Fantasy Bibliography

Adams, Richard.  Watership Down.   An allegorical tale about a group of rabbits who break away  from a doomed warren and set up their own society.

Alexander, Lloyd.  The Arkadians.To escape the wrath of the king and his wicked soothsayers, an honest young man joins with a poet-turned-jackass and a young girl with mystical powers on a series of epic adventures.

Alexander, Lloyd.  The Beggar Queen. Chaos reigns in Marienstat as Duke Conrad of Regia, the king's uncle, plots to overthrow the new government of Westmark and bring an end to the reforms instituted by Mickle, now Queen Augusta, Theo, and their companions.

Alexander, Lloyd.  Gypsy Rizka.  Living alone in her wagon on the outskirts of a small town while waiting for her father's return, Rizka, a Gypsy and a trickster, exposes the ridiculous foibles of some of the townspeople.

Alexander, Lloyd.  The Iron Ring.Driven by his sense of "dharma," or honor, young King Tamar sets off on a perilous journey, with a significance greater than he can imagine, during which he meets talking animals, villainous and noble kings, demons, and the love of his life.

Alexander, Lloyd.  The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen.  Bearing six unusual gifts, young Prince Jen embarks on a perilous quest and emerges triumphantly into manhood.

Alexander, Lloyd.  Taran Wanderer.  In the fourth book of the Prydain cycle, Taran goes questing for his parentage, hoping that it will prove noble.

Almond, David.  Skellig.  Unhappy about his baby sister's illness and the chaos of  moving into a dilapidated old house, Michael retreats to the garage and finds a mysterious stranger who is something like a bird and something like an angel.

Avi. City of Light, City of Dark: A Comic Book Novel.   Asterel races against time to locate a token which will prevent the Kurbs from freezing the city.

Avi.  Ereth's Birthday.  Feeling neglected on his birthday, Ereth, the cantankerous old porcupine, sets out looking for his favorite treat and instead finds himself acting as "mother" to three young fix kits.

Babbitt, Natalie.  Tuck Everlasting.  The Tuck family is apprehensive when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now know about their own fountain of youth.

Banks, Lynne Reid. The Fairy Rebel.  A rebellious fairy named Tiki, already in trouble for breaking the rule against wearing jeans, risks the further wrath of the Fairy Queen by trying to fulfill a human's special request for help.

Banks, Lynne Reid. Harry the Poisonous Centipede. A fantasy tale about a centipede named Harry.

Barron, T.A. Lost Years of Merlin A young boy who has no identity nor memory of his past washes ashore on the coast of Wales and finds his true name after a series of fantastic adventures.

Barron, T.A.  Mirror of Merlin. Through adventures involving a haunted marsh, talking trees, and the creature called the ballymag, the young wizard Merlin continues to experience both his growing powers and his essential humanity.

Barron, T.A. Seven Songs of Merlin. Having stumbled upon his hidden powers, the young wizard Merlin voyages to the Otherworld in his quest to find himself and the way to the realm of the spirit.

Barron, T.A.  The Wings of Merlin.  Merlin's fragile home on the isle of Fincayra is threatened by the attack of a mysterious warrior with swords for arms and by the escape of Stangmar from his imprisonment, as Merlin continues to move toward his ultimate destiny.

Belle, Clare. Ratha's Challenge. An encounter with a group of unusual cats helps bring Ratha, leader of the prehistoric cat clan called the Named, and her estranged daughter Thistle to a better understanding of each other.

Billingsley, Franny.  Folk Keeper.  Orphan Corinna disguises herself as a boy to pose as a Folk Keeper, one who keeps the Evil Folk at bay, and discovers her heritage as a seal maiden when she is taken to live with a wealthy family in their manor by the sea.

Calhoun, Dia.  Firegold.  Ousted by the brown-eyed valley folk because he is different, thirteen-year-old Jonathan Brae sets out on a dangerous journey to learn his true identity among the Dalriada people of the Red Mountains.

Clement-Davies, David.  Fire Bringer. In a Scotland beset by Norse invaders, the deer are fighting their own war.

Conford, Ellen. The Frog Princess of Pelham. When a kiss from Danny turns Chandler, a wealthy but lonely orphan, into a frog, Danny's humorous attempts to change her back into a human land the pair on a television talk show.

Cooper, Susan.  Dark is Rising.  On his 11th birthday Will discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the magical Signs that will enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark.

