save Earth.
Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. (J Da)
Join Charlie and his grandfather on a tour through the candy factory of the mysterious Willy Wonka.
Eager, Edward. Knight's Castle. (J Ea)
Four children find a way to go back into the time of Ivanhoe and Robin Hood.
Farmer, Nancy. The Sea of Trolls. (J Fa)
After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.
Funke, Cornelia. Inkheart. * (J Fu)
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.
Gaiman, Neil. The Graveyard Book. (J Ga)
After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own.
Gardner, Sally. I, Coriander. (J Ga)
In 17th century London, Coriander, a girl who has inherited magic from her mother, must find a way to use this magic in order to save both herself and an inhabitant of the fairy world where her mother was born.
Helgerson, Joseph. Horns and Wrinkles. (J He)
Along a magic-saturated stretch of the Mississippi River near Blue Wing, Minnesota, twelve-year-old Claire and her bullying cousin Duke are drawn into an adventure involving Bodacious Deepthink the Great Rock Troll, a helpful fairy, and a group of trolls searching for their fathers.
Johnson, Gillian. Thora: A Half-Mermaid Tale. (J Jo)
Ten-year-old Thora, daughter of a mermaid mother and a human father, must save her mother who has been captured by the greedy real estate developer, Frooty de Mare.
Jones, Diana Wynne. Howl's Moving Castle. (J Jo)
Sophie is resigned to a dull life - until she becomes a wizard's cleaning lady.
Law, Ingrid. Savvy. (J La)
Recounts the adventures of Mibs Beaumont, whose thirteenth birthday has revealed her "savvy"--a magical power unique to each member of her family--just as her father is injured in a terrible accident.
Le Guin, Ursula K. A Wizard of Earthsea. (J Le)
Ged unleashes a terrible evil - is he a good enough wizard to stop it?
Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted *. (J Le)
In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.
McKinley, Robin. The Hero and the Crown. (J Ma)
Aerin, with the guidance of the wizard Luthe and the help of the blue sword, wins the birthright due her as the daughter of the Damarian king and witchwoman of the mysterious, demon-haunted North.
Morris, Gerald. The Squire's Tale. (J Mo)
In medieval England, fourteen-year-old Terence finds his tranquil existence suddenly changed when he becomes the squire of the young Gawain of Orkney and accompanies him on a long quest, proving Gawain's worth as a knight and revealing an important secret about his own true identity.
Oppel, Kenneth. Airborn. (J Op)
Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface.
Pratchett, Terry. Wee Free Men. (J Pr)
A young witch-to-be named Tiffany teams up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of six-inch-high blue men, to rescue her baby brother and ward off a sinister invasion from Fairyland.
Pullman, Philip. The Golden Compass.* (J Pu)
Can Lyra and her animal daemon rescue the children kidnapped by the evil Gobblers?
Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief* (J Ri)
Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Stanley, Diane. Bella at Midnight: The Thimble, The Ring, and The Slippers of Glass. (J St)
Raised by peasants, Bella discovers that she is actually the daughter of a knight and finds herself caught up in a terrible plot that will change her life and the kingdom forever.
Stroud, Jonathan. Amulet of Samarkand.* (J St)
Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace.
Wrede, Patricia C. Dealing With Dragons.* (J Wr)
Here's one Princess that would rather live with dragons than be rescued.
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