It’s officially the first day of summer. Happy Summer Solstice!
That means that all your local libraries are in full swing for their Summer Reading Challenges. These are great program where libraries have incentives for your kids if they accomplish a certain amount of reading. What’s not to love?
So here comes the next challenge… what to read next?!
A go to favorite for many is, of course, the Harry Potter series. But what happens if you’ve finished it? Don’t let that familiar feeling of panic and dread wash over you when looking for a new series. You can’t stay in Hogwarts but that doesn’t mean you have to face the humdrum of the muggle world.
We’ve compiled a list of books for you to try if you like Harry Potter…
The School for Good and Evil Series Soman Chainani
Ages 9+
Journey into a dazzling new world when two best friends enter the School for Good and Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy-tale heroes and villains. One will train for Good, one will become Evil’s new hope. Each thinks they know where they belong.
Artemis Fowl Series
Eoin Colfer
Ages 10+
Twelve-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has discovered a world below ground of armed and dangerous--and extremely high-tech--fairies
The Underland Chronicles Series Suzanne Collins
Ages 8+
When Gregor follows his little sister through a grate in the laundry room of their New York apartment building, he hurtles into the dark Underland beneath the city. There, a conflict is brewing between the humans and the giant creatures that live below.
Ranger’s Apprentice Series
John Flanagan
Ages 10+
They have always scared him in the past—the Rangers, with their dark cloaks and shadowy ways. The villagers believe the Rangers practice magic that makes them invisible to ordinary people. And now 15-year-old Will, always small for his age, has been chosen as a Ranger's apprentice.
Inkheart Trilogy
Cornelia Funke
Ages 8+
One cruel night, Meggie's father reads aloud from a book called INKHEART-- and an evil ruler escapes the boundaries of fiction and lands in their living room.
Redwall Series
Brian Jacques
Ages 10+
As the inhabitants of Redwall Abbey bask in the glorious summer of the Late Rose, all is quiet and peaceful. But things are not as they seem. Cluny the Scourge--the evil one-eyed rat warlord, is ell-bent on destroying the tranquility as he prepares to fight a bloody battle for the ownership of Redwall.
Pennyroyal Academy Trilogy
M.A. Larson
Ages 10+
A girl from the forest arrives in a bustling kingdom with no name and no idea why she is there, only to find herself at the center of a world at war.
Keeper of the Lost Cities Series Shannon Messenger
Ages 9+
A telepathic girl must figure out why she is the key to her brand-new world—before the wrong person finds the answer first.
Five Kingdoms Series
Brandon Mull
Ages 9+
Cole Randolph was just trying to have a fun time with his friends on Halloween (and maybe get to know Jenna Hunt a little better). But when a spooky haunted house turns out to be a portal to something much creepier, Cole finds himself on an adventure on a whole different level.
Ascendance Trilogy
Jennifer A. Nielsen
Ages 10+
In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of the court, devises a cunning plan to find an impersonator of the king's long-lost son and install him as a puppet prince.
His Dark Materials Series
Philip Pullman
Ages 10+
These thrilling adventures tell the story of Lyra and Will—two ordinary children on a perilous journey through shimmering haunted other worlds.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Series by Ransom Riggs
Ages 13+
A horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob Portman journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan
Ages 10+
Always trouble-prone, the life of teenager Percy Jackson gets a lot more complicated when he learns he's the son of the Greek god Poseidon.
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