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At the top of Mount Munch, lives a group of people known as the Hyups. One of their numbers, a Munchkin named Bini Aru, discovered a method of transforming people and objects by merely saying the word "Pyrzqxgl". After Princess Ozma decreed that no one could practice magic in Oz except for Glinda the Good Witch and the Wizard of Oz, Bini wrote down the directions for pronouncing "Pyrzqxgl" and hid them in his magical laboratory. When Bini and his...
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The Tin Woodsman of Oz (1918), a bestseller upon its publication, was a welcome victory for its author L. Frank Baum. After nearly a decade of declining book sales, the twelfth book in Baum's Land of Oz series-and the last to be published in his lifetime-was a critical and commercial success that reinvigorated public interest in his iconic work.
In the safety of his palace in Winkie Country-where he was made Emperor after the Wizard of Oz gave...
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The Enchanted Castle (1907) is a children's fantasy novel by English writer Edith Nesbit. Using elements of magic and mystery familiar to readers of her beloved Bastable and Psammead Trilogies, Nesbit crafts a tale of wonder and adventure for children and adults alike.
While on a school holiday, children Jerry, Jimmy, and Kathy explore the open landscape of rural southwestern England. One day, they discover an immense country estate, designed like...
4) Fury
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Fourth installment of Rebecca Lim's MERCY series sees a climactic battle between free will and heavenly order. Ages:13+ Heartbreak. Vengeance. Fury. Mercy is an exiled angel cast down to earth and forced to live out thousands of different lives for her own protection. Betrayed by her eternal love, Luc, Mercy burns with fury. The time of reckoning is here and now she must wage open war with Luc and his demons. Ryan's love for Mercy is more powerful...
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Eric isn't happy when he has to spend the summer with his eccentric father, Septimus Trinket, in the backwater village of Middle Wogglehole, deep in the heart of rural Derbyshire. And things are not quite what they seem to be in the isolated village-mysterious happenings have plagued Middle Wogglehole for years. After they discover Septimus' shocking secret, Eric and Jessica must fight for their lives against powerful evil forces-in a world very different...
8) Exile
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Exile is the second book in a major new paranormal series that began with Mercy. Mercy's search continues ...All Mercy knows is that she is an angel, exiled from heaven for a crime she can't remember committing. So when, she 'wakes' inside the body and life of eighteen-year-old Lela Neill, Mercy has only limited recall of her past life. Her strongest memories are of Ryan, the mortal boy who'd begun to fall for her, and she for him. Lela's life is...
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A school trip to the museum turns out to be more than Matthew bargained for when he meets Peter Glimmer, a 17th-century Dutch boy trapped in his own portrait. Matthew must travel hundreds of years into the past to save not only Peter, but the entire world, from the villainous Nicolaas van der Leyden.
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As the evil Celebrant conquers more and more dragon sanctuaries, Kendra must raise an army of friends and allies on her own to fight him because her brother Seth and Bracken are missing.
Cursed by the Key of Forgetting, Seth has lost all memory of his past, and aligns with his new mentor, Ronodin. The dark unicorn takes him to the Phantom Isle, the secret gateway to the Under Realm. Though Seth is not formally a prisoner, Ronodin wants to use him...
12) The silver chair
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Two English children undergo hair-raising adventures as they go on a search and rescue mission for the missing Prince Rillian, who is held captive in the underground kingdom of the Emerald Witch.
13) Inkheart
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From internationally acclaimed storyteller Cornelia Funke, this bestselling, magical epic is now out in paperback!One cruel night, Meggie's father reads aloud from a book called INKHEART-- and an evil ruler escapes the boundaries of fiction and lands in their living room. Suddenly, Meggie is smack in the middle of the kind of adventure she has only read about in books. Meggie must learn to harness the magic that has conjured this nightmare. For only...
14) The Magic City
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The Magic City (1910) is a children's fantasy novel by English writer Edith Nesbit. Using elements of magic and mystery familiar to readers of her beloved Bastable and Psammead Trilogies, Nesbit crafts a tale of wonder and adventure for children and adults alike.
Orphaned as a boy, Philip is cared for by his older sister Helen. When she marries and leaves for her honeymoon, Philip is sent to live at a country house known as the Grange with Lucy,...
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The Book of Dragons (1899) is a collection of children's stories by English writer Edith Nesbit. Comprising eight stories originally published in 1899 in The Strand Magazine, The Book of Dragons is a work that explores the magic and wonder of mythical beasts for children and adults alike.
In "The Book of Beasts," a young prince named Lionel is named the next king. After his coronation, he goes to the palace library for the first time, where he discovers...
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Ben isn't any ordinary 9-year-old boy. He goes to school like every other child his age, reads comics, plays computer games, loves collecting just about anything, but what makes him different is not his stature, nor his walking cane. He has a friend... a friend named Friday, and together they'll be going on an adventure of a lifetime!
18) Seraphina
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Todo el mundo sabe que cualquier dragón que se precie puede aspirar a ser un buen político, profesor o matemático; no como esos absurdos humanos, que prestan tanta atención a sus emociones que acaban olvidando cómo pensar...
En un reino mágico y sombrío en el que humanos y dragones conviven con una paz inestable, Seraphina es una música joven y talentosa (pese a ser humana) que acaba de entrar en el coro de la corte. Allí, las intrigas políticas...
19) Scarlet
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Personne ne sait vraiment qui je suis: je suis le secret de Rob, son informateur, son ombre dans les lieux obscurs. Personne ne me considère comme beaucoup plus qu'un gamin ridicule, juste bon pour le fouet. Vraiment, ils ne distinguent jamais rien de plus. Mais ça ne me gêne pas qu'on ne me voie pas. Par exemple, lorsqu'on traverse une salle remplie d'hommes imposants ivres morts, ce n'est pas si mal d'être ignoré.
20) The Fandom
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Violet's in her element. Cosplay at the ready, she can't wait to feel part of her favorite fandom: The Gallows Dance, a mega book and movie franchise that she and her friends know EVERY WORD of (canon and fanfic included).
But at Comic Con, a freak accident transports Violet and her friends into the story for real. And in just the first five minutes, they cause the death of the heroine, and get taken prisoner by the rebel group she was supposed...
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