Scottsdale Public Library

Harry Potter Readalikes (Print view)

DiTerlizzi, Tony / The Spiderwick Chronicles / Gr. 3 & up
The Grace children discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences.

Eager, Edgar / The Magic Series / Gr. 3 & up
Extraordinary adventures begin when a girl discovers an ordinary-looking coin that seems to grant wishes.

Hunter, Erin / The Warriors Series / Gr. 4 & up
For generations, four clans of warrior cats have shared the forest, but trouble begins when their warrior code is threatened by mysterious deaths.

Jones, Dianna Wynne / The Chrestomanci Series / Gr. 5 & up
Chrestomanci, an enchanter with nine lives, must control the practice of magic in the Twelve Related Worlds.

Lasky, Kathryn / The Guardians of Ga'Hoole Series / Gr. 4 & up
Evil lurks in the Forest of Tyto and Soren, with his fellow barn owls, must journey to the Great Ga'Hoole Tree to join other owls and boldly face a series of dangers.

Nix, Garth / The Keys to the Kingdom Series / Gr. 5 & up
A young hero, given a key shaped like a minute hand of a clock, enters a strange house only he can see, and finds himself in a battle with Mister Monday for possession of the key.

Pullman, Phillip / The Golden Compass Series / Gr. 5 & up
Lyra Belacqua, with her daemon, sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.

Sage, Angie / The Septimus Heap Series / Gr. 4 & up
Septimus, the seventh son of a seventh son, is destined to be a powerful wizard, but is carried off by a midwife who claims he was born dead.

Shan, Darren / The Cirque du Freak Series / Gr. 4 & up
Two boys, who are best friends, visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices.

Wrede, Patricia / The Enchanted Forest Series / Gr. 4 & up
Bored with traditional palace life, a princess goes off to live with a group of dragons and soon becomes involved with fighting wizards who wish to steal away the dragons' kingdom.