by Lloyd Alexander
Book of Three
Published 1988 by Henry Holt & Company
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by AVI
Poppy
Published 1995 by Scholastic
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by Natalie Babbitt
Tuck Everlasting
Published 1975 by Farrar Straus Giroux
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Doomed to - or blessed with - eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family wanders about trying to live as inconspicuously and comfortably as they can. When ten-year-old Winnie Foster stumbles on their secret, the Tucks take her home and explain why living forever at one age is less a blessing that it might seem. Complications arise when Winnie is followed by a starnger who wants to market the spring water for a fortune.

by L. Frank Baum
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Published 1990 by Bantam Classics
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by Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adv in Wndrlnd
Published 1988 by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
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by Susan Cooper
Dark is Rising
Published 1986 by Simon Pulse
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On his birthday Will Stanton finds himself endowed with strange powers, released from the hold of ordinary times and entrusted with a quest to unite the six Signs of Light so he can stem the rising power of the Dark. Newbery Honor book; ALA Notable Children's Book; Carnegie Medal Honor Book; Kate Greenaway Medal Honor Book; Boston Globe/Horn Book Award.

by Roald Dahl
James and the Giant Peach
Published 2001 by Puffin Books
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Celebrate 40 years of "James and the Giant Peach" in this paperback reissue illustrated by Quentin Blake. "All the gruesome imagery of old-fashioned fairy tales and a good measure of their breathtaking delight".--"Kirkus Reviews".

by Eva Ibbotson
Island of the Aunts
Published 2000 by Dutton Books
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by Madeleine L'Engle
A Wrinkle in Time
Published 1962 by Farrar Straus Giroux
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It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger.

"Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sit down for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of ways, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract."

A tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle in time. To tell more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of Miss L'Engle's unusual book. "A Wrinkle in Time," winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the most popular boys in high school). They are in search of Meg's father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government on the tesseract problem.

by Gail Carson Levine
Ella Enchanted
Published 1997 by HarperCollins Publishers
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At birth, Ella of Frell was given the gift of obedience by a fairy. Ella soon realizes that this gift is little better than a curse, for how can she truly be herself if at any time anyone can order her to hop on one foot, or cut off her hand, or betray her kingdom--and she'll have to obey? Ella's quest to break the curse and discover who she really is, is both funny and poignant. 1998 Newbery Honor Book; ALA 1998 Best Book for Young Adults.

by C. S. Lewis
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Published 1994 by HarperTrophy
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Narnia ... the land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known only to Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy ... the place where adventure begins. Lucy is the first to find the secret wardrobe in the professor's mysterious old house. At first, no one believes her when she tells of her adventures in the land of Narnia. But soon Edmund and then Peter and Susan discover the Magic and meet Aslan, the Great Lion, for themselves. In blink of an eye, their lives are changed forever.

by Lois Lowry
The Giver
Published 1993 by Walter Lorraine Books
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Twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind this fragile community.

by Patricia C. McKissack
The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural: Newbery Honor Book, Coretta Scott King Author Award, ALA Notable Children's Boo K
Published 2006 by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
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Illus. in black-and-white. With an extraordinary gift for suspense, McKissack brings us ten original spine-tingling tales inspired by African-American history "and the mystery of that eerie half-hour before nightfall--the dark thirty.

by Mary Norton
The Borrowers: Fiftieth-Anniversary Gift Edition
Published 2003 by Harcourt Children's Books
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In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the beloved Borrowers, this special gift edition features sepia-toned illustrations from the original British edition, a letter, and a never-before published sketch of Homily and Arrietty by Norton.

by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Published 1997 by Scholastic
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What did Harry Potter know about magic? He was stuck with the decidedly un-magical Dursleys, who hated him. He slept in a closet and ate their leftovers. But an owl messenger changes all that, with an invitation to attend the Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches, where it turns out Harry is already famous.. . . Full color.

by Jon Scieszka
The Knights of the Kitchen Table
Published 1991 by Viking Books
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Joe's been caught up in a book before, but this is ridiculous! Joe's Book, a gift from his magician uncle, doesn't just tell stories, it zaps Joe and his friends Sam and Fred right into the middle of them. And when these thoroughly modern kids meet King Arthur and become Knights of the Round Table, the result can only be thoroughly amusing mayhem.

by Lemony Snicket
The Bad Beginning
Published 1999 by HarperCollins Publishers
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It's a good thing that Violet Baudelaire has a real knack for inventing things. When misery comes to call, the right invention at the right time can mean everything. It's also fortunate that her brother, Klaus, has read lots of books and knows many important things, like how to tell an alligator from a crocodile and who killed Julius Caesar. When everything that can possibly go wrong does, a small fact can be vital. It's lucky, too, that Sunny Baudelaire, the youngest sibling, likes to bite things. Even though she is an infant, and scarcely larger than a boot, she has four very big and sharp teeth. When trouble comes along, sharp teeth can save the day. But most of all, it is good fortune that Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are as sturdy and resilient as they are, for ahead of these three children lies a seemingly infinite series of unfortunate events.

by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Hobbit
Published 1984 by Houghton Mifflin Company
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This is a story of how Bilbo Baggins, usually almost unadventurous hole in the Shire to wondrous adventures involving elves, dwarves, goblins, and dragons in the magical far-off lands beyond the Misty Mountains. Originally created as a fairy tale for his own children, Tolkien's first venture into Middle-earth has become the classic against which all other fantasies must be measured.

by Jane Yolen
Sleeping Ugly
Published 1981 by Putnam Publishing Group
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by Jane Yolen
Wizard's Hall
Published 1991 by Harcourt
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