On 4 Privet Drive, Surrey, a baby was delivered to the most unmagical family that ever lived. He was famous in the wizarding world for being the only “boy who lived” after facing the most wicked wizard of all time. Harry Potter is raised by an unkind aunt and uncle who make him sleep in…
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a children’s tale Ron grew up with, tell the story of three Deathly Hallows, a mere legend which, when combined, could cheat Death. Yet Dumbledore suspiciously left a copy of the story to Hermione in his will. Most believe it to be a fairy tale, but there are some…
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
A murderous maniac named Sirius Black has escaped from the Wizard prison, Azkaban, and was heard murmuring in his sleep about Hogwarts. In his new Potions class, Harry keeps encountering an ominous portent called a Grimm and the terrifying creatures that haunted Azkaban which are now surrounding Hogwarts. Harry has much to master in only…
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Tension is already thick at the Dursleys with the addition of Harry’s new “pet,” Hedwig, but then a house elf named Dobby appears in Harry’s room with a mysterious warning, and threatens to upset Uncle Vernon with his racket on the night of a very important business dinner. At Diagon Alley, Harry not only has…
The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
Nina was just let go from her job as a librarian in the city, where they want young college grads who know more about marketing than finding the perfect book for readers, as Nina does. So she purchases a decrepit white van from man in a tiny town in Scotland, and discovers that the landscape…
Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
In this sequel to Ransom Riggs’s debut novel, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Jacob travels to a war-desolated London with his peculiar friends to try to help Miss Peregrine and stop the hollows. Along the way they will discover more peculiars, some even animals, and a secret plan the hollows have been developing to…
“The Ocean at the End of the Lane” and the entire universe from Egg to Rose
Neil Gaiman’s Ocean at the End of the Lane is an enchanting, profound story presented in light-hearted abstraction about childhood memories revisited. An unnamed man goes back to his hometown for a funeral, and stops by a neighbor’s house that he hasn’t been to in decades. In the back yard is a little duck pond,…
Blythewood: The power of a chime child
Blythewood: The power of a chime child Blythewood by Carol Goodman is the story of a young woman named Avaline Hall in early 20th century New York, who begins by working as a seamstress in a hat factory, an orphaned girl who never knew her father, and whose beloved mother recently passed away. She is…
A Cupcake and a Book 