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Troubletwisters is a series of young adult fantasy novels by Garth Nix and Sean Williams. The books are written for middle grade students. Jaide and Jack are troubletwisters who have supernatural abilities who are unaware of their gifts. The siblings do not discover these powers until their house blows up and they move to Portland […]

The Keys to the Kingdom series is a series of young adult fantasy/adventure novels by Australian author Garth Nix. The protagonist of this series is a 12 year-old asthmatic boy named Arthur Penhaligon. Arthur has been chosen as the Rightful Heir of the House, which is the center of the universe. As such, he must […]

The Seventh Tower is a series of children’s fantasy novels by Australian novelist Garth Nix. The series was created due to a partnership between Scholastic and LucasFilm. The story focuses on two children from polar opposite societies who must come together to remove a veil that has been blocking the sun off for their entire […]

The Old Kingdom is a series of young adult fantasy novels by Australian novelist Garth Nix. The series is known as the Abhorsen series in North American. The Old Kingdom refers to the setting of the series. It is either of a separate dimension or alternate reality from the other nations, such as Ancelstierre to […]

Garth Nix is an Australian author of children’s and young adult fantasy novels. He writes the Old Kingdom, Seventh Tower and Keys to the Kingdom, as well as the Troubletwisters series (with Sean Williams). Aside from being an author, Garth has worked in several capacities in the literary field, including as a bookseller, book sales […]