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Middle Readers

Alexander, Lloyd: The Book of Three; Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper to a famous oracular sow, sets out on a hazardous mission to save Prydain from the forces of evil. Sequels: The Black Cauldron and others.

Almond, David: Skellig; Unhappy about his baby sister's illness and the chaos of moving into a dilapidated old house, Michael retreats to the garage and finds a mysterious stranger who is something like a bird and something like an angel.

Avi: Midnight Magic; In Italy in 1491, Mangus the magician and his apprentice are summoned to the castle of Duke Claudio to determine if a ghost is indeed haunting his daughter.

Barron: The Lost Years of Merlin; A young boy, with no memory of his past, washes ashore on the coast of Wales and finds his true name after a series of fantastic adventures. Sequels: The Seven Songs of Merlin, The Fires of Merlin, and others.

Bellairs: The House With a Clock in its Walls; A boy goes to live with his magician uncle in a mansion with a clock hidden in the walls which, is ticking off the minutes until doomsday. Sequels: The Figure in the Shadows and others.

Bellairs: The Trolley to Yesterday; Johnny Dixon and Professor Childermass discover a trolley that transports them back to Constantinople in 1453 as the Turks are invading the Byzantine Empire. Also: The Revenge of the Wizard's Ghost and others.


Colfer: Artemis Fowl; 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. Sequels: The Arctic Incident.


Cooper: The Boggart; After visiting the castle in Scotland, Emily finds that she has accidentally brought back home a boggart, an invisible and mischievous spirit with a fondness for practical jokes. Sequel: The Boggart and the Monster.

Cooper: Over Sea, Under Stone; Three children set out to find King Arthur's grail, touching off a struggle between the forces of good and evil, the Light and the Dark. Sequels: The Dark is Rising, Silver on the Tree and others.

Coville: The Dragonslayers; A brave squire, an earnest page and a strong-willed princess set out to slay the dragon created to carry out a witch's revenge.

Colville: Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher: A Magic Shop Book; Small for his age but artistically talented, 12-year-old Jeremy Thatcher unknowingly buys a dragon's egg. Sequels: Jennifer Murdley's Toad, The Skull of Truth, and The Monster's Ring.

Dahl: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Five lucky children win admission to Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory. Sequel: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.

Dahl: Matilda; Brilliant first-grader Matilda uses her untapped mental powers to triumph over her book-hating parents and Miss Trunchbull, the odious school principal.


Dahl: The Witches; A boy and his grandmother thwart the plans of England's witches to turn all children into mice.

Eager: Half Magic; Jane, Mark, Katharine and Martha find a coin that grants half of every wish they make. Sequels: Magic by the Lake and others.

Ibbotson: The Secret of Platform 13; Odge, a young hag, accompanies an old wizard, a gentle fey and a giant ogre on their mission through a magical tunnel to rescue their king's son.

Ibbotson: Which Witch; The Great Wizard of Arriman announces a competition among the witches of Todcaster to see who will be his bride.

Jacques: Redwall; When the evil rat Cluny shatters life at ancient Redwall Abbey, Matthias determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior, which will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy the enemy. Sequels: Mossflower; Mattimeo; Mariel of Redwall; and others.

Jones: The Lives of Christopher Chant; Christopher discovers that his dreams are so realistic that he can actually visit other worlds and bring things back from them for his beloved, yet mysterious, uncle. Also: Charmed Life and others.

Juster: The Phantom Tollbooth; Finding a car and a tollbooth in his bedroom, Milo drives off to rescue the lost princesses, Rhyme and Reason, aided by the Spelling Bee and a watchdog named Tock.

L'Engle: A Wrinkle in Time; When an atomic physicist disappears on a secret mission, his son, daughter and their friend go on an interplanetary journey through time and space to search for him. Sequels: The Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet and others.

Levine: Ella Enchanted; In this unique version of the Cinderella story, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given her.

Lewis: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; 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. Sequels: The Magician's Nephew, Prince Caspian and others.

Lowery: The Giver; Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.

Nesbit: The Enchanted Castle; While digging in a sandpit, the children discover a Psammead, a creature with mysterious powers who leads the children into adventure and excitement. Sequels: The Phoenix and the Carpet, The Story of the Amulet.


Nesbit: The Magic City; An extremely unhappy 10-year-old magically escapes into a city he has built out of books, chessmen, candlesticks, and other household items. Sequels: Wet Magic and others.

Nimmo: Midnight for Charlie Bone; 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.

Pierce: Sandry's Book; Four young outcasts discover their magic powers, and while still learning how to control them, must battle deadly threats. Sequels: Daja's Book, Briar's Book and others.

Pierce: Wild Magic; Dain accepts her gift of wild magic and learns the value of her powers will be to the kingdom's future. Sequels: Wolf Speaker and others.

Regan: Princess Nevermore; Princess Quinn wants nothing more than to go through the magical pool to the other side-Earth. But when her wish comes true, she finds herself trapped with no way to get back home.

Winthrop: The Castle in the Attic; William is given a toy medieval castle as a gift, and is magically transported to another world of wizards and dragons. Sequel: The Battle for the Castle.

