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If You Love Harry Potter . . .
Try these Magical Adventures

• So You Want to Be a Wizard by Diane Duane
  Thirteen year old Nita, tormented by a gang of bullies because she won't fight back, finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry which guides her into another dimension.
• The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson
  Every nine years, a door opens from an unused London railway platform into a magical land filled with strange and wonderful beings. The infant Prince of this land has been kidnapped and trapped in our world; now, after nine years, a rescue team of wizard, fairy, ogre, and hag assembles to bring him home.
• The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Jones
  Young Christopher Chant, in training to become the next Chrestomanci or head controller of magic in the world, becomes a key figure in a battle with renegade sorcerers because he has nine lives.
• Sandry's Book by Tamora Pierce
  Four young misfits find themselves living in a strictly disciplined temple community where they become friends while also learning to do crafts and to use their powers, especially magic.
  (First in the "Circle of Magic" series)

AND MORE TO TRY . . .