FANTASY BOOKS FOR GRADES 3-5

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1 FANTASY BOOKS FOR GRADES 3-5 Avi J AVI, J PB AVI Poppy Poppy the deer mouse urges her family to move next to a field of corn big enough to feed them all forever, but Mr. Ocax, a terrifying owl, has other ideas. Babbitt, Natalie J BAB, J PB BAB 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. Barry, Dave J BAR Peter and the Starcatchers Peter, an orphan boy, and his friend Molly fight off thieves and pirates in order to keep the secret safe away from the diabolical Black Stache and his evil associate Mister Grin. Buckley, Michael J BUC, J PB BUC The Fairy Tale Detectives Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother that they have always believed to be dead. Codell, Esme J COD Diary of a Fairy Godmother Hunky Dory's interest in wishcraft over witchcraft gets her kicked out of charm school. Now she's determined to follow her heart and become a fairy godmother. But how to go about doing it? Finally, motivated by jealousy over her friend Rumpelstiltskin's crush on the girl

2 in the roomful of straw, she meets the ticket to realizing her career dream -- Cinderella. Colfer, Eoin J COL Artemis Fowl When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll. Collins, Suzanne J COL Gregor the Overlander When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving men, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy. Cowell, Cressida J PB COW How to Train Your Dragon Chronicles the adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as he tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan, the Tribe of the Hairy Hooligans, by catching and training a dragon. DiCamillo, Kate J DIC, J PB DIC The Tale of Despereaux The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin. DiTerLizzi, Tony J DIT The Field Guide When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences. Edwards, Julie J EDW

3 The Great American Mousical Presents the adventures of theatrical mice that live and work in a miniature world beneath Broadway. Ferris, Jean J FER Once Upon a Marigold A young man with a mysterious past and a penchant for inventing things leaves the troll who raised him, meets an unhappy princess he has loved from afar, and discovers a plot against her and her father. Funke, Cornelia J FUN Igraine the Brave The daughter of two magicians, twelve-year-old Igraine wants nothing more than to be a knight, and when their castle is attacked by a treacherous neighbor bent on stealing their singing magic books, Igraine has an opportunity to demonstrate her bravery. Hale, Shannon J PRE-T HAL, J PB HAL Princess Academy While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland. Jacques, Brian J JAC Redwall 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 which, he is convinced, will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy the enemy. Juster, Norman J JUS The Phantom Tollbooth A journey through a land where Milo learns the importance of words and numbers provides a cure for his boredom.

4 Landy, Derek J PRE-T LAN Skulduggery Pleasant When twelve-year-old Stephanie inherits her weird uncle's estate, she must join forces with Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton mage, to save the world from the Faceless Ones. Lasky, Kathryn J LAS The Capture Soren is born in the forest of Tyto, a tranquil kingdom where the Barn Owls dwell. But evil lurks in the owl world, evil that threatens to change Soren's life forever. Law, Ingrid J LAW Savvy Recounts the adventures of Mibs Beaumont, whose thirteenth birthday has revealed her "savvy"--a magical power unique to each member of her family--just as her father is injured in a terrible accident. McAllistair, Margaret J MCA Urchin of the Riding Stars A group of animals, led by an orphaned squirrel, learns about friendship and loyalty when they band together to defend their island kingdom against evil forces. McGraw, Eloise J MCG The Moorchild Feeling that she is neither fully human nor "Folk," a changeling learns her true identity and attempts to find the human child whose place she had been given. Nimmo, Jenny J PRE-T NIM Midnight for Charlie Bone

5 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. Norton, Mary J NOR The Borrowers Miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock. O Brien, Robert J OBR Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived. Oppel, Kenneth J PB OPP Silverwing When a newborn bat named Shade but sometimes called "Runt" becomes separated from his colony during migration, he grows in ways that prepare him for even greater journeys. Peterson, John Lawrence J PB PET The Littles to the Rescue A family of tiny people experiences a crisis when a baby is born during a snowstorm. Riordan, Rick J RIO, J PB RIO The Lightning Thief Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods. The Red Pyramid

6 After their father's research experiment at the British Museum unleashes the Egyptian god Set, Carter and Sadie Kane embark on a dangerous journey across the globe--a quest which brings them ever closer to the truth about their family, and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs. Rowling, J.K. J ROW Harry Potter and the Sage, Angie J SAG Magyk After learning that she is the Princess, Jenna is whisked from her home and carried toward safety by the Extraordinary Wizard, those she always believed were her father and brother, and a young guard known only as Boy 412--pursued by agents of those who killed her mother ten years earlier. Scieszka, Jon J SCI, J PB SCI Knights of the Kitchen Table Joe receives a magic book for his birthday present from his uncle. Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported to a time when evil knights, firebreathing dragons, and vile-smelling giants roamed the land. Tolkien, J.R.R. J TOL The Hobbit, or There and Back Again Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to share in an adventure from which he may never return. Travers, P.L. J TRA Mary Poppins The wind brings two English children a new nanny who slides up the banister and introduces them to some delightful people and experiences.