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100 Cupboards trilogy

The 100 Cupboards Trilogy by N. D. Wilson. While they are biking in South America, Henry York's parents are kidnapped. Until their fate is determined, Henry lives with his aunt and uncle on a Kansas farm. He discovers one hundred mysterious cupboards behind the plaster of his bedroom wall, each of which leads to a mysterious new world…

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Book 1: 100 Cupboards. In the opening novel, Henry is introduced to his new home of Henry, Kansas, finds that his uncle and aunt's house holds its own mysteries, and discovers the mystery of the cupboards behind his wall and how to use them. After making a few trips into other worlds, he also makes some enemies!

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Book 2: Dandelion Fire. After the discoveries Henry made in the first book, he decides to enter other cupboards in an effort to solve the mysteries of his own origin, and the dandelion magic he appears to wield. But he ends up scattering his aunt, uncle, and cousins throughout several different worlds.

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Book 3: The Chestnut King. Nimiane and her fingerling warriors are closing in on Henry. To save his family and all the worlds he's visited, Henry must enlist the help of the Chestnut King, who is neither easily found nor convinced.

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Abadazad series

Abadazad by J. M. DeMatteis and Mike Ploog. Kate (not Katie—Kate) used to love the famous Abadazad books when she was a kid, and she and her younger brother, Matty, would read them whenever they could. But that all ended when Matty disappeared. Now Kate is on a mission to find her lost brother. Could he really be in…Abadazad?

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Book 1: The Road to Inconceivable. Kate sets out on her journey. But how can the old lady across the hall know so much about Abadazad? Could she really have been there? Can she help Kate get to Abadazad?

• Richly illustrated hardcover edition.
  

• El Viaje de Kate, Spanish-language edition.
  

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Book 2: The Dream Thief. Okay, thinks Kate, Abadazad is real—but it's not quite like it was in the books, either. The good news is, she now knows who's responsible for Matty's disappearance. The bad news, it's the worst character in the books, the Lanky Man!

• Richly illustrated hardcover edition.
  

• El Ladrón de Sueños, Spanish-language edition.
  

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Book 3: The Puppet, the Professor, and the Prophet. Kate's search for Matty continues…

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Will there be more Abadazad? Sadly, no. Read this entry on J. M. DeMatteis's blog for the full story. And here's an excerpt from the unpublished fourth book. Also, some unpublished Abadazad artwork, some alternate covers, with hope for the future, and the proposal that brought Abadazad to life.

Abadazad first started off as a short-lived comic book series. Issues are available for sale.

Issue #1.

Issue #2.

Issue #3.

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Any Which Wall

Any Which Wall by Laurel Snyder. If you had a magic wall that could take you to any place and any time, where would you go? Would you want to visit castles and desert islands? Would you want to meet famous wizards, terrible pirates, beautiful queens, and dastardly outlaws? If so, then you are just like Henry and Emma, and Roy and Susan—and you will probably like this story a lot. In fact, you might even wish something similar would happen to you!

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• Find out more about author Laurel Snyder at her website, http://laurelsnyder.com/.

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Bigger Than a Bread Box

Bigger Than a Bread Box by Laurel Snyder. When Rebecca Shapiro's parents get a divorce, her mother moves her from Baltimore to Atlanta, where she doesn't know anybody and can't even begin to figure out how to fit in. When she finds a breadbox in her grandmother's attic that can give her anything she asks for, however — so long as it can fit in the breadbox — she begins to believe that things aren't so bad. But then she asks, where does the breadbox get all of the things she asks for?

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Bobbie in Bugaboo Land

Bobbie in Bugaboo Land by Curtis Dunham. Bobbie and his dog Sport visit the good kingdom of Fairyland and the neighboring evil kingdom of Bugabooland in search of their friend, Enid. Along the way they meet gnomes, demons, Merlin, the evil wizard Whiskeroo, and Snore, a monster who's mostly nose and who rides across the countryside on the tremendous Undying Worm. This 1907 book was clearly influenced by the success of the Oz books.

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CJ's Notebooks series

CJ's Notebooks Series by Sherwood Smith. When Smith was eight years old, a girl named Clair walked into her dreams, bringing hints of a world where girls could adventure, live on their own, and best of all, didn't have to grow up. Clair traveled about looking for girls who needed a home. She even came to Earth, where she found CJ, who did not fit. CJ found herself not only taken to another world to live, but she became the princess — Clair's "left hand splat." One of her jobs as princess was to write down their records. Another was to serve as leader for the girls when Clair was busy learning to become queen. The girls had jobs too, as they discovered villains who thought it their business to take a kingdom away from a mere girl. From the shadowy Kwenz, a powerful mage with a very wicked past, to the usurper Glotulae and her son Prince Jonnicake, who in their ridiculous way were just as determined to boot Clair out, there were plenty of chances for adventure. And mystery, like why did kids from other times and worlds show up every now and then?

