Some favorite fantasy and SF books for kids and YAs
Discover the best fantasy and science fiction books for kids and young adults! Explore our curated list of favorite reads that inspire imagination and adventure in young readers.
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Beauty
by Robin McKinley
A strange imprisonment Beauty has never liked her nickname. She is thin and awkward; it is her two sisters who are the beautiful ones. But …
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Spindle's End
by Robin McKinley
In the tradition of Beauty and Rose Daughter, Newbery Award-winning author Robin McKinley "lends a fresh perspective to a classic fairy tale, developing the story …
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A String in the Harp
by Nancy Bond
Relates what happens to three Americans, unwillingly transplanted to Wales for one year, when one finds an ancient harp-tuning key that takes him back in …
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His Dark Materials
by Philip Pullman
Lyra Belacqua tries to prevent kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments, helps Will Parry search for his father, and finds that she …
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The Dark Is Rising (Boxed Set)
by Susan Cooper
Susan Cooper's brilliant Dark is Rising sequence has enthralled readers since the first book, Over Sea, Under Stone, was published more than forty years ago. …
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Dark Lord of Derkholm
by Diana Wynne Jones
Mr. Chesney operates Pilgrim Parties, a tour group that takes paying participants into an outer realm where the inhabitants play frightening and foreboding roles. The …