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Characters that discover their own hidden identities... wizards, superheros, royalty, and more.
Updated September 19, 2022
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
J. K. Rowling
Paper Book
Harry Potter spent ten long years living with Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, an aunt and uncle whose outrageous favoritism of their perfectly awful son Dudley leads to some of the most inspired dark comedy since Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. But fortunately for Harry, he's about to be granted a...
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City of Bones
Cassandra Clare
Paper Book
Discover this first installment of the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and "prepare to be hooked" (Entertainment Weekly). When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder--much...
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The Magicians
Lev Grossman
Paper Book
Lev Grossman's new novel THE BRIGHT SWORD is out now! The New York Times bestselling novel about a young man practicing magic in the real world, now an original series on SYFY "The Magicians is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a glass of...
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The Princess Diaries
Meg Cabot
Paper Book
The one and only Mia Thermopolis is back and ready to reign! Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Meg Cabot's blockbuster series in royal style--with all-new middle grade editions of the first three books! Mia Thermopolis is pretty sure there's nothing worse than being a five-foot-nine, flat...
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The Iron King
Julie Kagawa
Paper Book
Enter a fantastical world of dangerous faeries, wicked princes and one half-human girl who discovers her entire life is a lie. Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared when she was six. Ten years later, when her little brother also goes...
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Stealing Snow
Danielle Paige
Paper Book
From Danielle Paige, the New York Times bestselling author of Dorothy Must Die, comes a re-imagining of "The Snow Queen" fairy tale. Seventeen-year-old Snow has spent the majority of her life within the walls of the Whittaker Institute, a high security mental...
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Tokyo Ever After
Emiko Jean
Paper Book
Emiko Jean's New York Times bestseller and Reese Book Club Pick Tokyo Ever After is the "refreshing, spot-on" (Booklist, starred review) story of an ordinary Japanese American girl who discovers that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan! Izumi Tanaka...
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Sisters of the Snake
Sasha Nanua
Paper Book
A lost princess. A mysterious puppet master. And a race against time--before all is lost. Princess Rani longs for a chance to escape her gilded cage and prove herself. Ria is a street urchin, stealing just to keep herself alive. When these two lives...
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Girl on Fire
Alicia Keys
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author and 15-time GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Alicia Keys comes a new authentic and poignant coming-of-age young adult graphic novel, about finding the strength within when your whole world changes in an instant. Lolo Wright always...
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