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The "fantasy=escapism" equation is older than the genre as we know it. People in the old days boycotted the Theater, not just because it was a potential hotbed of wickedness, but because it was something other than Real Life and therefore odious to Sensible People. Some radical Christian sects have prohibited the reading of fiction on grounds that only the Bible has any literary value (....even though Jesus clearly told fictional stories).

In our day, fantasy as a fiction genre is more narrowly defined than simply "that which is not established fact." It encompasses stories of dragons, elves, dark and mysterious woods, magic (or majyck, or whatever the kids are calling it these days), unicorns, gnomes, etc. High fantasy usually takes place in a world or realm other than our own; low fantasy imports fantastic elements into the-world-as-we-know-it.

Certainly, there is plenty of fantasy fiction that can be defended on no grounds. The flood of worthless literary drivel with images of buxom maidens and swarthy sword-wielding savages with pointy ears on their paperback covers began sometime in the 1960s and has only increased as its putrid waters have swelled. But there's plenty of good fantasy, too, some of it among the best fiction ever written.

Because good fantasy, of course, has something to say about the human condition. Sometimes taking characters out of the humdrum of Earth-bound existence allows authors more artistic freedom to create the situations necessary to tell the narrative they have burning a hole in their imagination. Or sometimes they just make the story a bit more fun. Sometimes they make it darker, or scarier, or just plain more weird.

