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Odd and The Frost Giants

★★★☆☆
Norse mythology retold as a children's adventure story

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The Railway Children

★★★☆☆
Three children, uprooted from London to the countryside, become fascinated with trains

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Witches

★★☆☆☆
A boy and his grandmother encounter child-hating witches

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Throne of Glass

★★☆☆☆
In a world where magic is dying, a young assassin is rescued from prison to be a champion in a tournament

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The Last Unicorn

★★☆☆☆
When a unicorn learns that she is the last of her kind, she sets out on an epic journey to find out what happened to all the other unicorns

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

★★★★★
Young Dorothy Gale is swept by a tornado from Kansas to a magical land with wizards, witches and several marvelous creatures, but all she wants is to get back to Kansas...

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Howl's Moving Castle

★★★★☆
Sophie Hatter has been cursed to be an old woman, and seeks out the fearsome wizard Howl to help her undo the curse.

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

★★★★★
Alice falls into the rabbit-hole and has several adventures involving some very unusual characters

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Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Woundn't Grow Up

★★★★☆
Peter Pan, and the little fairy Tinker Bell lead the Darling children to the magical world of Neverland

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City of Bones

★☆☆☆☆
A young girl accidentally steps into a world of magic and discovers a lot about herself and her family

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Little Women

★★★☆☆
A coming-of-age novel set around the American Civil war, detailing the lives of four sisters from childhood to womanhood.

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A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder

★★★★☆
Pippa Fitz-Amobi starts investigating a murder as a high-school project, but the secrets she uncovers are ones that no one wants to face

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The Explorer

★★★☆☆
A group of children are marooned in the Amazon jungle when their plane crashes. They meet an explorer, a man who has forsaken civilization in favour of living his life out in the jungle. But will he help get the children rescued?

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The Graveyard Book

★★★★★
Noboday 'Bod' Owens lives in the graveyard, and has done so most of his life. His parents are ghosts, his guardian straddles the world of the living and the dead, and his best friend is a witch. But, the real danger for Bod are the sinister forces on his trail in the world of the living...

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To All the Boys I've Loved Before

★☆☆☆☆
Lara Jean never spoke about her crushes. She just writes letters to them as a way of coping, and hides the letters under her bed. But when those letters suddenly get sent out, havoc!

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Flipped

★★★☆☆
A romance between two teens which builds up over many years. She flipped the first time she saw him, but realized he wasn't quite as wonderful as she thought. He ran when she first appeared, but slowly realizes how amazing she is...

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