Tales and legends of the world’s beginnings and the First Age set the stage for Tolkien’s other classic works and focus on the theft of the Elves’ jewels by Morgoth, first dark lord of Middle-Earth. Fantasy/legendarium by J. R. R. Tolkien.

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Charles Wallace is right about the dragons—actually a friendly entity who has come to help Charles Wallace fight his sickness, and to take Meg and her friend Calvin O’Keefe on a terrifying, wonderful journey into galactic space

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A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O’Keefe, all in search of Meg’s father.

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With Eustace and Jill at his side, King Tirian, the noble unicorn Jewel and the King’s loyal subjects must stand fast against the powers of evil.

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While the evil might of the Dark Lord Sauron swarms out to conquer all Middle-earth, Frodo and Sam struggle deep into Mordor, seat of Sauron’s power. Part 3 of the three-part The Lord of the Rings, epic fantasy for teenage readers and older, by J.R.R. Tolkien.

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When Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer are tricked by Digory’s peculiar Uncle Andrew into becoming part of an experiment, they set off on the adventure of a lifetime.

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The Fellowship of the Ring is scattered. Only Frodo and Sam are left to take the accursed One Ring to be destroyed in Mordor. Their guide is Gollum, slave to the Ring.

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During the glorious reign of Narnian kings and queens Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, Shasta, a young boy living in Calormen with a cruel man who claims to be his father, begins his journey to the unknown North.

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Frodo Baggins knew the Ringwraiths were searching for him — and the Ring of Power he bore that would enable Sauron to destroy all that was good in Middle-earth.

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Aslan summons Eustace Scrubb and Jill Pole to the land of Narnia, and sends them to rescue a Narnian prince. Their mission will bring them face-to-face with a deadly and beautiful evil.

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This ocean journey takes Edmund, Lucy, their cousin Eustace, and the Narnian King Caspian to the Eastern Islands, beyond the Silver Sea, toward Aslan’s Country at the End of the World.

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A thousand years after Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie came to another world, Prince Caspian summons the children back to fight under Aslan and restore peace.

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Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy open a door and discover a magic world. There they meet Aslan the Great Lion, and their lives are changed forever.

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The writer, in a dream, finds himself in a bus which travels between Hell and Heaven. This is the starting point for an extraordinary meditation upon good and evil, God and sin, and the irreparable divide between Heaven and Hell.

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Screwtape is an experienced devil. His nephew Wormwood is just beginning his demonic career and has been assigned to secure the damnation of a young man who has just become a Christian.

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Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit who wanted to be left alone in quiet comfort. But the wizard Gandalf came along with a band of homeless dwarves. Soon Bilbo was drawn into their quest, facing evil orcs, savage wolves, giant spiders, and worse unknown dangers.

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