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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