100 Cupboards: Henry York doesn't know what to expect when he goes to live with his cousins. His parents, both writers, were kidnapped while on a bike trip across the country, and it's anyone's guess when they'll be recovered, but fortunately Henry's Aunt Dorothy and eccentric Uncle Frank are more than willing to accept the boy. Henry is introduced to his cousins Anastasia, Henrietta and Penelope, and at the same time introduced to an entirely foreign way of life. He gets to ride in the back of his uncle's truck, for one, while his parents would have had him doing P.E. with a bike helmet. He also learns to play baseball with Zeke Johnson. Henry is given the attic bedroom to stay in, and it doesn't appear to be much at first--until one night, when there's a knocking in the wall and a cupboard with knobs punches through the plaster. With Henrietta's help, Henry uncovers the entire wall to expose 99 cupboards, big and small, square and all sorts of odd shapes and styles. It doesn't take long to realize that these cupboards all lead to different worlds. With the help of Henrietta's grandfather's old journal, the two uncover an old family mystery--and accidentally let a witch loose from an ancient prison, in the process.

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Dandelion Fire: Henry York has discovered some things about himself. For one, he has a family outside of his adoptive parents, and it's highly likely that they aren't from this world. For another, touching weird, fiery dandelions will make you go blind and give you hallucinations. Third, there's a crazy wizard guy named Darius who seems to think these hallucinations and things are some kind of magic Henry has, which is totally ridiculous--right? Well, maybe it isn't. Henry is a seventh son, which gives him certain powers that this Darius would like to be able to control by kidnapping Henry. When Henrietta attempts to follow Henry into the cupboards, she ends up somewhere entirely different and in the hands of a group of bowmen with a rather large dog. Naturally, the entire family gets split up because the crazy wizard guy just had to return and trash the house. With the help of a funny faerie named Frank (just like Henry's uncle, yes) and Monmouth, a young wizard who is also a seventh son, Henry must find his family and stop Darius before he and the witch can destroy Henry's newfound home.

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The Chestnut King: Henry is dying. A splatter of witch's blood to the face, received in 100 Cupboards, has condemned him to an early death. Hopeful, his father Mordecai and Uncle Caleb embark on a mission to Endor, home of the witch, to seek for a cure. While they are away, Henry's family is once again split up as the Emperor takes several members (and Monmouth the wizard) hostage. The witch, newly married to the Emperor, is determined to exterminate the line once and for all. Henry, escaping with his grandmother and Henrietta, must seek out the Chestnut King at his father's prompting. In N.D. Wilson's smashing conclusion, only the faeren king and some dandelions can save Henry's family and home, now.

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The Door Before: In a smashing prequel, N.D. Wilson combines elements from 100 Cupboards and the Ashtown Burials series. Hyacinth Smith (future mother to Henry York) knows things. She senses things. She feels the lives of trees. When she and her brother Lawrence are left in California with their crazy great-aunt Granlea while the rest of their family is away on business for the Order of Brendan, things go terribly wrong. Granlea is trying to harness the power of lightning trees to build doorways between worlds, and her experiments succeed with terrible results. Two boys tumble into Hyacinth's world, followed by monsters and wizards. The boys are Mordecai and Caleb Westmore. The twins are out to avenge the death of their father by destroying the witch-queen Nimiane, but they cannot do so without Hyacinth's help. Their journey leads them to Ashtown and the Raggant Isle, to Faeren Mounds...and finally into the darkness of Endor itself.