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Book Lists: If you liked Harry Potter...

Percy Jackson & the Olympians by Rick Riordan

Twelve-year-old dyslexic Percy Jackson goes to summer camp where he sees images of Greek gods and goddesses everywhere even when no one else can. Percy learns he is the child of a famous god right in the middle of an intense battle as the gods try to topple each other.

Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan

When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battleschool, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and winds up protecting the kingdom from danger.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Sixteen-year-old Jacob, having traveled to a remote island after a family tragedy, discovers an abandoned orphanage, and, after some investigating, he learns the children who lived there may have been dangerous and quarantined and may also still be alive.

The Uncommoners by Brett Helquist

Ivy Sparrow and her big brother Seb discover a city beneath London where ordinary objects have magical powers.

Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott

Fifteen-year-old twins, Sophie and Josh, find themselves caught up in the deadly struggle between rival alchemists, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient book that holds the secret formulas for alchemy and everlasting life.

Ascendance Trilogy by Jennifer A. Nielsen

In the country of Carthya, a devious nobleman engages four orphans in a brutal competition to be selected to impersonate the king's long-missing son in an effort to avoid a civil war.

Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

Witch Sophie Mercer, having been sent to a reform school by her father after a prom night spell went horribly wrong, learns her roommate, who is the only vampire on campus, is the suspect in a series of attacks on students and sets out to find the real culprit.

Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins

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

Five Kingdoms by Brandon Mull

Whisked through a portal to The Outskirts, an in-between world, sixth-grader Cole must rescue his friends and find his way back home--before his existence is forgotten.

The Redwall Books by Brian Jacques

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.

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

Eleven-year-old Lyra Belacqua journeys from her home at Oxford University to the frozen North on a quest to save kidnapped children from the evil Gobblers; and then rescue her father from the Panserbjorne, a race of mercenary polar bears who have taken him captive.

School for Good and Evil by Sorman Chainani

Best friends Sophie and Agatha discover their true identities when they enter The School for Good and Evil, a school where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains.

Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo

Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protegé of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold.