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10 best books like The Lightning Catcher (Anne Cameron): The Key and the Flame, Freaks, The Path of Names, The Fellowship for Alien Detection, School of Charm, The School for the Insanely Gifted, City of Fire, The Traveling Restaurant: Jasper's Voyage in Three Parts, Les sortceliers, The Ogre of Oglefort

The Key and the Flame
AuthorClaire M. Caterer
ISBN1442457414
Eleven-year-old Holly Shepard wants nothing more than to seek adventure outside of her humdrum American life. She gets her chance at last when her family travels to England and Holly receives an unusual gift: an iron key that unlocks a passage to the dangerous kingdom of Anglielle, where magic is outlawed...
Freaks
AuthorKieran Larwood
ISBN1906427933
The Freaks are a band of misfits, trapped in a nightly Victorian sideshow. There’s Wolf-girl, Sheba, with her amazing sense of smell; Sister Moon, who can move at the speed of light; and Monkey Boy, ace climber and human stink bomb. But during the day, the Freaks decide to put their extraordinary talents...
The Path of Names
AuthorAri B. Goelman
ISBN0545474302
Mysteries, mazes, and magic combine in this smart, funny summer-camp fantasy -- like THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY for kids!

Dahlia Sherman loves magic, and Math Club, and Guitar Hero. She isn't so fond of nature walks, and Hebrew campfire songs, and mean girls her own age.

All...
The Fellowship for Alien Detection
AuthorKevin Emerson
Two kids from opposite sides of the country find themselves on a road trip to save the world from an impending alien attack - and bolster their middle-school transcripts in the process.

First came the missing people, missing time events, and untraceable radio signals. Then came Juliette,...
School of Charm
AuthorLisa Ann Scott
Who’s got time for hair curlers and high heels when you’re busy keeping baby turtles alive?

Chip has always been a tree-climbin’, fish-catchin’ daddy’s girl. When Daddy dies, Mama moves her and her sisters south to Grandma’s house and Chip struggles to find her place in a family...
The School for the Insanely Gifted
AuthorDan Elish
ISBN0061138738
Daphna Whispers is insanely gifted.

At age two and a half, she composed her first sonata.

At age eight, she completed an opera.

And now, at eleven and three-quarters, she is orchestrating a piano rhapsody.

With a résumé like that, it's no wonder she is a student...
City of Fire
AuthorLaurence Yep
ISBN0765319241
Two-time Newbery Honor Award-winning author Laurence Yep kicks off an action-packed new fantasy trilogy

Sure to appeal to fans of Rick Riordan and Eoin Colfer, this action-packed tale takes readers on an unforgettable journey through an alternate version of our world in 1941—a world...
The Traveling Restaurant: Jasper's Voyage in Three Parts
AuthorBarbara Else
ISBN1877579033
Jasper is just an ordinary boy who lives in a place where the monarch is oh so adorable! Or that's what everyone says in fear so they don't get taken away. He doesn't understand how people do that. He also doesn't understand why his mother keeps on telling everyone that he is ten instead of twelve. And then...
Les sortceliers
AuthorSophie Audouin-Mamikonian
ISBN2020602164
Magister, le Maître des Sangraves, a décidé de s'emparer coûte que coûte de Tara'tylanhnem Duncan, dite Tara. Afin d'échapper au maléfique "Homme au Masque", la jeune fille doit s'enfuir sur AutreMonde en compagnie de Manitou, son arrière-grand-père transformé en labrador par un sort...
The Ogre of Oglefort
AuthorEva Ibbotson
ISBN0230746470
So, it seems that my first Eva Ibbotson is her last, which is very sad, because this book was great.

I loved the characters, and the story, and the randomness, and the fact that it's a children's book in which a little boy in it actually contemplated (and thankfully rejected!) murder. When do you...
Goblins
AuthorPhilip Reeve
ISBN1407115278
It EXISTS. I found it! Six months searching, and I finally found the perfect fantasy children's book.

To begin with, the book is such a lovely shade of green. Even the edges of the pages are green. Scoff all you want, it's a delightful detail.

And then there's the story itself. Scarper...
Starbounders
AuthorAdam Jay Epstein
ISBN0062120220
Zachary Night has been waiting his whole life for this moment. Like his family before him, he's finally headed to Indigo 8, a top secret training center where future Starbounders learn the skills to protect the galaxy. But being a Starbounder is no walk on the moon. No sooner has Zachary mastered the warp...
The Laura Line
AuthorCrystal Allen
ISBN0062208446
A touching and funny story of one girl’s journey to discover where she came from and the unlimited possibilities of who she can become, from Crystal Allen, the acclaimed author of How Lamar’s Bad Prank Won a Bubba-Sized Trophy and The Magnificent Mya Tibbs: Spirit Week Showdown.

