18 books like Valiant

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Secret Seven Mystery Enid Blyton · 1957 · ★ 3.9 · 121p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Usually, the grown-ups in the Secret Seven series play a regulatory role, and, at times, even forbid the children from getting involved in mysteries. However, it is Peter's and Janet's father who drops this mystery in their lap and suggests that the Seven tackle it. A girl—Elizabeth Sonning—is missing after she is accused of stealing money. Since her grandmother lives in neighbouring Belling… Shares: Runaway children, Children's fiction

Dream magic Joshua Khan · 2017 · ★ 4.2 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Lily the sorcerer queen and Thorn the giant-bat-whisperer are back to solve the mystery of who's behind the many threats to Gehenna: disappearing villagers, vicious jewel spiders, and a pending troll invasion. Shares: Trolls, Magic, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy

Missing Angel Juan Francesca Lia Block · 1993 · ★ 3.9 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Witch Baby follows Angel Juan to New York City and meets the ghost of her almost grandfather Charlie Bat. Shares: Runaways, New york, Children's fiction

Raging Robots and Unruly Uncles Margaret Mahy · 1981 · ★ 3.8 · 94p · ≈ 3h · Moderate The arrival of two single-minded robots convinces twin brothers, wicked Jasper and virtuous Jason, that their own children, who have run away, aren't so bad after all. Shares: Runaways, Children's fiction

Nightmare Academy Frank E. Peretti · 2002 · ★ 4.1 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Elijah and his sister Elisha go undercover to investigate a mysterious school that is sheltering runaway teenagers for a sinister purpose. Shares: Runaways, Runaway teenagers, Children's fiction

First love James Patterson · 2013 · ★ 3.8 · 328p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Runaways Axi, sixteen, and Robinson, seventeen, who met on a cancer ward, leave small-town Oregon on a cross-country trip to experience the best of life before it is too late. Shares: Runaways, Runaway teenagers, Children's fiction

Dragon's Blood Jane Yolen · 1982 · ★ 3.9 · 303p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Jakkin was born into bond, in service in the great dragon barns of Master Sarkkhan. The key to his freedom was a fighting dragon of his own, a skilled and deadly beast that could triumph in the dragon pits which lay beneath the Rock. But that was a distant dream - until the day Jakkin stole a hatchling, and found himself the proud possessor of a dragon among dragons, a true fighting red, a… Shares: Monsters, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Children's fiction

A Sending of Dragons Jane Yolen · 1987 · ★ 4.0 · 189p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Falsely accused of sabotage, Jakkin and Akki are left to certain death in the wilderness of the planet Austar IV but, with the aid of five baby dragons, manage not only to survive but also to gain unusual powers and insights. Shares: Monsters, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Children's fiction

My Best Friend is Invisible Robert Lawrence Stine · 1997 · ★ 3.6 · 122p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Sammy Jacobs is into ghosts and science fiction. Not exactly the smartest hobby--at least not if you ask Sammy's parents. They're research scientists and they only believe in real science. But now Sammy's met someone who's totally unreal. He's hanging out in Sammy's room. And eating his cereal at breakfast. Sammy's got to find a way to get rid of his new "friend." Only problem is...Sammy's new… Shares: Monsters, Friendship, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction

Last Dragonslayer (Last Dragonslayer, #1) Jasper Fforde · 2010 · ★ 4.2 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs an agency for underemployed magicians in a world where magic is fading away, but when visions of the death of the world's last dragon begin, all signs point to Jennifer--and Big Magic"--Provided by publisher. Fifteen-year-old foundling Jennifer runs Kazam, an employment agency for magicians, but it is hard to stay in business when magic is drying up. Then… Shares: Magic, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Children's fiction

The red sun Alane Adams · 2014 · 298p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "Sam Baron is about to get the shock of his life. First his substitute English teacher claims to have turned his old teacher into a lizard; then a strange dwarf named Rego arrives and claims Sam is from a magical realm called Orkney. When his friends are taken prisoner, it's up to Sam to save them. Sam embarks on a journey to Orkney through a stonefire to find his friends, but when he arrives, he… Shares: Friendship, Magic, Fantasy, Children's fiction

Transcendent Lesley Livingston · 2014 · ★ 4.0 · 343p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments series, this action-packed, undeniably romantic saga that began with Starling and intensified in Descendant comes to an epic conclusion in Transcendent.On a terrace high above the streets of Manhattan, Mason Starling holds the fate of the world—and of her love, Fennrys—in her hands. For it has all come down to this. Mason Starling has… Shares: New york, Supernatural, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction

That was then, this is now S. E. Hinton · 1971 · ★ 3.9 · 159p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Sixteen-year-old Mark and Bryon have been like brothers since childhood, but now, as their involvement with girls, gangs, and drugs increases, their relationship seems to gradually disintegrate. Shares: Drug abuse, Friendship, Children's fiction

The Boggart and the monster Susan Cooper · 1997 · ★ 4.1 · 185p · ≈ 6h · Moderate In this companion volume to The Boggart, the invisible and mischievous spirit living in the Scottish Castle Keep sets out to help save Nessie the Loch Ness Monster, one of its few remaining cousins. Shares: Monsters, Supernatural, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction

The Magic World Edith Nesbit · 1959 · ★ 3.8 · 172p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Twelve stories with magic occurrences. Shares: Magic, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction

The Darkangel Meredith Ann Pierce · 1982 · ★ 3.8 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Aeriel is kidnapped by the Darkangel, swept up into his dozens of black wings and carried to his distant keep. There she is to serve his brides - thirteen pitiful creatures who were once beautiful, before the Darkangel drained away their souls. Aeriel would free them, but now that she, too, is one of the Darkangel's captives, she can do no other than obey - even while she knows she must destroy… Shares: Supernatural, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Children's fiction

The Song of the Quarkbeast Jasper Fforde · 2011 · ★ 4.1 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate King Snodd IV of the Kingdom of Hereford has realized that the power of magic has untold financial possibilities, and the man who controls magic controls almost anything. To this end, he has appointed as Official Court Sorcerer the odious Blix at Industrial Magic, one of only two Houses of Enchantment left in the world. With Blix's willing assistance, only one person stands between King Snodd and… Shares: Magic, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Children's fiction

The Robe of Skulls Vivian French · 2007 · ★ 3.8 · 207p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The sorceress Lady Lamorna has her heart set on a very expensive new robe, and she will stop at nothing--including kidnapping and black magic--to get the money to pay for it. The sorceress Lady Lamorna has her heart set on a very expensive new robe, and she will stop at nothing, including kidnapping and black magic, to get the money to pay for it. Book #1 Shares: Trolls, Magic, Children's fiction

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