Anderson, M.T. / The Game of Sunken Places / Grades 5-8
When two boys visit a mansion in rural Vermont, they discover an old board game that draws them into a mysterious adventure.

Barron, T. A. / The Lost Years of Merlin series / Grades 4-7

Colfer, Eoin / Artemis Fowl / Grades 5-8
When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.

DiTerlizzi, Tony / The Spiderwick Chronicles / Grades 4-up

Gaiman, Neil / Coraline / Grades 5-8
Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.

Jacques, Brian / Redwall Series / Grades 4-up

Koller, Jackie French / Dragons and Kings / Grades 4-7
Darek and his friends have rescued their fathers, but their village is now ruled by a power-hungry tyrant. A fantastic struggle begins, which changes their world forever.

Pullman, Philip / I Was a Rat! / Grades 4-7
A little boy turns London upside down when he appears at the house of a lonely old couple and insists he was recently a rat.

Rodda, Emily / Rowan of Rin / Grades 3-6
Because only he can read the magical map, Rowan joins six other villagers to climb a mountain and try to restore their water supply, as fears of a dragon threaten to drive them back.