The Secret Box

10 best books like The Secret Box (Whitaker Ringwald): A Snicker of Magic, The Lost Planet, The Islands of Chaldea, Dory and the Real True Friend, Desmond Pucket Makes Monster Magic, Diary of a Mad Brownie, The Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic Beyond, The Boy Who Crashed to Earth, Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?, The Last Kids on Earth and the Zombie Parade

A Snicker of Magic

Author	Natalie Lloyd
ISBN	0545552702

Introducing an extraordinary new voice---a magical debut that will make your skin tingle, your eyes glisten . . .and your heart sing.

Midnight Gulch used to be a magical place, a town where people could sing up thunderstorms and dance up sunflowers. But that was long ago, before a curse drove...

The Lost Planet

Author	Rachel Searles
ISBN	1250038790

This is what the boy is told:

• He woke up on planet Trucon, inside a fence he shouldn't have been able to pass.
• He has an annirad blaster wound to the back of his head.
• He has no memory.
• He is now under the protection of a mysterious benefactor.
• His name is Chase Garrety.

This...

The Islands of Chaldea

Author	Diana Wynne Jones
ISBN	0007542232

Aileen was supposed to grow up magical – just like the other women in her family. Unfortunately, she’s just found out that the magic seems to have skipped a generation… but that’s not her biggest problem right now.

In her world, there are four Islands of Chaldea. The largest and most...

Dory and the Real True Friend

Author	Abby Hanlon
ISBN	0525428666

The star of Dory Fantasmagory is heading to school. Her older siblings, Luke and Violet, warn her to leave her imaginary friend, Mary, at home—or better yet, leave her whole imagination at home! Dory is determined to behave like a “regular old girl who never gets in trouble,” but on her very...

Desmond Pucket Makes Monster Magic

Author	Mark Tatulli
ISBN	1449435483

Someday Desmond will be famous for his special effects wizardry, but for now he's just trying to make it through sixth grade at Cloverfield Memorial Junior High, which means he needs to stay one step ahead of the school's disciplinary officer, Mr. Needles.

The only problem is Desmond just can't...

Diary of a Mad Brownie

Author	Bruce Coville
ISBN	0385392478

Told in diary entries and other “documents,” this magical, modern-day comedy by the master of funny fantasy, Bruce Coville is a story filled with laugh-out-loud humor and heart.
 
Angus is a brownie. No, not the kind you eat! He’s a tiny magical creature that loves to do chores. Angus...

The Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic Beyond

Author

Max Brallier

The newest installment in this New York Times bestselling series introduces new monsters, new bad guys, and tons of new laughs!

It's the first winter after the Monster Apocalypse. For Jack and his buddies, that means sled catapults, epic snowball battles, and one monstrous Christmas celebration....

The Boy Who Crashed to Earth

Author

Judd Winick

Dog Man meets Big Nate in HILO-the hilarious New York Times Bestselling GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES kids love! “A Total BLAST,” says the Miami Herald!

BOOM! CLANG! CRASH! D.J. and Gina are totally ordinary kids. But Hilo isn’t! Hilo just fell out of the sky and doesn’t know where he came from,...

Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?

Author

Max Brallier

Inside these pages lies unspeakable horror. Bloodsplattering, brain-impaling, flesh-devouring horror. You’ve probably read your fair share of zombie stories. But this time it’s different. No longer can you sit idle as a bunch of fools make all the wrong moves. All hell is about to break loose—and...

The Last Kids on Earth and the Zombie Parade

Author	Max Brallier
ISBN	0670016624

The zombies are disappearing. This might seem like a good thing, since zombies eat your brains, but normal human kid Jack Sullivan is suspicious. He keeps hearing an eerie shrieking noise that seems to be almost summoning the zombies—but to where, and for what (probably) foul purpose?

Jack,...