Não é muito velho, né? Que tal a série (muito recente) Os Livros do Início por John Stephens , publicado pela primeira vez em 2011. Começa com O Emerald Atlas , seguido por A Crônica do Fogo . A terceira parcela, The Black Reckoning , está prevista para 2015.
Aqui está uma sinopse para o primeiro livro:
The Emerald Atlas follows orphan siblings Kate, Michael, and Emma who, following a succession of unsuccessful orphanage dwellings, are transferred to the mansion of Dr. Pym, where they find a magical book that grants the power of moving through time. Upon traveling to the past, they happen across a witch who has enslaved the nearby town in an attempt to find the book, known as the Atlas, that the children possess. As the siblings encounter various magical races in an effort to dispel the witch, Kate discovers that she is intrinsically bound to the Atlas, and that the three children are subject to an ancient prophecy. ~ Edited from Wikipedia