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Wildwood
by Colin Meloy
When her baby brother is kidnapped by crows, seventh-grader Prue McKeel ventures into the forbidden Impassable Wilderness--a dangerous and magical forest at the edge of Portland, Oregon--and soon finds herself involved in a war among the various inhabitants
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Molly Moon's incredible book of hypnotism
by Georgia Byng
Unlucky and unloved, Molly Moon, living in a dreary orphanage in a small English town, discovers a hidden talent for hypnotism and hypnotizes her way to stardom in New York City. Reprint.
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Matilda
by Roald Dahl
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So you want to be a wizard
by Diane Duane
Thirteen-year-old Nita, tormented by a gang of bullies because she will not fight back, finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry which guides her into another dimension
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Fablehaven
by Brandon Mull
When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents' estate, they discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures and that a battle between good and evil is looming
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Bad magic
by Pseudonymous Bosch
Believing that magic is fake and cheesy, young Clay is shocked when he is wrongly blamed for vandalism when words from his journal magically appear on a wall at school, an occurrence that causes Clay to be sent to a camp for troubled kids on a remote volcanic island where he encounters more magic than he ever thought possible. By the best-selling author of the Secret Series. Simultaneous eBook. 100,000 first printing.
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Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone
by J. K. Rowling
A winner of England's National Book Award, the acclaimed debut novel tells the outrageously funny, fantastic adventure story of Harry Potter, who escapes a hideous foster home thanks to a scholarship to The Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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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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The secret of platform 13
by Eva Ibbotson
The wizard, the hag, and an ogre only have nine days to search London, locate the kidnapped prince, and return him to "the Island" or else the passage way to the magical kingdom will close, and they will not be able to return for nine years.
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Five children and it
by E. Nesbit
A series of phenomenal adventures follow when young Anthea discovers a sand-fairy who can grant wishes
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Midnight for Charlie Bone
by Jenny Nimmo
Charlie Bone's life with his widowed mother and two grandmothers undergoes a dramatic change when he discovers that he can hear people in photographs talking and his aunts decide he must change schools and attend the Bloor's Academy for gifted children.
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Olivia Kidney
by Ellen Potter
Although sick and tired of living in her latest apartment building where her father works as a building-super, Olivia Kidney doesn’t necessarily want to move again because she has already moved so much in her young life and so simply wishes to finally be somewhere where she can settle in like everybody else.
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Magyk
by Angie Sage
After his son is kidnapped by the midwife, Septimus Heap stumbles upon an abandoned newborn in the snow and takes her home to raise her as his own daughter, but the mysteries surrounding his adopted child and missing son soon overwhelm him and lead him on a search for the truth with the help of magic characters and their spells, charms, and potions.
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The bad beginning
by Lemony Snicket
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire--intelligent, charming, and resourceful but exceptionally unlucky children--receive terrible news while enjoying a day at the beach, in the first installment of a dark comedy series.
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The castle in the attic
by Elizabeth Winthrop
A gift of a toy castle, complete with silver knight, introduces William to an adventure involving magic and a personal quest
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