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Different Kinds of Real

List Compiled by Australian Children's author Jenny Pausacker.

Some fantasy for junior readers offers an escape from everyday life - for instance, J.K. Rowling invites readers to identify with Harry Potter, not the un-magic Muggles, even though most of her readers presumably aren't magicians. But other writers use fantasy to make points about the world we live in.

George Saunders, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frith, illustrated by Lane Smith.
A story about the advantages of cooperating, rather than looking for individual solutions, set in a delightfully bizarre small town.

Sharon O. Tai, Grandma, You're Dead
A ghost story that's also a way of looking at family relationships.

Meme McDonald and Boori Monty Prior, Flytrap
When she promises to bring a Venus Fly Trap to school, even though she doesn't have one, a young girl makes up creative excuses, based on the traditional stories told by her Aboriginal stepdad.

Kerry Greenwood's A Different Sort of Real
A historical novel, set after the first world war - but Greenwood's descriptions have a fairy tale quality about them, bringing out the magic inherent in everyday life.

Some Other Recent Junior Fantasy Novels

Allan Baillie, Imp
Anna Ciddor, Runestone
Justin D'Ath, Snowman Magic
Paul Jennings, Tongue-tied
Sue Lawson, Dragon's Tear
Dave Luckett, Rhianna and the Wild Magic; Rhianna and the Dogs of Iron
Margaret Mahy, The Riddle of the Frozen Phantom
Emily Rodda, Deltora Quest 2 - Cavern of the Fear; The Isle of Illusion: The Shadowlands

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