Wrede: Dealing With Dragons; Princess Cimorene would rather be eaten by a dragon than marry a dull prince like a proper princess, so she volunteers to be captured by the powerful dragon Kazul. Sequels: Searching for Dragons, Calling on Dragons, and Talking With Dragons.

Yolen: Passager: The Young Merlin Trilogy, Book One; A foundling rediscovers his identity through the help of the falconer who adopts him. Sequels: Hobby: The Young Merlin Trilogy, Book Two and Merlin: The Young Merlin Trilogy, Book Three.

Yolen: Wizard's MapOlder Readers; Three children visiting relatives in Scotland become involved in the plans of a diabolical wizard. Sequels: The Pictish Child, and The Bagpipers Ghost.

Calhoun: Firegold; Jonathon is an outcast when he begins changing in ways unfamiliar to the valley folk. Determined to find out why, he seeks out others of his kind.

Duane: So You Want To Be A Wizard; Thirteen-year-old Nita, tormented by a gang of bullies, finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry, which guides her into another dimension. Sequels: High Wizardry, Deep Wizardry and others.

Farmer: The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm; In 2194 in Zimbabwe, General Matsika's three children are kidnapped and put to work in a plastic mine while three mutant detectives use their special powers to search for them.

Farmer: The House Of The Scorpion; In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patron, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.

Lowry: Gathering Blue; Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.

McKinley: The Blue Sword; Harry, bored with her sheltered life in the remote orange-growing colony of Daria, discovers magic in herself when she is kidnapped by a native king with mysterious powers. Sequel: The Hero and the Crown.

Nix: Sabriel; 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. Sequels: Lirael, Daughter of the Clayr and Abhorsen.







Pratchett: Guards! Guards!; Long believed extinct, a superb specimen of draco nobilis (noble dragon) has appeared in Discworld's greatest city. Not only does this unwelcome visitor have a nasty habit of charbroiling everything in its path, in rather short order it is crowned King. Sequels: Moving Pictures, The Truth: A Novel of Discworld and others.

Pullman: The Golden Compass; Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North. Sequels: The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass.

Tolkien: Fellowship of the Ring; Frodo and his companions are to deliver the One Ring to the dark land of Mordor to destroy the ring in the forge of its creation, the Crack of Doom. The Lord of the Ring sequels: The Two Towers, and The Return of the King.

White

The Sword in the Stone

An old wizard named Merlyn takes care of a curious young boy named Wart and transforms him into Arthur, the future king of Britain.

