Introduction -- High king / Lloyd Alexander -- Poppy / Avi -- Tuck everlasting / Natalie Babbitt -- Lost years of Merlin / T. A. Barron -- Dark is rising / Susan Cooper -- Into the land of the unicorns / Bruce Coville -- James and the giant peach / Roald Dahl -- Redwall / Brian Jacques -- Tombs of Atuan / Ursula K. LeGuin -- Wrinkle in time / Madeleine L'Engle -- Ella enchanted / Gail Carson Levine -- Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe / C. S. Lewis -- Giver / Lois Lowry -- Dragonflight / Anne McCaffrey -- Moorchild / Eloise McGraw -- Blue sword / Robin McKinley -- Amber spyglass / Philip Pullman -- Harry Potter and the goblet of fire / J. K. Rowling -- Hobbit / J. R. R. Tolkien -- Castle in the attic / Elizabeth Winthrop -- Author title index -- About the author.