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HARRY POTTER SERIES
by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.

LINKS:
The Official Site of J.K. Rowling
The Harry Potter Lexicon

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Books that have similar story elements to Harry Potter for younger readers:
	THE CHRONICLES OF PRYDAIN SERIES by Lloyd Alexander The Book of Three The Black Cauldron Castle of Llyr Taran Wanderer A fairy tale with origins in Welsh mythology, about the imaginary kingdom of Prydain. Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper, has many adventures on a harzardous mission to save Prydain from the forces of evil.
	THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ by Frank Baum Dorothy and her dog Toto are swept away in a huge twister and wake up in a strange and magical land. All Dorothy wants is to go home.
	THE FOLK KEEPER by Franny Billingsley Orphan Corinna disguises herself as a boy to pose as a Folk Keeper, one who keeps the Evil Folk at bay, and discovers her heritage as a seal maiden when she is taken to live with a wealthy family in their manor by the sea.
	THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES SERIES by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi The Field Guide The Seeing Stone Lucinda’s Secret The Ironwood Tree The Wrath of Mulgarath When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences.
	THE ANYBODIES by N. E. Bode After learning that she is not the biological daughter of boring Mr. and Mrs. Drudger, Fern embarks on magical adventures with her real father and finally finds "a place that feels like home."
	ARTEMIS FOWL SERIES by Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl The Arctic Incident The Eternity Code The Opal Deception The Lost Colony The Time Paradox 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.
	THE DARK IS RISING SEQUENCE SERIES by Susan Cooper Over Sea, Under Stone The Dark is Rising Greenwitch The Grey King Silver on the Tree Three children on vacation in Cornwall find an ancient manuscript which sends them on a dangerous quest that entraps them in the eternal battle between the forces of the Light and the Dark.
	MAGIC SHOP BOOKS SERIES by Bruce Coville The Monster's Ring Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher Jennifer Murdley's Toad The Skull of Truth After you make a purchase from Mr. Elives's magic shop, things will never be the same.
	YOUNG WIZARDS SERIES by Diane Duane 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 The story of two ordinary kids who both suddenly discovered that magic was loose in the world. If they were willing to take a risk, using the Wizard's Manuals they found, they could use the gift of wizardry to fight the evil Lone Power.
	INKHEART & INKSPELL by Cornelia Funke Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.
	WITCH TWINS SERIES by Adele Griffin Witch Twins Witch Twins at Camp Bliss Witch Twins and Melody Malady Witch Twins and the Ghost of Glenn Bly Ten-year-old identical twins Claire and Luna are something special–they are witches! They're learning lots about spells and potions from their five-star-witch grandmother but will witchy magic be enough or will they have to rely on human smarts to solve their dilemmas?
	THE SECRET OF PLATFORM 13 by Eva Ibbotson Odge Gribble, a young hag, accompanies an old wizard, a gentle fey, and a giant ogre on their mission through a magical tunnel from their Island to London to rescue their King and Queen's son who had been stolen as an infant.
	CHILDREN OF THE RED KING SERIES by Jenny Nimmo Midnight for Charlie Bone Charlie Bone and the Time Twister Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors Charlie Bone and the Hidden King Charlie Bone and the Beast Charlie Bone and the Shadow 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.
	THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM SERIES by Garth Nix Mister Monday Grim Tuesday Drowned Wednesday Sir Thursday Lady Friday Superior Saturday Arthur Penhaligon is supposed to die at a young age, but is saved by a key that is shaped like the minute hand of a clock. The key causes bizarre creatures to come from another realm, bringing with them a plague.
	SEPTIMUS HEAP SERIES by Angie Sage Magyk Flyte Physik Queste The seventh son of the seventh son, aptly named Septimus Heap, is stolen the night he is born. That same night, the baby's father, Silas Heap, comes across a bundle in the snow containing a new born girl with violet eyes. The Heaps take this helpless newborn into their home, name her Jenna, and raise her as their own. But who is this mysterious baby girl, and what really happened to their beloved son Septimus?
	LEVEN THUMPS SERIES by Obert Skye Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret Leven Thumps and the Eyes of the Want When fate brings fourteen-year-old Leven and thirteen-year-old Winter together, they discover that for mankind to continue dreaming, the gateway between reality and dreams needs to be found and demolished.
