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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo · 270 pages
The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
The Enchanted Forest Chronicles [Boxed Set] (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1-4)
Patricia C. Wrede · 668 pages
The Two Princesses of Bamarre
Gail Carson Levine · 248 pages
A kingdom beset by monsters, a disease that weakens and destroys, an epic poem and a hero of long ago, a story of danger and desperation. The Two Princesses of Bamarre couldn't be more different. Princess Addie is fearful and shy. Her deepest wish is for safety. Princess Meryl is bold and brave. Her deepest wish is to save the kingdom of Bamarre. They are sisters, and they mean the world to each o
Iron Hearted Violet
Kelly Barnhill · 448 pages
"Princess Violet is the complete opposite of most fairy-tale princesses -- plain, adventurous, and quite possibly too clever for her own good. One day, while exploring her castle, Violet and her best friend, Demetrius, stumble upon a hidden passage, which leads to a secret room, which houses a peculiar book, which tells a story that has long been forbidden. A story about an evil being trapped in t
The Princess and the Goblin
George MacDonald · 164 pages
There was once a little princess whose father was king over a great country full of mountains and valleys. His palace was built upon one of the mountains, and was very grand and beautiful. The princess, whose name was Irene, was born there, but she was sent soon after her birth, because her mother was not very strong, to be brought up by country people in a large house, half castle, half farmhouse
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling · 312 pages
Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'. Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisl
Conrad's Fate
Diana Wynne Jones · 375 pages
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.
Prince Caspian
C.S. Lewis · 209 pages
In his effort to bring peace to troubled Narnia, Prince Caspian blows his magic horn to summon Peter, Susan, Lucy, and Edmond to help him with this difficult task.
The Boggart
Susan Cooper · 196 pages
After visiting the castle in Scotland which her family has inherited and returning home to Canada, twelve-year-old Emily finds that she has accidentally brought back with her a boggart, an invisible and mischievous spirit with a fondness for practical jokes.
The Wishing Spell
Chris Colfer · 448 pages
Frustrated by all the happy goofy representations of fairy tales? (Note: Chris began the concept for this book in his late high school years, which were much earlier than the copyright date of 2012.) Well, so was Chris. So, he decided to mix them up a little. This book has several of the standard fairy tale characters, such as Red Riding Hood, the witch who liked to eat children (Hansel & Gretel),
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
J. K. Rowling · 332 pages
When a letter arrives for unhappy but ordinary Harry Potter, a decade-old secret is revealed to him that apparently he's the last to know. His parents were wizards, killed by a Dark Lord's curse when Harry was just a baby, and which he somehow survived. Escaping his hideous Muggle guardians for Hogwarts, a wizarding school brimming with ghosts and enchantments, Harry stumbles upon a sinister adven
The Beasts of Clawstone Castle
Eva Ibbotson · 231 pages
Can two children foil an outrageous criminal plot with the help of some of the funniest and maddest ghosts ever invented? Clawstone Castle is ancient and famous, but its elderly owners have no money. In its great park live a legendary herd of wild white cattle that have roamed there since the days of the Druids, and now their future is threatened. Rollo and Madlyn come to stay with their uncle and
Mistress Masham's Repose
T.H. White · 253 pages
Ten-year-old Maria, an orphaned heiress living with her unpleasant guardians on a crumbling English estate called Malplaquet, finds her life changing in unimagined ways when she explores an overgrown island on the estate's lake and discovers the descendants of Gulliver's Lilliputians.
The Castle Corona
Sharon Creech · 336 pages
Long ago and far away . . .There was a castle. But not just any castle. This was a castle that glittered and sparkled and rose majestically above the banks of the winding Winono River: the Castle Corona.And in this castle lived a family. But not just any family. This was the family of King Guido: rich and royal and . . . spoiled. And King Guido was so spoiled that neither jewels nor gold nor splen
Ozma of Oz
L. Frank Baum · 118 pages
When a storm blows Dorothy to the land of Ev where lunches grow on trees, she meets the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and Princess Ozma, and together they set out to free the Queen of Ev and her ten children.
The Chronicles of Narnia Vol I: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
C.S.Lewis · 154 pages
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe tells the story of four adventurous children: Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie, who have been evacuated to the English countryside in 1940 following the outbreak of World War II. They discover a wardrobe in Professor Digory Kirke's house that leads to the magical land of Narnia. Narnia is a charming, once peaceful land inhabited by talking beasts, dwarfs
Wyrd Sisters
Terry Pratchett · 304 pages
The Ramtops are suffering from a situation strangely reminiscent of Shakespeare's "Scottish play." Can Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and young witch Magrat set the kingdom to rights before the usurper banishes all witches?
Shadow Magic
Joshua Khan · 352 pages
"Thorn, a boy sold into slavery who must serve the royalty of Castle Gloom for a year and a day to earn his freedom, and Lilith Shadow, the 13-year-old ruler of Gehenna, who is forbidden to practice the magic that is her heritage, join forces to solve the murders taking place in Gehenna"--
The Enchanted Castle
E. Nesbit · 186 pages
E. Nesbit's classic story of how Gerald, Cathy and Jimmy find an enchanted garden and awake a princess from a hundred-year sleep, only to have her immediately made invisible by a magic ring. Her rescue is difficult, funny and sometimes frightening.
Carbonel, the Prince of Cats
Barbara Sleigh, V.H. Drummond · 240 pages
The Princess Bride
William Goldman · 399 pages
*The Princess Bride is a timeless tale that pits country against country, good against evil, love against hate. This incredible journey and artfully rendered love story is peppered with strange beasties monstrous and gentle, memorable surprises both terrible and sublime, and such unforgettable characters as...* **Westley**, the handsome farm boy who risks death (and much worse) for the woman he