18 books like Witch Week

What to read after Witch Week — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Charlie Bone and the Red Knight Jenny Nimmo · 1900 · ★ 4.2 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Charlie and the Children of the Red King must call upon all of their strength to defeat the darkness and finally learn the fate of Charlie's family, the evil intentions of the Bloors, what has become of Septimus Bloor's will, and the destiny of the Red King's heirs. ---------- German-language description: Der finstere Schattenlord will Charlie Bones Stadt in seine Gewalt bringen und er hat… Shares: Accelerated Reader, Private schools, Boarding schools, Schools

A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch (The Worst Witch #3) Jill Murphy · 1982 · ★ 4.1 · 127p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Although her second year at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches starts off better than her first, Mildred Hubble soon regains her reputation as the worst witch in the school when she and Ethel Hallow resume feuding. Shares: Witchcraft, Witches, Schools, Paranormal

The Long Patrol Brian Jacques · 1997 · ★ 4.2 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate The Long Patrol--that fighting unit of perilous hares--is called out to draw off the murderous Rapscallion army, and fight them to the death if need be. And the lead sword of the Long Patrol will be taken up by the young, inexperienced hare Tammo--in one of the most ferocious battles Redwall has ever faced. Shares: Merveilleux, Accelerated Reader, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy

Stargazer Claudia Gray · 2009 · ★ 4.2 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The great Persian poet Hafez is so beloved in Iran that almost every family there keeps his Divan close at hand. For some fifteen years, esteemed American poet and author Robert Bly has worked with the great Islamic scholar Leonard Lewisohn to produce this translation, which for the first time captures Hafez's nimbleness, his fierce humor, his astonishing range of thought, and his delight in love… Shares: Private schools, Boarding schools, Schools, Children's fiction

The Worst Witch Strikes Again (The Worst Witch #2) Jill Murphy · 1979 · ★ 4.2 · 91p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Disaster-prone Mildred Hubble finds that despite her best efforts she still manages to get into trouble at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, especially after she is put in charge of the new girl, the seemingly placid Enid Nightshade. Shares: Witchcraft, Witches, Schools, Children's fiction

Groosham Grange Anthony Horowitz · 1988 · ★ 3.8 · 196p · ≈ 6h · Moderate After being expelled from school, thirteen-year-old David Eliot is sent to Groosham Grange, a spooky and sinister boarding school where nothing seems quite right. Shares: Private schools, Boarding schools, Schools, Paranormal

Rotten School #6 - The Heinie Prize Robert Lawrence Stine · 2006 · ★ 4.0 · 111p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Is Belzer a loser?Just because he wears T-shirts that say I need a Tutor and Ask Me About My Allergies?Just because he picks scabs off his knees and eats them?Belzer's parents think he's a loser. They want to take him out of Rotten School. Every year Mrs. Heinie awards the Heinie Prize to the Most Outstanding Fourth Grader. Bernie Bridges wants Belzer to win the Heinie. Then his parents will have… Shares: Private schools, Boarding schools, Schools, Children's fiction

An enemy at Green Knowe Lucy M. Boston · 1964 · ★ 4.3 · 171p · ≈ 5h · Moderate The inhabitants of Green Knowe become involved with black magic when a modern-day witch attempts to find books of witchcraft supposedly hidden in the old house by a mad seventeenth-century alchemist. Shares: Witchcraft, Schools, Paranormal, England

The Magic Bed-Knob (Bedknobs and Broomsticks #1) Mary Norton · 1943 · ★ 4.0 · 190p · ≈ 6h · Challenging With the powers they acquire from a spinster who is studying to be a witch, three English children have a series of exciting and perilous adventures traveling on a flying bed that takes them to a London police station, a tropical island, and back in time to the seventeenth century. Shares: Witchcraft, Witches, England, Children's fiction

Geisterritter Cornelia Funke · 2011 · ★ 4.0 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Eleven-year-old Jon Whitcroft and new friend Ella summon the ghost of Sir William Longspee, who may be able to protect Jon from a group of ghosts that threatens him harm from the day he arrives at Salisbury Cathedral's boarding school. Includes historical notes. Shares: Private schools, Boarding schools, Schools, England

Rotten School #10 - The Rottenest Angel Robert Lawrence Stine · 2006 · ★ 4.0 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Angel Goodeboy is a perfect angel...You can almost picture a halo over his head! He even wears a T-shirt that says "Mommy's Little Angel."Bernie Bridges is horrified when Mrs. Heinie makes him share his room with Angel. She wants Angel's goodness to rub off on Bernie. But wait a minute—when no teachers are watching, Angel is no angel!The little sneak takes over Bernie's room. He steals away… Shares: Private schools, Boarding schools, Schools, Children's fiction

Little Broomstick Mary Stewart · 1971 · ★ 3.9 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate 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

Conrad's Fate Diana Wynne Jones · 2005 · ★ 4.1 · 375p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Chrestomanci #5 When his uncle sends him to work at the mysterious Stallery Mansion, twelve-year-old Conrad Tesdinic overcomes his bad karma and discovers in the mansion's winecellar the source of the magic that threatens to pull his world into one of the eleven other parallel universes. Shares: Witchcraft, Paranormal, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy

Summer of fear Lois Duncan · 1976 · ★ 3.8 · 218p · ≈ 7h · Moderate A teen suspects her orphaned cousin may be a witch in this YA horror classic by the bestselling author of I Know What You Did Last Summer.The basis for the 1978 Wes Craven film."Filled with suspense and questions about the nature of evil in the world around us, Summer of Fear will cast a spell over both teens and adults." —School Library JournalFrom the moment Rachel's family takes in her… Shares: Witchcraft, Witches, Paranormal, Children's fiction

The Worst Witch (The Worst Witch #1) Jill Murphy · 1974 · ★ 4.0 · 106p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Mildred Hubble is a trainee witch at Miss Cackle's Academy, and she's making an awful mess of it. She's always getting her spells wrong and she can't even ride a broomstick without crashing it. Will she ever make a real witch? Shares: Witchcraft, Witches, Schools, Children's fiction

Ring of Light Michael Thomas Ford · 2001 · ★ 3.8 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Here within the healing circle, Bathe in the light and pain dispel, All that sickens, all that troubles, Wash away and be made well. Disillusioned, Cooper abandons the Wiccan circle and Kate and Annie are left without her. But when an illness threatens someone close to one of them, Cooper returns. Can the circle, once broken, ever be restored? Shares: Witchcraft, Witches, Paranormal, Fantasy fiction

Looking for Alaska John Green · 2005 · ★ 4.0 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Before. Miles “Pudge” Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave “the Great Perhaps” even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is… Shares: Private schools, Boarding schools, Schools, Children's fiction

The boy with two shadows Margaret Mahy · 1971 · ★ 3.6 · 26p · ≈ 52m · Moderate 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

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