	A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS SERIES by Lemony Snicket The Bad Beginning The Reptile Room The Wide Window The Miserable Mill The Austere Academy The Ersatz Elevator The Vile Village The Hostile Hospital The Carnivorous Carnival The Slippery Slope The Grim Grotto The Penultimate Peril The End After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune.
	THE BARTIMAEUS TRILOGY by Jonathan Stroud The Amulet of Samarkand The Golem's Eye Ptolemy's Gate Nathaniel is a young magician's apprentice, taking his first lessons in the arts of magic. But when a devious hotshot wizard named Simon Lovelace ruthlessly humiliates Nathaniel in front of everyone he knows, Nathaniel decides to kick up his education a few notches and show Lovelace who's boss.
	ENCHANTED FOREST CHRONICLES SERIES by Patricia Wrede Dealing with Dragons Searching for Dragons Calling on Dragons Talking to Dragons Bored with traditional palace life, a princess goes off to live with a group of dragons and soon becomes involved with fighting against some disreputable wizards who want to steal away the dragons' kingdom.
	WIZARD'S HALL by Jane Yolen Poor Henry. It's not enough that everyone at his new school calls him Thornmallow because he's “prickly on the outside, squishy within.” It's not enough that the only talent he shows at Wizard's Hall is an ability to make messes of even the simplest spells. Now, when Wizard's Hall is threatened by a cruel sorcerer's fearsome beast, it is up to Henry to figure out how to save the entire school for wizards.
Books that are like Harry Potter or are great fantasy fiction titles for older or more advanced readers:
	MIDNIGHT MAGIC by Avi In Italy in 1491, Mangus the magician and his apprentice are summoned to the castle of Duke Claudio to determine if his daughter is indeed being haunted by a ghost.
	LOST YEARS OF MERLIN SERIES by T.A. Barron The Lost Years of Merlin The Seven Songs of Merlin The Fires of Merlin The Mirror of Merlin The Wings of Merlin A young boy who has no identity nor memory of his past washes ashore on the coast of Wales and finds his true name after a series of fantastic adventures.
	OUTLAWS OF MOONSHADOW MARSH: SIGN OF THE QIN by L. G. Bass In long-ago China, Prince Zong, the mortal young Starlord chosen to save humankind from destruction, joins the twin outlaws, White Streak and Black Whirlwind, to fight the Lord of the Dead and his demon hordes.
	THE WIZARD TEST by Hilari Bell Fourteen year-old Dayven is devastated when he learns he has wizard powers, since wizards are considered to be disloyal deceivers who believe in nothing, until he undergoes wizard training and discovers a new way of looking at the world that will change his values, friendships and future.
	UNDERLAND CHRONICLES SERIES by Suzanne Collins Gregor the Overlander Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods Gregor and the Marks of Secret Gregor and the Code of Claw Gregor, a kid from New York City, falls out of his laundry room into a fantastical subterranean world called the Underland. Accompanied by his toddler sister, Boots, he encounters giant talking creatures–cockroaches, bats, spiders and rats–and an unusual society of humans.
	CHANTERS OF TREMARIS TRILOGY by Kate Constable Singer of All Songs The Waterless Sea The Tenth Power Calwyn, a young priestess of ice magic, or "chantment," joins with other chanters who have different magical skills to fight a sorcerer who wants to claim all powers for his own.
	HALF MAGIC by Edgar Eager Four children looking forward to an ordinary summer enjoy a series of fantastic adventures by double-wishing on an ancient coin.
	THE NEVERENDING STORY by Michael Ende Shy, awkward Bastian is amazed to discover that he has become a character in the mysterious book he is reading and that he has an important mission to fulfill.
	THE SEA OF TROLLS by Nancy Farmer After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.
	ORACLE PROPHECIES SERIES by Catherine Fisher The Oracle Betrayed The Sphere of Secrets Day of the Scarab After she is chosen to be "Bearer-of-the-god," Mirany questions the established order and sets out, along with a musician and a scribe, to find the legitimate heir of the religious leader known as the Archon.
