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2) A world without heroes / (bk. 1 Beyonders)

Author

Mull, Brandon

Series

Beyonders Book 1

Pub. Date

2011

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Description

Fourteen-year-old Jason Walker is transported to a strange world called Lyrian, where he joins Rachel, who was also drawn there from our world, and a few rebels, to piece together the Word that can destroy the malicious wizard emperor, Surroth.

3) Seeds of rebellion / (bk. 2 Beyonders)

Author

Mull, Brandon

Series

Beyonders Book 2

Formats

Description

After Jason succeeds in finding a way back to Lyrian, he's immediately in more danger than ever. Meanwhile, Rachel and the others have made their own progress--as well as discovered new enemies. As the group ultimately rejoins, they strive to convince their most needed ally to join the war and form a rebellion strong enough to triumph against the emperor.

4) Winter of the ice wizard / (bk. 4 Magic Tree House, Merlin Missions)

Author

Series

Magic tree house. Merlin missions Book 4

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

2004.

Description

Jack and Annie are joined by Teddy and Kathleen as they travel to the snowy Land-Behind-the-Clouds, where they search for the eye of the Ice Wizard and attempt to help Merlin and Morgan.

5) Fortunately, the milk

Author

Gaiman, Neil

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Description

Book, Audio Book, eAudiobook

While picking up milk for his children's cereal, a father is abducted by aliens and finds himself on a wild adventure through time and space.

6) When you reach me

Author

Stead, Rebecca

Appears on list

Battle of the Books 2022

Formats

Description

As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1970s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid," a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.

7) Chasing the prophecy / (bk. 3 Beyonders)

Author

Mull, Brandon

Series

Beyonders Book 3

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Description

Jason and Rachel's adventures and friendships have made Lyrian more of a home to them than they could have imagined, so now, armed with the prophecy of a dying oracle, they are ready to become Lyrian's heroes whatever the cost to themselves.

8) Tigers at twilight / (bk. 19 Magic Tree House, Original Series)

Author

Series

Magic tree house. Original series Book 19

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

1999.

Description

Having used their magic tree house to travel to India, where they must get a gift to help free the dog Teddy from a spell, Jack and Annie have adventures involving a tiger and other endangered jungle animals.

9) The Halloween tree

Author

Bradbury, Ray

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

"A group of children and a "spirit" go back through time to discover the beginnings of Halloween." --

10) Kaleidoscope

Author

Selznick, Brian

Pub. Date

2021.

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Description

A ship. A garden. A library. A key. In Kaleidoscope, the incomparable Brian Selznick presents the story of two people bound to each other through time and space, memory and dreams. At the center of their relationship is a mystery about the nature of grief and love which will look different to each reader. Kaleidoscope is a feat of storytelling that illuminates how even the wildest tales can help us in the hardest times.

11) Kind of a big deal

Author

Hale, Shannon

Pub. Date

2020.

Formats

Description

Dropping out of high school to pursue her Broadway ambitions, a talented performer lands in a directionless job before a visit to the library catapults her into the plotlines of the books she reads.

12) A perfect time for pandas / (bk. 20 Magic Tree House, Merlin Missions)

Author

Series

Magic tree house. Merlin missions Book 20

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Description

Magically transported to southwest China to find the final object needed to break the spell on the wizard Merlin's beloved penguin, Jack and Annie take a side trip to the world's largest giant panda reserve.

13) Are we there yet?

Author

Santat, Dan

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Pub. Date

2016.

Description

"A boy goes on a long car ride to visit his grandmother and discovers time moves faster or slower depending on how bored he is"--

14) The ghosts of heaven

Author

Sedgwick, Marcus

Publisher

Roaring Brook Press

Pub. Date

2015.

Description

Four linked stories of discovery and survival begin with a Paleolithic-era girl who makes the first written signs, continue with Anna, who people call a witch, then a mad twentieth-century poet who watches the ocean knowing the horrors it hides, and concluding with an astronaut on the first spaceship from Earth sent to colonize another world.

15) The Journal of Curious Letters / (bk. 1 13th Reality)

Author

Dashner, James

Series

13th reality Book 1

Publisher

Shadow Mountain

Formats

Description

Thirteen-year-old Atticus "Tick" Higginbottom begins receiving mysterious letters from around the world signed only "M.G.," and the clues contained therein lead him on a journey to the perilous 13th Reality and a confrontation with evil Mistress Jane.

16) Spellbound / (bk. 2 Books of Elsewhere)

Author

West, Jacqueline

Series

Books of Elsewhere Book 2

Publisher

Puffin Books

Pub. Date

2012, c2011

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RU (APA) 6th Grade

Description

Eleven-year-old Olive finds herself drawn to the grimoire of the witches who built her house and tries to use its spells to uncover the house's magic and control the cats themselves, but the book is more wicked than it seems.

17) The hunt for dark infinity / (bk. 2 13th Reality)

Author

Dashner, James

Series

13th reality Book 2

Publisher

Aladdin

Pub. Date

2010

Description

After being kidnapped by Mr. Chu, Atticus "Tick" Higginbottom and his friends Paul and Sofia must survive a series of tests in several different Realities.

18) Secret of the prince's tomb / (bk. 7 Imagination Station)

Author

Hering, Marianne

Series

Imagination station Book 7
Adventures in Odyssey
Focus on the Family presents

Publisher

Tyndale House Pub

Pub. Date

c2012

Description

Beth and her cousin Patrick travel in the Imagination Station to Egypt where they befriend a girl named Tabitha and try to help her and her family avoid being forced into slavery by searching an ancient burial vault to discover a great secret that will give hope to Tabitha's family and help them trust in God.

19) Dingoes at dinnertime / (bk. 20 Magic Tree House, Original Series)

Author

Series

Magic tree house Book 20

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

[2000]

Description

The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie away to Australia where they must save some animals from a wildfire.

20) Revenge of the Red Knight / (bk. 4 Imagination Station)

Author

Hering, Marianne

Series

Imagination station Book 4
Adventures in Odyssey

Publisher

Tyndale

Pub. Date

c2011

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