Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Featured Titles in Children's Summer Reading-Science Fiction and Fantasy:
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A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle  
Publisher Comments This special edition of A Wrinkle in Time includes a new essay that explores the science behind the fantasy. Rediscover one of the most beloved children's books of all time: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle: Meg Murray, her little brother Charles...
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The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
Publisher Comments Illustrated in black-and-white. This ingenious fantasy centers around Milo, a bored ten-year-old who comes home to find a large toy tollbooth sitting in his room. Joining forces with a watchdog named Tock, Milo drives through the tollbooth's gates and...
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Freckle Juice
by Judy Blume Publisher Comments Andrew wants freckles more than anything else, so Sharon offers to sell him her secret freckle recipe. When Andrew turns green and blue from the brew, it's doubtful he'll ever wish for freckles again. Full color....
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A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Yearling Books)
by Madeleine L'Engle Publisher Comments Meg Murry O'Keefe and her family are just sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner when her father gets a phone call from the White House about a madman's threat of nuclear war. Only an old Irish rune seems to hold a clue to averting worldwide disaster, and...
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The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman
Publisher Comments In a world as convincing as Narnia, Earthsea, and Redwall, a half-wild, half-civilized girl named Lyra Belacqua lives a carefree life among the scholars of Jordan College until her life is shattered by the arrival of two powerful visitors....
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The Book of Three (Chronicles of Prydain #1)
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Powells.com Staff Pick Many children's books claim to be equally enjoyable for children and adults. That is certainly the case for these volumes. Whether you are in elementary school or those years are a distant memory, these books are smart, funny, and quite capable of...
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A Wind in the Door
by Publisher Comments Meg Murry can't help but be worried when her six-year-old brother, Charles Wallace, announces there are dragons in the vegetable garden. He's so bright, and so different from other kids, he's getting bullied at school, and he is also strangely, seriously...
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The High King (Chronicles of Prydain #5)
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Publisher Comments When the sword of dyrnwyn, the most powerful weapon inthe kingdom of Prydain, falls into the hands of Arawn-Death-Lord, Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper, and Prince Gwydion raise an army to march against Arawn's terrible cohorts. After a winter expedition...
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Many Waters
by Madeleine L'Engle Publisher Comments A touch of computer keys, a blast of heat, and suddenly the Murry twins, Sandy and Dennys, are gasping in a shimmering desert land. If only the brothers had normal parents, not a scientist mother and a father who experiments with space and...
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The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials #03)
by Philip Pullman Publisher Comments The Amber Spyglass brings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a heart-stopping end, marking the final volume of His Dark Materials as the most powerful of the trilogy. Along with the return of Lyra, Will, Mrs. Coulter, Lord Asriel,...
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The Subtle Knife
by Philip Pullman Publisher Comments Lyra and her daemon return as she and 12-year-old Will Parry are in a desperate flight for Will's life. They are drawn closer to Will's father and to the Subtle Knife, a deadly, magical, ancient tool that cuts windows between worlds. Through it all, the...
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The Black Cauldron (Chronicles of Prydain)
by Publisher Comments In the imaginary Land of Prydain, where "evil is never distant," it has become imperative that the Black Cauldron, chief implement of the diabolical Arawn, be destroyed. In this cauldron Arawn has created his terrible army of deathless warriors...
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The Castle of Llyr (Chronicles of Prydain #3)
by Publisher Comments In the imaginary kingdom of Prydain, Princess Eilonwy must leave her friends to go to the Isle of Mona for training as a proper princess. Because Eilonwy has magical powers, she is sought by Achren, the most evil enchantress in the land. Shortly after...
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The Castle in the Attic
by Elizabeth Winthrop Publisher Comments William has just received the best present of his life. It's an old, real-looking stone and wooden model of a castle, with a drawbridge, moat, and a finger-high knight to guard the gates. It's the mysterious castle his housekeeper has told him about, and...
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Time Quartet: A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters
by Publisher Comments With over 10 million copies in print, Madeleine L'Engle's Newbery Medal-winning classic, A Wrinkle in Time, along with its bestselling companions, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, and Many Waters, has enthralled and inspired readers of all...
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The Iron Giant
by Ted Hughes
Publisher Comments A mysterious creature stalks the land, eating barbed wire and devouring tractors and plows. The farmers are mystified-and afraid. And then they glimpse him in the night: the Iron Giant, taller than a house, with glowing headlight eyes and an insatiable...
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The Halloween Tree
by Ray Bradbury Publisher Comments A stunning contemporary classic by American literary treasure Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles. Meet the mysterious Mr. Moonshroud, who leads eight boys on a journey back through the centuries to discover the real...
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