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Lloyd Alexander.
THE CHRONICLES OF PRYDAIN:
THE BOOK OF THREE and sequels.

Lynne Reid Banks.
THE INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD
and sequels.

John Bellairs.
THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS
and sequels.

Bruce Brooks.
The WOLFBAY WINGS series.

Betsy Byars.
The BINGO BROWN series.

John Christopher.
The TRIPODS series;
THE CITY OF GOLD AND LEAD
and sequels.

Susan Cooper.
THE DARK IS RISING series;
The BOGGART series.

John Dennis Fitzgerald.
The GREAT BRAIN series.

Jean Craighead George.
MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
and a sequel.

Brian Jacques.
The REDWALL series.

C. S. Lewis.
CHRONICLES OF NARNIA.

Gregory Maguire.
SEVEN SPIDERS SPINNING
and sequels.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
The SHILOH series.

Keith Robertson.
HENRY REED, INC.
and sequels.

Elizabeth Winthrop.
THE CASTLE IN THE ATTIC
and a sequel.

Laurence Yep.
DRAGON OF THE LOST SEA
and sequels.


Compiled by Anne Kelly, West Roxbury Branch, Boston Public Library, 1999.