Harry Potter Read-a-likes

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On this page you will find  a list of links to the best Harry Potter sites on the web! And, if you have read the Harry Potter books a million times and need something else to read there are resources for Harry Potter read-a-likes. You will also find a list of the books the library has about Harry Potter and J K Rowling.

Harry Potter Read-a-likes:
Read all the Harry Potter books a million times and don't know what to read next? Well, look no further! The following list includes excellent books that share characteristics of the Harry Potter books. Enjoy!

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

The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander, J Ale. Taran, The Assistant Pig-Keeper, longs to be a hero. He begins his journey with a strange assortment of companions on a dangerous mission to save his beloved land, Prydain.

The Lost Years of Merlin  by T A Barron, YA Bar. A young boy who has no identity nor memory of his past washes ashore on the coast of Wales and finds his true name after a series of fantastic adventures.

The Seven Songs of Merlin by T A Barron, YA Bar. Having stumbled upon his hidden powers, the young wizard Merlin voyages to the Otherworld in his quest to find himself and the way to the realm of the spirit.

The Fires of Merlin by T A Barron, YA Bar. Having voyaged to the Otherworld in his quest to find himself, the young wizard Merlin must face fire in many different forms and deal with the possibility of losing his own magical power.

The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley, YA Bil. Orphan Corinna disguises herself as a boy to pose as a Folk Keeper, one who keeps the Evil Folk at bay, and discovers her heritage as a seal maiden when she is taken to live with a wealthy family in their manor by the sea.

Summerland by Michael Chabon, YA Cha. Ethan Feld, the worst baseball player in the history of the game, finds himself recruited by a 100-year-old scout to help a band of fairies triumph over an ancient enemy.

The White Mountains; Tripods Trilogy by John Christopher, YA Chr. Young Will Parker and his companions make a perilous journey toward an outpost of freedom where they hope to escape from the  ruling Tripods, who capture mature human beings and make them  docile, obedient servants. 

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer, YA Col. 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.

The Boggart by Susan Cooper, YA Coo. When the Boggart, an ancient, invisible spirit that loves to play tricks, is accidentally shipped to the Volnik family's home in modern Toronto, the Boggart's pranks wreak havoc on the Volniks' lives, until they can find a way to send it back to Scotland where it belongs.

The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper, YA Coo. On his birthday Will Stanton finds himself endowed with strange powers, released from the hold of ordinary times and entrusted with a quest to unite the six Signs of Light so he can stem the rising power of the Dark.

Half Human by Bruce Coville, YA Hal. A collection of stories about such creatures as mermaids and centaurs, who are part-human and part-animal or part-plant, and their struggles to understand their true identity.

Matilda by Roald Dahl, J Dah. Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.

The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide by Tony DiTerlizza, YA Dit. When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences.

So You Want to Be a Wizard? by Diane Duane, YA Dua. 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.

Seven-Day Magic by Edward Eager, J Eag. It was just after Fredericka wished on the book for an adventure with wizards and witches that the green-eyed dragon flew over. Low enough to scoop up Fredericka and disappear in a puff of purple smoke. Obviously- her siblings decided- this was a book that had to be handled with care.

Daughters of the Moon Series by Lynne Ewing, YA Ewi. Vanessa, who has always had the special power to become invisible, discovers that she and her best friend Catty, a time-traveler, are goddesses of the moon who must fight together to overcome the evil Atrox.

Pure Dead Magic by Debi Gliori, YA Gli. When their father is kidnapped and danger looms, the Strega-Borgia children, their mysterious new nanny, and a giant tarantula use magic and actual trips through the Internet to bring peace to their Scottish castle.

Pure Dead Wicked by Debi Gliori, YA Gli. 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.

The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotsen, J Ibb. 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.

Which Witch? by Eva Ibbotsen, J Ibb. 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.

Redwall by Brian Jacques, YA Jac. When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by  the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior which, he is convinced, will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy the enemy.

Charmed Life by Diane Wynne Jones, YA Jon. Cat’s sister Gwendolen is the most promising witch ever seen on Coven Street. But trouble starts brewing the moment the two orphans are summoned to live in Chrestomanci Castle and Gwendolen conjures up a scheme that could throw whole worlds out of whack.

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones, YA Jon. 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.

The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diane Wynne Jones, YA Jon. 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.

Witch Week by Diane Wynne Jones, YA Jon. 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.

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, J Jus. Discovering a large toy tollbooth in his room, bored ten-year-old Milo drives through the tollbooth's gates and begins a magical journey to the Kingdom of Wisdom with a watchdog named Tock.