Cooper, Susan.  King of Shadows. While in London as part of an all-boy acting company preparing to perform in a replica of the famous Globe Theatre, Nat Field suddenly finds himself transported back to 1599.

Dahl, Roald.  James and theGiant Peach.  James is desperately unhappy with his aunts until a magic potion changes his life.

Erickson, John. Hank the Cowdog the Case of the Vampire Vacuum Sweeper.

Foster, Alan Dean.  Dinotopia Lost.  A marauding band of pirates threatens to reveal the secrets of Dinotopia, the hidden island where humans and dinosaurs coexist peacefully.

Foster, Alan Dean.  The Hand of Dinotopia. Will and Sylvia search for the mysterious Hand of Dinotopia, which will supposedly lead to a safe sea route to and from the hidden island where people and dinosaurs live together peacefully.

Furlong, Monica.  Wise Child.  Abandoned by both her parents, nine-year-old Wise Child goes to live with the witch woman Juniper, who begins to train her in the ways of herbs and magic.

Gurney, James.  Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time. A biologist and his young son are shipwrecked on the lost island of Dinotopia, where dinosaurs and humans live together in peaceful interdependence.

Gurney, James.  Dinotopia:  The World Beneath. Four years after being shipwrecked on the lost island of Dinotopia, sixteen-year-old Will Denison, now a fully trained pilot, explores the skies over the island.

Hahn, Mary Downing. Time for Andrew (A Ghost Story). When he goes to spend the summer with his great-aunt in the family's old house, Drew is drawn eighty years into the past to trade places with his great-great-uncle who is dying of diphtheria.

Howe, James.  Bunnicula Strikes Again. When Bunnicula the rabbit starts acting strangely, the Monroe dogs and cat renew their suspicions that he is a vampire.

Ibbotson, Eva.  Secret of Platform 13.   Odge Gribble, a young hag, accompanies an old wizard, a  gentle fey, and a giant ogre on their mission through a magical  tunnel from their Island to London to rescue their King and Queen's son, who had been stolen as an infant.

Jacques, Brian.  Castaways of the Flying Dutchman.In 1620, a boy and his dog are rescued from the doomed ship, Flying Dutchman, by an angel who guides them in travelling the world, eternally helping those in great need.

Jacques, Brian.  Legend of Luke. When Martin the Warrior leaves Redwall Abbey and embarks upon a journey to the place of his birth, he learns about the brave and noble deeds of his father Luke, a real Warrior Chieftain.

Jacques, Brian.  Lord Brocktree.The mountain of Salamandastron needs the help of Brocktree the Badger Lord when evil comes in the form of the Blue Hordes of Ungatt Trunn, the Earth Shaker.

Jacques, Brian.  Marlfox.  When three young residents of Redwall Abbey go on a quest to recover a tapestry stolen by the Marlfoxes, their bravery removes the curse of these evil animals on a lost island.

Jacques, Brian.  Martin the Warrior.Captured and enslaved by the corsair stoat Badrang, young mouse warrior Martin vows to end the evil beast's plundering and killing.

Jacques, Brian. Pearls of Lutra. Tansy, a young hedgehog living at Redwall Abbey, attempts to solve the riddle of the missing pearls while at the same time the evil marten, Mad Eyes, desires them for himself.

Jarvis, Robin.  The Dark Portal. In the sewers of Deptford there lurks a dark presence that fills the tunnels with fear but a tiny, frightened mouse enters this realm and triggers a chain of heroic events.

Jones, Diana Wynne.  Dark Lord of Derkholm.  Derk, an unconventional wizard, and his magical family become involved in a plan to put a stop to the devastating tours of their world arranged by the tyrannical Mr. Chesney.

Jones, Diana Wynne.  Year of the Griffin.  When Elda, the griffin daughter of the great Wizard Derk, arrives for schooling at the Wizards' University, she encounters new friends, pirates, assassins, worry, sabotage, bloodshed, and magic misused.

Kendall, Carol.  The Gammage Cup.  A handful of Minnipins, a sober and sedate people, rise up against the Periods, the leading family of an isolated mountain valley, and are exiled to a mountain.

Klause, Annette Curtis.  The Silver Kiss.  A mysterious teenage boy harboring a dark secret helps Zoe come to terms with her mother's terminal illness.

