Light Fantasy Adventure Stories

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Peter and the Starcatchers 
by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
YA F BARRY
In this terrific story—a “prequel” to Peter Pan—Peter is an orphan who sails from England on the ship Never Land. On board he meets Molly, a young Starcatcher, whose mission is to guard a trunk of magical stardust from a greedy pirate and the native inhabitants of a remote island. A fast, fun read.

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore 
By Robin Sloan
F SLOAN
The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon out of his life as a San Francisco web-design drone and landed him a new gig working the night shift at Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. But after just a few days on the job, Clay begins to realize that this store is even more curious than the name suggests. There are only a few customers, but they come in repeatedly and never seem to actually buy anything. Soon he embarks on a complex analysis of the customers' behavior and ropes his friends into helping him figure out just what's going on.

Inkheart 
By Cornelia Caroline Funke
YA F FUNKE
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life. The fun begins when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.

The Graveyard Book 
By Neil Gaiman
YA F GAIMAN
Nobody Owens is a very small boy who wanders out of the house just before his entire family is murdered. He wanders down the street to the local graveyard where he is adopted by the ghosts who reside there. Nobody has quite an unusual upbringing and of course, there’s some unfinished business.