If You Liked Harry Potter

You may enjoy some of these other fantasy and magical tales for kids.


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100 Cupboards

Nathan D. Wilson
(Juvenile Fiction - J Wilson)
Series: 100 cupboards; bk. 1

After Henry and his cousin discover doors in their attic that lead to other worlds, they have to work together to save each other from the evil things on the other side of the doors.


The Amulet of Samarkand

Jonathan Stroud
(Juvenile Fiction - J Stroud)
Series: Bartimaeus trilogy; bk. 1

Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace.


The Anybodies

N. E. Bode
(Juvenile Fiction - J Bode)
Series: Anybodies; bk. 1

After learning that she is not the biological daughter of boring Mr. and Mrs. Drudger, Fern embarks on magical adventures with her real father and finally finds "a place that feels like home."


Artemis Fowl

Eoin Colfer
(Juvenile Fiction - J Colfer)
Series: Artemis Fowl; 1

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.


Beyond the Deepwoods

Paul Stewart
(Juvenile Fiction - J Stewart)
Series: Edge chronicles; bk. 1

Thirteen-year-old Twig learns that he is adopted and travels out of his Deepwoods home to find the place where he belongs.


The Book of Three

Alexander Lloyd
(Juvenile Fiction - J Al)
Series: Chronicles of Prydain

Taran, the assistant pig-keeper, journeys with a strange assortment of companions on a mission to save his beloved homeland, Prydain.


Ella Enchanted

Gail Carson Levine
(Juvenile Fiction - J Le)

Poor Ella! She's been given a curse that forces her to obey every order given to her. How will she survive?


Fablehaven

Brandon Mull
(Juvenile Fiction - J Mull)
Series: Fablehaven; 1

Two children learn that their grandparents run a sanctuary for magical creatures, and they become involved in an approaching battle between good and evil.


The Folk Keeper

Franny Billingsley
(Juvenile Fiction - J Bi)

An orphan with a mysterious past, Corinna disguises herself as a boy to take on the dangerous job of Folk Keeper, one who keeps the Evil Folk at bay.


The Golden Compass

Philip Pullman
(Juvenile Fiction - J Pu)
Series: His dark materials; bk. 1

Lyra must prevent her friend and others from becoming the subjects of experiments in the Far North.


Gregor the Overlander

Suzanne Collins
(Juvenile Fiction - J Co)
Series: Underland chronicles; bk. 1

When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into an underground world, they trigger an epic battle while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy.


Half Magic

Edward Eager
(Juvenile Classics - J Eager)
Series: Tales of magic; 1

Four children find a magical coin that grants exactly half of every wish.


Hatching Magic

Ann Downer
(Juvenile Fiction - J Downer)

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.


Inkheart

Cornelia Funke
(Juvenile Fiction - J Funke)
Series: Inkheart trilogy; 1

Meggie's dad is kidnapped by a character in a book, and it's up to her to figure out how to save him from a fictional world.


The Lightning Thief

Rick Riordan
(Juvenile Fiction - J Riordan)
Series: Percy Jackson & the Olympians; bk. 1

Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.


The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

C. S. Lewis
(Juvenile Classics - J Lewis)
Series: Chronicles of Narnia; 2

Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch.


Magyk

Angie Sage
(Juvenile Fiction - J Sage)
Series: Septimus Heap; bk. 1

After learning that she is the Princess, Jenna is whisked from her home and carried toward safety by the Extraordinary Wizard.


Midnight for Charlie Bone

Jenny Nimmo
(Juvenile Fiction - J Nimmo)
Series: Children of the red king; bk. 1

After he starts hearing the thoughts of people in photographs, Charlie goes to a special school for children with magical gifts, where he becomes involved in solving the case of a missing classmate.


Over Sea, Under Stone

Susan Cooper
(Juvenile Fiction - J Cooper)
Series: Dark is rising sequence; 1

Three children on vacation in Cornwall find an ancient manuscript which sends them on a dangerous quest that entraps them in the eternal battle between the forces of the Light and the Dark.


Peter and the Starcatchers

Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson
(Juvenile Fiction - J Ba)
Series: Peter and the Starcatchers; 1

Soon after Peter, an orphan, sets sail from England on the ship Never Land, he befriends and assists Molly, a young Starcatcher, whose mission is to guard a trunk of magical stardust from a greedy pirate and the native inhabitants of a remote island.


The Secret of Platform 13

Eva Ibbotson
(Juvenile Fiction - J Ibbotso)

Odge Gribble, a young hag, accompanies an old wizard, a gentle fey, and a giant ogre on a rescue mission through a magical tunnel from their Island to London.


So You Want to Be a Wizard

Diane Duane
(Juvenile Fiction - J Du)
Series: Young wizard series; 1

Nita, tormented by bullies, finds a library book on wizardry which guides her into another dimension.


The Witches

Roald Dahl
(Juvenile Fiction - J Da)

A young boy and his grandmother, who is an expert on witches, attempt to foil a witches' plot to turn the world's children into mice.


Wizard at Work

Vivian Vande Velde
(Juvenile Fiction - J Va)

A young wizard, who runs a school to teach wizards, looks forward to a quiet summer off but is drawn into adventures with princesses, unicorns, and ghosts instead.


A Wizard of Earthsea

Ursula K. Le Guin
(Juvenile Fiction - J Le)
Series: Earthsea series; bk. 1

An apprentice wizard mistakenly unleashes an evil into the world, and a quest begins.


Wizard's Hall

Jane Yolen
(Juvenile Fiction - J Yo)

A young apprentice saves the wizards' training hall from an evil wizard.
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