Magic at eleven comes with rules, costs and consequences — enchanted worlds where power has a price and the wonder has shadows at its edges. Our shelf is curated for readers ready for the deeper end of the genre: intricate systems, morally complicated choices, and magic that means something. Each one hand-picked by Hannah, a former English teacher.
11 magic books for 11-year-olds
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Books like Skandar and the Unicorn Thief for 9 to 12 year olds. Creature bonds, secret academies and epic stakes, hand-picked from the library.
ActionSome kids love a hero who saves the day. I was a Matilda-OBSESSED as a kid. The one who loved watching a clever child run rings round the grown-ups while they didn’t even know what was happening. That’s the same itch Artemis Fowl scratches. