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Booktalks for the Genre Fantasy:
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Author
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Title
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Grade Level
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DeLint, Charles
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Waifs and Strays
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7 - 9
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Ferris, Jean
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Once Upon a Marigold
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6 - 8
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Nix, Garth
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Abhorsen
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7 - 8
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Mahy, Margaret
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alchemy
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6 - 7
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Morris, Jim
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The Ballad of Sir Dinadan
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6 - 8
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Allende, Isabel
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City of the Beasts
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6 - 8
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Sedgwick, Marcus
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The Dark Horse
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6 - 8
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Snyder, Midori
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Hannah's Garden
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6 - 8
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Rowling, J. K.
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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6 - 8
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Schwartz, Virginia Frances
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Messenger
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6 - 8
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Sabin, E. Rose
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A School for Sorcery
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6 - 7
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Fletcher, Susan
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Sign of the Dove
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6 - 7
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Huntington, Geoffrey
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Sorcerers of the Nightwing
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6 - 8
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Yolen, Jane
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The Sword of the Rightful King
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6 - 8
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Prachett, Terry
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The Wee Free Men
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6 - 7
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Hanley, Victoria
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The Healer's Keep
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6 - 8
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Jordan, Sherryl
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The Hunting of the Last Dragon
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6 - 8
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McCaffrey, Anne
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A Gift of Dragons
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6 - 8
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Holland, Kevin Crossley
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At the Crossing Places
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6 - 8
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Murphy, Rita
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Harmony
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6 - 7
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Vande Velde, Vivian
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Heir Apparent
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6 - 8
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Townley, Roderick
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Into the Labyrinth
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6 - 7
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McCutchen, H. L.
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Lightland
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6 - 7
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Taylor, Cora
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On Wings of a Dragon
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6 - 7
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Van Pelt, James
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Strangers and Beggars
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7 - 12
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Paterson, Katherine
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The Same Stuff as Stars
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6 - 8
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Funke, Cornelia
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The Thief Lord
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6 - 9
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Schreiber, Ellen
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Teenage Mermaid
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6 - 8
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Carmody, Isabelle
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Ashling
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7 - 12
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Datlow, Ellen
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The Green Man, Tales from the Mythic Wood
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7 - 12
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Odom, Mel
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The Rover
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6 - 12
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Holland, Kevin Crossley
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The Seeing Stone
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6 - 12
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McKinley, Robin & Dickinson, Peter
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Water:Tales of Elemental Spirits
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6 - 12
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Thomson, Sarah L.
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The Dragon’s Son
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6 - 12
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Dickinson, Peter
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The Ropemaker
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7 - 12
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Roberts, Katherine
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Spellfall
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7 - 12
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Chapman, Vera
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The Enchantresses
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6 - 9
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Avi
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The Good Dog
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6 - 7
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Levine, Gail Carson
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The Two Princesses of Bamarre
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6 - 8
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Barron, T. A.
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Tree Girl
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6 - 9
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Calhoun, Dia
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Firegold
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6 - 12
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Springer, Nancy
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I am Morgan Le Fay
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6 - 12
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Townley, Roderick
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The Great Good Thing
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6 - 7
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Paulsen, Gary
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The Transall Saga
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6 - 9
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Yolen, Jane
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The Young Merlin Trilogy: Passager, Hobby, Merlin
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6 - 7
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Pierce, Meredith Ann
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Treasure at the Heart of the Tanglewood
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6 - 12
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Hanley, Victoria
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The Seer and the Sword
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6 - 12
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Calhoun, Dia
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Aria of the Sea
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6 - 7
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Ciencin, Scott
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Beverly Hills Brontosaurus: Dinoverse 5
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6 - 7
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Lowry, Lois
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Gathering Blue
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6 - 9
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Springer, Nancy
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I am Mordred
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6 - 12
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Murphy, Rita
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Night Flying
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6 - 7
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Jordan, Sherryl
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Secret Sacrament
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7 - 12
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Ciencin, Scott
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Dinoverse
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6 - 8
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Gilmore, Kate
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The Exchange Student
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6 - 8
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Gilmore, Kate
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The Exchange Student
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6 - 8
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Barron, T. A.
