FANTASY FICTION

FOR KIDS

& YOUNG ADULTS

JUVENILE:

SERIOUS FANTASY

LIGHT FANTASY

SPOOKY TALES

YOUNG ADULT:

FANTASY & SCI-FI

CLASSIC FANTASY

 

 

Juvenile: Serious Fantasy:

(Wizards, Dragons, Magic, Quests, Science Fiction, Drama & More)


The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander.

Dragon of the Lost Sea by Laurence Yep.

The Farthest-Away Mountain by Lynn Reid-Banks.

The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley.

The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key.

The Gammage Cup by Carol Kendall

Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling *See Harry Potter series

Heir of Sea & Fire  by Patricia McKillip. *See Riddle of Stars series

The Hero & the Crown  by Robin McKinley.

The House with a Clock on It’s Walls by John Bellairs.

The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. *See Chronicles of Narnia series

Off the Road by Nina Bawden.

Perloo the Bold  by Avi.

The Secret of Platform 13  by Eva Ibbotson.

Skellig by David Almond.

So You Want to Be a Wizard? by Diane Duane.

Star Hatchling by Margaret Bechard.

The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman.

A Wizard of Earthsea  by Ursula LeGuin.  *See Earthsea series

The Wizard’s Map by Jane Yolen. *See Tartan Magic series

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle *See Time Quartet series


Juvenile: Light Fantasy

(Light Magic, Humorous Tales, Unusual Situations, Talking Animals & More)


Babe, the Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith.

The Borrowers by Mary Norton.

Bunnicula by Deborah & James Howe.  *See Bunnicula series

The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop.

Charlie & the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White.

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine.

Falcon’s Egg by Luli Gray.

Half Magic by Edward Eager.

Hank  the Cowdog by John R. Erickson.

Indian in the Cupboard by Lynn Reid-Banks.

James & the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl.

Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville.

Knights of the Kitchen Table by Jon Scieszka.  *See Time Warp Trio series

Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien.

My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett.

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster.

Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary

Stuart  Little by E.B. White.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt.

Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. *See Wizard of Oz series


Juvenile: Spooky Tales

(Tales of the Supernatural)


The Amber Cat by Hilary McKay.

Blackwater Swamp by Bill Wallace.

The Boggart by Susan Cooper.  *See The Boggart series.

The Boy of a Thousand Faces by Brian Selznick.

Caught by Willo Davis Roberts.

The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper.

The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia McKissack.

Diary of a Monster’s Son by Ellen Conford.

The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright.

Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan.

Ghost by the Sea by Eileen Dunlop.

The Haunted Summer by Betty Ren Wright.

The Haunting by Margaret Mahy.

The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton

In the Stone Circle by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel.

Rosemary’s Witch by Ann Warren Turner.

Something Upstairs: A Tale of Ghosts by Avi.

Stonewords: A Ghost Story by Pam Conrad.

The Very Real Ghost Book of Christina Rose by James Deem.

Voices After Midnight by Richard Peck.

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken.


Young Adult: Fantasy & Sci-Fi


The Boy Who Reversed Himself by William Sleator.

Coraline by Neil Gaiman.

Collidescope by Grace Chetwin.

Dealing With Dragons by Patricia Wrede. *See The Enchanted Forest series

Firegold by Dia Calhoun.

The Giver by Lois Lowry.

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. *See His Dark Materials series

Holes by Louis Sachar.

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer.

Into the Land of Unicorns by Bruce Coville. *See The Unicorn Chronicles series

Juniper Game by Sherryl Jordan.

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle.

The Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. Barron *See Lost Years of Merlin series

The Music of Dolphins  by Karen Hesse.

Quest for a Maid by Frances Mary Hendry.

Redwall  by Brian Jacques. *See Redwall series

Sabriel by Garth Nix. * See Abhorsen series

Sandry’s Book by Tamora Pierce. *See Circle of Magic series

Sang Spell by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.

The Search for Senna by K.A. Applegate. *See Everworld series

Song of the Gargoyle by Zilpha Keatley Snyder.

The White Mountains by John Christopher. *See The Tripods series

Wren to the Rescue by Sherwood Smith.


Classic Fantasy & Sci-Fi:

(Tales That Have Stood The Test Of Time)

NOTE: These books are geared mostly towards YA &  advanced reader’s


Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

Animal Farm by George Orwell.

Beowulf by Anonymous.

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain.

Dragonflight by Ann McCaffrey. *See Dragonriders of Pern series

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift.

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein.

Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne.

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka.

The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne.

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury.

Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein.

Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne.

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells.

 

 

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