From my list on urban fantasy books to help you find the magic all around you and a really good what-if book too.
Why am I passionate about this?
I grew up in a confusing, chaotic household, and magic was always an escape for me. Books were my place to dream about other worlds and bigger choices. Stories of forgotten, invisible, or odd people who found their way to each other, found courage and talents they didnât know they had, and then banded together to fight some larger foe even though they were scared. Was it possible that dragons and witches and gnomes were real and very clever at hiding in plain sight? What if I had hidden talents and courage and could draw on them with others just like me?
Martha's book list on urban fantasy books to help you find the magic all around you and a really good what-if book too
Why did Martha love this book?
The book is wonderfully weird even though it starts out in ordinary settings. I loved it because the ride was wild and fast-paced and took so many turns; I couldnât put it down.
The vivid detail helped me see the strange ball game or the flying car, and it was so well set up that I didnât question any of it. The story took me on an adventure, and I didnât let go until the very end.
2 authors picked Summerland as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 9, 10, 11, and 12.
From the Pulitzer Prize winning Michael Chabon comes this bestselling novel that blends fantasy and folklore with that most American coming-of-age ritual: baseballânow in a new edition, with an introduction by the author.
Ethan Feld is having a terrible summer: his father has moved them to Clam Island, Washington, where Ethan has quickly established himself as the least gifted baseball player the island has ever seen. Ethanâs luck begins to change, however, when a mysterious baseball scout named Ringfinger Brown and a seven-hundred-and-sixty-five-year-old werefox enter his life, dragging Ethan into another world called the Summerlands. But this beautiful, winter-less placeâŚ