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The Lost Years of Merlin
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6 - 12
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Barron, T. A.
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The Lost Years of Merlin Series
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6 - 12
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Barron, T. A.
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Mirror of Merlin
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6 - 12
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Larson, Gary
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There's a Hair in My Dirt
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5 - 12
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Corbett, Sue
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12 Again
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6 - 7
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Brooke, William J.
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A is for AARRGH!
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5 - 7
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Anthony, Piers
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Balook
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6 - 7
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King, Robert J.
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Mad Merlin
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8 - 12
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Pierce, Tamora
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Magic Steps
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6 - 7
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Barron, T. A.
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The Merlin Effect
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6 - 9
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Stewart, Sean
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Nobody's Son
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7 - 12
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McKinley, Robin
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Spindle's End
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6 - 12
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Gaiman, Neil
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Stardust
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6 - 12
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Maguire, Gregory
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Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
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6 - 12
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Morris, Gerald
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The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf
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6 - 9
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Griffith, Helen V.
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Cougar, a novel
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6 - 8
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Alesander, Lloyd
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The Iron Ring
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6 - 7
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Pullman, Philip
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Clockwork
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5 - 7
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Gaiman, Neil
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Coraline
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6 - 12
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Wrede, Patricia C.
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Dealing with Dragons
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5 - 8
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Pullman, Philip
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The Golden Compass
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5 - 8
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Hautman, Pete
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Mr. Was
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7 - 10
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Fletcher, Susan
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Shadow Spinner
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5 - 9
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Colfer, Eoin
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Artemis Fowl
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5 - 7
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Sleator, William
William Sleator
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Singularity
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7 - 9
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Funke, Cornelia
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The Thief Lord
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6 - 9
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Crichton, Michael
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Timeline
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8 - 12
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Paulsen, Gary
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The Transall Saga
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6 - 9
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Carmody, Isabelle
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The Farseekers
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7 - 12
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Barron, T.A.
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The Ancient One
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6 - 8
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Koller, Jackie French
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If I Had One Wish
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5 - 8
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Barron, T.A.
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The Lost Years of Merlin
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6 - 12
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Haddix, Margaret Peterson
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Turnabout
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6 - 12
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DiCamillo, Kate
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The Tale of Despereaux
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5 - 8
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Haddix, Margaret Peterson
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Among the Hidden
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5 - 7
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Dunn, Mark
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Ella Minnow Pea: A Progressively Lipogrammatic Epistolary Fable
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8 - 12
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Wrede, Patricia
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Dealing with Dragons
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5 -78
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Dia Calhoun
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White Midnight
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7 -89
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Colfer, Eoin
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Atremis Fowl: The Arctic Incident
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5 - 8
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Avi
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Crispin: The Cross of Lead
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6 - 8
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Avi
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Crispin: the Cross of Lead
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6 - 8
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Paolini, Christopher
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Eragon
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5 - 12
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Ewing, Lynne
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Goddess of the Night
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6 - 9
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Pullman, Philip
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The Amber Spyglass
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6 - 10
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Jacques, Brian
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Triss
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5 - 7
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Jacques, Brian
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Triss
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5 - 7
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Gideon, Melanie
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The Map that Breathed
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McKillip, Patricia A.
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Alphabet of Thorn
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6 - 12
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McKillip, Patricia A.
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In the Forests of Serre
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6 - 12
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Pattou, Edity
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East
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6 - 12
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Collins, Suzanne
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Gregor the Overlander
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6 - 7
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Funke, Cornelia
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Inkheart
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6 - 12
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Allen, Will
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Swords for Hire
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6 - 8
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Gideon, Melanie
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The Map that Breathed
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6 - 12
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Jennings, Patrick
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The Wolving Time
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6 - 7
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Calhoun, Dia
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White Midnight
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6 -12
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Crocker, Carter
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The Tale of the Swamp Rat
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6 - 8
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Griffin, Peni R.
