So, I remember reading a book series in fifth or sixth grade, and I'd love to give my nephew a copy. It was about a young boy and girl who traveled between two worlds. One world had a magical veil blocking out the sun, the other was more of a magical spirit world. They could create hard light using stones that harvested sunlight above the veil. They also had replaced their shadows with sentient cloud-beings.   I remember the girl was rather antagonistic, and not very fond of the boy, she was from more of a viking culture, and he was from more of a magician culture.  I can't for the life of me remember it unfortunately, and googling is turning up nothing.
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Here's what I remember:   The main character's female (99% sure) There is one part where she has to cross a big tundra and she has to kill a big ice creature The kids in the story go to a school-like place where they train for something. I'm pretty sure they earn gems or runes or something like that There's one part where the main character has to play a piece of music perfectly to earn her gem/rune thing It's definitely a series; young-adult (I read them in middle school)   Thanks!
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I read this book about 6-8 years ago, and it was already slightly old at that point. The key parts were that the characters were all from Earth (America, if I remember correctly - one character internally monologues about remembering exactly how many steps it takes to get to a specific beach from his house, and while I don't remember the beach name, I remember thinking it was American) and woke up in a fantasy world, scattered about, and not remembering where they come from for quite a while.  Each abductee is wearing a bracelet with (what I remember as) polyhedral dice, although they aren't named that I think I inferred it from the description, and at some point they start using them as a form of magic. They find out that they were all abducted by a wizard so they go to find him. I can't remember what happens next, other than that eventually they find him and in a later book in the series (that I only saw the blurb of) they go back to his castle.  I think the book might be called "______ Keep", and am fairly certain the later book in the series is called "Return to ______ Keep".  I'd really appreciate it if someone who knew the title could tell me - it's like an unscratched itch at the moment, and I'd love to read it again!
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Can you help me identify a book I read?  It was intended for teenagers.  I believe I read it in the late 1980s or early 1990s.  The main character is a teenage human boy from earth, who is learning to use magic with the help of a humanoid lizard companion, who knows all about magic, but can't use magic himself.  They travel to numerous worlds.  I remember one of the lessons was to draw in magic from the ground with every step he takes.  And there are different lines or streams of magic flowing through the world.  Different areas have different concentrations of magic to draw from.  At one point they travel to another world where there is a bazaar or marketplace selling lots of different things.  I believe at one point they travel to yet another world where they are hanged.  The main character survives by lifting himself up by using magic, and the lizard companion uses his strong neck muscles to avoid being killed.  I believe there's also a house where the front door is in one world, but the rest of the house is in a different world.
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It was written in English and likely a young adult series. I believe it was a hardcover book and possibly from an Australian author, though I could easily be wrong. I have a feeling it was a series, but I'm not sure if I'm confusing it with other books from the author (see below). I believe it has been out for at least 10 years, probably longer, because I read it in middle school.  The book begins with a school boy seemingly hallucinating seeing a futuristic, armed girl. I think she might have been on the cover of the book, but again I could easily be wrong. The boy is later pulled into the space ship she is on (the school scenes were not real, I believe).  As I remember there was no real adults on the ship, although it might have been because they had all been killed off previously. I realise this seem similar to . Later in the book, or perhaps it was a later book in the series, other children joined the crew.  At the end of the book/series, it is revealed that Earth had been ecologically devastated (possibly by industrial pollution). The cloned (I think) children were on a return trip in space, so that by the time they get back to Earth, the planet is ready for human habitation again.  I recall reading in the afterwords that the author was writing some books set in the same universe, but about early space colonisation of the solar system.  I think it was set before the above scheme to recolonise Earth was enacted. The author said we'll see "familiar names", presumably because the characters were later cloned for the recolonisation mission.   I read a couple of these "prequels" (or at least other books from the same author) but don't recall seeing such names. One of the books mentioned the Earth's oceans had turned toxic, though.
