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All Those Magic Doors

There's a special place in reader's hearts for novels that embody or capture the yearning they feel for traveling to new worlds. That any door, might be that door, that any book, might be that book, that lets you visit somewhere wondrous for a little while. #WCCLS #HillsboroLibrary #FindYourNext

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  • While magical portals have always existed in human folklore, the story of young Alice falling into a world of topsy turvy magic, strange characters, and an evil queen, kicked off the modern literary trend.
    eBook, 2017[S.I.] : Project Gutenberg, 2017. — Overdrive
  • The much-beloved story of a young boy who discovers he's a wizard and travels to a magical school by passing through a portal hidden at the King's Cross Train Station in England.
    eBook, 2017[S.I.] : Pottermore, 2017. — Overdrive
  • Quentin Coldwater, a student of magic, discovers interdimensional travel is possible, and transports himself and his friends into their favorite childhood books, Fillory and Further, with terrible consequences.
    eBook, 2009[S.I.] : Penguin Publishing Group, 2009. — Overdrive
  • Brave young Coraline and her parents move to a new place where she embarks on some creepy adventures in a mirror version of her new home.
    eBook, 2012[S.I.] : HarperCollins, 2012. — Overdrive
  • Marine biologist Sophie is trying to find her biological mother, when a magic spell sends her to the archipelago world of Stormwrack, where she must survive until she can find a way home.
    Book, 2014New York : Tor, 2014. — FSF DELLAMONICA, A. M.
  • A fast-paced and atmospheric story of three parallel Londons and the gifted young magician who can move between them.
    eBook, 2015[S.I.] : Tom Doherty Associates, 2015. — Overdrive
  • A girl who has a chronic and debilitating illness here in our world, slips into a magical land where she has immense powers that may effect the future of both worlds.
    eBook, 2015[S.I.] : HarperCollins, 2015. — Overdrive
  • It's a well-kept secret that sometimes children stumble through magical doorways and go on fabulous or harrowing adventures. Coming home can be harder, and that's where Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children comes in.
    eBook, 2016[S.I.] : Tom Doherty Associates, 2016. — Overdrive
  • In this coming-of-age tale, January Scaller lives quietly with her father in a house that is more of a museum, until she discovers a book full of adventure that is inexplicably entwined with her own story.
    eBook, 2019[S.I.] : Orbit, 2019. — Overdrive
  • When Zachary Ezra Rollins discovers a mysterious book, the puzzle leads him to a masquerade ball, a city of stories bordering The Starless Sea, and a host of interesting characters.
    eBook, 2019[S.I.] : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2019. — Overdrive
  • Every Heart a Doorway

    Wayward Children Series, Book 1

    McGuire, Seanan
    It's a well-kept secret that sometimes children stumble through magical doorways and go on fabulous or harrowing adventures. Coming home can be harder, and that's where Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children comes in.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2016New York : Macmillan Audio, 2016. — Overdrive
  • When Zachary Ezra Rollins discovers a mysterious book, the puzzle leads him to a masquerade ball, a city of stories bordering The Starless Sea, and a host of interesting characters.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2019[S.I.] : Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2019. — Overdrive
  • In this coming-of-age tale, January Scaller lives quietly with her father in a house that is more of a museum, until she discovers a book full of adventure that is inexplicably entwined with her own story.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2019[S.I.] : Hachette Book Group, 2019. — Overdrive
  • A fast-paced and atmospheric story of three parallel Londons and the gifted young magician who can move between them.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2015[S.I.] : Tantor Media, Inc., 2015. — Overdrive
  • The Magicians

    The Magicians Series, Book 1

    Grossman, Lev
    Quentin Coldwater, a student of magic, discovers interdimensional travel is possible, and transports himself and his friends into their favorite childhood books, Fillory and Further, with terrible consequences.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2009New York : Books on Tape, 2009. — Overdrive
  • Brave young Coraline and her parents move to a new place where she embarks on some creepy adventures in a mirror version of her new home.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2003New York : HarperAudio, 2003. — Overdrive
  • The much-beloved story of a young boy who discovers he's a wizard and travels to a magical school by passing through a portal hidden at the King's Cross Train Station in England.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2015[S.I.] : Pottermore from J.K. Rowling, 2015. — Overdrive
  • A classic fantasy tale for young and old alike, four siblings find a mysterious portal in an old wardrobe that leads to a magical land.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2005New York : HarperAudio, 2005. — Overdrive
  • While magical portals have always existed in human folklore, the story of young Alice falling into a world of topsy turvy magic, strange characters, and an evil queen, kicked off the modern literary trend.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2008[S.I.] : Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2008. — Overdrive