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11,000 Years Lost
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6 - 7
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Stroud, Jonathan
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The Amulet of Samarkand
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6 - 12
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Duprau, Jeanne
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The City of Ember
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6 - 12
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Funke, Cornelia
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Dragon Rider
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6 - 12
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Paul, Donita K.
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Dragonspell
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6 - 12
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Haddix, Margaret Peterson
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Excape from Memory
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6 - 12
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November, Sharyn (editor)
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Firebirds
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7 - 12
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Pratchett, Terry
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A Hat Full of Sky
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6 - 10
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Allende, Isabel
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The Kingdom of the Golden Dragon
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6 - 12
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Fisk, Pauline
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Midnight Blue
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6 - 12
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Duprau, Jeanne
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The People of Sparks
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6 - 12
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Shinn, Sharon
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The Safe-Keeper's Secret
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6 - 12
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Kaaberbol, Lene
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The Shamer's Daughter
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6 - 12
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Bloor, Edward
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Story Time
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6 - 12
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Datlow, Ellen
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Swan Sister
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6 - 12
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Stahler, David Jr.
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Truesight
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6 - 12
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Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
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The Unseen
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6 - 12
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Duane, Diane
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Wizard's Holiday
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6 - 9
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Farmer, Nancy
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House of Scorpion
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7 - 12
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Bray, Libba
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A Great and Terrible Beauty
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8 - 12
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de Lint, Charles
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Blue Girl
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6 - 12
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Cooper, Susan
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The Dark is Rising
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6-8
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Barry, Dave and Pearson, Ridley
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Peter and the Starcatchers
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4 -8
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Jarvis, Robin
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The Alchemist's Cat
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6 - 8
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Pike, Christopher
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Alosha
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6 - 8
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Findlay, Jamieson
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The Blue Roan Child
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6 - 8
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Randall, David
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Clovermead
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6 - 10
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Odom, Mel
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The Destruction of the Books
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6 - 10
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Zahn, Timothy
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Dragon and Soldier
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6 - 8
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Stewart, Paul (illus. By Chris Riddell)
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Beyond the Deepwoods: The Edge Chronicles
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6 - 7
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Stewart, Paul (illus. By Chris Riddell)
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Midnight over Sanctaphrax: The Edge Chronicles
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6 - 7
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Stewart, Paul (illus. By Chris Riddell)
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Stormchaser: The Edge Chronicles
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6 - 7
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Windling, Terri
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The Faery Reel
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6 - 12
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Lyon, Steve
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The Gift Moves
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6 - 9
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LeGuin, Ursula K.
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Gifts
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7 - 12
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Collins, Suzanne
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Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
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6 - 7
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Lowry, Lois
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Messenger
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7 - 12
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Hayden, Patrick Neilsen (ed.)
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New Magics
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6 - 12
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Reeve, Philip
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Predator's Gold
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6 - 7
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Brennan, Herbie
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The Purple Emperor
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6 - 12
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Farmer, Nancy
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The Sea of Trolls
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7 - 12
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Pierce, Tamora
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Trickster's Queen
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6 - 12
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Jones, Dianna Wynne
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Unexpected Magic
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6 - 12
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Pierce, Meredith Ann
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Waters Luminous and Dee[
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6 - 12
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Besson, Luc
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Arthur and the Minimoys
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6
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de Lint, Charles
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The Blue Girl
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8 - 11
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Dunkle, Clare B.
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Close Kin
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6 - 9
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Wilkinson, Carole
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Dragon Keeper
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7 -89
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Ainnen, Linda
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The Dragons of Spratt, Ohio
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6 - 7
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Stewart, Paul; Riddell, Chris--illustrator
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The Edge Chronicles: the Curse of the Gloamglozer
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6 - 8
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Allende, Isabel
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Forest of the Pygmies
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7 - 11
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Fleischman, Sid
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The Giant Rats of Sumatra or Pirates Galore
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6
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Rowling, J.K.
