Fifteen Fabulous Fantasies - Van Antwerp Media Center

 

Watership Down by Richard Adams
A community of rabbits are forced to leave their warren when it is bulldozed to make a construction site.

Skellig  by David Almond
Who is the mysterious stranger in Michael's dilapidated garage?

 A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony
Bink will be exiled if he doesn't get some magic soon. (Xanth series)

The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley
Corinna pretends to be a boy in order to become a Folk Keeper, someone who keeps the wild and dangerous underground folk under control.

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
A young evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom, but the fairies fight back.

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin
Ged tries to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard. (The Earthsea series)

Ella Enchanted by Gail Levine
Ella fights a curse that forces her to obey any order. Based on Cinderella.

Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
Briar Rose is cursed on her name day by an evil fairy and then hidden away by a young fairy in a remote part of a magical country.

Zel by Donna Jo Napoli
Zel and her mother tell about Zel being locked in a tower because her mother can't bear to let her go. Based on Rapunzel.

Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
Alanna disguises herself as a boy in order to become a knight. (Song of the Lioness series)

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Lyra tries to prevent other children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments. (His Dark Materials series)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter goes to wizard's school, becomes a quidditch star, and solves a mystery involving a sorcerer's stone.

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Bilbo Baggins is recruited by a group of dwarves and a wizard to reclaim a stolen fortune from a dragon.

The Once and Future King by T.H. White
Complete King Arthur story - talking animals, flying men, wizards and war.

Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede
A Princess trying to escape her restricted life, runs away to live with a dragon and ends up in the middle of the wizards' plot against the dragons. (The Enchanted Forest Chronicles series)


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