A Fantasy Booklist: Grade 4th-6th
Alexander, Lloyd. Chronicles of Prydain. (Series of 5) Taran is joined by an engaging cast of characters that includes Eilonwy, the strong-willed and sharp-tongued princess; Fflewddur Fflam, the hyperbole prone bard; the ever-faithful Gurgi; and the curmudgeonly Doli—all of whom have become involved in an epic struggle between good and evil that shapes the fate of the legendary land of Prydain. #1-The Book of Three #2-The Black Cauldron #3-The Castle Llyr #4-Taran Wandered #5-The High King
Babbit, Natalie. Tuck Everlasting. The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older. (139 pgs.)
Baccalario, Pierdomenico. Ulysses Moore Series. (Series of 4-have first 2) After moving from London to an old mansion on the English coast, eleven-year-old twins Jason and Julia discover that their new home has twisting tunnels, strange artifacts from around the world, and a mysterious, locked door. #1-The Door to Time #2-The Long Lost Map
Barrows, Annie. The Magic Half. Eleven-year-old Miri Gill feels left out in her family, which has two sets of twins and her, until she travels back in time to 1935 and discovers Molly, her own lost twin, and brings her back to the present day. (211 pgs.)
Bosch, Pseudonymous. The Bad Books. (Series of 3) Sequel Series to The Secret Series. Wrongly blamed for vandalism when words from his journal magically appear on a wall at school, Clay, who no
longer believes in magic, is sent to a camp for troubled kids where he encounters more magic than he ever thought possible. #1-Bad Magic #2-Bad Luck #3-Bad Luck
Bosch, Pseudonymous. The Secret Series. (Series of 5) Small vials of smelly ingredients, the diaries of a dead magician, and a secret story about immortality have two less-than-sociable kids on the hunt to solve a strange mystery, in a challenging middle reader filled with word-games, anagrams, and black-and-white illustrations throughout. #1-The Name of This Book is Secret #2-If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late #3-This Book is Not Good for You #4-This Isn’t What It Looks Like #5-You Have to Stop This
Buckley, Michael. The Sisters Grimm. (Series of 9) Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother whom they have always believed to be dead. #1-The Fairy-Tale Detectives #2-The Unusual Suspects #3-The Problem Child #4-Once Upon a Crime #5-Magic and Other
Misdemeanors #6-Tales From the Hood #7-The Everafter War #8-The Inside Story #9-The Council of Mirrors
Buckley-Archer, Linda. The Gideon Trilogy. (Series of 3) Ignored by his father and sent to Derbyshire for the weekend, twelve-year-old Peter and his new friend, Kate, are accidentally transported back in time to 1763 England, where they are befriended by a reformed cutpurse. #1-Gideon the Cutpurse/The Time Travelers #2-The Time Thief #3-Time Quake
Carman, Patrick. Land of Elyon. (Series of 5) As twelve-year-old Alexa Daley begins to investigate the
mystery of what lies beyond the walls of the city of Bridewell, in which she is spending the summer, she discovers an ancient, evil enchantment that may forever change the land of Elyon. Prequel-Into the Mist #1-The Dark Hills Divide #2-Beyond the Valley of Thorns #3-The Tenth City #4-Stargazer
Collins, Suzanne. Underland Chronicles. (Series of 5) When Gregor and his little sister discover a strange underground city beneath their New York apartment, he becomes the unwilling participant in a conflict involving giant spiders, bats, cockroaches, rats, and humans. #1-Gregor the Overlander #2-Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane #3-Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods #4-Gregor and the Marks of Secret #5-Gregor and the Code of Claw
