Some of the books listed under Individual Books are actually part of a series or have sequels, but they are listed by themselves because the other books were not printed during the 1990s.
Individual Books
The sequel to The Castle in the Attic. William introduces his best friend to the secret of the castle and the two have an adventure that demonstrates the difference between bravery and foolhardiness.
The Bell Tolls at Mousehaven Manor (1991)
Minabell Mouse and her aunt have some very strange visitors at Mousehaven Manor, including a mysterious intruder who is out to steal a secret artifact from her family’s past. The sequel to Shadow Over Mousehaven Manor. By Mary Deball Kwitz.
Book of Enchantments (1996)
This is a collection of short fantasy stories, some of them based on other writings and series by the same author. By Patricia C. Wrede.
Castle in the Air (1990)
A young carpet merchant is sold a magic carpet that allows him to live out his fantasies and to rescue a princess. By Diana Wynne Jones.
Elynne Danneby is afraid of dragons, which is a shame because her family makes its living by dragon charming. When thieves steal a dragon egg, Lynnie conquers her fears in order to get it back. By Douglas Hill.
Jeffrey Strangeways (1990)
Jeffrey Strangeways has always wanted to be a knight, but when he gets the chance, is he up to the task? By Jill Murphy.
The King’s Equal (1992)
A selfish prince learns a lesson in humility when he searches for perfect princess to marry so that he can inherit his father’s crown. By Katherine Paterson.
Kokopelli’s Flute (1995)
A boy living near Native American ruins finds an ancient flute that transforms him into a rodent at night. By Will Hobbs.
The Lost Flower Children (1999)
A pair of young sisters who have recently lost their mother come to live with a great-aunt and break a spell that turned several other children into flowers. By Janet Taylor Lisle.
Mairelon the Magician (1991) and Magician’s Ward (1998)
A short series of young adult novels that takes place in an alternate version of Regency England, where magic is real. Kim, a teenage girl who lives on the streets of London disguised as a boy, is taken in by Richard Merrill (aka Mairelon), first as his assistant and then as his apprentice. Together, they solve mysteries of magical intrigue. By Patricia C. Wrede.
Moon Window (1996)
Jo is trying to adjust to her mother’s remarriage when a visit to a distant relative at their old family home shows her a magic window that allows her to travel back in time. By Jane Louise Curry.
The Moorchild (1996)
A fairy changeling child grows up among humans, rejected by her own people, taunted for being different from everyone else, and struggling to find her place in the world. By Eloise McGraw.
A Plague of Sorcerers and Journeyman Wizard
Jermyn Graves is studying magic, but he is an unusual wizard with a skunk for a familiar. With the help of his familiar and his teacher, he solves magical mysteries. By Mary Frances Zambreno.
The Secret of Platform 13 (1994)
A secret door on a railway platform leads to an island of magical beings. It’s only possible to go through this door every nine years, and during one of the points when the door is open, a woman kidnaps the prince of the island, causing a rescue party of fantastical beings to come to modern London to find him. By Eva Ibbotson.
Fiona leaves the big city to return to the seaside to live with her grandparents, hoping that they might once more live on the island their family has called home for generations and hoping to find her lost little brother, who was apparently washed out to sea the day their family left, but who may actually be alive on the island in the care of the seals that live there. By Rosalie Fry.
I have the movie-tie in version, which was printed much later, but it contains the text of the original book, Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry (Child of the Western Isles), which was originally published in 1959. Copies of the original book are very expensive collectors’ items. However, there is good news: it has recently come back into print (and on Kindle)!
The Shoemaker’s Boy (1991, 1994)
When Jem’s father leaves on a pilgrimage to pray for a cure to his wife’s illness, Jem is left behind to care for her and has a bizarre sequences of visitors. By Joan Aiken, illustrated by Victor G. Ambrus.
Stonestruck (1995)
A girl who was evacuated from London during WWII is sent to a Welsh castle with a mysterious legend and a supernatural threat to any children who stay there. By Helen Cresswell.
Aaron, a teenage boy in Hollywood, California, is recruited to become a wizard’s apprentice. While learning magic, he also becomes reconciled to his parents’ divorce.
Wizard’s Hall (1991)
When Henry sets out to learn magic at Wizard’s Hall, he questions whether he has the necessary talent, but he believes in the importance of trying. It turns out that his talent is a particularly unusual one, and he uses it to save the school when it’s under threat. By Jane Yolen.
Story Collections
A collection of fantasy stories by different authors.
Series
The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids
The third grade class at Bailey Elementary keeps encountering strange adults who may actually be mythological or supernatural creatures. 1990-2007.
The Dalemark Quartet
In a parallel universe, the land of Dalemark is a divided land ruled by earls. By Diana Wynne Jones. 1977-1979, 1993.
Dragon Slayers’ Academy
A traveling minstrel predicts the future of a boy named Wiglaf, telling him that he’s going to be a hero. By Kate McMullan. Because of the prediction, he signs up for the Dragon Slayers’ Academy, although he doesn’t really seem like warrior material. 1997- 2012.
The Enchanted Forest Chronicles
This young adult series about Princess Cimorene, who becomes the Queen of the Enchanted Forest, parodies many popular fairy tales. 1985-1993.
Girls of the Good Day Orphanage
Strange and wonderful things happen around the girls at the Good Day Orphanage. Magical realism. The series includes the book Good Charlotte. By Carol Beach York. 1967-1992.
Harry Potter Series
A best-selling series about an orphan boy who discovers that he is a wizard and attends a school for wizards in Britain. As he grows up and his education as a wizard progresses and he prepares to face down the evil wizard who killed his parents, Harry learns many secrets about life, death, magic, and his own mysterious past. By J.K. Rowling. 1997-2007.
This is a very loose trilogy that takes place mainly in Canada, at a place called Hawthorn Bay on Lake Ontario, at various periods in history. It’s partly an historical series and partly fantasy because some of it involves fantasy elements like ESP and time travel.
A boy brings toy plastic figures to life by locking them in an old cupboard with a special key. 1980-1998.
A set of sisters are princesses who must each rule their own kingdom, using their special identifying jewel and special power. By Jahnna N. Malcolm. 1997-1999.
Magic Attic Club
A group of girls discover that if they put on clothes found in a friend’s attic and look in the attic mirror, it will send them to other times and places, where they have magical adventures. By various authors. 1995-2002.
Jack and Annie discover an old tree house in the woods that is filled with books and can take them to different periods of time. By Mary Pope Osborne. 1992-Present.
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is a woman who lives in an upside down house and has magical cures for children’s bad habits. By Betty MacDonald. 1947-1957, 2007, 1997-2001, 2016-2018.
In the far distant future, humans have evolved to the point that the things they imagine can change the nature of reality itself. By Carol Matas and Perry Nodelman. 1994-1999.
Elaborations and expansions on classic fairy tales. By Gail Carson Levine. 1999-2002.
This is actually a collection of fantasy series about different girls: the princess of a fairy-tale kingdom, a fairy, and a girl who travels through time with her aunt. The format is similar to the American Girls history series, and there were dolls associated with it. 1997-2001.
Mildred Hubble is the worst witch at witch school, but sometimes, being a little different from everyone else can be a good thing. By Jill Murphy. 1974-2018.
Gamebooks
Endless Quest
A series of fantasy gamebooks directly based on Dungeons and Dragons and other role-playing game series, published in three sub-series by TSR and Wizards of the Coast, game companies that produced Dungeons and Dragons. 1982-1987, 1994-1996, and 2018-2019.
Jestress's Forgotten Books and Stories 