Laura...
Anna Was Here
AuthorJane Kurtz
ISBN0060564938
Ten-year-old Anna Nickel is moving from Colorado to Kansas, and she is not happy about leaving her friends behind! This is a moving, often humorous coming-of-age story about family, faith, God's love, and the meaning of home, perfect for fans of Katherine Paterson and The Penderwicks.

Ten-year-old...
The Shadowhand Covenant
AuthorBrian Farrey
ISBN0062049313
Trouble is brewing in the Five Provinces. Mysterious magical artifacts have gone missing from the royal vaults. Master thieves from a secret society known as the Shadowhands are disappearing. And without explanation, the High Laird has begun imprisoning the peaceful Sarosan people. Jaxter Grimjinx...
Ghoulish Song
AuthorWilliam Alexander
ISBN1442427299
Un libro lleno de misterio, fantasía y magia.
“La prosa elegante de Alexander teje una atractiva fantasía que nos habla sobre el poder de la música.”
Publishers Weekly
Este libro nos conduce de regreso a Zombay, el país imaginario creado por el escritor William Alexander en El...
Zombie Kid
AuthorJ. Scott Savage
You hold in your hands a very dangerous record.

I have collected every side of the story and every piece of evidence on case number 13. Now, in this file, you will find all you need to follow the dark adventures of Nick, Carter, and Angelo, three boys who possess an unhealthy obsession with monsters,...
Confessions of a So-Called Middle Child
AuthorMaria T. Lennon
ISBN0062126903
It's Mean Girls for tweens in the tradition of Paula Danziger's Cat That Ate My Gymsuit and Judy Blume! Watch out, world: here comes Charlie C. Cooper-computer whiz, reformed bully, and so-called middle child-in this seriously funny debut tween novel from screenwriter Maria T. Lennon.

Confessions...
Through the Skylight
AuthorIan Baucom
ISBN1416917772
Two tantalizing tales, magically intertwined, cross cultures and span centuries as three kids set out to save the lives of three others—who just happen to live in the Middle Ages!

A stone lion roars....
A sleek black cat speaks....
A faun leaps from the canvas of a painting....

When...
The Time Fetch
AuthorAmy Herrick
ISBN1616202203
Edward picks up what he thinks is a rock. He doesn’t know it is a sleeping Time Fetch—and touching it will release its foragers too soon and alter the entire fabric of time and space. Soon the bell rings to end class just as it has begun. Buses race down streets, too far behind schedule to stop for passengers....
The Awesome Almost 100% True Adventures of Matt & Craz
AuthorAlan Silberberg
A magical pen causes creative chaos in this quirky, comic-style story from the author of Milo.

Best friends Matt and Larry “Craz” Crazinski couldn’t be more different. Matt loves order, while Craz lives on the edge. The boys share a passion for cartooning, but thanks to the school paper...
The Forging of the Blade
AuthorR.L. LaFevers
ISBN0142405574
SUMMARY: Lowthar's Blade Trilogy, Book 1: The Forging of the Blade by R.L. LaFevers (2004) -- These are dangerous times in the land of Lowthar. Fierce Mawr hounds prowl the dark roads, and grymclaws patrol the skies. There is talk of an evil power rising in the east. Suddenly Kenric's father, the village...
The Dragon of Cripple Creek
AuthorTroy Howell
ISBN0810997134
When Kat and her father and brother visit the Mollie Kathleen, an old gold mine now open for tours by the busload, Kat gets lost from the group and falls down a shaft, where she discovers an awe-inspiring world of fantasy come to life. She meets an ancient dragon—the last of his kind—and discovers a...
The Order of the Unicorn
AuthorSuzanne Selfors
ISBN0316364061
At Dr. Woo's Worm Hospital, Pearl and Ben are greeted with some bad news. A human has been spotted in the Imaginary World! Dr. Woo suspects it might be Maximus Steele -- a poacher with his sights set on prized animal horns. What creature will he attack next? Will it be a unicorn?

Together, Pearl,...
The Midnight Gate
AuthorHelen Stringer
ISBN0312387644
It's been two months since Belladonna Johnson discovered she was the Spellbinder, and she's full of questions about her powers. When a ghost finds Belladonna and her classmate, Steve, and gives them a mysterious map, the friends don't know if they should be looking for or hiding from the one person who...
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