Lee, Tanith.  Wolf Tower. When a stranger is captured by the Guards of the House and Garden where she has worked all her life as a slave and maid, sixteen-year-old Claidi helps him escape.

L'Engle, Madeleine. An Acceptable Time.  When Polly O'Keefe visits her grandparents in Connecticut, she plans to study and make trips to the star-watching rock.

Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted. 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.

Lewis, C.S.  The Last Battle.When evil comes to Narnia, Jill and Eustace help fight the great last battle and Aslan leads his people to a glorious new paradise.

Lewis, C.S.  The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.An adventure story of two brothers & two sisters who enter into the magical world of Narnia when they cross through an enchanted wardrobe closet, finding themselves in a land filled with talking animals & mythical creatures.

Lewis, C.S.  The Silver Chair.Two English children undergo hair-raising adventures as they go on a search and rescue mission for the missing Prince Rilian, who is held captive in the underground kingdom of the Emerald Witch.

Matas, Carol and Nodelman, Perry.  Of Two Minds.  Follows the adventures of two royal teenagers who possess
extraordinary mental powers.

Matas, Carol and Nodelman, Perry.  Out of Their Minds.   About to be married in Coren's homeland of Andilla, Coren and Lenora discover that before the wedding can proceed they must find out why the Andillan people have lost their special powers.

McGraw, Eloise. The Moorchild. Feeling that she is neither fully human nor "Folk," a changeling learns her true identity and attempts to find the human child whose place she had been given.

McKinley, Robin.  The Blue Sword.  Harry, bored with her sheltered life in the remote orange-growing colony of Daria, discovers magic in herself when she is kidnapped by a native king with mysterious powers.

McKinley, Robin.  The Hero and the Crown.  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.

Napoli, Donna Jo.  Sirena.  The gods grant immortality to the mermaid Sirena when she rescues a human man from the sea and they fall in love, but his  mortality creates great conflict between love and honor when he is called to defend Greece in the Trojan War.

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. The Healing of Texas Jake. To prove themselves worthy of succeeding Texas Jake as leader of the feline Club of Mysteries, cat brothers Marco and Polo agree to bring him the comfrey that will heal his wounds.

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds.  Sang Spell.   When his mother is killed in an automobile accident,  high-schooler Josh decides to hitchhike across country, and finds himself trapped in a mysterious village somewhere in the Appalachian Mountains, among a group of people who call themselves Melungeons.

Norton, Mary.  The Borrowers.  The adventures of the tiny people no taller than a pencil who live in quiet old country houses and "borrow" the things they need.

Norton, Mary.  The Borrowers Afloat. The Borrowers, a family of miniature people, journey down a drain, live briefly in a teakettle, and are swept away in a flood before finding a new home.

Norton, Mary.  The Borrowers Avenged.Escaping from an attic where they had been held captive over the long, dark winter, a family of tiny people sets up house in an old rectory.

O'Brien, Robert C.  Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.   Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed
mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived.

Oppel, Kenneth. Silverwing. When a newborn bat named Shade but sometimes called "Runt" becomes separated from his colony during migration, he grows in ways that prepare him for even greater journeys.

Pattou, Edith.  Fire Arrow.  While on the trail of her father's murderers, the young archer Brie discovers her birthright--a magical arrow--and the sinister doings of an evil sorcerer.

Pierce, Tamora.  Briar's Book.  Briar, a young mage-in-training, and his teacher Rosethorn  must use their magic to fight a deadly plague that is ravaging Summersea. Sequel to: Daja's book.

Pierce, Tamora.  Magic Steps. When drawn into the investigation of murders perpetrated on a powerful family in Summersea, Sandry and her student Pasco undertake the dangerous mission of entrapping the invisible killers.

Pierce, Tamora. Realms of the Gods. This conclusion to the three previous books about Daine and her wild magic solves many of her problems and hints at the love that lies in her future.

Pierce, Tamora. Sandry's Book. Four young misfits find themselves in a strictly disciplined temple community where they become friends while also learning to do crafts and use their powers, especially magic.

Pierce, Tamora.  Tris's Book.  With the defenses of Winding Circle Temple seriously weakened by an earthquake, Tris and her fellow mages-in-training try to join their different magic powers to protect the Winding Circle community from a pirate attack.

