Children's / Teenage fiction: Fantasy & magical realism

A cyclone hits Kansas and whirls Dorothy and her little dog Toto to the magical land of Oz. Dorothy meets some wonderful friends, but longs to go back home, and so she sets off to find the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

When Arthur, Ren and Cecily investigate a mysterious explosion on their way to school, they find themselves trapped in the year 2473. Lost in the Wonderscape, an epic in-reality adventure game, they must call on the help of some unlikely historical heroes to play their way home before time runs out.

Uprooted by her single mum along with her troublesome older brother, 11-year-old Prune Robinson is trying to settle in a new town. She figures she can't burden her hard-working mother with the fact she's being bullied. Or the fact that her drawings have started coming to life. But with her brothe...

This is the wondrous story of how the world's greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker becomes the beloved Willy Wonka we know today. Based on the major motion picture - an intoxicating mix of magic and music, mayhem and emotion, all told with fabulous heart and humour - 'Wonka' introduces...

Cassie, Rue and Tabitha's magical training will be put to the test as they venture deeper into the Hedge and race to find the faery treasure before it falls into the hands of the Erl King.

It's the week before Halloween and Marina is about to turn thirteen, Her father died a year ago. Her mother has strangely fallen asleep and no-one can wake her. She is sent to live with her mysterious grandmother, Ursula who tells her that that you can enter a strange world between the ever falli...

Hush Quiet is a girl with an infinite baseball cap and certain views on love and kindness. Her sister, Matilda, carries around a shotgun full of bees, and doesn't need much excuse to fire it. Hush and Matilda have been hiding out in a pocket world, ever since the war started. Ever since Dustbowl ...

Hex never meant for the girl to follow him and his friend Tommo into the woods. He never meant for her to fall off the rope swing and break her arm. When the finger of blame is pointed at him, Hex runs deep into the woods and his fierce sense of injustice leads him to a strange clearing in the wo...

When Mildred makes a wish on a shooting star, she never dreamed that it would come true so quickly. Suddenly she has an extra four-legged friend to look after. Luckily her Lantern Monitor duties provide the perfect cover, but when class sneak Ethel Hallow becomes suspicious, suddenly the whole sc...

Percy Jackson has saved the world multiple times - battling monsters, Titans, even death himself - so graduating high school should be a piece of cake, right? Wrong. Percy needs three college recommendation letters from the gods before his final school year comes to an end. And one thing Percy kn...