 | Jason Willow by Gareth Craig Mottram
Buy new: £6.99 I wrote this so I am biased but it has lots of hard action (without magical spells to make everyone better), atmospheric locations, complicated relationships and slowly revealed powers and demons.
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![Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter 6)[Children's Edition]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41712XQCY4L._SL75_.jpg) | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter 6)[Children's Edition] by J.K. Rowling
Buy new: £6.74 / Used from: £2.95 Getting deeper into Voldemort, excellent relationship stuff and fab final chapters with Dumbldore and Harry's quest and coming back into a devastating invasion of Hogwarts.
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 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter 5) (Harry Potter) by J.K. Rowling
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £1.37 A fast action start with the dementors, finding out about the Order, Sirius's house, hating Umbridge and the action packed finale in the Ministry. All great stuff.
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 | Raven's Gate (Power of Five) by Anthony Horowitz
Buy new: £4.54 / Used from: £0.01 A real, down to earth hero, excellent in-the-sticks village/farm location and slowly revealed powers. V.good build up and atmosphere.
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 | Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori) by Lian Hearn
Buy new: £4.19 / Used from: £0.20 Really mysterious and fleshed out secret clans and well paced exciting Samurai and Ninja-like combat/action scenes which leap into life all across your mind. Believable relationships
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 | The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time) by Robert Jordan
Buy new: £5.54 / Used from: £0.01 My favourite "traditional" fantasy. Excellent "village boy destined for greatness and hunted and helped by fabulous characters" story. Hard hitting action and "magic" subtly handled. Massive scope
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 | The Ruby in the Smoke (Point) by Philip Pullman
Buy used from: £0.01 Real, fleshed out characters and atmospheric locations effectively described. The evil old lady shouldn't be a threat but she is one of the most menacing characters I've ever come across.
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 | Eagle of The Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff
Buy new: £2.36 / Used from: £2.21 Excellent feelings of being on part of a mighty empire but cut off from help. The terror of travelling ever deeper into enemy lands really grips you and you cling to the shelter and few allies found.
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