Wizards and Dragons and Magic, Oh My!
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• The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander - YA FIC ALEXANDER
  A young pigkeeper has adventures far beyond his station: battleing the Horned King, destroying the Black Cauldron and rescuing the Princess Eilonwy.
• Bright Shadow by Avi - YA FIC AVI
  Having used four of the five wishes she is granted to make on behalf of the hapless citizens of her country, Morwenna flees her kingdom to decide what to do with the last wish.
• The Lost Years of Merlin by T. A. Barron - YA FIC BARRON
  A young boy without identify or memory of his past washes ashore on the coast of Wales and finds his true name after a series of fantastic adventures.
• The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle - YA FIC BEAGLE
  A bumbling magician, a feisty old woman and a young girl investigate why the unicorns are missing.
• The Bronze King by Suzy McKee Charnas - YA FIC CHARNAS
  When Valentine starts noticing odd things are vanishing from NYC, she unknowingly summons a wizard from Sorcery Hall. He enlists her helpin fighting against the dreaded Monster of Darkness.
• Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper - YA FIC COOPER
  Three children vacationing in Cornwall find an ancient manuscript that sends them on a dangerous quest for the grail and the true story of King Arthur.
• So You Want to be a Wizard by Duane Duane - YA FIC DUANE
  Thirteen-year-old Nita, tormented by a gang of bullies because she won't fight back, finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry, and enters into another dimension.
• The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson - JUV FIC IBBOTSON
  Young Odge Gribble, a hag, helps an old wizard, a gentle fey, and a giant ogre use a magic tunnel to return the kingdom's kidnapped heir to his rightful place.
• Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones - YA FIC JONES
  After a disastrous encounter with the Witch of the Waste, Sophie teams up with the dread Wizard and Howl and discovers her own unique talents.
• A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin - YA FIC LE GUIN
  A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wicked.
• The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip - YA FIC MCKILLIP
  A sorceress raises an abandoned baby, only to discover that his real father is the greatest enemy of the man she loves.
• Sabriel by Garth Nix - YA FIC NIX
  Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the land of the dead.
• The Wizard's Apprentice by S. P. Somtow - YA FIC SOM
  A wizard recruits a rich teenager from Los Angeles to be his next apprentice.
• The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien - YA FIC TOLKIEN
  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.
• The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White - YA FIC WHITE
  Merlin teaches young King Arthur about magic and history. Also: The Once and Future King
• Dealing With Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede - YA FIC WREDE
  Bored with traditional palace life, Princess Cimorene joins a group of dragons in their fight against the disreputable wizards who want to steal away the dragons' kingdom.
• Passager by Jane Yolen - JUV FIC YOLEN
  Abandoned in the woods of medieval England, an eight-year-old boy begins a journey of hardship, danger, and magic that will one day make him the most famous wizard of all time.

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updated November 28, 2007