Harry Potter Read-Alikes
If you've read the Harry Potter books, you might want to try these fantasy
titles.
J FIC ABBOTT
The Secrets of Droon series
A secret room in the basement leads Julie, Eric, and Neal into the magical
world of Droon.
J FIC ALEXANDER
The Book Of Three
Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper to a famous sow, sets out on a hazardous mission
to save Prydain from the forces of evil.
J FIC BAEHR
The Search for Happily Ever After
Tired of not measuring up to her sisters, Ketti finds herself transported
through a wormhole to a land of fairy tale characters where she helps
Cinderella's coachman-rat achieve his "happily-ever-after."
J FIC BAUM
The Wizard of Oz
After a storm transports Dorothy from Kansas to Oz, she seeks help from
the Wizard of Oz and is accompanied to Emerald City by Tin Woodman, Scarecrow,
and Cowardly Lion.
J FIC CARROLL
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical
and amusing characters.
J/YA FIC COOPER
The Dark Is Rising
On his eleventh birthday, Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of
the Old Ones, destined to seek the six magical Signs that will enable
the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark.
J FIC COVILLE
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.
J FIC DAHL
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Each of the five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into
Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation
in his own way.
YA FIC DUANE
So You Want to Be a Wizard?
Thirteen-year-old Nita, tormented by a gang of bullies because she won't
fight back, finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry which
guides her into another dimension.
J FIC EAGER
Half Magic
Four children looking forward to an ordinary summer enjoy a series of
fantastic adventures by double-wishing on an ancient coin.
YA FIC FURLONG
Wise Child
Abandoned by both her parents, nine-year-old Wise Child goes to live with
the witch woman, Juniper, who begins to train her in the ways of herbs
and magic.
J FIC IBBOTSON
The Secret of Platform 13
Odge Gribble, a young hag, accompanies an old wizard, a gentle fey, and
a giant ogre on their mission through a magical tunnel from their Island
to London to rescue their King and Queen's son who had been stolen as
an infant.
J FIC IBBOTSON
Which Witch?
Deciding that he must sire a child to carry on his tradition of Loathing
Light and Blighting the Beautiful, the Great Wizard Arriman announces
a competition among the witches of Todcaster, one of whom will marry him.
J FIC JONES
Charmed Life
Gwendolen Chant and her brother Cat find the Chrestomanci Castle family's
magic powers difficult to counter with the inferior powers of the Coven
Street witches.
YA FIC JONES
Howl's Moving Castle
Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune,
Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch
turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the
greatly feared wizard Howl.
J FIC JONES
The Lives of Christopher Chant
Young Christopher Chant, in training to become the next Chrestomanci or
head controller of magic in the world, becomes a key figure in a battle
with renegade sorcerers because he has nine lives.
J FIC JONES
The Magicians of Caprona
After two centuries of feuding, the powers of the two families of magicians
in mythical Caprona are too weak to stop a war, but the younger members
of the families find a way.
J FIC JONES
Witch Week
When a teacher at an English boarding school finds a note on his desk
accusing someone in the class of being a witch, magical things begin to
happen and an Inquisitor is summoned.
J FIC LEWIS
Chronicles of Narnia
Four English school children enter the magic land of Narnia through the
back of a wardrobe and assist Aslan, the golden lion, in defeating the
White Witch who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
J FIC SPRINGER
Red Wizard
Ryan is transported into a magical world where he must face a dangerous
warlock.
J/YA FIC YOLEN
Wizard's Hall
A young apprentice wizard saves the wizard's training hall by trusting
and believing in himself.
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