If you're J.R.R. Tolkien, the fantasy element plays a different role (mythmaking) than that of the story it frames (the sinfulness of sin and the cost of redemption). The point is, good fantasy isn't just about the fantastical. In most cases (Ursula K. LeGuin comes to mind), the unfamiliar is used to show how even it is ultimately familiar, and if we can see ourselves in the Edmund Pevensies and Gurney Hallecks we read about, the fantasy has done its job.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he's a husband and father who loves church, good food, and weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.
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Airborn
Airborn Trilogy #1
by Kenneth Oppel
from HarperCollins
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$11.99
All My Holy Mountain
The Binding of the Blade Book 5
by L. B. Graham
from P&R Publishing
Fantasy for 7th-10th grade
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Andrew and the Firedrake
by Douglas Wilson
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$14.95
Bellmaker
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by Brian Jacques
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Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
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$10.99
Between the Forest and the Hills
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by Ann Lawrence
from Bethlehem Books
Humorous Fantasy for 7th-10th grade
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$9.50
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by Bryan Davis
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
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by L. B. Graham
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by Anne McCaffrey
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$7.99
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by Anne McCaffrey
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Fantasy for 7th-10th grade
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by J. R. R. Tolkien
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Fantasy for 9th-Adult
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$16.99
Chronicles of Chrestomanci Volume II
by Diana Wynne Jones
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Chronicles of Chrestomanci Volume III
by Diana Wynne Jones
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$8.99
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Allegorical Fantasy for 3rd-9th grade
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$90.93
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by C. S. Lewis
from HarperCollins
Allegorical Fantasy for 3rd-9th grade
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Fairy Tales, Fables, and Folklore for 7th-Adult
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$17.00
Complete Tolkien Companion
by J.R.R. Tolkien & J.E.A. Tyler
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Lord of the Rings Reference for 8th-Adult
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Complete Tolkien Companion
by J.R.R. Tolkien & J.E.A. Tyler
3rd edition from St. Martin's Griffin
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$27.00
Conference of the Birds
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Conspiracy of Kings
by Megan Whalen Turner
Reprint from Greenwillow Books
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$10.99
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
from William Morrow & Company
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$16.99
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Skyward #3
by Brandon Sanderson
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$12.99
Desolations of Devil's Acre
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Doll Bones
by Holly Black
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2014 Newbery Honor Book
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$8.99
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Redwall #20
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Dragon King Trilogy
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Fantasy for 8th-12th Grade
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Ashtown Burials #2
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Empire of Bones
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$9.99
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Celtic Fantasy for 9th-Adult
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$12.00
Entwined
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$10.99
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Echoes From the Edge #2
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
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Redwall #19
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$9.99
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Mysterious Benedict Society #5
by Trenton Lee Stewart
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Chronicles of Kazam Book 3
by Jasper Fforde
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for 5th-9th grade
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Fantasy Stories of George Macdonald - 4 Book Set
by George MacDonald, illustrated by Craig Yoe
from Eerdmans
Fantasy for 3rd-Adult
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Farthest Shore
Earthsea #3
by Ursula K. Le Guin
from Simon Pulse
Fantasy for 7th-Adult
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$11.99
Father of Dragons
The Binding of the Blade Book 4
by L. B. Graham
from P&R Publishing
Fantasy for 7th-10th grade
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Fellowship of the Ring
Lord of the Rings Trilogy #1
by J. R. R. Tolkien
from Houghton Mifflin
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$17.99
Ferdinandus Taurus
by Elizabeth Hadas, Munro Leaf
from David R. Godine
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$17.95
First Dragon
by James A. Owen
from Simon Pulse
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$13.99
Gammage Cup
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from Harcourt
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$8.99
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$10.00 (1 in stock)
George MacDonald: 365 Readings
by C. S. Lewis, selections from George MacDonald
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Glittering Plain
by William Morris
from Newcastle Publishing Co
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
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2009 Newbery Medal winner, 2010 Carnegie Medal
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$10.99
Gray Wolf and Other Stories
by George MacDonald
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$17.00
Gray Wolf and Other Stories
by George MacDonald
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Great Troll War
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by Jasper Fforde
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$13.99
Harvey
by Mary Chase
from CreateSpace
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$7.99
Here, There Be Dragons
by James A. Owen
from Simon Pulse
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$13.99
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by Robin McKinley
Reissue from Puffin Books
for 5th-9th grade
1985 Newbery Medal Winner
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$6.99
Hero and the Crown
by Robin McKinley
from ACE Publishing
for 5th-9th grade
1985 Newbery Medal Winner
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Mistborn Trilogy #3
by Brandon Sanderson
from Tor Teen
for 7th-10th grade
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$12.00
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Mistborn Trilogy #3
by Brandon Sanderson
from Tor Teen
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$21.99
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Mistborn Trilogy #3
by Brandon Sanderson
from Tor Teen
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$10.99
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Redwall #18
by Brian Jacques
from Firebird Press
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
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$9.99
Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
from Houghton Mifflin
Fantasy for 5th-9th grade
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$13.99
Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
from Houghton Mifflin
Fantasy for 5th-9th grade
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$17.99
Hobbit & Lord of the Rings - Softbound Boxed Set
by J. R. R. Tolkien
from Houghton Mifflin
Fantasy for 4th-12th grade
in Boxed Sets & Literature Packages (Location: FIC-BOX)
$72.00
Hollow City
Book 2
by Ransom Riggs
from Quirk Books
for 8th-12th grade
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Hollow City
by Ransom Riggs
for 8th-12th grade
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Horse and His Boy
Chronicles of Narnia Book 3
by Lewis, C. S.
from HarperCollins
Allegorical Fantasy for 3rd-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$9.99 $6.00 (4 in stock)
If The South Had Won The Civil War
by MacKinlay Kantor
from Forge
for 9th-Adult
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$15.99
In the Hall of the Dragon King
by Stephen R. Lawhead
from Crossway Books
for 9th-Adult
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
In the Hall of the Dragon King
Dragon King #1
by Stephen R. Lawhead
Reprint from Thomas Nelson Publishers
Fantasy for 8th-12th Grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$15.99
Indigo King
by James A. Owen
from Simon Pulse
for 8th-12th grade
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$13.99
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Inkheart Trilogy #1
by Cornelia Funke
from Scholastic Press
for 5th-9th grade
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$10.99
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Inkheart Trilogy
by Cornelia Funke
from Scholastic Press
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Invaders
by John A. Flanagan
from Philomel Books
for 6th-10th grade
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$9.99
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
by Susanna Clarke
from Bloomsbury Publishing
for 9th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$19.99
Journey of Souls
by C. D. Baker
from Preston Speed
for 7th-12th grade
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King of Attolia
by Megan Whalen Turner
Reprint from Greenwillow Books
for 9th-Adult
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$10.99
Last Battle
Chronicles of Narnia Book 7
by C. S. Lewis
from HarperCollins
Allegorical Fantasy for 3rd-9th grade
1956 Carnegie Medal
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$8.99 $6.00 (1 in stock)
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Chronicles of Kazam Book 1
by Jasper Fforde
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$7.99
Last Dragonslayer Set
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Last Unicorn
by Peter S. Beagle
from ROC Science Fiction
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$17.00
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Redwall #12
by Brian Jacques
from Firebird Press
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
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$10.99
Letters to Children
by C. S. Lewis
from Charles Scribner's Sons
Autobiographical Letters for 3rd-9th grade
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$16.00
Library of Souls
by Ransom Riggs
for 8th-12th grade
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Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Chronicles of Narnia Book 2
by C. S. Lewis
from HarperCollins
Allegorical Fantasy for 3rd-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$11.99
Little Prince
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Fantasy for 3rd-Adult
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