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Harry Potter Read-Alikes

Alexander, Lloyd

The Book Of Three

Taran, the assistant pig-keeper, longs to be a hero. He is given the opportunity as he goes on a dangerous mission to save his beloved land, Prydain.

Avi

Bright Shadow

Having used four of the five wishes she is granted to make on behalf of the citizens of her country, Morwenna flees the kingdom to decide what to do with the last wish.

Berton, Pierre

Secret World of Og

Four children set out in search of their baby brother who has vanished from their playhouse. Joined by their fearless pets, the children discover a strange underground world.

Booth, Martin

Doctor Illuminatus

Pip and her twin brother, Tim, awaken an alchemist's son from a centuries-long slumber when their family moves to an old English country estate, and he enlists them in the fight against an evil alchemist who seeks to create a homunculus.

Clement-Davies, David

Fire Bringer

In a herd where hunger for power has destroyed all that is good, a young deer named Rannoch must escape to survive.

Colfer, Eoin

Artemis Fowl

When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.

Cooper, Susan

Boggart

After visiting a castle in Scotland, twelve-year-old Emily finds that she has accidentally brought back with her a boggart, an invisible and mischievous spirit with a fondness for practical jokes.

Corbett, W.J.

Ark of the People

The Willow People live in peace and harmony with nature and the animals that share their world, until Humans flood the valley. The Willow People must set sail to find a new life and a new home.

Coville, Bruce

Into the Land of the Unicorns

Having jumped into the fantasy land of Luster, Cara joins Lightfoot the unicorn in the search for Queen Arabella Skydancer.

Dahl, Roald

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Five children are lucky enough to discover an entry ticket to visit Mr. Willy Wonka's chocolate factory.

Dale, Anna

Whispering to Witches

On his way to spend Christmas at his mother's house in Canterbury, England, Joe meets a young witch named Twiggy and becomes part of a mystery involving a missing page from an ancient book of magic.

Donaldson, Julia

The Giants and the Joneses

When Jumbeelia, an eight-year-old giant, climbs down a beanstalk and collects some "iggly plops," the little people of children's stories, she treats them like toys, unaware that she is endangering their lives.

Downer, Ann

Hatching Magic

When a thirteenth-century wizard confronts twenty-first century Boston while seeking his pet dragon, he is followed by a rival wizard and a very unhappy demon, but eleven-year-old Theodora Oglethorpe may hold the secret to setting everything right.

DuPrau, Jeanne

City of Ember

In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.

Eager, Edward

Half Magic

Four children suddenly find themselves involved in a series of adventures after Jane discovers an ordinary-looking coin that seems to grant wishes.

Garner, Alan

Elidor

While exploring a church that is being razed in a Manchester slum, four English children are drawn into another world where they are compelled to combat the evil power which grips most of the land.

Gliori, Debi

Pure Dead Wicked

The Strega-Borgia children accidentally create 500 clones of themselves at the same time that the roof on their Scottish castle falls in, attracting evil contractors who want their home.

Henderson, Jan-Andrew

Secret City

Edinburgh 1824: two street urchins undertake a daring scheme to remove a fortune in forgotten silver from underneath the city. But their fate becomes entwined with that of a boy in the 21st century - who finds himself battling an ancient evil, with only a mysterious young girl to help him. But is he simply a pawn in a deadly magical war?

Hunter, Erin

Into the Wild

For generations, four clans of wild cats have shared the forest according to the laws laid down by their warrior ancestors. But now there is trouble. In the midst of this turmoil appears an ordinary house cat named Rusty, who may turn out to be the bravest warrior of them all.

Ibbotson, Eva

Star of Kazan

After twelve-year-old Annika, a foundling living in late nineteenth-century Vienna, inherits a trunk of costume jewelry, a woman claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives and takes her to live in a strangely decrepit mansion in Germany.

Juster, Norton

The Phantom Tollbooth

Milo finds a package which contains a tollbooth through which he can pass entering a strange land where words and numbers are constantly at war.

Kessler, Liz

The Tail of Emily Windsnap

This story about a girl who learns she is half mermaid lures readers into a glorious undersea world--an enchanting fantasy about family secrets, loyal friendship, and the power of love.

Lewis, C.S.

The Magician's Nephew

Beginning in Victorian London, two children, Polly and Digory - whose Uncle Andrew is a magician - meet an evil Queen during their travels.

Morris, Gerald

Parsifal's Page

In medieval England, eleven-year-old Pier's dream comes true when hebecomes page to Parsifal, a peasant whose quest for knighthood reveals important secrets about both their families.

Nimmo, Jenny

Midnight for Charlie Bone

Charlie Bone's life with his widowed mother and two grandmothers undergoes a dramatic change when he discovers that he can hear people in photographs talking.

O'Shea, Pat

Hounds of the Morrigan

When a ten-year-old boy finds an old book of magic in a bookshop in Ireland, the forces of good and evil gather to do battle over it.

Pearce, Philippa

The Little Gentleman

A young girl's dull life is transformed when she meets and befriends an extraordinary talking mole that likes to be read to and tell of his own past exploits throughout the centuries.

Prue, Sally

Goldkeeper

When Sebastian realises the power of his position, he begins to exploit it in every way possible - passing new laws, performing dangerous and exciting displays within the sacred temple and heaping upon himself every gift he could possibly want. However, soon Mr Meeno begins to plot, and Sebastian could lose all of his new found privileges if he does not stop the gangster lord and his cronies from overrunning the temple.

Roberts, Katherine

Song Quest

When a mainlander's ship is wrecked, the lives of three novice singers are changed forever.

Scieszka, Jon

Knights of the Kitchen Table

When three friends are sent back in time by a magic book, they find themselves face-to-face with giants, dragons, wizards, and the Knights of the Round Table.

Sedgwick, Marcus

The Book of Dead Days

With the help of his servant and an orphan girl, a magician named Valerian searches graveyards, churches, and underground waterways for a book he hopes will save him from a pact he has made with evil.

Snyder, Zilpha K.

Below the Root

Chosen to become one of a group of civil and religious leaders ruling the land of Green-sky, Raamo's experiences make him question their teachings and lead him to uncover age-old deceptions.

Temperley, Alan

Magician of Samarkand

Anahita is the beautiful, gentle daughter of the town's master saddlemaker. Everyone loves her but the prince particularly so, though both of them know the match can never be. Her life is disrupted when an evil magician falls in love with her and wants her to be his servant.

Winthrop, Elizabeth

The Castle in the Attic

A gift of a toy castle, complete with silver knight, introduces William to an adventure involving magic and a personal quest.

Yolen, Jane

Wizard's Hall

A young apprentice wizard saves the wizard's training hall by trusting and believing in himself.