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10 best books like Corbenic (Catherine Fisher): Alice Through the Needle's Eye: A Third Adventure for Lewis Carroll's Alice, The Wild Swans, The Prophecy, The Freedom Maze, The Water Of Life: A Tale From The Brothers Grimm, A Witch Shall Be Born, Owl in Love, Aria of the Sea, The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, The Iron Grail

Alice Through the Needle's Eye: A Third Adventure for Lewis Carroll's Alice
AuthorGilbert Adair
ISBN0330291580
I Did It for A Dare!

To attempt a sequel to Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” series raises reader expectations on at least two levels.

Firstly, the originals are so well-known and well-loved, not to mention extraordinarily well-written, that readers will approach the...
The Wild Swans
AuthorPeg Kerr
ISBN0446608475
This novel focuses on two outcasts on two journeys in two eras. In 1689 England, Lady Eliza Grey's 11 brothers are turned into swans. Rejected by her father, Eliza is flown to America by her brothers where she has a chance to save them--until she is accused of witchcraft. In the second story, set in 1981...
The Prophecy
AuthorHilari Bell
Can a bard, a sword, a unicorn-and a hopeless prince-save a kingdom? Fourteen-year-old Prince Perryn is teased for loving books more than swords. But Perryn's books are his best weapons to stop the dragon that is destroying his kingdom-and his one hope of earning his father's respect. When he unearths...
The Freedom Maze
AuthorDelia Sherman
ISBN1931520305
Thirteen-year-old Sophie isn't happy about spending summer at her grandmother's old house in the Bayou. But the house has a maze Sophie can't resist exploring once she finds it has a secretive and playful inhabitant. When she makes an impulsive wish, she slips one hundred years into the past, to the...
The Water Of Life: A Tale From The Brothers Grimm
AuthorJacob Grimm
ISBN0823409074


Now, I have read many stories from the Brothers Grimm and I had enjoyed every single one of them! So, imagine my surprise when I finally came upon one of the Brothers Grimm’s stories being put into a singular children’s book called “The Water of Life” retold by Barbara Rogasky along with...
A Witch Shall Be Born
AuthorRobert E. Howard
ISBN1406572411
Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop-culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan...
Owl in Love
AuthorPatrice Kindl
ISBN0618439102
I am in love with Mr. Lindstrom, my science teacher. I found out where he lives and every night I perch on a tree branch outside his bedroom window and watch him sleep. He sleeps in his underwear: Fruit of the Loom, size 34. Owl Tycho, the shape-shifting daughter of "simple witches", is a high school student...
Aria of the Sea
AuthorDia Calhoun
ISBN0374404542
On the island of Normost, in the kingdom of Windward, 13-year-old Cerinthe Gale is a folk healer who dreams of being a dancer. When her mother falls ill, Cerinthe fights to save her -- but fails. She blames herself for her mother's death, gives up healing, and decides to pursue dance. Cerinthe travels...
The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
AuthorRosemary Sutcliff
ISBN0140371494
First of a series of three books retelling of tales of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table for children (The Light Beyond the Forest deals with the quest for the Holy Grail, The Road to Camlann with the end of the whole Arthur business. OK, but not particularly distinctive I think because Sutcliff...
The Iron Grail
AuthorRobert Holdstock
ISBN0765349876
After long travels, Merlin has returned to Alba, the future England. Likewise, Urtha, High King of the Cornovidi, is coming home as well. And Jason is sailing in on the Argo, to seek his son who hides somewhere in the kingdom.

But Urtha's stronghold has been taken by warriors from Ghostland....
The Young Merlin Trilogy
AuthorJane Yolen
ISBN0152052119
The story may be simple, but the language is poetic and moving.

The overall plot of The Young Merlin Trilogy followers the titular wizard from his reintroduction to society after living in the wild, to the realization of his dreams and magic. The story is split into three parts: Passager, in...
The Idylls of the Queen: A Tale of Queen Guenevere
AuthorPhyllis Ann Karr
ISBN1587150123
In The Idylls of the Queen, Phyllis Ann Karr takes an incident (the murder of Sir Patrise) from Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur and creates an intelligent, complex, and fascinating mystery novel perfect for fans of historical mysteries, of British legends, and of fantasy.

Queen Guenevere...
Red Moon and Black Mountain
AuthorJoy Chant
ISBN0345021789
When I was a young girl Joy Chant was part of the triarchy from whom I bought and read everything I could get my hands on (the other two being Joan D. Vinge and Elizabeth A. Lynn). So I thought it was about time after all those years to get re-acquainted with my childhood dreams.

As things turned out...
Corydon and the Island of Monsters
AuthorTobias Druitt
A young shepherd, Corydon, is driven out of his village because of his unusual appearance and then captured and put on display as a monster. Alongside him in the traveling freak show are Medusa, the Minotaur, the Sphinx, and other classical beasts. When Corydon helps these monsters to escape their cages,...
Fantasy Gone Wrong
AuthorMartin H. Greenberg
ISBN0756403804
Everyone knows that heroes should triumph, dragons should be slain, and maidens should be rescued. But what if things don't go according to plan? Here are 16 fun tales of magic gone awry - from an author whose unicorn protagonist takes control of the story to a person who can hear food talking with strange...
Arthur Rex
AuthorThomas Berger
ISBN0440500508
I came across Arthur Rex twenty seven years ago, in my high school library. That day I discovered two things: the joy of browsing stacks and finding random gems, and the joy of reading Thomas Berger.

Arthur Rex was like no other book I’d ever read, (nor was it like any other Berger wrote, I’d...
Ella Mental: And the Good Sense Guide
AuthorAmber Deckers
Reviewed by Randstostipher "tallnlankyrn" Nguyen for TeensReadToo.com

Meet Ella Watson, or, as her friends call her, Ella Mental.

Ella makes sure that she follows and lives by everything written in her Good Sense Guide, the one with all the quotes and rules, such as "Treat others...
A Scary Scene in a Scary Movie
AuthorMatt Blackstone
ISBN0374364214
Rene, an obsessive-compulsive fourteen year old, smells his hands and wears a Batman cape when he's nervous. If he picks up a face-down coin, moves a muscle when the time adds up to thirteen (7:42 is bad luck because 7 + 4 + 2 = 13), or washes his body parts in the wrong order, Rene or someone close to him will...
The Uncertain Places
AuthorLisa Goldstein
ISBN1616960140
An ages-old family secret breaches the boundaries between reality and magic in this fresh retelling of a classic fairy tale. When Berkeley student Will Taylor is introduced to the mysterious Feierabend sisters, he quickly falls for enigmatic Livvy, a chemistry major and accomplished chef. But...
Bloodsong
AuthorMelvin Burgess
ISBN1842701797
Sigurd has a fabulous but frightening future predicted: even to start, he must leave everything he knows to go and fight a dragon, and from there descend into the Underworld. Sounds bad enough, but when you know that the dragon lives on a futuristic, industrially-ruined moonscape that was once Hampstead...
Heretic
AuthorSarah Singleton
ISBN1416904034
When Isabella a human girl raised by faeries is found by a young girl named Elizabeth, she hopes they become friends. It is only when Elizabeth's life is in danger that their friendship is truly put to the test. Can Isabella save Elizabeth from death and persecution for being a Catholic? Read on and find...
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Vol. 1
AuthorJames Robinson
ISBN1401240224
HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE return to comics in an all-new graphic novel!

Prince Adam sets out to reclaim the mantle of HE-MAN, a legendary power that he can wield for the powers of good. But around every turn the evil villain Skeletor seeks to destroy the young hero and keep him from...
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