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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6 - 12
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Hanley, Victoria
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Light of the Oracle
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6 - 9
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Odom, Mel
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Lord of the Libraries
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6 - 12
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Larbalestier, Justine
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Magic or Madness
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7 - 11
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Harrison, Mette Ivie
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Mira Mirror
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7 - 12
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Van Velde, Vivian
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Now You See It . . .
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6 - 12
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McKilip, Patricia A.
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Od Magic
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6 - 12
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Gerstein, Mordicai
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The Old Country
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6 - 10
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Baker, E.D.
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Once Upon a Curse
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6 - 8
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Lee, Tanith
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Piratica
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6 - 10
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Wood, Maggie L.
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The Princess Pawn
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6 - 12
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Flanagan, John
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Ranger's Apprentice
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6 - 8
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Myracle, Lauren
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rhymes with witches
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8 - 12
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Kaaberbol, Lene
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Shamer's Signet
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6 - 9
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Bell, Hilari
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The Wizard Test
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6 - 8
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Paver, Michelle
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Wolf Brother
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6 - 9
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Avi
Avi
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The Book Without Words
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6 - 8
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Wilkinson, Carole
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Dragon Keeper
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6 - 9
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Collins, Suzanne
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Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
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6 -67
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Melling O. R.
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The Hunter's Moon
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8 - 12
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Armstrong, Alan
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Whittington
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6 - 7
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Shinn, Sharon
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The Truth-Teller's Tale
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6 - 8
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Croggon, Alison
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The Naming
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6 - 10
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Whitlatch, Terryl
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The Katurran Odyssey
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6 - 7
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Paolini, Christopher
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Eldest
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6 - 12
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Hill, Stuart
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Cry of the Icemark
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6 - 12
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Stemple, Adam and Yolen, Jane
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Pay the Piper
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6 - 12
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Pratchett, Terry
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Only You Can Save Mankind
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6 - 7
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Hale, Shannon
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The Princess Academy
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6 - 8
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Zahn, Timothy
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Dragon and Slave
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6 - 8
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Collier, James Lincoln
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The Empty Mirror
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5 - 8
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Mosley, Walter
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47
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6 - 10
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Funke, Cornelia
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Inkspell
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6 - 12
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Paul, Donita K.
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DragonQuest
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6 - 12
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Datlow, Ellen
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The Faery Reel
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6 - 12
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Windling, Terri
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The Green Man, Tales from the Mythic Wood
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7 - 12
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Windling, Terri
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Swan Sister
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6 - 12
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Albert, Susan Wittig
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The Tale of Hill Top Farm
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9 - 12
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Funke, Cornelia
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The Thief Lord
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6 - 9
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Marsden, John
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Tomorrow When the War Began
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8 - 12
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Koller, Jackie French
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If I Had One Wish
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5 - 8
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Koller, Jackie French
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If I had One Wish
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5 - 8
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Haddix, Margaret Peterson
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Escape from Memory
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6 - 12
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Turner, Megan Whalen
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The Queen of Attolia
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8 - 12
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Turner, Megan Whalen
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The Thief
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8 - 12
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Tiffany, Grace
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Ariel
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8 - 12
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Rees, Celia
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Witch Child
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6 - 9
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Martin, Rafe
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Birdwing
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6 - 9
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Wooding, Chris
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The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
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7 - 9
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Riordan, Rick
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The Lightning Thief
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Horowitz, Anthony
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Raven's Gate
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6 - 9
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Paul Steward
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The Edge Chronicles (Number 6): Vox
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4-8
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Paul Steward
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The Edge Chronicles (Number 7): Freeglader
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4-8
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Jonathan Stroud
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Bartimaeus Trilogy (The): Book 3, Ptolemy’s Gate
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6-12
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Jean DuPrau
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Prophet of Yonwood (The)
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4-9
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Okorafor-Mbachu, Nnedi
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Zahrah the Windseeker
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6 - 8
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Rebecca Moesta and Kevin Anderson
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Crystal Doors
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6 -12
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Roald Dahl
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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
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5 -78
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Lois Lowry
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Gossamer
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5 -78
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Esther Friesner
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Temping Fate
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6 -12
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