Magical stories (9-12)
These books are brilliant for older children who want to get lost in a magical journey.
There are classics and new titles, picture books and chapter books and some books containing magic realism rather than traditional fantasy.
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Midnight For Charlie Bone
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Midnight For Charlie Bone
Charlie is unnerved to discover that he can hear people in photographs talking. His aunts take an unhealthy interest in his gift a…
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
After the misery of life with his ghastly aunt and uncle, Harry Potter is delighted to have the chance to embark on an exciting ne…
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A Most Improper Magick
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A Most Improper Magick
A 21st-century take on Jane Austen's world, entertainingly viewed through the eyes of a 12-year-old heroine who discovers she has …
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The Secret of the Purple Lake
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The Secret of the Purple Lake
This collection of interlinked folk tales has a truly global feel, with stories reaching from Africa to the Orkney Islands, by way…
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The Last Dragonslayer
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The Last Dragonslayer
Times are tough for Jennifer Strange, manager of Kazam Mystical Arts - then predictions of a new Dragonslayer coming to slay the L…
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Oksa Pollock: The Last Hope
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Oksa Pollock: The Last Hope
The Oksa Pollock series has legions of fans all over the world, and this first installment leaves us in no doubt why.
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Frogkisser!
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Frogkisser!
A fairy tale for the modern feminist generation, Anya's Quest (yes, Quest with a capital Q) takes her through dark woods and acros…
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The Hidden Star
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The Hidden Star
Part mystery, part quest, this book uses magic realism to tell an absorbing story about friendship and courage, which is filled wi…
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The Elsewhere Emporium
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The Elsewhere Emporium
This cracking sequel to the Blue Peter Book Award-winning The Nowhere Emporium is chock full of magic and invention…
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Baker’s Magic
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Baker’s Magic
An orphaned girl with a talent for baking must use courage, intelligence and just a little bit of magic to save her country from a…
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon
When babies are left in the forest as an offering, the witch Xan protects them and feeds them on starlight. But one day, Xan feeds…
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Night Zookeeper: The Giraffes of Whispering Wood
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Night Zookeeper: The Giraffes of Whispering Wood
Will is certain that, no matter what his teacher says, he’s right to paint a purple elephant. And he is proved right, when the ele…
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
When Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy - step through a wardrobe door in the strange country house where they are staying, they find t…
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Blackberry Blue
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Blackberry Blue
A stunning collection of mystical fairy tales that are at once exotic and fresh, and traditionally heartening.
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Scales and Scoundrels
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Scales and Scoundrels
Luvander and her companions go on an expedition to find The Hall of Dreaming Teasures. Their journey is like a cross between India…
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AniMalcolm
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AniMalcolm
Magic realism and slapstick humour combine in this story about Malcolm: an animal hater living in a family of animal lovers. Insid…
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The Cradle of All Worlds
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The Cradle of All Worlds
Jane Doe appeared on the steps of the mysterious Manor with her sick father as a baby, and ever since the residents of Bluehaven h…
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The Boy Who Went Magic
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The Boy Who Went Magic
Everyone in Penvellyn has grown up on the stories of Ferenor, an abandoned land of mages and magic that now lies in myth and ruin.…
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Archie Green and the Magician's Secret
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Archie Green and the Magician's Secret
If you love books that show you where the magical could be hiding in your everyday world then this is the book for you.
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