Cooper, Susan. The Dark is Rising. (Series of 5) Follow the story of William, an eleven-year-old boy who is the seventh son of a seventh son, as he searches for six magical amulets in order to save the world from the threatening evil of the Dark. #1-Over Sea, Under Stone #2-The Dark is Rising #3-Greenwitch #4-The Grey King #5-Silver on the Tree
Corder, Zizou. Lionboy Trilogy. (Series of 3) In the near future, a boy with the ability to speak the language of cats sets out from London to seek his kidnapped parents and finds himself on a Paris-bound
circus ship learning to train lions. #1-Lionboy #2-The Chase #3-The Truth
Cowell, Cressida. How to Train Your Dragon. (Series of 12 + 4 Novellas-have all in series and 1 novella) How to Train Your Dragon chronicles the adventures and misadventures of reluctant Viking hero Hiccup and his dragon, Toothless. #1-How to Train Your Dragon #2-How to Be a Pirate #3-How to Speak Dragonese #4-How to Cheat a Dragon’s Curse #5-How to Twist a Dragon’s Tale #6-A Hero’s Guide to Deadly Dragons #7-How to Ride a Dragon’s Storm #8-How to Break a Dragon’s Heart #9-How to Steal a
Dragon’s Sword #10-How to Seize a Dragon’s Jewel #11-How to Betray a Dragon’s Hero #12-How to Fight a Dragon’s Fury Novellas: #6.5-The Complete Book of Dragons: A Guide to Dragon Species
Delaney, Joseph. The Last Apprentice. (Series of 13 + 4 Novellas-have full series and 3 novellas) Young Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son, starts work as an apprentice for the village spook, whose job is to protect ordinary folk from ghouls, boggarts, and all manner of wicked beasties. #1Revenge of the Witch #2-Curse of the Bane #3-Night of the Soul Stealer #4-Attack of the Fiend #5-Wrath of the Bloodeye
#6-Clash of the Demon #7-Rise of the Hunters #8-Rage of the Fallen #9-Grimalkin the Witch Assassin #10-Lure of the Dead #11-Slither #12-I am Alice #13-Fury of the Seventh Sun Novella’s: #6.5-A Coven of
Witches #7.5-The Ghost Prison
Dale, Anna. Magical Mischief. Mr. Hardbattle, aided by his friends Miss Quint and resourceful thirteen-year-old Arthur Goodenough, seeks a new home for all of the magic that has gone out of control and
taken over his bookshop and home. (296 pgs.)
Diterlizzi, Tony. The Search for WondLa. (Series of 3) Living in isolation with a robot on what appears to be an alien world populated with bizarre life forms, a twelve year-old human girl sets out on a journey
to find others like her. #1-The Search for WondLa #2-A Hero for WondLa #3-The Battle for Wondla
D’Lacey, Chris. The Last Dragon Chronicles. (Series of 7 + 1Guide) When college student David Rain rents a room in an unusual boardinghouse full of clay dragons, he has no idea that they, along with some lively squirrels, will help jumpstart his writing career #1-The Fire Within #2-Icefire #3-Fire Star #4-The Fire
Eternal #5-Dark Fire #6-Fire World #7-The Fire Ascending Guide: #7.5-Rain & Fire: A Companion to the Last Dragon Chronicles
Drake, Salamana. Dragonsdale. (Series of 2) Cara yearns to ride her beloved Skydancer, a rare Goldenbrow dragon, but her father refuses to permit her to fly and she must be content with mucking out
stalls and helping raise young dragons at the famed stud and training farm known as Dragonsdale.
#1-Dragonsdale #2-Riding the Storm
Duey, Kathleen. The Faeries’ Promise. (Series of 4) Alida the faerie, who was kidnapped before she could develop her flying and magical skills, and was confined to a room in a castle, patiently plans her escape–with the help of a human boy. #1-Silence and Stone #2-Following Magic #3-Wishes and Wings #4-The Full Moon
Gaiman, Neil. Coraline. Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself,
her parents, and the souls of three others. (162 pgs.)