	THE RANGER'S APPRENTICE SERIES by John Flanagan The Ruins of Gorlan The Burning Bridge The Icebound Land The Battle for Skandia Will, a small and lively fifteen-year-old boy living in the land of Araluen, is rejected for training as a warrior-knight. Will is apprenticed instead to the Ranger Corps–a mysterious group who act as the King’s eyes and ears throughout Araluen and beyond its shores.
	WISE CHILD by Monica Furlong Abandoned by both her parents, nine-year-old Wise Child goes to live with the witch woman Juniper, who begins to train her in the ways of herbs and magic.
	YEAR OF THE GRIFFIN by Diana Wynne Jones When Elda, the griffin daughter of the great Wizard Derk, arrives for schooling at the Wizards' University, she encounters new friends, pirates, assassins, worry, sabotage, bloodshed and magic misused.
	EARTHSEA SERIES by Ursula K. Le Guin A Wizard of Earthsea The Tombs of Atuan The Farthest Shore Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard.
	A WRINKLE IN TIME SERIES by Madeleine L'Engle A Wrinkle in Time A Wind in the Door Many Waters A Swiftly Tilting PlanetWhen an atomic physicist disappears on a secret mission, his son, daughter and their friend search for him, going on an interplanetary journey through time and space.
	ELLA ENCHANTED by Gail Carson Levine A Cinderella story of a girl, cursed with obedience, risks losing her prince in order to save his life.
	THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA SERIES by C.S. Lewis The Magician's Nephew The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The Horse and His Boy Prince Caspian The Voyage of the Dawn Treader The Silver Chair The Last Battle On a daring quest to save a life, two friends are hurled into another world, where an evil sorceress seeks to enslave them. But then the lion Aslan's song weaves itself into the fabric of a new land, a land that will be known as Narnia. And in Narnia, all things are possible...
	RIDDLE-MASTER TRILOGY by Patricia A. McKillip The Riddle-Master of Hed Heir of Sea & Fire Harpist in the Wind In seeking the answer to the riddle of the three stars on his forehead and the three stars on the enchanted harp and sword, Morgon, Prince of Hed, goes ultimately to the High One, himself.
	DRAGONSONG & DRAGONSINGER by Anne McCaffrey Forbidden by her father to indulge in music in any way, a girl on the planet Pern runs away, taking shelter with the planet's fire lizards who, along with her music, open a new life for her.
	THE HERO AND THE CROWN by Robin McKinley Aerin, with the guidance of the wizard Luthe and the help of the blue sword, wins the birthright due her as the daughter of the Damarian king and a witchwoman of the mysterious, demon-haunted North.
	FIVE CHILDREN AND IT by E. Nesbit Be careful what you ask for. You may get it! Five kids discover a bizarre sand creature that grants wishes. There's a catch, of course: the wishes come undone at sunset, and worse yet, things often get out of hand!
	ABHORSEN TRILOGY by Garth Nix Sabriel Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr Abhorsen 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.
	AIRBORN by Kenneth Oppel Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface.
	SILVERWING by Kenneth Oppel When a newborn bat named Shade but sometimes called "Runt" becomes separated from his colony during migration, he grows in ways that prepare him for even greater journeys.
	ERAGON & ELDEST by Christopher Paolini In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.
	CIRCLE OF MAGIC SERIES by Tamora Pierce Sandry's Book Tris's Book Daja's Book Briar's Book The Will of the Empress The stories of four young mages, each specializing in a different kind of magic, as they learn to control their extraordinary and strong powers and put them to use.
	THE TIFFANY ACHING ADVENTURES SERIES by Terry Pratchett The Wee Free Men A Hat Full of Sky Wintersmith At 9, Tiffany Aching defeated the cruel Queen of Fairyland. At 11, she battled an ancient body-stealing evil. At 13, Tiffany faces a new challenge: a boy. And boys can be a bit of a problem when you're thirteen.
	HIS DARK MATERIALS TRILOGY by Philip Pullman The Golden Compass The Subtle Knife The Amber Spyglass Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.
	THE HOBBIT AND THE LORD OF THE RINGS SAGA by J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of the Lord of the Rings The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of the Lord of the Rings The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard, Merry, Pippin, and Sam, Gimli the Dwarf, Legolas the Elf, Boromir of Gondor, and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider.

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