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IF YOU LIKED HARRY POTTER...                                                                                                                      Page 1

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If you liked Harry Potter try some of these books:

by Lloyd Alexander - The Prydain Series
    The Castle of Llyr
    Taran, a lowly Assistant Pig Keeper, must battle a diabolical fiend or face the destruction of his beloved home.

    The Black Cauldron
    Prince Gwydion leads the quest to destroy the Black Cauldron--chief implement of the evil powers of the Lord of the Land of Death.

    The High King
    Taran is joined by an engaging cast of characters all of whom become involved in an epic struggle between good and evil that shapes the fate of the legendary land of Prydain.


by K. A. Applegate - Everworld Series
    Search for Senna
    After his girlfriend, Senna, is dragged underwater by a gigantic wolf-like creature that rises from a lake, David and three other high school students are swept into the peculiar and frightening universe of Everworld.

    Land of Loss

    Enter the Enchanted

    Realm of the Reaper

    Discover the Destroyer

    Fear the Fantastic

    Gateway to the Gods

    Brave the Betrayal

    Inside the Illusion

    Understand the Unknown


by T. A. Barron - The Lost Years of Merlin series
    The Lost Years of Merlin
    Washed up on the shores of ancient Wales, the boy had no home, no memory, and no name... History will name him Merlin...

    The Seven Songs of Merlin
    Merlin's mother has fallen ill. To save her, he must learn the Seven Songs of Wisdom, which will enable him to obtain the elixir he needs. But first Merlin has to defeat a vile ogre whose merest glance means death.

    The Fires of Merlin
    The dragon called Wings of Fire has awakened from his enchanted slumber. And only Merlin--the descendant of the wizard who first defeated the dragon--possesses the power to stop him.


by John Bellairs
    Dark Secret of Wetherend  
    Anthony Monday, 14, and Miss Eells, 68, team up again and try to foil the evil plans of Anders Borkman, who plots a way to put the earth into a new ice age and bring forth a pure human race.

    The Chessman of Doom
    What did Professor Childermass's eccentric brother mean by the mysterious riddle he attached to his will? Unless they unravel the riddle fast, an evil madman will succeed in destroying the entire world!


by L. M. Boston
    River at Green Knowe
    An English girl, a Polish refugee, and a displaced boy from the Orient explore an island-strewn river near the ancient manor house, Green Knowe.

    Children of Green Knowe
    Tolly comes to live with his great-grandmother at the ancient house of Green Knowe and becomes friends with three children who lived there in the seventeenth century.


by Eoin Colfer

            Artimis Fowl Series


by Louise Cooper

    The Sleep of Stone
    The story of the love of Ghysla, a nonhuman shape changer, for a human prince tells how she turns his bride-to-be into stone. Desolate when she finds Prince Anyr cannot return her love, she sacrifices herself to restore his bride to life.

by Susan Cooper
    The Dark is Rising Series
    Over Sea, Under Stone

    The Dark is Rising
    On his eleventh birthday, Will Stanton discovers he is the last of the Old Ones, dedicated to fighting the forces of evil. Will searches for the six magical signs that will be needed for the battle between the Dark and the Light.

    Greenwitch

    Grey King

    Silver on the Tree


by Bruce Coville

           Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher


by Diane Duane - The Wizardry Series

    So You Want to be a Wizard
    As two young wizards embark on a mission to preserve the universe they encounter an eerie version of Manhattan.

    High Wizardry
    Nita's terrifyingly brilliant little sister Dairine, is a computer genius. When she heads out for her Wizardry Ordeal, Kit and Nita follow to lend their aid.

    A Wizard Abroad
    When Nita goes to Ireland to spend the summer with her aunt, she soon discovers that Aunt Annie is also a wizard, and the two of them join forces with all of the wizards of the land to combat a rising evil.


by Edgar Eager
    Half Magic Jane finds a magic charm which grants half of any wish, and her brother and sisters take turns making double wishes, leading to strange happenings-which leads Jane to make a last wish.

by John Flanagan

          Ranger's Apprentice Series


by C ornelia Funke

           Dragon Rider

           (and more)


by Ed Greenwood

    Elminster in Myth Drannor

by Margaret Peterson Haddix
    Just Ella
    The heroine of this delightful new version of the Cinderella fairy tale is Ella, a scrappy, no nonsense, resourceful young girl who plots her way out of the servitude imposed by her stepmother, Lucille, and her two stepsisters, Corimunde and Griselda
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