Bill Brittain

When a strange little man comes to the Coven Tree Church Social promising he can give people exactly what they ask for, three young believers-in-magic each make a wish that comes true in the most unexpected way.

Roald Dahl

A boy and his grandmother try to thwart the plans of England's witches to turn all children into mice.
Other titles: The BFG, Matilda.

Adele Griffin

Ten-year-old witches Claire and Luna are worried about being separated at school and about their father’s remarriage. How can they become one-star witches? Sequels: Witch Twins at Camp Bliss; Witch Twins and Melody Malady.

E. Nesbit

When four brothers and sisters discover a Psammead, or sand-fairy, they have no way of knowing all the adventures it will bring them.
Sequels: The Phoenix and the Carpet, The Story of the Amulet.

Mary Norton

With the powers they acquire from a spinster who is studying to be a witch, three English children have a series of exciting and perilous adventures traveling on a flying bed.

Avi

Having used four of the five wishes she is granted to make on behalf of the hapless citizens of her country, Morwenna flees the kingdom to decide what to do with her last wish.

Franny Billingsley

Orphan Corinna disguises herself as a boy to pose as a Folk Keeper, one who keeps the Evil Folk at bay, and discovers her heritage as a seal maiden when she is taken to live with a wealthy family in their manor by the sea.

Eoin Colfer

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.
Sequel: The Arctic Incident.

Eva Ibbotson

A forgotten door on an abandoned railway platform is the entrance to a magical kingdom.
Also: Dial-A-Ghost, Island of the Aunts, Which Witch.

J.R.R. Tolkein

One day Gandalf the wizard knocks on Bilbo Baggins’s door, and suddenly Bilbo is swept into an adventure with dwarfs, goblins, and elves.
Sequels: The Lord of the Ring series.

DiCamillo, Kate

The adventures of Despereaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.

DuPrau, Jeanne

In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.

Funke, Cornelia Caroline

Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.

Nix, Garth

Arthur Penhaligon is supposed to die at a young age, but is saved by a key that is shaped like the minute hand of a clock.

Stroud, Jonathan

Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace.

Yolen, Jane

Merlinnus the magician devises a way for King Arthur to prove himself the rightful king of England--pulling a sword from a stone--but trouble arises when someone else removes the sword first.

Peter Dickinson

Tilja begins by seeking for the magician who can save her Valley but ends by discovering her own powers.

Garth 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.
Sequels: Lirael; Abhorsen

Caroline Stevermer

Young Faris Nallaneen is banished from the land she is supposed to inherit and sent to the College of Greenlaw, where she masters magical powers that will help her reclaim her dukedom.

Bell, Hilari

When the rulers mistakenly believe that they can destroy the evil force approaching Farsala, Jiaan, Soraya, and Kavi must find a way on their own to stop their town from being led into the Flames of Destruction.

Hale, Shannon

Princess Anidori, on her way to marry a prince she has never met, is betrayed by her guards and her lady-in-waiting and must become a goose girl to survive.

Paolini, Christopher

In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.

Pratchett, Terry

A young witch-to-be named Tiffany teams up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of six-inch-high blue men, to rescue her baby brother and ward off a sinister invasion from Fairyland.

Lloyd Alexander

A young pigkeeper has adventures far beyond his station.

T. A. Barron

A young boy’s quest for his unknown destiny.

Susan Cooper

An epic struggle between the forces of good and evil, Light and Dark.

Bruce Coville

The Magic Shop holds many secrets.

Diane Duane

A mysterious library book opens new worlds for Nita.

Edward Eager

A magic coin that grants only half a wish?

Lynne Ewing

Teenage girls with secret powers must fight evil.

Ursula K. LeGuin

A young wizard must find the evil that he has awakened.

Darren Shan

Young Darren Shan pays for his curiosity by becoming a half-vampire.

Patricia Wrede

Bored with traditional palace life, a princess goes off to live with a group of dragons.

Lloyd Alexander

A young pigkeeper has adventures far beyond his station.