If you like Harry Potter...
If you like the Harry Potter books, you may like these.
Three Tales Of My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett. Three tales
which relate the fantastic adventures of Elmer Elevator and a baby
flying dragon named Boris.
The Dragon of Doom by Bruce Coville. Life in the village of Pigbone is
boring until an aspiring magician and his talking toad come to town and
ask Edward to help them slay the Dragon of Doom.
Farmer Giles of Ham: The Rise And Wonderful Adventures Of Farmer Giles,
Lord of Tame, Count of Worminghall, and King of the Little Kingdom by
J.R.R. Tolkien. Farmer Giles, his mare, and his talking dog go into the
valley of the Thames to fight the dragon Chrysophylax.
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. A classic series of fantasy
books about the land beyond the wardrobe.
Sandry's Book
by Tamora Pierce
Four young misfits learn how to use their unrecognized magical powers.
Part of the Circle of Magic series.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C.S. Lewis
Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a
wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
The Lives of Christopher Chant
by Diana Wynne Jones
A young wizard with nine lives is destined to become the Chrestomanci,
or head sorcerer, of the world.Part of the Chrestomanci series.
Because of Winn Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of
Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.
Dealing With Dragons
by Patricia C. Wrede
A princess grows bored with life at the palace and takes up with a nest
of dragons.
Eragon by Christopher Paolini (which he wrote when he was 15)
Fifteen-year-old Eragon believes that he is merely a poor farm boy-until
his destiny as a Dragon Rider is revealed. Gifted with only an ancient
sword, a loyal dragon, and sage advice from an old storyteller, Eragon
is soon swept into a dangerous tapestry of magic, glory, and power. This
is the first book of a planned trilogy.
The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
When Lyra and her daemon, the manifestation of her soul in animal form,
decide to spy on a presentation her uncle, the commanding Lord Asriel,
is making to the elders of Jordan College they have no idea that they
will become witnesses to an attempted murder-and even less that they are
taking the first steps in a journey that will lead them into danger and
adventure unlike anything Lyra's unfettered imagination has conjured up.
Magic in the Mist by Margaret Mary Kimmel
Thomas living in west Wales studies long and hard to become a wizard but with very little success.
Wizard's Hall by Jane Yolen
A young apprentice wizard saved the wizard's training hall by trusting and believing in himself.
The Doom of the Haunted Opera by John Bellairs
Lewis Barnavelt and Rose Rita Pottinger are faced with a dilemma when
their discovery of an unpublished Opera score unleashes a wicked sorcerer who plans to rule the world by bringing back the dead.
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace.
