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Wishes  Other Magic

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Wishes and Other Magic in Children's Fiction

 

Wishes

 

Dreamer Wisher Liar by Charise Mericle Harper

  • Pub Date: 2014
  • Grades 4-6 interest 
  • On my blog: Speaking of Wishes
  • My review: here
  • Ashley discovers a jar full of wishes that allow her to experience another life. 

 

Waiting for Unicorns by Beth Hautala

  • Pub Date: 2015 
  • Grades 4-7 interest 
  • On my blog: Speaking of Wishes
  • While grieving her mother, Tali keeps a jar of wishes under her bed. The only magic in this book is the magic of stories to help us heal. 

 

Joplin Wishing by Diane Stanley

  • Pub Date: 2017
  • Grades 4-6 interest
  • Joplin discovers a broken platter in her grandfather's house, and it leads to family secrets, wishes granted, and dangerous villains. 

 

Granted by John David Anderson

  • Pub Date: 2018
  • Grades 4-6 interest
  • See also: Searching 
  • A fairy gets a chance to grant her first wish, but it's not as easy as she thought it would be. 

 

The Collectors by Jacqueline West

  • Pub Date: 2018
  • Grades 4-6 interest
  • Van meets a Collector and gets involved in the dangerous world of wishes. 

 

 

Magical Objects

 

Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan

  • Pub Date: 2015
  • I reviewed it here 
  • A magic harmonica connects the lives of three people. 

 

Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani

  • Pub Date: 2017
  • Grades 4 to 8 interest
  • Graphic novel 
  • See also: Mothers & Daughters 
  • A mysterious pashmina transports Priyanka to India, even though she has never been.

 

The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi

  • Pub Date: 2017
  • Grades 4-6 interest
  • See also: Siblings, Searching 
  • Farah and her friends are searching for Farah's little brother in a board game.

 

 

 

Magical Places

 

Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George

  • Pub Date: 2011
  • Grades 4-7 interest
  • See also: Unusual Princesses, Kids on their Own 
  • When their parents, the king and queen, are declared missing, then dead, Celie and her siblings must figure out how to save their kingdom on their own--with some help from the magic castle.

 

The Voyage to Magical North by Claire Fayers

  • Pub Date: 2016
  • Grades 4-6 interest
  • See also: Uncommon Names 
  • Brine Seaborne journeys to Magical North with a group of pirates.

 

Realistic/Fantasy Titles (fantastic elements set in the modern/real world)  

 

The Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans by Laurence Yep 

  • Pub Date: 2015
  • Grades 3-6 interest
  • See also: Unusual Narrators 
  • A dragon with a human for a pet narrates this story about magic set firmly in the present--with email and texting.

 

The Lost Girl by Anne Ursu

  • Pub Date: 2019
  • Grades 4-6 interest
  • See also: Books & Libraries, Siblings 
  • Iris and Lark, identical twins, are struggling in 5th grade, and Iris discovers a strange antique shop in their neighborhood.

 

 

Magical Creatures

 

Handbook for Dragon Slayers by Merrie Haskell

  • Pub Date: 2013
  • Grades 5-8 interest
  • Princess Tilda and her friends go in search of a dragon to slay, and they realize that dragons aren't what they thought.

 

Sweep by Jonathan Auxier

 

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