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Watership by
Richard Adams
Chronicles the
adventures of a
group of rabbits
searching for a
safe place to
establish a new
warren where
they can live in
peace.
Skellig by
David Almond
Unhappy about
his baby
sitter’s illness
and the chaos of
moving into a
dilapidated old
house, Michael
retreats to the
garage and finds
a mysterious
stranger who is
something like a
bird and
something like
an angel.
The Hermit
Thrush Sings by
Susan Butler
In a time after
natural disaster
has destroyed
much of the
earth, Leora
Keeps her webbed
hand hidden for
fear of being
sent to the
Institute along
with the other
“defectives”.
One day she
dares to free a
baby birmba and
begins an
adventure.
Fire Bringer
by David
Clement-Davis
Long ago, it was
foretold that a
deer bearing the
mark of an oak
leaf would lead
the red deer
herd to
salvation. Is
Rannoch the one?
Eva by Peter
Dickinson
After a terrible
accident, a
young girl wakes
up to discover
that she has
been given the
body of a
chimpanzee.
So You Want
to a Wizard by
Diane Duane
Thirteen-year-old
Nita, tormented
by a gang of
bullies because
she won’t fight
back, finds the
help she needs
in a library
book on wizardry
which guides her
into another
dimension.
Among the
Hidden by
Margaret
Petersen
In a future
where the
Population
Police enforce
the law limiting
a family to only
two children,
Luke has lived
all his twelve
years in
isolation and
fear on his
family farm,
until another
“third”
convinces him
that the
government is
wrong.
Secret
Sacrament by
Sheryl Jordan
A
disturbing
incident when he
is only seven
years old
foreshadow the
role Gabriel
will play in the
relations
between Navorran
people an the
Shinali, a role
which is
solidified when
he becomes an
Elected One and
trained to be a
Healer.
The Giver by
Lois Lowry
Given his
lifetime
assignment at
the Ceremony of
Twelve, Jonas
becomes the
receiver of
memories shared
by only one
other in his
community an
discovers the
terrible truth
about the
society in which
he lives.
The
Riddle-master of
Hed by Patricia
McKillp
The 1st
volume in a
trilogy- In
seeking the
answer to the
riddle of the
three stars on
his forehead and
the three stars
on the enchanted
harp and sword,
Morgon, Prince
of Hed, goes
ultimately to
the High One,
himself.
His Dark
Materials series
by Philip
Pullman
Lyra Belacqua
searches for her
father while
unraveling the
mystery of the
Dust with her
daemon,
Pantalaimon.
Memory Boy by
Will Weaver
Sixteen-year-old
Miles and his
family must flee
their
Minneapolis home
and begin a new
life in the
wilderness after
a chain of
cataclysmic
volcanic
explosions
creates
dangerous
conditions in
their city.
The Enchanted
Forest
Chronicles
series by
Patricia Wrede
Princess
Cimorene runs
away from her
boring life to
live with the
dragons in the
Enchanted
Forest, finding
more adventure
than she
bargained of
when she helps
defend their
land from
invaders.
The X-files
series by Les
Martin
Based on the
television show.
Boots and the
Seven Leaguers:
A Rock-and-Troll
Novel
Teen troll Gog
and his best
fried Pook work
as roadies for a
troll rock and
roll band until
Gog’s younger
brother gets
kidnapped.
Armageddon
Summer by Jane
Yolen and Bruce
Coville
Fourteen-year-old
Marian and
sixteen-year-old
Jed accompany
their parents’
religious cult,
the Believers,
to await the end
of the worked
atop a remote
mountain, where
they try to
deiced what they
themselves
believe.
List
annotated by Eva
Davis, Plymouth
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