Golding, Julia. Companions Quartet. (Series of 4) Upon moving to her aunt’s seaside home in the British Isles, Connie becomes part of a secret society that shelters mythical creatures, and must use her ability to communicate with these beings to protect them from evil and the incursions of humans. #1-Secret of Sirens #2-The Gorgon’s Gaze #3-Mines of Minotaur #4-The Chimera’s Curse
Grant, Holly. League of Beastly Dreadfuls (Series of 3) Moved to a former Victorian asylum by her two eccentric great aunts after her parents die in a tragic vacuum-cleaner accident, 11-year-old Anastasia befriends two mysterious brothers and begins to suspect her aunts are not who they claim to be. #1 – The League of Beastly Dreadfuls. #2 – The Dastardly Deed #3 – The Witch’s Glass
Grant, Michael. The Magnificent 12. (Series of 4) A seemingly average twelve- year-old learns that he is destined to gather a team of similarly gifted children to try to save the world from a nameless evil, which is threatening to reappear after having been imprisoned for three thousand years. #1-The Call #2-The Trap #3-The Key #4-The Power
Harrison, Michelle. 13 Treasures. (Series of 3 + Prequel) Bedeviled by evil fairies that only she can see, thirteen-year-old Tanya is sent to stay with her cold and distant grandmother at Elvesden Manor, where she and the caretaker’s son solve a disturbing mystery that leads them to the discovery that Tanya’s life is in danger. Prequel-One Wish #1-13 Treasures #2-13 Curses #3-13 Secrets
Jacques, Brian. Redwall. (Series of 22) When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior. #1-Redwall #2-Mossflower #3-Mattimeo #4-Mariel of Redwall
#5-Salamandastron #6-Martin the Warrior #7-The Bell Maker #8-Outcast of Redwall #9-Pearls of Lutra #10-The Long Patrol #11-Marlfox #12-The Legend of Luke #13-Lord Brocktree #14-Taggerung #15-Triss
#16-Loamhedge #17-Rakkety Tam #18-High Rhulain #19-Eulalia #20-Doomwyte #21-The Sable Quean #22-The Rogue Crew
Juster, Norton. The Phantom Tollbooth. Milo, a young boy with little interest in anything, takes a trip
through the Phantom Tollbooth to the Lands Beyond where he meets an enchanting cast of characters that teaches him the importance of words, numbers, ideas, creativity, and enthusiasm for life. (279 pgs.)
Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted. In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her. (232 pgs.)
Lewis, C. S. The Chronicles of Narnia. (Series of 7) Four English children, Aslan, the noble lion, and the royal leaders of Narnia struggle against the magical forces of evil with magical creatures and epic battles. #1-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe #2-Prince Caspian #3-The Voyage of the Dawn Treader #4-The Silver Chair #5-The Horse and His Boy #6-The Magician’s Nephew #7-The Last Battle
McKinley, Robin. (Newbery) Damar Series. (Series of 2) Harry Crewe, an orphan girl bored with her sheltered life in the remote orange-growing colony of Daria, discovers magic in herself when she is
kidnapped by a native king with mysterious powers. #1-The Blue Sword (Newbery) #2-The Hero and the Crown
Meloy, Colin. Wildwood Chronicles. (Series of 3) Prue McKeel’s life is ordinary. At least until her brother is abducted by a murder of crows and taken to the Impassable Wilderness, a dense, tangled forest on the edge of Portland. No one’s ever gone in—or at least returned to tell of it. So begins an adventure that will take Prue and her friend Curtis deep into the Impassable Wilderness. #1-Wildwood #2-Under Wildwood #3-Wildwood Emporium
Myers, Edward. Storyteller. Jack, a seventeen-year-old storyteller, goes to the royal city seeking his fortune and soon attracts the attention of the grief- stricken king, his beautiful eldest daughter, and his cruel young son, and he attempts to help them–and the entire kingdom–through his stories. (283 pgs.)
Neff, Henry H. The Tapestry. (Series of 5 – have first 4) After glimpsing a hint of his destiny in a mysterious tapestry, twelve-year-old Max McDaniels becomes a student at Rowan Academy, where he trains in “mystics and combat” in preparation for war with an ancient enemy that has been kidnapping children like him. #1-The Hound of Rowan #2-The Second Siege #3-The Fiend and the Forge #4-The Maelstrom.
