If you enjoy the „Kids with special powers“ trope, i would definitely recommend the Charlie Bone series (I always liked it because it had gifted + non-gifted kids working together) or The Ability (kids training super powers and helping stop crimes and stuff like that)
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Something a little different is the arc of the scythe but Neal Shusterman, while it is more YA it is perhaps my favourite book series
arector502 on
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ranson Riggs. There are six books in this series and I ended up really enjoying them.
I also read The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer. A sci-fi/fantasy retelling of fairy tales. The first book is Cinder.
From what you described, I feel there’s a good chance you’ll like these.
Unusual-Historian360 on
The Lockwood and Co series is excellent. Some of the highest quality middle-grade books I’ve come across. Very well written with excellent characters and a lot of atmosphere.
TheBookShopOfBF on
Chris Colfer’s “Land of Stories” series should really do the trick for you. Maybe a LITTLE younger targeted than those books, but very charming and with some nice little subversive touches to keep adults interested from time to time.
boredaroni on
Nancy Farmer
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By the Great Horn Spoon, Chronicles of Prydain, Enchantress from the Stars, Red Moon and Black Mountain, Good Night Mr Tom and Back Home by Michelle Magorian,
YeeYeeHaw34 on
Small Spaces quartet
u-lala-lation on
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor might interest you
avatarherome on
My niece loves “The Trials of Morrigan Crow” (start of a series), “The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making” and “Agent Darcy and Ninja Steve.”
Horror-Perception936 on
It’s been years (omg not since grad school…), but I thought the Gregor the Overlander series by Suzanne Collins was a ton of fun. I thought the Aru Shah books by Roshani Chokshi were great (they are part of Rick Riordan Presents publishing imprint, and since you already like Percy Jackson you might’ve already read them)
Imaginary-Theory-552 on
The Ranger’s Apprentice is good, so is Skulduggery Pleasant.
Vanilla_Tuesday on
The Call by Peadar O Guilin about kids that must fight the fairy folk in another dimension and can be pulled in at anytime after puberty.
LittleHobbitGal on
Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston. I read it and loved it, plus of the youth librarians I work with recommended it for people who like Harry Potter.
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If you enjoy the „Kids with special powers“ trope, i would definitely recommend the Charlie Bone series (I always liked it because it had gifted + non-gifted kids working together) or The Ability (kids training super powers and helping stop crimes and stuff like that)
Something a little different is the arc of the scythe but Neal Shusterman, while it is more YA it is perhaps my favourite book series
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ranson Riggs. There are six books in this series and I ended up really enjoying them.
I also read The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer. A sci-fi/fantasy retelling of fairy tales. The first book is Cinder.
From what you described, I feel there’s a good chance you’ll like these.
The Lockwood and Co series is excellent. Some of the highest quality middle-grade books I’ve come across. Very well written with excellent characters and a lot of atmosphere.
Chris Colfer’s “Land of Stories” series should really do the trick for you. Maybe a LITTLE younger targeted than those books, but very charming and with some nice little subversive touches to keep adults interested from time to time.
Nancy Farmer
By the Great Horn Spoon, Chronicles of Prydain, Enchantress from the Stars, Red Moon and Black Mountain, Good Night Mr Tom and Back Home by Michelle Magorian,
Small Spaces quartet
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor might interest you
My niece loves “The Trials of Morrigan Crow” (start of a series), “The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making” and “Agent Darcy and Ninja Steve.”
It’s been years (omg not since grad school…), but I thought the Gregor the Overlander series by Suzanne Collins was a ton of fun. I thought the Aru Shah books by Roshani Chokshi were great (they are part of Rick Riordan Presents publishing imprint, and since you already like Percy Jackson you might’ve already read them)
The Ranger’s Apprentice is good, so is Skulduggery Pleasant.
The Call by Peadar O Guilin about kids that must fight the fairy folk in another dimension and can be pulled in at anytime after puberty.
Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston. I read it and loved it, plus of the youth librarians I work with recommended it for people who like Harry Potter.