The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Leguin, YA Leg. A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard.

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'engle, YA Len. Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine, YA Lev. Ella is blessed by a fairy at birth with the gift of Obedience. But the blessing is a horror for Ella, who must literally do what everyone tells her, from sweeping the floor to giving up a beloved heirloom necklace. After her mother dies, and her covetous, caustic father leaves on a trading trip, Ella's world is turned upside down.

Wizards of the Game by David Lubar, YA Lub. Eighth grader Mercer, whose passion is the fantasy role-playing game Wizards of the Warrior World, hopes to use a fund raiser to bring a gaming convention to his middle school, but instead he attracts four genuine wizards who are trapped on Earth and want his help in returning to their own world.

Pendragon: The Merchant of Death by D.J. Machale, YA Mac. Fourteen- year-old Bobby Pendragon has it all; he's smart, popular, and a star basketball player in quiet Stony Brook, Connecticut. But a visit from Uncle Press soon topples all of that as Bobby learns that he is a Traveler, someone who can ride "flumes" through time and space. Bobby lands in Denduron, a medieval world where the gentle Milago are enslaved by the Bedoowan, and it's Bobby's job to free them.

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld. by Patricia A McKillip, YA McK. After the death of her wizard father, sixteen-year-old Sybel's only friends are part of a magical menagerie--a dragon, black swan, lion, falcon, and boar--until an infant child is put into her charge.

Five Children and It by  E. Nesbit, JPB Nes. Five children discover a Psammead- a thousand-year-old sand creature who grants them wishes.

The Wind Singer: An Adventure by William Nicholson, YA Nic. After Kestrel Hath rebels against the stifling rules of Amaranth society and is forced to flee, she, along with her twin brother and a tagalong classmate, follow an ancient map in quest of the legendary silver voice of the wind singer, in an attempt to heal Amaranth and its people.

Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo, YA Nim. 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.

Sabriel by Garth Nix, YA Nix. Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead.

Abhorsen by Garth Nix, YA Nix. Abhorsen-In-Waiting Lirael and Prince Sameth, a Wallmaker, must confront and bind the evil spirit Oranis before it can destroy all life.

Lirael, daughter of the Clayr by Garth Nix, YA Nix. When a dangerous necromancer threatens to unleash a long-buried evil, Lirael and Prince Sameth are drawn into a battle to save the Old Kingdom and reveal their true destinies.

Eragon by Christopher Paolini, YA Pao. Impoverished farm boy, 15-year-old Eragon discovers a polished blue stone, which cracks open to reveal a dragon hatchling.  Only time will reveal the boy's ultimate destiny.

Trickster’s Choice by Tamora Pierce, YA Pie. Follow-up to Alanna: The First Adventure.  This time, it’s the story of Alanna’s daughter, Alianne. Includes adventure, magic, humor, and a touch of romance.

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman, YA Pul. Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.

The Bell, the Book, and the Spellbinder by Brad Strickland, YA Str. When Fergie falls under the spell of an evil sorcerer, Johnny Dixon and Professor Childermass risk their own lives to save him.

The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again by J R R Tolkien, YA Tol. Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.

With a Single Spell by Lawrence Watt-Evans, YA Wat. Left on his own when his father is killed at sea, Tobas is lucky to apprentice himself to an old wizard. But after teaching him only one spell, the wizard dies and Tobas sets off on his own to Old Ethshar where there are dragons to be slain, magic castles, and witches who know the secret of immortality.

Dealing With Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede, YA Wre. The Princess Cimorene, sick and tired of doing the proper thing, runs away from home and ends up working for the dragon Kazul, who allows her to do improper things like studying Latin, learning magic spells and making cherries jubilee.

Magician's Ward by Patricia C Wrede, YA Wre. When Mairelon made Kim his ward, he promised to teach her to be a lady and a magician. But Kim is discovering that magic can be harder than it looks--and being a lady is even harder. When disaster strikes, Kim finds that her abilities as a magician and a lady are a matter of life and death.

Sword of the Rightful King by Jane Yolen, YA Yol. Merlinnus the magician devises a way for King Arthur to prove himself the rightful king of England--pulling a sword from a stone--but trouble arises when someone else removes the sword first.

Wizard’s Hall by Jane Yolen, YA Yol. Arriving at Wizard's Hall to learn how to be a wizard, Henry discovers that the teachers and students at the school are under attack by a cruel wizard, and only he can help them.

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