My thanks to the nice people at OUP for sending the book.
The obvious further reading is [[Skellig by David Almond]] for the ultimate in magic realism, but they might also [[The Wind Tamer by P R Morrison]] or [[Cold Tom by Sally Prue]], both of which have supernatural elements. You might appreciate [[What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy by Gregory Maguire]] - if they're not too old for the tooth fairy!
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