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Portal Fantasy

Centers on an ordinary protagonist crossing a physical or magical threshold — a wardrobe, a mirror, a hidden doorway — from our world into a foreign secondary realm.

The wonder of stepping into a new world and the ache of homesickness. The feeling of being an outsider, seeing the familiar through fresh eyes, and the profound personal cost of belonging to two places at once.

Books

The Book ThiefMarkus Zusak
EragonChristopher Paolini
A Wrinkle in TimeMadeleine L’Engle
The WitchesRoald Dahl
Fight ClubChuck Palahniuk
The TwitsRoald Dahl
Watership DownRichard Adams
The Girl Who Drank the MoonKelly Barnhill
George's Marvelous MedicineRoald Dahl
Artemis FowlEoin Colfer
The Sun and the StarMark Oshiro
InheritanceChristopher Paolini
Artemis Fowl and the Eternity CodeEoin Colfer
CoralineNeil Gaiman
The Amulet of SamarkandJonathan Stroud
The House with a Clock in Its WallsJohn Bellairs
The Princess and the GoblinGeorge MacDonald
The Lost HeroRick Riordan
The Black CauldronLloyd Alexander
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and VirtueMackenzi Lee
Northern LightsPhilip Pullman
The art of starvingSam J. Miller
How to be a pirateCressida Cowell
The Magician's NephewC. S. Lewis
The Hidden OracleRick Riordan
How to Twist a Dragon's TaleCressida Cowell
How to Speak DragoneseCressida Cowell
Sorcery of ThornsMargaret Rogerson
The Hazel WoodMelissa Albert
When Marnie Was ThereJoan G. Robinson
Wolves of the CallaStephen King
How to Cheat a Dragon's CurseCressida Cowell
The AlchemystMichael Scott
The Drawing of the ThreeStephen King
Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan CrowJessica Townsend
The Last BattleC. S. Lewis
The Silver ChairC. S. Lewis
The Subtle KnifePhilip Pullman
Gods of Jade and ShadowSilvia Moreno-Garcia
NeverwhereNeil Gaiman
How to Ride a Dragon's StormCressida Cowell
47Walter Mosley
How to Steal a Dragon's SwordCressida Cowell
Mary Poppins Opens the DoorP. L. Travers
The Voyage of the Dawn TreaderC. S. Lewis
Fairy TaleStephen King
The MagiciansLev Grossman
YsabelGuy Gavriel Kay
The starlight barkingDodie Smith
A Darker Shade of MagicV. E. Schwab
Enchanted GlassDiana Wynne Jones
The Letter, the Witch, and the RingJohn Bellairs
SabrielGarth Nix
Carry onRainbow Rowell
The Lie TreeFrances Hardinge
The Starless SeaErin Morgenstern
The Skull of TruthBruce Coville
Wise ChildMonica Furlong
The Phoenix and the CarpetE. Nesbit
Dragonfly in AmberDiana Gabaldon

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