18 books like Witch's Boy
Cam Jansen and the ghostly mystery
Cam uses her photographic memory to catch a thief disguised as a ghost.
Shares: Robbers and outlaws, Outlaws, Children's fiction
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
An epic fantasy about a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her.
Shares: Friendship in children, Witches, Friendship, Magic
Ronja rövardotter
This is the Story of a robber's daughter called Ronja who grows up amidst a whole band of robbers in a old castle deep in a big forrest.
Shares: Robbers and outlaws, Outlaws, Friendship, Magic
Wizard of Washington Square
David and Leilah are delighted to meet the wizard who lives in the park until he accidently turns David's dog into a statue and the statue is stolen.
Shares: Witches, Magic, Children's fiction
The Daredevil Desperados of Destiny
"In this journal you'll find out...What to do if chased by a two-headed vulture...Who is the most wanted outlaw in the wild and wicked West...Why it's best not to lasso a cougar by the tail..."--p.[4] of cover.
Shares: Robbers and outlaws, Outlaws, Children's fiction
Little Broomstick
A black cat that needs to rescue its brother from a witch's spell enlists the help of a lonely ten-year-old Mary Smith.
It is Tib the black cat who leads Mary to the strange flower in the woods. When she discovers a little broomstick shortly afterwards, she is astonished to feel it jump in to action. Before she can gather her wits, it is whisking her over the treetops, above the clouds, and in…
Shares: Witches, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction
Breaktime
A classmate's challenge to prove that literature is ever related to real life spurs Ditto to chronicle his amazing life-changing adventures during spring break, but he leaves it up to his friend to decide if it is true, or just a story.
Shares: Books and Reading, Family life, Friendship, Children's fiction
Humbug Mountain
A young boy and his wandering family foil villains and rout nasty varmints as they make a home for themselves in a beached boat on the banks of the Missouri.
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The boy with two shadows
When a witch decides to go on holiday she looks for someone to look after her shadow. But having two shadows to look after, especially when one belongs to a witch, is a big job, as a little boy is about to find out."
Shares: Witches, Fantasy, Children's fiction
Lorna Doone
This work is called a 'romance,' because the incidents, characters, time, and scenery, are alike romantic. And in shaping this old tale, the Writer neither dares, nor desires, to claim for it the dignity or cumber it with the difficulty of an historic novel.
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Return to Augie Hobble
New Mexico middle-schooler Augie Hobble grapples with adolescence, paranormal mysteries, an overdue Creative Arts project, and heartbreaking loss while working in his father's theme park, Fairy Tale Place.
Shares: Friendship in children, Family life, Friendship, Children's fiction
Boy + Bot
From bestselling author Ame Dyckman and illustrator Scott Magoon comes the laugh-out-loud story about a Misunderstood Shark who just wants to show the world who he really is...Every beachgoer knows that there's nothing more terrifying than a... SHARRRK! But this shark is just misunderstood, or is he? In a wholly original, sidesplittingly funny story, New York Times bestselling author Ame Dyckman…
Shares: Friendship in children, Friendship, Children's fiction
Nightrise (The Power of Five / The Gatekeepers #3)
As fourteen-year-old telepathic twins struggle to escape the clutches of the Nightrise Corporation, one of them travels through dreams to a time when the evil Old Ones ruled and learns the role that he, his brother, and three other Gatekeepers must play to keep the world safe from the Old Ones' return.
Shares: Twins, Brothers, Children's fiction
Voices
Young Memer takes on a pivotal role in freeing her war-torn homeland from its oppressive captors.
Shares: Books and Reading, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Children's fiction
In control, Ms. Wiz?
The magical Ms. Wiz saves the library from being closed by bringing to life characters from such books as "Peter Rabbit" and "Frankenstein."
Shares: Books and Reading, Witches, Magic, Children's fiction
The dead-tossed waves
Gabry lives a quiet life. As safe a life as is possible in a town trapped between a forest and the ocean, in a world teeming with the dead, who constantly hunger for those still living. She's content on her side of the Barrier, happy to let her friends dream of the Dark City up the coast while she watches from the top of her lighthouse. But there are threats the Barrier cannot hold back. Threats…
Shares: Family life, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Children's fiction
Bröderna Lejonhjärta
Two brothers share many adventures after their death when they are reunited in Nangiyala, the land from which sagas come.
Shares: Brothers, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Children's fiction
Skellig
Ten-year-old Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. But now his baby sister is ill, his parents are frantic, and Doctor Death has come to call. Michael feels helpless. Then he steps into the crumbling garage. . . . What is this thing beneath the spiders' webs and dead flies? A human being, or a strange kind of beast never before seen? The only person Michael can confide in is his…
Shares: Friendship in children, Family life, Magic, Children's fiction