Best Young Fantasy

A Listmania! list by Stephen "dschubba" (wirral, UK)
 
The Chrestomanci Series (4) - The Lives of Christopher Chant
1.  The Chrestomanci Series (4) - The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones
The list author says:
  "wizardry, dysfunctional families and many worlds"
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4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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Owlglass
2.  Owlglass by Will Nickless
The list author says:
  "wind in willows territory, but more acid and realistic"
Used & New from: £1.50

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The Hounds of the Morrigan
3.  The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O'Shea
The list author says:
  "marvellous, tragical-comical Irish fantasy"
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4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)

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The Ice Is Coming
4.  The Ice Is Coming by Patricia Wrightson
The list author says:
  "first of a set of Australian fantasies: needs reissuing"
Used & New from: £5.24
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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Northern Lights (His Dark Materials)
5.  Northern Lights (His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman
The list author says:
  "first and best of the Pullman Dark Materials trilogy, before he got pretentious"
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4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (780 customer reviews) | 3 customer discussions

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The Dark is Rising Sequence: "Over Sea, Under Stone"; The "Dark Is Rising"; "Greenwitch"; The "Grey King"; "Silver O" (Puffin Books)
6.  The Dark is Rising Sequence: "Over Sea, Under Stone"; The "Dark Is Rising"; "Greenwitch"; The "Grey King"; "Silver O" (Puffin Books) by Susan Cooper
The list author says:
  "flawed, but still moving time travel, battle of good and evil"
Used & New from: £2.59
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (53 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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The Book of Night with Moon
7.  The Book of Night with Moon by Diane Duane
The list author says:
  "one of interlinked sequence with cats, wizards and battle of good and evil"
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4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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The Lord of the Rings (3 Book Box set)
8.  The Lord of the Rings (3 Book Box set) by J. R. R. Tolkien
The list author says:
  "obviously: don't be put off by the innumerable inept copies and parodies"
Used & New from: £11.00
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (601 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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The Midnight Folk (Classic Mammoth)
9.  The Midnight Folk (Classic Mammoth) by John Masefield
The list author says:
  "dreams turning into almost real life dangers; one of the best evocations of lonely childhood"
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4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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The Children of Green Knowe (Faber Children's Classics)
10.  The Children of Green Knowe (Faber Children's Classics) by Lucy M. Boston
The list author says:
  "first of the Green Knowe sequence;  a real house, a well-imagined childhood, and history"
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5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)

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Old Peter's Russian Tales
11.  Old Peter's Russian Tales by Arthur Ransome
The list author says:
  "Arthur Ransome's version of Russian folk stories: needs reissuing"
£6.39   Used & New from: £0.46
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

The Chronicles of Narnia (6) - The Silver Chair
12.  The Chronicles of Narnia (6) - The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis
The list author says:
  "best of the Narnia sequence"
£5.79   Used & New from: £0.01
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

Kim (Penguin Modern Classics)
13.  Kim (Penguin Modern Classics) by Rudyard Kipling
The list author says:
  "okay, not a fantasy (and neither is it a 'secret service story of a boy's dream world in India', as the Amazon page has it. It's Kipling's greatest work, and a marvel of Anglo-Indian story telling."
£4.61   Used & New from: £0.01
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)

The Moon of Gomrath
14.  The Moon of Gomrath by Alan Garner
The list author says:
  "not Garner's greatest (which is The Stone Book), but his best fantasy"
£4.19   Used & New from: £0.01
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

The Riddle-Master's Game (Fantasy Masterworks)
15.  The Riddle-Master's Game (Fantasy Masterworks) by Patricia A. Mckillip
The list author says:
  "beautiful story of riddles, transformations and an unknown war"
Used & New from: £4.60
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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Little, Big (Fantasy Masterworks)
16.  Little, Big (Fantasy Masterworks) by John Crowley
The list author says:
  "Marvellous: fairies, architecture, and the art of memory"
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4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

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The Flight of the Cassowary
17.  The Flight of the Cassowary by John Levert
The list author says:
  "seriously weird study of adolescence, with shape-changing, perhaps"
Used & New from: £3.42

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Fly By Night
18.  Fly By Night by Frances Hardinge
The list author says:
  "tragedy and comedy together; strange reversals; lovely words"
£5.19   Used & New from: £0.01
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
19.  Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The list author says:
  "magic and amoral fairies in Wellington's England: not for the faint-hearted"
£6.99   Used & New from: £0.01
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (337 customer reviews) | 2 customer discussions

The Grand Tour: Or the Purloined Coronation Regalia
20.  The Grand Tour: Or the Purloined Coronation Regalia by Patricia C. Wrede
The list author says:
  "2nd (and best) of the magic (Heyer-type) regency sequence"
Used & New from: £1.04
2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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