![]() They could occupy pocket-watches and tell us the time and protest when you tell them they’re 30 minutes slow. Our modern life would improve greatly if we had mythical fire breathers with us. Jacob Morningstar and the Great Dragon Heist by Margreat Davis But even an unhaunted place has its share of adventure. Rosa hopes that she can find the reason, especially when she befriends a local boy who helps his dad with knight and squire duty. Thus, she does not understand why her mother moved to a town without ghosts. A Properly Unhaunted Place by William Alexander Most of the time, he frets about his mother’s living situation, and how long he’ll last in a school before flunking out or for the stigma to catch up to him. He then learns he’s Poseidon’s son and has to go to a camp where all the gods’ children train and prepare to become heroes. Percy Jackson starts his story by battling dyslexia and a poor school performance, only to battle monsters and go on quests. You can’t go wrong with stories about modern kids acting out ancient myths. Percy Jackson And the Olympians by Rick Riordan One homunculi in particular, set to spy on the dragon and his friends, starts questioning his loyalties as the boy shows kindness to him. Funke’s works in general are a wonder, taking place against an elegant backdrop where basilisks roam in the sand and homunculi occupy the dust. Dragon Rider by Cornelia FunkeĪnother dragon tale, this one about a homeless boy who finds a dragon, and their run from a strange being that wants to eat them. Travers wrote the story for 1930s kids, and we can get a sense of the melancholy in the light prose. The children promise to never forget Mary Poppins, because of the good she did for them. After the fun has come and gone, she has to leave, because she’s Mary Poppins and she has places to go. Jane, Michael, John, and Annabel adore her, even as she puts them in their place, and the Banks parents adore her. And we know the story of Mary Poppins-a stern nanny visits a troubled household, using magic to tame and entertain the children. We admit that Travers was a problematic woman of her time, but she could write very well. Eddie is the most suspicious, and also the one who catches the most trouble with their teachers. Though they can never prove it each time, the kids remain suspicious. They also accuse their camp counselor of being a werewolf, and an artist of being an alien. The Bailey School Kids believe their homeroom teacher is a vampire. It was aimed at kids like me, who would have enjoyed reading about mysterious teachers that hate garlic. And by some coincidence, two men that harass and capture magical creatures happen to be their neighbors. ![]() Elliott would rather catch up on his schoolwork, but Uchenna loves the adventure. That changes when he recruits them into the Unicorn Rescue Society, an underground organization committed to protecting magical creatures. Uchenna and Elliott don’t think much of Professor Fauna, a teacher at their school. ![]() By signing up you agree to our terms of use Children’s Fantasy The Unicorn Rescue Society by Adam Gidwitz, Jesse Casey, Joseph Bruchac, and David Bowles Thank you for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox.
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