By Kathleen Noyes

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If You Like Harry Potter check out these books!
	Middle Readers Alexander, Lloyd The Book of Three Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper to a famous oracular sow, sets out on a hazardous mission to save Prydain from the forces of evil. Sequels: The Black Cauldron and others.
	Almond, David Skellig Unhappy about his baby sister's illness and the chaos of moving into a dilapidated old house, Michael retreats to the garage and finds a mysterious stranger who is something like a bird and something like an angel.
	Avi Midnight Magic In Italy in 1491, Mangus the magician and his apprentice are summoned to the castle of Duke Claudio to determine if a ghost is indeed haunting his daughter.
	Barron The Lost Years of Merlin A young boy, with no memory of his past, washes ashore on the coast of Wales and finds his true name after a series of fantastic adventures. Sequels: The Seven Songs of Merlin, The Fires of Merlin, and others.
	Bellairs The House With a Clock in its Walls A boy goes to live with his magician uncle in a mansion with a clock hidden in the walls which, is ticking off the minutes until doomsday. Sequels: The Figure in the Shadows and others.
	Bellairs The Trolley to Yesterday Johnny Dixon and Professor Childermass discover a trolley that transports them back to Constantinople in 1453 as the Turks are invading the Byzantine Empire. Also: The Revenge of the Wizard's Ghost and others.
	Colfer Artemis Fowl 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. Sequels: The Arctic Incident.
	Cooper The Boggart After visiting the castle in Scotland, Emily finds that she has accidentally brought back home a boggart, an invisible and mischievous spirit with a fondness for practical jokes. Sequel: The Boggart and the Monster.
	Cooper Over Sea, Under Stone Three children set out to find King Arthur's grail, touching off a struggle between the forces of good and evil, the Light and the Dark. Sequels: The Dark is Rising, Silver on the Tree and others.
	Coville The Dragonslayers A brave squire, an earnest page and a strong-willed princess set out to slay the dragon created to carry out a witch's revenge.
	Colville Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher: A Magic Shop Book Small for his age but artistically talented, 12-year-old Jeremy Thatcher unknowingly buys a dragon's egg. Sequels: Jennifer Murdley's Toad, The Skull of Truth, and The Monster's Ring.
	Dahl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Five lucky children win admission to Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory. Sequel: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
	Dahl Matilda Brilliant first-grader Matilda uses her untapped mental powers to triumph over her book-hating parents and Miss Trunchbull, the odious school principal.
	Dahl The Witches A boy and his grandmother thwart the plans of England's witches to turn all children into mice.
	Eager Half Magic Jane, Mark, Katharine and Martha find a coin that grants half of every wish they make. Sequels: Magic by the Lake and others.
	Ibbotson The Secret of Platform 13 Odge, a young hag, accompanies an old wizard, a gentle fey and a giant ogre on their mission through a magical tunnel to rescue their king's son.
	Ibbotson Which Witch The Great Wizard of Arriman announces a competition among the witches of Todcaster to see who will be his bride.
	Jacques Redwall When the evil rat Cluny shatters life at ancient Redwall Abbey, Matthias determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior, which will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy the enemy. Sequels: Mossflower; Mattimeo; Mariel of Redwall; and others.
	Jones The Lives of Christopher Chant Christopher discovers that his dreams are so realistic that he can actually visit other worlds and bring things back from them for his beloved, yet mysterious, uncle. Also: Charmed Life and others.
	Juster The Phantom Tollbooth Finding a car and a tollbooth in his bedroom, Milo drives off to rescue the lost princesses, Rhyme and Reason, aided by the Spelling Bee and a watchdog named Tock.
	L'Engle A Wrinkle in Time When an atomic physicist disappears on a secret mission, his son, daughter and their friend go on an interplanetary journey through time and space to search for him. Sequels: The Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet and others.
	Levine Ella Enchanted In this unique version of the Cinderella story, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given her.
	Lewis The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 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. Sequels: The Magician's Nephew, Prince Caspian and others.
	Lowery The Giver Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
	Nesbit The Enchanted Castle While digging in a sandpit, the children discover a Psammead, a creature with mysterious powers who leads the children into adventure and excitement. Sequels: The Phoenix and the Carpet, The Story of the Amulet.
	Nesbit The Magic City An extremely unhappy 10-year-old magically escapes into a city he has built out of books, chessmen, candlesticks, and other household items. Sequels: Wet Magic and others.
	Nimmo Midnight for Charlie Bone 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.
	Pierce Sandry's Book Four young outcasts discover their magic powers, and while still learning how to control them, must battle deadly threats. Sequels: Daja's Book, Briar's Book and others.
	Pierce Wild Magic Dain accepts her gift of wild magic and learns the value of her powers will be to the kingdom's future. Sequels: Wolf Speaker and others.
	Regan Princess Nevermore Princess Quinn wants nothing more than to go through the magical pool to the other side-Earth. But when her wish comes true, she finds herself trapped with no way to get back home.
	Winthrop The Castle in the Attic William is given a toy medieval castle as a gift, and is magically transported to another world of wizards and dragons. Sequel: The Battle for the Castle.
	Wrede Dealing With Dragons Princess Cimorene would rather be eaten by a dragon than marry a dull prince like a proper princess, so she volunteers to be captured by the powerful dragon Kazul. Sequels: Searching for Dragons, Calling on Dragons, and Talking With Dragons.
	Yolen Passager: The Young Merlin Trilogy, Book One A foundling rediscovers his identity through the help of the falconer who adopts him. Sequels: Hobby: The Young Merlin Trilogy, Book Two and Merlin: The Young Merlin Trilogy, Book Three.
	Yolen Wizard's MapOlder Readers Three children visiting relatives in Scotland become involved in the plans of a diabolical wizard. Sequels: The Pictish Child, and The Bagpipers Ghost.
	Calhoun Firegold Jonathon is an outcast when he begins changing in ways unfamiliar to the valley folk. Determined to find out why, he seeks out others of his kind.
	Duane So You Want To Be A Wizard Thirteen-year-old Nita, tormented by a gang of bullies, finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry, which guides her into another dimension. Sequels: High Wizardry, Deep Wizardry and others.
	Farmer The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm In 2194 in Zimbabwe, General Matsika's three children are kidnapped and put to work in a plastic mine while three mutant detectives use their special powers to search for them.
	Farmer The House Of The Scorpion In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patron, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
	Lowry Gathering Blue Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.
	McKinley The Blue Sword Harry, bored with her sheltered life in the remote orange-growing colony of Daria, discovers magic in herself when she is kidnapped by a native king with mysterious powers. Sequel: The Hero and the Crown.
	Nix Sabriel 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. Sequels: Lirael, Daughter of the Clayr and Abhorsen.
	Pratchett Guards! Guards! Long believed extinct, a superb specimen of draco nobilis (noble dragon) has appeared in Discworld's greatest city. Not only does this unwelcome visitor have a nasty habit of charbroiling everything in its path, in rather short order it is crowned King. Sequels: Moving Pictures, The Truth: A Novel of Discworld and others.
	Pullman The Golden Compass Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North. Sequels: The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass.
	Tolkien Fellowship of the Ring Frodo and his companions are to deliver the One Ring to the dark land of Mordor to destroy the ring in the forge of its creation, the Crack of Doom. The Lord of the Ring sequels: The Two Towers, and The Return of the King.
	White The Sword in the Stone An old wizard named Merlyn takes care of a curious young boy named Wart and transforms him into Arthur, the future king of Britain.
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