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Gabrielle Wang
Meet Zadie Ma, a girl who writes magical stories that sometimes come true. Can Zadie bring to life her most important story of all … the one where she finds…
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Deborah Abela
From bestselling author Deborah Abela, comes a middle grade adventure for 8-12-year-old heroes (even if they don’t know it yet).
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Anna James
A magical adventure to delight the imagination. A curl-up-on-the-sofa snuggle of a debut from a uniquely talented author.
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Christopher Paolini
When Eragon finds a polished stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the…
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Chris Colfer
Celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Chris Colfer’s No.1 New York Times bestselling series The Land of Stories with this gorgeous illustrated anniversary edition!
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D'lacey Chris
Dragon and boy’s fates combine in this stunning new fantasy series.
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Allison Rushby
A captivating supernatural mystery set in a house haunted by secrets from the past.
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Sarah Armstrong
Eleven-year-old Tulsi comes from a long line of women magicians, but her mother has always forbidden her to learn Big Magic.
Skye McKenna
When Cassie runs away from her dreary boarding school, in search of her missing mother, she ends up in the magical village of Hedgely and discovers she comes from a…
Donna Barba Higuera
A multi-award winning and bestselling novel, blending science fiction and Mexican folklore to explore the power of storytelling.
Melanie La'Brooy
A wildly fun debut about not quite belonging, forging your own path and finding your true home.
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Soman Chainani
A dark and enchanting fantasy adventure perfect for girls who prefer their fairytales with a twist.
John Flanagan
All his life, Will has dreamed of becoming a great knight. But he is apprenticed to Halt, the mysterious Ranger whose uncanny ability to move unseen is thought to be…
Amelia Mellor
A magical bookshop. A sinister stranger. A deal gone horribly wrong. Can Pearl and Vally save their home - and their father - before time runs out?
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Susan Cooper
This night will be bad and tomorrow will be beyond imagining. It’s Midwinter’s Eve, the day before Will’s eleventh birthday. But there is an atmosphere of fear in the familiar…
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Amie Kaufman
New York Times bestselling author Amie Kaufman delivers heart-pounding adventure and breathtaking magical inventions in this unforgettable story about finding one’s place in a sharply divided world.
Jonathan Auxier
In nineteenth-century England, after her father’s disappearance Nan Sparrow, ten, works as a climbing boy, aiding chimney sweeps, but when her most treasured possessions end up in a fireplace, she…
Jeremy Lachlan
Step inside. Don’t look back. Forward is the only way. His Dark Materials meets Mad Max in this unforgettable blockbuster adventure about the world between worlds.
Katharine Orton
A gorgeous, snowy adventure, set in the wilds of Siberia, full of magic and wonder, for junior readers.
Erin Hunter
The book that sparked a phenomenon and started a series that has sold more than 16 million copies-now beautifully repackaged with striking new cover art!
Philip Reeve
The squabbling goblins who live in the great towers of Clovenstone spend their time fighting and looting. Only clever young Skarper understands that dark magic is rising again. Trolls, giants…
Kelly Barnhill
An enchanting and unforgettable modern fable that is impossible to put down.
Emily Rodda
Lone Annie sees dragons in your future…She sees giants. She sees fire and water. She sees death.
Ursula Le Guin
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard.
Jessica Townsend
A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut Australian author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who escapes death and finds herself in a magical world - but is then tested…
Katie Tsang, Kevin Tsang
Percy Jackson meets Beast Quest! Dragon Mountain is the first book in an epic new fantasy series from authors Katie and Kevin Tsang.
Emily Gale, Nova Weetman
An exciting collaboration from two of Australia’s favourite middle-grade authors.
Damien Love
Alex’s grandfather reappears in his life with the news that their friend Harry is in need of rescue.
B.B. Alston
Amari’s search for her missing brother leads her into a world of magic … and danger. But before she can find him, she must learn the truth about herself.
Anna Ciddor
When Perry steps into a crumbling ruin while on holiday in France, he is not expecting to be transported back 1700 years to Roman times. While he hunts desperately for…
Ross Montgomery
Sometimes at the darkest hour, hope shines the brightest…
Jaclyn Moriarty
Long ago, the little Prince of Cloudburst was stolen from the seashore by a Water Sprite. Now, ten years later, the prince has found his way home. The King and…
Something wicked is taking hold of Nevermoor… In Morrigan Crow’s third Wundrous adventure, she faces her most dangerous challenge yet.
Jessica Miller
From rising star Jessica Miller comes this richly imagined fantasy adventure, an unmissable addition to the genre for readers of Karen Foxlee, Jessica Townsend and Philip Pullman.
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Lev Grossman
Kate wasn’t expecting much when she wrote to her wealthy estranged uncle to ask for a birthday present. Certainly she wasn’t expecting a colossal steam train called the Silver Arrow…
Tui T Sutherland
The seven dragon tribes have been at war for generations, locked in an endless battle over an ancient, lost treasure. A secret movement called the Talons of Peace is determined…
Tim Probert
Fearing for the Pig Wizard’s safety, Bea and Cad set out across Irpa to find him, while danger fights its way out of the shadows and into the light.
Cressida Cowell
The story of Hiccup Haddock Horrendous III’s rise to fame, through his dragon-training exploits, told in his own words. Read the book that inspired the hit DreamWorks film How to…
Philip Pullman
This is the first book in the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Award-winning trilogy His Dark Materials, from Philip Pullman.
An enchanting magical adventure set in the wild moors of Dartmoor - the second middle-grade novel from the bestselling author of Nevertell.
From the bestselling author of How to Train Your Dragon comes an exciting high-adventure series - set in an ancient, magical time, full of Wizards, Warriors, Giants and Sprites.
When a Bandit King comes to steal the magic that Ned’s mother, a witch, is meant to keep, it’s Ned who protects his community. In another kingdom, lives Aine, the…
Shirley Marr
An exquisite, heartbreakingly beautiful gem of a novel for anyone who loved Wonder, Lenny’s Book of Everything, A Monster Calls or When You Reach Me.
Garth Nix
Seven keys … seven days … seven breathtaking adventures.
Terry Pratchett
Twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen on the Discworld. Its very existence is about to be threatened by a strange new blight: the arrival of the first tourist…
Thomas Taylor
Nobody visits Eerie-on-Sea in the winter. Especially not when darkness falls and the wind howls around Maw Rocks and the wreck of the battleship Leviathan, where even now some swear…
Franny Billingsley
Part Western fantasy, part literary mystery and wholly unputdownable, A Murmuration of Starlings is loaded with magic, action, and intrigue, and features a character who will stay with you long…
Karen Foxlee
Magical machines, wizards, witches, mysterious underworlds, a race against time - and two most magical girls.