Middle Grade Carousel

About to Happen

"The hair on my head stands straight up. Something is about to happen--a magic kind of something that only happens in White Deer Woods." -This is Not a Werewolf Story by Sandra Evans

Not for Me

“Magic!” she muttered. “Learning the ingredients for potions by heart, magic spells, magic symbols; no, thanks, not for me.”

Igraine the Brave
Cornelia Funke

Book cover for Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke

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Kitchen Magicians

Rose knew that the rumors were true: The baked goods from Follow Your Bliss Bakery actually were magical. And her mother and father, despite living in a small town, owning a minivan, and sometimes wearing fanny packs, were kitchen magicians.

Bliss
Kathryn Littlewood

Bliss by Kathryn Littlewood

"Uni-sensory perception is sensing the universe. It's not exactly hearing or seeing or feeling, it's more like getting a sense of something, not in the regular way but in a magical way. It's like picking up on nonverbal cues." -The Incredible Magic of Being by Kathryn Erskine

I SPY … magicians!

Book covers featuring The Wrong Side of Magic by Janette Rallison; Ibby's Magic Weekend by Heather Dyer; Renegade Magic by Stephanie Burgis; The Magic Theif by Sarah Prineas; The Revenge of Magic by James Riley; and The Maloneys' Magical Weatherbox by Nigel Quinlan.

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I SPY … magical places!

Book covers for Jinx's Magic by Sage Blackwood; The Magician's Key by Matthew Cody; Hook's Revenge by Heidi Schulz; The Curse of the Chocolate Phoenix by Kate Saunders; The Wishbreaker by Tyler Whitesides; The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan; Hyacinth and the Stone Thief by Jacob Sager Weinstein; and Saving Fable by Scott Reintgen

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Hearing Voices

"Charlie was very bewildered. In the morning he had been an ordinary boy. He hadn't been touched by a magic wand or banged his head. He hadn't had an electric shock or fallen off a bus, or, as far as he knew, eaten a poisoned apple. And yet, here he was, hearing voices from a piece of photographic paper." -Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo

Everything Magic

“The two-story shop’s walls were covered floor to ceiling with bookshelves and autographed black-and-white photographs of famous magicians. Every surface was cluttered with magical items of every sort: crystal balls, decks of cards, top hats, wands, capes, and even a human skull.”

The Magic Misfits
Neil Patrick Harris

The Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris