# Digest urth.v030.n158

*The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 02 Aug 2001*

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### David Duffy
*02 Aug 2001, 00:07*

> I think it just might be the best juvenile, and even the best fantasy of
> the 20th century. Contenders, please? (Single books, only.)
> 
> -alga

_The magic faraway tree_  (we're not restricted to "High Fantasy" are we ;))
_A wizard of earthsea_
_The Weirdstone of Brisingamen_
_Elidor_
_The nargun and the stars_
_Sweethallow valley_
...

(and I guess we should mention _A devil in a forest_, though it wouldn't be in
my _top_ 10.)

David Duffy.

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