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Looking for something similar to the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling? Try one of these series where adventure and fantasy abound!
*The first book of each series is listed.
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The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Michael Scott - Listening Library
Format: Audio CD
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Nicholas Flamel appeared in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter - but did you know he really lived? And he might still be alive today! Discover the truth in Michael Scott's New York Times bestselling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel with The Alchemyst,... |
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs - Quirk Books
Format: Paperback
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After a family tragedy, Jacob feels compelled to explore an abandoned orphanage on an island off the coast of Wales, discovering disturbing facts about the children who were kept there.
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The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials
Philip Pullman - Yearling; 1st edition
Format: Print book
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Lyra Belacqua is content to run wild among the scholars of Jodan College, with her daemon familiar always by her side. But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle—a struggle born of Gobblers and stolen children, witch clans and armored... |
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Ranger's Apprentice
John Flanagan - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover
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The fantasy adventure that launched the international bestselling series, with over 5 million copies sold in the U.S. alone! They have always scared him in the past - the Rangers, with their dark cloaks and shadowy ways. The villagers believe the Rangers practice magic that makes... |
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Ink and Bone: The Great Library
Rachel Caine - New American Library
Format: Print book
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In an exhilarating new series, New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine rewrites history, creating a dangerous world where the Great Library of Alexandria has survived the test of time. ... Ruthless and supremely powerful, the Great Library is now a presence in every major... |
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Redwall
Brian Jacques - Philomel
Format: Hardcover
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When Redwall Abbey is threatened by the evil rat Cluny, it is up to Matthias, a young mouse, to destroy the enemy. |
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Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: eBook
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Enter the Grishaverse with Book One of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom.Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov is a soldier who knows she may not survive... |
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City of Bones
Cassandra Clare - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover
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Discover this first installment of the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and "prepare to be hooked" (Entertainment Weekly) .When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder... |
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The Amulet of Samarkand
Jonathan Stroud - Disney-Hyperion; Reprint edition
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Nathaniel is a magicians apprentice, taking his first lessons in the arts of magic. But when a devious hot-shot wizard named Simon Lovelace ruthlessly humiliates Nathaniel in front of his elders, Nathaniel decides to kick up his education a few notches and show Lovelace whos boss. With... |
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Akata Witch
Nnedi Okorafor - Viking Juvenile; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Read Nnedi Okorafor's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community.Twelve-year-old Sunny lives in Nigeria, but she was born American. Her features are African, but she's albino. She's a terrific athlete, but can't go out into the sun to play soccer. There seems to be no place... |
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Half Bad
Sally Green - Penguin Group USA
Format: Hardcover
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Wanted by no one. Hunted by everyone. Sixteen-year-old Nathan lives in a cage: beaten, shackled, trained to kill. In a modern-day England where two warring factions of witches live amongst humans, Nathan is an abomination, the illegitimate son of the world's most terrifying and violent... |
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Rebel of the Sands
Alwyn Hamilton - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling novel by the Goodreads Choice Awards Best Debut Author of 2016, published in 15 countries! Mortals rule the desert nation of Miraji, but mythical beasts still roam the wild and remote areas, and rumor has it that somewhere, djinn still perform their... |
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Sabriel (Old Kingdom)
Garth Nix
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Game of Thrones fans will love the New York Times bestselling Abhorsen series. Sabriel, the first installment in the trilogy, launched critically acclaimed author Garth Nix onto the fantasy scene as a rising star.Since childhood, Sabriel has lived outside the walls of the Old Kingdom, away... |
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Fablehaven
Brandon Mull - Shadow Mountain
Format: Hardcover
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For centuries, mystical creatures of all description were gathered to a hidden refuge called Fablehaven to prevent their extinction. The sanctuary survives today as one of the last strongholds of true magic in a cynical world. Enchanting? Absolutely. Exciting? You bet. Safe? Well, actually,... |
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Alanna: The First Adventure
Tamora Pierce - Atheneum Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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From Tamora Pierce, the first book in the Song of the Lioness Quartet, honored with the Margaret A. Edwards Award.“From now on I’m Alan of Trebond, the younger twin. I’ll be a knight.” In a time when girls are forbidden to be warriors, Alanna of Trebond wants nothing... |
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Vampire Academy
Richelle Mead - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Paperback
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The story that kicked off the international #1 bestselling Vampire Academy series is NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!St. Vladimir's Academy isn't just any boarding school - it's a hidden place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them.... |
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