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I can't remember the gender of the main character.  I remember bits and pieces from different books, but I think they're all part of the same series. The pieces may not be in order or from multiple books.   Boy somehow ends up in a mirror universe that's darker and seems to have no people. He has to travel to a certain office(?) building and steal a book. I think this is towards the end of the book (I can't remember the events leading up to it). I think he finds the portal in a forest or something behind his school. He goes into the ocean with mermaids or something and has to save the ocean from pollution. Aliens exist and are observing Earth, because they think it's undeveloped and are waiting for them to be advanced enough. His mother ends up in hospital and he does something to save her. He goes to Ireland(?) and enters a mountain or something to find a race of people. I can't remember who showed him how, but I'm pretty sure she used magic. He goes to Mars and saves a race from war with themselves(?). This place was hidden inside an illusion. He's also grouped with a linguist that learned their language. He travels to another world where there's a prince. I can't remember, but I think it might've been part of a tournament. His sister goes to a robot planet through a portal. I think the actual planet was a robot/AI and had lots of little robots on it. Can't remember what happens here, but he goes there and saves her from something.   It was set a few years ago, when computers weren't common (his family got one early in the first book, I think).  Thanks in advance if someone finds it.
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I read this book at least ten years ago.  Any help identifying it would be appreciated.  Characters are teleported to an artificial world where each take over the mind of a different species.  I remember a moving sentient plant, a faun-like character, and a wasp-like character.  The planet is subdivided into different zones designed for each species.  One of the characters had long sharp fingernails with poison in them.  Thanks for any help, steve
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I vaguely remember reading a young-adult book about a group of kids.  The kids turned out to be aliens, and the one identifying mark they had was that their blood was silver (or something else)?  I think the kids also have powers.  I vaguely remember a cover that had a gaping mouth and something that looked like they were supposed to be sound waves coming from it.  Does anyone know what this is?
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I have been trying to find a book I read quite a few years ago. Well, there are 2, one being the sequel.  Now I'm sure my memory has been kind enough to mix parts of the 2 books, but I will do my best with the description.  The cover of the book had a hand print. As far as the story, a boy finds out he has some powers from some guy. I think he had a ring that allowed him to use his power. Later when training the boy, he has him learn to control his power by deflecting rocks or meteors or some rocky item. The boy ends up using too much force and shatters them, but eventually gets the hang of it. Another part close to the end, the boy has a vision, I think, of some other kid getting struck by lightning, so he figures out a way to save the kid, but gets struck by the lightning himself.  In the second book, I remember a part early on where a sign falls from a building toward some child, but the boy uses his power to save the kid; afterwards, no trace of the boy is found. A lady who witnessed it said something like it was her dead son (I'm guessing his mom from the previous book).   I'm having trouble remembering anything but that. I read them in '97 or '98, I believe. As far as the publication dates, I never checked.
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I've been trying to find this darn series of books for ages, I read them back in early 2001-02 and can't really remember much of them. I think there were 10-ish books, it was an easy read but a long series. On early publications, the covers, were mainly yellow, with small pictures of whatever happens in that book.  The book began with two siblings, a brother and a sister, running in a forest. She conjures up what can only be remembered as a golem type creature. He then uses a high magic 'blast' and wipes out the golem, knackering himself. His sister laughs at him for being 'powerful' but expending himself too much on one big magic blast. The beginning I remember vividly, the rest, not so much.  The story continues as a conflict happens, I believe two worlds are involved? The brother and sister are split up, but this is where my memory becomes vague.  The mechanics of the world seems that there are gems, or stones, set in the backbone, which in turn give access to magic. When the person uses them, they can draw too much, which ends up exhausting them. The 'big bad evil king' kills their father, and destroys their farm early on in the story.
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I am looking for some help remembering this book series I listened to on audiobook many years ago. It was a good story I just for the life of me can't remember the name, author or any of the character names lol I think this is a long shot as I don't remember many details but I really would like to read it again.  Some of the details I do remember: the story is set in a medieval time, not on this planet.  It's told from the viewpoint of a man, I believe he was a soldier. The main character meets him in a war torn world and allows him to travel with her.  The main character is a woman. She is a wanderer and carries a sword that only she can hold. If I remember correctly the magic is too powerful for anyone else to bear and it physically hurts them.  This sword allows her to pass through portals into other worlds. The portals are stationary and they need to travel to them.  There was also something special about her horse.... Ugh.  Each book is set on a different world.I only remember two of the worlds.  One is doomed world. It's land is sinking and towards the end there is a rush to get to the next portal. The book is set in a bog filled environment.  The other world I remember is more lush. Open plains and dense forest. The man is separated from the woman for some time. He stays with tribes-people, elves maybe? When it's time for them to go to the next world the man is torn between staying with his new friends and leaving.  So that's really all I remember. At the time I remember noting after I had read a few of the books that the author never really finished the series.  Any help would be appreciated :) throw me some guesses so I can do some research!
