Books like Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
12 books with a reading profile close to Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
Kamala Khan is a Pakistani-American teenager living in Jersey City who struggles to balance her conservative immigrant upbringing with her desire to fit in at high school.
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Fortunately, the Milk
by Neil Gaiman
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
When a father heads to the corner shop to buy milk for his children’s cereal, he returns late with a fantastic explanation for his delay.
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Odd and the Frost Giants
by Neil Gaiman
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
Odd, a young boy in a Viking village, suffers from a crippled leg and a streak of bad luck following his father’s death.
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A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
Fourteen-year-old Mona possesses a niche magical talent: she can manipulate dough and animate baked goods.
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The Titan's Curse
by Rick Riordan
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
In the third installment of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, Percy Jackson journeys to Westover Hall to recruit two new half-bloods, Bianca and Nico di Angelo.
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The Sea of Monsters
by Rick Riordan
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
Percy Jackson discovers that the magical pine tree protecting Camp Half-Blood has been poisoned, leaving the sanctuary vulnerable to monster attacks.
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Hogwarts Library
by J. K. Rowling, Olivia Lomenech Gill
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
The Hogwarts Library is a three-volume collection containing Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Quidditch Through the Ages, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
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Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
At Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqulth Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types, five cabin mates—Jo, April, Molly, Mal, and Ripley—encounter supernatural anomalies deep in the woods.
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The Book of Doors
by Gareth Brown
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
Cassie Andrews is a New York City bookseller whose life changes when an elderly customer leaves behind a leather-bound volume titled The Book of Doors.
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Fairest
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
Aza lives in the kingdom of Ayortha, where citizens prize musical talent and physical beauty above all else.
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The Bane Chronicles
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
The Bane Chronicles is an anthology of eleven interconnected short stories following Magnus Bane, the High Warlock of Brooklyn, over several centuries of history.
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Ghosts of the Shadow Market
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
This collection of short stories sits in the Shadowhunters world and centers on the Shadow Market, the nighttime bazaar where warlocks, vampires, fey and werewolves trade goods and secrets away from the Nephilim.
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