Nimmo, Jenny. Children of the Red King series (Series of 8). Charlie Bone’s life with his widowed mother and two grandmothers undergoes a dramatic change when he discovers that he can hear people in photographs talking. His scheming aunts decide to send him to Bloor Academy, a school for geniuses where he uses his gifts to discover the truth despite all the dangers that lie ahead. #1 Midnight for Charlie Bone #2 The Time Twister #3 The Blue Boa #4 The Castle of Mirrors #5 Charlie Bone and the Hidden King #6 Charlie Bone and the Wilderness Wolf #7 Charlie Bone and the Shadow #8 Charlie Bone and the Red Knight.
Norcliffe, James. The Boy Who Could Fly. Having grown up in a miserable home for abandoned children, a young boy jumps at the chance to exchange places with the mysterious, flying “loblolly boy,” but once he takes on this new identity, he discovers what a harsh price he must pay. (312 pgs.)
Paver, Michelle. Chronicles of Ancient Darkness. (Series of 6) Twelve-year-old Torak and his guide, a wolf cub, set out on a dangerous journey to fulfill an oath the boy made to his dying father to destroy a demon-possessed bear that threatens all the clans. #1-Wolf Brother #2-Spirit Walker #3-Soul Eater
#4-Outcast #5-Oath Breaker #6-Ghost Hunter
Prévost, Guillaume. The Book of Time. (Series of 3) Fourteen-year-old Sam Faulkner travels back in time to medieval Scotland, ancient Egypt, and Renaissance Bruges in search of his missing father. #1-The Book of Time #2-Gate of Days #3-The Circle of Gold
Riordan, Rick. Percy Jackson and the Olympians. (Series of 5) After learning that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea, Percy Jackson is transferred from boarding school to Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for demigods, and becomes involved in a quest to prevent a war between the
gods. #1-The Lightning Thief #2-The Sea of Monsters #3-The Titans Curse #4-The Battle of the Labyrinth #5-The Last Olympian
Sage, Angie. Septimus Heap. (Series of 7+ 2 Novellas – have full series and 1 novella) Septimus Heap, the seventh son of the seventh son, disappears the night he is born, pronounced dead by the midwife. That same night, the baby’s father, Silas Heap, comes across an abandoned child in the snow—a newborn girl with violet eyes. Who is this mysterious baby girl, and what really happened to the Heaps’ beloved son Septimus? #1-Magyk #2-Flyte #3-Physic #4-Queste #5-Syren #6-Darke #7-Fyre
Novellas: #7.5-The Magykal Papers
Stone, Jeff. The Five Ancestors. (Series of 7) Five young warrior-monk brothers survive an insurrection
and must use the ancient arts to avenge their Grandmaster. #1-Tiger #2-Monkey #3-Snake #4-Crane
#5-Eagle #6-Mouse #7-Dragon
Stroud, Jonathan. The Bartimaeus Sequence. (Series of 3 + Prequel) Nathaniel, a magician’s apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace. #1-The Amulet of Samarkand #2-The Golem’s Eye #3-Ptolemy’s Gate Prequel-The Ring of Solomon
Ursu, Anne. Breadcrumbs. Hazel and Jack are best friends until an accident with a magical mirror and a run-in with a villainous queen find Hazel on her own, entering an enchanted wood in the hopes of saving
Jack’s life. (312 pgs.)
Ursu, Anne. The Cronus Chronicles. (Series of 3) After her cousin Zee arrives from England, 13-year-old Charlotte and he must set out to save humankind from denizens of the underworld, Nightmares, Death, Pain, and a really nasty guy named Phil. #1-The Shadow Thieves #2-The Siren Song #3-The Immortal Fire
Yep, Laurence. The Tiger’s Apprentice. (Series of 3) A tiger, a monkey, a dragon, and a twelve-year-old Chinese American boy fight to keep a magic talisman out of the hands of an enemy who would use its
power to destroy the world. #1-The Tiger’s Apprentice #2-Tiger’’s Blood #3-Tiger Magic