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I am trying to remember a young adult series I read perhaps 15 years ago, but I don't remember many details. One of the characters was named Briar. As I recall, there are four main characters that channel elemental power, and they have a meditation routine to unlock this power where they inhale and exhale to a seven count. Sorry it's not much to go on, I will try to add more details if I remember any.
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I'm trying to track down a book I borrowed form a library in the UK around 2000/2001. Here are the details I remember:  The story is set in a fantasy world; no connections to our world The main characters are four children who have no connection initially but are brought together over the course of the story The children are all taken in by an elderly woman who starts to develop their magical skills Each of the children has a different type of magic: one is nature, another is related to fabric or clothes A significant plot point is the girl with nature based magic takes in and rears a baby bird. A lot of time is spent discussing how much work it will be to care for this animal The title may have something to do with weaving or thread but I might be confusing this with another story
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I want to find the name of a book I read many years ago. The story is set in Britain. The weather is controlled by magic. I read it in the 60's or early 70's
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I read a fantasy novel years back. I honestly don't remember much of the plot (it was SEVERAL years back) but I remember the magic system that was used.  It was possible for an individual to grant portions of their physical and/or mental powers to another person.  For example, a person could grant his/her sight to someone else and spend the rest of their life blind (or with exceedingly poor vision) while the recipient would see twice as well as anyone else. In the book there were whole cities devoted to enhancing the nations army, or a specific person, etc.  Anyone have a thought what this book or series is?
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Things I remember   I read this book in elementary school, but I don't know how much of a "kid's" book it is. Main character was male, and I think the title of the book may have been his name. I picture him as owl-like, but I know he had talons and wings at least. The book possibly started on his race's home planet, and they had to leave to live on space stations for some reason. Once they leave their home planet, there is a comment that their children will be born with flatter feet to accommodate walking on metal of the space station instead of gripping branches. I'm forgetting a chunk of the book, but the main character becomes separated from everyone else, possibly left behind somewhere on purpose. Somehow the main character becomes extremely powerful. He is able to fly through space on his own without a ship. Near the end of the book, he engages in a prolonged battle with some other hyper-powerful character (The fight might start on a water planet). Their fight spans the galaxy. Main character ends up in a black hole, omniscient and observing a planet (possibly Earth?). A boy from the planet dies and shows up where our main character is. Main character and boy talk about whether anything in life has meaning or affects anything.
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As a kid I read a book about two boys who hate each other and are opposites to each other (lanky red-haired runner vs. stocky black-haired wrestler). They're transported to a parallel world where they have to undertake some sort of quest. Miscellaneous memory-fragments:   I think there's a magical yin-yang amulet. There's a wolf-spirit or wolf-god. Possibly called Fenrir? What we call magic they call science; what we call poetry they call magic. They're summoned into the other world by a bald man in a robe who looks a little like Varys from GoT.   Does this sound familiar to anyone?
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So, this is super vague and I apologize, but something sparked my memory and it's been bothering me, so here goes...  I'm looking for a young-adult book I read probably in the early 2000's.  It was possibly older than that, but I doubt it was earlier than the seventies or so, and was likely somewhere in my elementary school.  I have no information as to what was on the cover.  In terms of plot, I think it involved a haunting of an old house and two (or maybe three) children.  Either the older or middle one was a girl of twelve or fourteen.  When the ghost/spirit/whatever starts moving things and causing havoc in the house, I think the parents call a doctor.  He turns out to be a sinister-type character who wants to take the girl away, believing her to be the source of the disturbances.  I think the ghost or whatever takes a liking to the kids and tries to help, but for some reason I don't think it can talk or manifest, only move things.  I know it's not much to go on, but it's been on my mind all day.  Any help would b great!