Possessing extraordinary powers, including the ability to bring artwork to life, twelve-year-old twins Matt and Emily are sought by villains trying to access the terrors of Hollow Earth, a place where demons and mythological beasts lie trapped for eternity.
Magic Below Stairs by Caroline Stevermer
Ten-year-old Frederick, who is surreptitiously watched over by a household elf, is plucked from a London orphanage to be a servant to a wealthy wizard, and eventually his uncanny abilities lead him to become the wizard's apprentice.
The Snow Spider by Jenny Nimmo
Gifts from Gwyn's grandmother on his ninth birthday open up a whole new world to him, as he discovers he has magical powers that help him heal the breach with his father that has existed ever since his sister's mysterious disappearance four years before.
The Chronicles of Chrestomanci series by Diana Wynne Jones (volumes 1-3)
Adventures of the Chrestomanci, an enchanter with nine lives, whose job is to control the practice of magic in the infinite parallel universes of the Twelve Related Worlds.
The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly Eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths hone their abilities and learn magic.
More Great Harry Potter Read-Alikes --
The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens
The Familiars by Adam Jay Epstein
The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler
Half Upon a Time by James Riley
Island of the Aunts by Eva Ibbotson
The Magician's Boy by Susan Cooper
The Magickers by Emily Drake
Not Just a Witch by Eva Ibbotson
Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George
Check these books out on display at the Arnold Branch through December 22, 2016.
