Kids Chapter Books - Fantasy

Updated March 17, 2026
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Kids Chapter Books - Fantasy

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A darkness of dragons
Patrick, Seth
Paper Book
In a world of dragons, song-spells, pipers and battles...Patch Brightwater is in disgrace. Thrown in jail for playing a forbidden spell, he is no one's idea of a hero. But then he discovers a deadly truth - the evil Piper of Hamelyn is on the loose. With the help of Wren, a girl cursed to live as a...
City of stolen magic
Pathak, Nazneen Ahmed
Paper Book
A spellbinding, epic and heart-racing magical adventure from an exquisite new storytelling talent. 'Ahmed Pathak is a wonderful new voice; the book took her years to write, and it shows in the depth and care of each beat of the story' - Katherine Rundell ...
A pinch of magic
Harrison, Michelle
Paper Book
Sisters, secrets and spellbinding adventure . . .  the perfect magical world!   The Widdershins sisters, Betty, Fliss and Charlie are trapped, prevented from leaving their home on Crowstone by an ancient family curse.  When they inherit three magical objects with...
The city of Ember
DuPrau, Jeanne
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Ember is the only light in a dark world. But when its lamps begin to flicker, two friends must race to escape the dark. This highly acclaimed adventure series is a modern-day classic--with over 4 MILLION copies sold! The city of Ember was built as a last...
A dash of trouble
Meriano, Anna
Paper Book
"A charming and delectably sweet debut. Mischief, friendship, and a whole lot of heart--Love Sugar Magic has it all." --Zoraida Córdova, award-winning author of the Brooklyn Brujas series Leonora Logroño's family owns the most beloved bakery in Rose Hill, Texas,...
Alcatraz vs. the evil librarians
Sanderson, Brandon
Paper Book
Experience the action-packed first book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson's laugh-out-loud middle-grade fantasy series like never before--Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians is now in paperback with all new covers! AN ANCIENT RIVALRY...
On the edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness
Peterson, Andrew
Paper Book
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND ECPA BESTSELLER * Once, in a cottage above the cliffs on the Dark Sea of Darkness, there lived three children and their trusty dog, Nugget. So begins the beloved Wingfeather Saga, with more than one million copies sold! NOW AN ANIMATED SERIES *...
Lei and the fire goddess
Maunakea, Malia
Paper Book
"Lei and the Fire Goddess blends preteen angst and beloved Hawaiian moʻolelo in a way that hasn't been done before." -Auliʻi Cravalho, actress and voice of Disney's Princess Moana Curses aren't real. At least, that's what twelve-year-old, part...
The not-so-chosen one
Auseon, Andrew
Paper Book
"Ben may only be pretending to be the 'Chosen One'-but I've definitely chosen this one as my favorite new fantasy series." -Max Brallier, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Last Kids on Earth series How far would you go to play the hero?One seventh grader gets...
Tilly and the bookwanderers
James, Anna
Paper Book
A magical adventure to delight the imagination. A curl-up-on-the-sofa snuggle of a debut from a uniquely talented author. Eleven year-old Tilly has lived above her grandparents' bookshop ever since her mother disappeared shortly after she was born. Like the rest of her family...
Keeper of the lost cities
Messenger, Shannon.
Paper Book
A New York Times bestselling series A USA TODAY bestselling series A California Young Reader Medal-winning series In this riveting series opener, a telepathic girl must figure out why she is the key to her brand-new world before the...
The Isle of the Lost
De la Cruz, Melissa
Paper Book
20 years ago, all the evil villains were banished from the kingdom of Auradon and made to live in virtual imprisonment on the Isle of the Lost. The island is surrounded by a magical force field that keeps the villains and their descendants safely locked up and away from the mainland. But hidden in...
The green ember
Smith, S. D.
Paper Book
Heather and Picket are extraordinary rabbits with ordinary lives until calamitous events overtake them, spilling them into a cauldron of misadventures. They discover that their own story is bound up in the tumult threatening to overwhelm the wider world. Kings fall and kingdoms totter. Tyrants...
Inkheart
Funke, Cornelia
Paper Book
Meggie loves books. So does her father, Mo, a bookbinder, although he has never read aloud to her since her mother mysteriously disappeared. They live quietly until the night a stranger knocks at their door. He has come with a warning that forces Mo to reveal an extraordinary secret-a storytelling...
A wrinkle in time
L'Engle, Madeleine
Paper Book
When Charles Wallace Murry goes searching through a 'wrinkle in time' for his lost father, he finds himself on an evil planet where all life is enslaved by a huge pulsating brain known as 'It'. How Charles, his sister Meg and friend Calvin find and free his father makes this a very special and...
Redwall
Jacques, Brian
Paper Book
One of TIME Magazine's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time The book that inspired a legend--the first novel in the beloved, bestselling Redwall saga. Welcome to Mossflower Wood, where the gentle mice have gathered to celebrate a year of peace and...
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