Fantasy Stories - Grades 4-6

The Book of Three
by Lloyd Alexander
(J ALEXANDER, LLO CP #1)
In the first book of the Prydain cycle, assistant pig-keeper Taran goes in search of Hen-Wen and finds adventure and new friends.
(Series: Chronicles of Prydain)

Whales on Stilts
by M.T. Anderson
(J ANDERSON, M. T. TT #1)
Racing against the clock, shy middle-school student Lily and her best friends, Katie and Jasper, must foil the plot of her father's conniving boss to conquer the world using an army of whales.
(Series: Thrilling Tales)

The Indian in the Cupboard
by Lynne Reid Banks
(J BANKS, LYN)
A boy receives a plastic Indian, a cupboard, and a key for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life.

Gregor the Overlander
by Suzanne Collins
(J COLLINS, SUZ UC #1)
When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving men, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy.
(Series: Underland Chronicles)

The Boggart
by Susan Cooper
(J COOPER, SUS)
After visiting the castle in Scotland which her family has inherited, twelve-year-old Emily finds that she has accidentally brought back with her a boggart, an invisible and mischievous spirit with a fondness for practical jokes.

Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
by Bruce Coville
(J COVILLE, BRU MS #2)
Small for his age, but artistically talented, twelve-year-old Jeremy Thatcher unknowingly buys a dragon's egg.
(Series: Magic Shop Book)

Dragon’s Milk
by Susan Fletcher
(J FLETCHER, SUS DC #1)
Kaeldra possesses the power to understand dragons and uses this power to try to save her younger sister, who needs dragon's milk to recover from an illness.
(Series: Dragon Chronicles)

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
by Lynne Jonell
(J JONELL, LYN)
When Emmy discovers that she and her formerly loving parents are being drugged by their evil nanny with rodent potions that can change people in frightening ways, she and some new friends must try everything possible to return things to normal.

Ella Enchanted
by Gail Levine
(J LEVINE, GAI)
In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.

The Magician’s Nephew
by C.S. Lewis
(J LEWIS, C.S. CN #1)
When Digory and Polly try to return the wicked witch Jadis to her own world, the magic gets mixed up and they all land in Narnia.
(Series: The Chronicles of Narnia )

Into the Wild
by Erin Hunter
(J HUNTER, ERI W #1; YA HUNTER, ERI W #1)
For generations, four clans of wild cats have shared the forest. When their warrior code is threatened by mysterious deaths, a house cat named Rusty may turn out to be the bravest warrior of all.
(Series: Warriors )

Redwall
by Brian Jacques
(J JACQUES, BRI; YA JACQUES, BRI)
When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, is determined to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior.
(Series: Redwall)

Eragon
by Christopher Paolini
(J PAOLINI, CHR I #1; YA PAOLINI, CHR I #1)
In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage named Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, while encountering various dragons, elves, and monsters.
(Series: Inheritance)

The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan
(J RIORDAN, RIC PJ #1)
Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
(Series: Perry Jackson and the Olympians)

Rowan of  Rin
by Emily Rodda
(J RODDA, EMI RR #1)
Because only he can read the
magical map, young, weak and timid Rowan joins six other villagers to climb a mountain and try to restore their water supply, as fears of a dragon and other horrors threaten to drive them back.
(Series: Rowan of Rin)

Magyk
by Angie Sage
(J SAGE, ANG SH #1)
After learning that she is the Princess, Jenna is whisked from her home and carried toward safety by the Extraordinary Wizard and a young guard known only as Boy 412 - all while pursued by agents of those who killed her mother ten years earlier.
(Series: Septimus Heap)

The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien
(J TOLKIEN, J. R. R.; YA TOLKIEN, J. R.)
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.