Are Your Kids Harry Potter Fans?

For the millions of kids (and adults) who enjoyed the Harry Potter books by author J.K. Rowling, the publication of Book Seven was, in the words of Charles Dickens, the best of times, the worst of times.

Best, because the long-awaited outcome of Harry's struggle against the evil Lord Voldemort was finally revealed (Harry lived!), and worst, because after ten years, there were no more books to anticipate and revel in.

If your children, like many of us Potter fans, are looking for new books to read that are similar to Rowling's works, I humbly submit (in no special order) these suggestions for readers 9 and up:

His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman

The Wrinkle in Time Quintet (A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time) by Madeleine L'Engle

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

The Dark Is Rising Series (Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark Is Rising; Greenwitch; Silver on the Tree; The Grey King) by Susan Cooper

Inkheart and Inkspell by Cornelia Funke

The Bartimaeus Trilogy (Bartimaeus, The Golem's Eye, Ptolemy's Gate) by Jonathan Stroud

The Septimus Heap Trilogy (Magyk, Flyte, Physik) by Angie Sage

The Midnighters Series by (The Secret Hour, Touching Darkness, Blue Noon) Scott Westerfeld

The Young Wizards Series (So You Want to Be a Wizard, Deep Wizardry, High Wizardry, A Wizard Abroad, The Wizard's Dilemma, A Wizard Alone, Wizard's Holiday, Wizards at War) by Diane Duane

Artemis Fowl Series (Artemis Fowl, The Arctic Incident, The Eternity Code, The Opal Deception, The Lost Colony) by Eoin Colfer

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

The Sisters Grimm Series (The Fairy Tale Detectives, The Unusual Suspects, The Problem Child, Once Upon a Crime, Magic and Other Misdemeanors) by Michael Buckley

The Borrowers by Mary Norton

The Immortals Series (Wild Magic, Wolf Speaker, Emperor Mage, The Realms of the Gods) by Tamora Pierce

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