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Fantasy and adventure for the Harry Potter fans. *Many of the titles listed are the first in their series! 
Dragon Keepers #1: The Dragon in the Sock Drawer

Kate Klimo - Random House Childrens Books
Format: Hardcover

For Magic Tree House readers who are ready for something longer, the Dragon Keepers series has the perfect length and reading level, along with the fast-paced writing, adventure, and sense of teamwork that kids love to read.TEN-YEAR-OLD COUSINS Jesse and Daisy have always wanted something...
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Pennyroyal Academy

M. A. Larson - G.P. Putnams Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Set in Grimms fairytale world, M.A. Larsons Pennyroyal Academy masterfully combines adventure, humor, and magical mischief - perfect for fans of The School for Good and Evil.Pennyroyal Academy: Seeking bold, courageous youths to become tomorrows princesses and knights ... Come one, come...
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The Secret of Platform 13

Eva Ibbotson - Dutton Children's Books
Format: Paperback

A hilarious fantasy for fans of Carroll, Nesbit, and Barrie! In the British tradition of comic fantasies, here is a wildly witty caper that would make Lewis Carroll laugh and E. Nesbit snicker. A forgotten door on an abandoned railway platform is the entrance to a magical kingdom--an island...
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Redwall

Brian Jacques - Philomel
Format: Hardcover

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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The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials

Philip Pullman - Yearling; 1st edition
Format: Print book

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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The Lost Years of Merlin

T. A. Barron

When Merlin, suffering from a case of severe amnesia, discovers his strange powers, he becomes determined to discover his identity and flees to Fincayra where he fulfills his destiny, saving Fincayra from certain destruction and claiming his birthright and true name. Show...
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The Amulet of Samarkand

Jonathan Stroud - Disney-Hyperion; Reprint edition

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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Rebel of the Sands

Alwyn Hamilton - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

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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The Red Pyramid

Rick Riordan - Hyperion Book CH; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Since their mother's death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane. One night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for a "research...
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Alanna: The First Adventure

Tamora Pierce - ‎Simon Pulse; 1st Simon Pulse Ed edition
Format: Mass Market Paperback

From Tamora Pierce, the first book in the Song of the Lioness Quartet, honored with the Margaret A. Edwards Award."From now on Im Alan of Trebond, the younger twin. Ill be a knight." In a time when girls are forbidden to be warriors, Alanna of Trebond wants nothing more...
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Inkheart

Cornelia Funke - Chicken House; First Edition edition
Format: Print book

From the author of the sensational New York Times best-seller THE THIEF LORD comes a thrilling new adventure about magic and self-discovery.Cornelia Funke, the enormously talented author of the international best-seller THE THIEF LORD, brings readers another spellbinding tale of adventure...
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The Iron Trial

Holly Black - Scholastic Pr
Format: Book

From NEW YORK TIMES bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare comes a riveting new series that defies what you think you know about the world of magic. Most kids would do anything to pass the Iron Trial. Not Callum Hunt. He wants to fail. All his life, Call has been warned by his father...
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Revenge of the Witch

Joseph Delaney - Greenwillow Books
Format: Print book

Capturing witchesBinding boggartsDriving away ghostsFor years, Old Gregory has been the Spook for the county, ridding the local villages of evil. Now his time is coming to an end. But who will take over for him? Twenty-nine apprentices have tried-some floundered, some fled, some failed...
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