Pullman, Philip.  Clockwork -- or All Wound Up.  Long ago in Germany, a storyteller's story and an apprentice clockwork-maker's nightmare meet in a menacing,  lifelike figure created by the strange Dr. Kalmenius.

Pullman, Philip. Subtle Knife. As the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help Will Parry in his search for his father and for a powerful, magical knife.

Roberts, Laura Peyton. Ghost of a Chance. Life becomes very complicated when Melissa and her best friend, Chloe, both fall in love with the same incredibly handsome ghost.

Rowling, J.K.  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.

Rowling, J.K.  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Fourteen-year-old Harry Potter joins the Weasleys at the Quidditch World Cup, then enters his fourth year at Hogwarts Academy where he is mysteriously entered in an unusual contest that challenges his wizarding skills, friendships and character, amid signs that an old enemy is growing stronger.

Rowling, J.K.  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths.

Rowling, J.K.  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.  Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.

Russell, Barbara.  Taker's Stone. When fourteen-year-old Fischer accidentally uses a magic stone to summon Thistle, one of its Keepers and an agent of the Light, he must help her fight the evil Belial, who seeks to rule the world with cruel darkness.

Scieszka, Jon.  It's All Greek to Me. As Joe, Fred, and Sam about to go on stage, they are sent back in time of Zeus in Greek mythology, who behave much as the characters in the trio's class play.

Scieszka, Jon. Tut, Tut. (Time Warp Trio series). Sam and Joe are back for another adventure; this time they are taking on ancient Egypt.

Seabrooke, Brenda. Care and Feeding of Dragons. Follows the adventures of Alastair as he tries to protect his pet dragon, Spike, from dragonnappers while trying to adjust to his new fourth-grade teacher.

Selden, George.  The Genie of Sutton Place.  A young boy recounts the events of the summer when he had the services of an Arabian genie at his disposal.

Selden, George. Tucker's Countryside.  The adventures of a city bred cat and mouse when they go to the country in Connecticut to visit their friend, Chester Cricket. A sequel to "The Cricket in Times Square."

Strasser, Todd. Help! I'm Trapped in My Gym Teacher's Body.  Jake Sherman is accidently turned into the President of the United States when the chief executive comes to visit at Jake's school and the two get caught in Mr. Dirksen's body-switching machine.

Strasser, Todd. Help! I'm Trapped in the First Day of School. Jake Sherman is sure he has made it when Alex Silver becomes his friend in eighth grade, but he has to go back and start the first day of school over again. Is this forever?

Strasser, Todd. Help! I'm Trapped in the President's Body. After a freak accident, Jake Sherman switches bodies with his muscle-bound gym teacher.

Strasser, Todd. Hey, Dad, Get a Life! When a supernatural presence begins doing favors for Kelly and her younger sister Sasha, they realize that the ghost of their dead father has returned to watch over them.

Strasser, Todd. Jumanji. (novelization of the movie) Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game.

Strickland, Brad. The Bell, the Book, and the Spellbinder. When Fergie falls under the spell of an evil sorcerer, Johnny Dixon and Professor Childermass risk their own lives to save him.

Strickland, Brad.  Specter from the Magician's Museum. When the evil sorceress Belle Frisson ensnares Rose Rita Pottinger in a magic web in order to steal her life force, Lewis Barnavelt must risk his own life to save his friend.

Tolkien, J.R.R.  Fellowship of the Ring.  The first volume of a three-volume epic adventure set in the fantasy world of the Third Age of Middle-earth, a world nhabited by many strange beings.

Tolkien, J.R.R.  The Two Towers.  Continues the adventures of the members of the Fellowship of the Ring.

Voigt, Cynthia.  Elske. Thirteen-year-old Elske escapes rape and certain death at the hands of the leaders of her barbaric society and later  becomes handmaiden to a rebellious noblewoman whose rightful throne together they claim.

White, T.H.  The Once and Future King.FIC/WHI   Contains: "The sword in the Stone," "The Queen of Air and Darkness", "The Ill-made Knight" and "The Candle in the Wind".

Yarbro, Chelsea. Monet's Ghost.  Geena Howe has the ability to project herself into paintings and can even travel to places beyond what is depicted on the canvas.

Yolen, Jane.  Boots and the Seven Leaguers. Teen troll Gog and his best friend Pook work as roadies for a troll rock and roll band until Gog's younger brother gets kidnapped.

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