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Over the Sea: CJ's First Notebook. CJ comes to Mearsies Heili, embarks on her first adventures, becomes a princess, and starts recording everyone's adventures.

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Mearsies Heili Bounces Back: CJ's Second Notebook. CJ loves life with 'the M girls'—so she is completely unprepared to be taken away and put in a silken prison in order to forget being a princess. As CJ uses her brains and imagination to get out of trouble, she has to think about what being a princess really means. She also discovers that there are things even tougher to deal with than terrible enchantments, sinister shadows, and lurking villains: teenage boys.

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Poor World: CJ's Fourth Notebook. CJ and the gang of girls from Mearsies Heili like their adventures fun and villains to be defeatable by a well-thrown prune pie. In fact, they laughed at the very idea of stories about kids who have to Save the World… Until it happens to them.

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Hunt Across Worlds: CJ's Sixth Notebook. It begins with two kids from Earth who discover a boy from another world being kept hostage. When they rescue him, they end up having to cross the USA before being blasted by magic to Mearsies Heili, where they meet a sailor girl who's been stuck in charge of a Mysterious Magical Object. CJ and the gang try to come to the rescue, discovering that being on the edge of big events can lead to bigger questions.

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The Girl Who… series

The Girl Who… series by Catherynne M. Valente. September lives in Omaha, and used to have an ordinary life, until her father went to war and her mother went to work. One day, September is met at her kitchen window by a Green Wind (taking the form of a gentleman in a green jacket), who invites her on an adventure, implying that her help is needed in Fairyland. These books are about her adventures there.

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The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making. In September's first adventure, the new Marquess is unpredictable and fickle, and also not much older than September. Only September can retrieve a talisman the Marquess wants from the enchanted woods, and if she doesn’t…then the Marquess will make life impossible for the inhabitants of Fairyland.

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• Die wundersame Geschichte von September, die sich ein Schiff baute und das Feenland umsegelte, German-language edition.
  

• German-language edition CD.
  

• You can preview this book at both the publisher's and the author's websites. And here's a comic-based review.

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The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There. September has longed to return to Fairyland after her first adventure there. And when she finally does, she learns that its inhabitants have been losing their shadows — and their magic — to the world of Fairyland-Below. This world has a new ruler: Halloween, the Hollow Queen, who is September’s shadow. And Halloween has no intentions of giving Fairyland’s shadows back.

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The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two. September misses Fairyland and her friends. She longs to leave the routines of home and embark on a new adventure. Little does she know that this time, she will be spirited away to the moon, reunited with her friends, and find herself faced with saving Fairyland from a moon-Yeti with great and mysterious powers.

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The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland—For a Little While. This original short story tells the tale of how a girl named Mallow defeated King Goldmouth with the help of the Red Wind, Mr. Map, and many fairyland friends new and old. It later inspired the first novel of this series.

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The Grimm Legacy

The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman. Elizabeth Rew is a pretty typical New York City kid, dealing with school and her parents' divorce and everything else life throws at her. But when she gets a job at the New-York Circulating Material Repository — a sort of library for items that aren't books — things start to look up, particularly when she's entrusted to work with the Grimm Collection, where all of the old magic items from classic fairy tales are held. But it seems that some of the Grimm items aren't working right any more. Are they losing their magic, or is someone stealing them and replacing them with copies? And who can Elizabeth trust to help her solve the mystery?

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• Die geheime Sammlung, German-language edition.
  

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You can find out more, and read a sample chapter, at the author's website.

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Imaginalis

Imaginalis by J. M. DeMatteis. Mehera Crosby is twelve years old, and her life is upended when her favorite book series is canceled. It's upended even more when she discovers that the characters she so loves are alive, trapped in a strange and deadly limbo — and it's up to her to rescue them.

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• Read the opening pages of the book right here.

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The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Edwards. You may know her better as singer and Oscar-winning actress Julie Andrews, but under her married name she's also written many books for children. The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles tells the story of the whangdoodles, who were the wisest, kindest, most fun-loving creatures on the earth — until people stopped believing in them. But an open-minded professor who still believes and three children set out on a fantastic journey to Whangdoodleland. Along the way they meet many fantastic characters and encounter many dangers!

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