18 books like The Faithful Friend

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Skulduggery Pleasant Derek Landy · 2006 · ★ 4.2 · 392p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Meet the great Skulduggery Pleasant: wise-cracking detective, powerful magician, master of dirty tricks and burglary (in the name of the greater good, of course). Oh yeah. And dead. Then there's his sidekick, Stephanie. She's...well, she's a twelve-year-old girl. With a pair like this on the case, evil had better watch out..."So you won't keep anything from me again? "He put his hand to his… Shares: Uncles, Magicians, Magic, Children's fiction

A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas · 2013 · ★ 4.4 · 456p · ≈ 15h · Moderate When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world. At least, he's not a beast all the time. As she adapts to her new home, her feelings… Shares: Blessing and cursing, Love, Magic, Children's fiction

The Dragon of Doom Bruce Coville · 2003 · ★ 4.3 · 69p · ≈ 2h · Moderate 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. Shares: Magicians, Children's fiction

A mad zombie party Gena Showalter, · 2015 · ★ 4.9 · 408p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Ali Bell and Cole Holland's crew of zombie slayers thought they'd won the war against Anima Industries, the evil company responsible for capturing and experimenting on zombies in an effort to discover the secret to immortality. In the last epic clash, the slayers lost many of their crew and closest friends. But Frosty, the ice man himself, has not recovered from one casualty in particularthe love… Shares: Love, Zombies, Children's fiction

Through the Zombie Glass Gena Showalter, · 2013 · ★ 4.4 · 476p · ≈ 15h · Moderate After a strange new zombie attack, a terrible darkness blooms inside Alice urging her to do wicked things. She's never needed her team of zombie slayers more--including her boyfriend, Cole--than she does now. But as Cole strangely withdraws and the zombies gain new strength, Ali knows one false step may doom them all. Shares: Love, Zombies, Children's fiction

One fine day Nonny Hogrogian · 1971 · ★ 3.8 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate After the old woman cuts off his tail when he steals her milk, the fox must go through a long series of transactions before she will sew it back on again Shares: Caldecott Medal, Folklore, Children's fiction

The girl who loved wild horses Paul Goble · 1978 · ★ 3.8 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free. Shares: Caldecott Medal, Children's fiction

Graceling Kristin Cashore · 2008 · ★ 4.0 · 406p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight—she’s a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. As niece of the king, she should be able to live a life of privilege, but Graced as she is with killing, she is forced to work as the king’s thug. She never expects to fall in love with beautiful Prince Po. She never expects to learn the… Shares: Uncles, Magic, Children's fiction

Duffy and the devil Harve Zemach · 1973 · ★ 4.0 · 40p · ≈ 1h · Moderate The spinning and knitting the devil agrees to do for her win Duffy the Squire's name and a carefree life until it comes time for her to guess the devil's name. Shares: Caldecott Medal, Folklore, Children's fiction

The Pinhoe Egg (Chrestomanci, Book 6) Diana Wynne Jones · 2006 · ★ 4.5 · 472p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Cat Chant and Marianne Pinhoe have discovered something incredibly exciting, truly precious, and very strange — an egg.This egg was not meant to be found. Chrestomanci himself, Cat's guardian and the strongest enchanter in the world, is sure to find it particularly interesting. And that's the last thing Marianne's family of secret rogue witches wants.But the Pinhoes' secrets are falling to… Shares: Magicians, Magic, Children's fiction

The Tales of Beedle the Bard J. K. Rowling · 2008 · ★ 4.0 · 142p · ≈ 4h · Moderate A collection fairy tales for young wizards and witches, with each story followed by observations on Wizarding history, personal reminiscences, and information on the story's key elements by Hogwarts headmaster, Albus Dumbledore. Wizard and the Hopping Pot -- Fountain of Fair Fortune -- Warlock's Hairy Heart -- Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump -- Tale of the Three Brothers. Shares: Magicians, Magic, Children's fiction

Lirael Daughter of the Clayr Garth Nix · 2001 · ★ 4.3 · 504p · ≈ 16h · Moderate A "work-in-progress" sneak preview of Abhorsen, the third book in the trilogy.Book Two of the Old Kingdom Trilogy.It is Lirael in whose hands the fate of the Old Kingdom lies. She must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow of an ancient evil -- one that threatens to break the very boundary between Life and Death itself. With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, to… Shares: Magicians, Magic, Children's fiction

Freya and the Magic Jewel (Thunder Girls Book 1) Joan Holub · 2018 · ★ 4.0 · 264p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Unlike her twin brother Frey, twelve-year-old girlgoddess Freya is not excited about their invitation to Asgard Academy, especially after she loses her magical jewel, leaving her powerless and worried about making friends. Shares: Friendship, Magic, Children's fiction

The red sun Alane Adams · 2014 · 298p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "Sam Baron is about to get the shock of his life. First his substitute English teacher claims to have turned his old teacher into a lizard; then a strange dwarf named Rego arrives and claims Sam is from a magical realm called Orkney. When his friends are taken prisoner, it's up to Sam to save them. Sam embarks on a journey to Orkney through a stonefire to find his friends, but when he arrives, he… Shares: Friendship, Magic, Children's fiction

Howl's Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones · 1986 · ★ 4.3 · 317p · ≈ 10h · Moderate As the oldest daughter, willful, outspoken Sophie knew that her life could lead to nothing but mistakes. When her father dies, her stepmother sends her two sisters out to make their fortunes while Sophie continues to work in the family hattery. As she whispers her thoughts to the hats she trims, the shop begins to grow in popularity, until she offends the Wicked Witch of the Waste. The witch… Shares: Blessing and cursing, Magic, Children's fiction

The Magicians of Caprona Diana Wynne Jones · 1980 · ★ 3.9 · 267p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Chrestomanci Book 2 Tonino is the only person in the famous Montana household who wasn't born with an instinct for creating spells, but he has other gifts. His ability to communicate with cats just might help defend the city of Caprona against a mysterious enchanter -- but only if Tonino can learn to cooperate with a girl from the hated Petrocchi family of spell-makers. PerfectBound e-book… Shares: Magicians, Magic, Children's fiction

Sylvester and the magic pebble William Steig · 1969 · ★ 4.2 · 44p · ≈ 1h · Moderate In a moment of fright, Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then can not hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again. Shares: Caldecott Medal, Magic, Children's fiction

The Robe of Skulls Vivian French · 2007 · ★ 3.8 · 207p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The sorceress Lady Lamorna has her heart set on a very expensive new robe, and she will stop at nothing--including kidnapping and black magic--to get the money to pay for it. The sorceress Lady Lamorna has her heart set on a very expensive new robe, and she will stop at nothing, including kidnapping and black magic, to get the money to pay for it. Book #1 Shares: Magicians, Folklore, Magic, Children's fiction

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