If you like Harry Potter, then why not try...?

Like the Harry Potter books, all the books in this list are very funny, as well as having a good magical plot to keep you gripped.

• Diana Wynne Jones has written lots and lots of books, set in a lot of different worlds. The Chestomanci series is a good place to start. Try Charmed Life first, or maybe Witch Week.
• Artemis Fowl, by Eoin Colfer. This is a new series, and they're already talking about filming it. Artemis Fowl is a 12 year old criminal mastermind, who's taking on a gang of fairies who are armed and dangerous.
• Pure Dead Magic, by Debi Gliori
• The Secret of Platform 13 by Eve Ibbotson
• Under the Cat's Eye by Gillian Rubenstein This is about a school that is very much more than it seems…
• The Boggart by Susan Cooper A mischievous Scottish sprite stows away in a computer, and causes chaos. There is also The Boggart and the Monster, where the boggart meets the Loch Ness monster
• Terry Pratchett
• Bartlett series by Odo Hirsch. Don't be put off by the dull covers, since, inside, these stories are great fun.
• The Demon Headmaster series by Gillian Cross.
• The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O'Shea

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