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Career Online High School summer reading

Fantasy Books for Kids

Enjoy these tales of dragons, magic, & imagination.

Click on the book to find out if it's available at your local County Library. If not, place it on hold, and we'll deliver it to your Library for pick up. Printable version of the list (PDF).

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The Goblin's Puzzle: Being an Adventure of a Boy With No Name and Two Girls Called Alice
Andrew S. Chilton
Grades 4 - 9

Brambleheart: A Story About Finding Treasure and the Unexpected Magic of Friendship
Henry Cole
Grades 4 - 6

Jinx (Trilogy)
Sage Blackwood
Grades 4 - 8

Beastkeeper
Cat Hellisen
Grades 7 - 10

The Familiars (series)
Adam Jay Epstein
Grades 4 - 7

Journey
Aaron Becker
Grades 1 - 4

The Lost Hero (series)
Rick Riordan
Grades 5 - 9

The Wrinkled Crown
Anne Nesbet
Grades 3 - 7

The Secret Box
Barbara Lehman
Kindergarten - Grade 3

The Shadows (series)
Jacqueline West
Grades 4 - 6

Baker's Magic
Diane Zahler
Grades 3 - 6

Gregor the Overlander (series)
Suzanne Collins
Grades 3 - 7

Earwig and the Witch
Diana Wynne Jones
Grades 3 - 5

Emily Windsnap and the Ship of Lost Souls (series)
Liz Kessler
Grades 4 - 6

Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
Kindergarten - Grade 2

Athena the Brain (Goddess Girl series)
Joan Holub
Grades 3 - 6

The Wizard of Earthsea (series)
Ursula Le Guin
Grades 6 - 8

Rosie's Magic Horse
Russell Hoban
Preschool - Grade 2

The Capture (series)
Kathryn Lasky
Grades 4 - 8

Fablehaven (series)
Brandon Mull
Grades 4 - 8

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Frank Baum
Grades 2 - 7

A Wrinkle in Time (series)
Madeline L'Engle
Grades 5 - 9

Redwall (series)
Brian Jacques
Grades 7 & Up

The Sign of the Cat
Jonell Lynne
Grades 4 - 6

8/2016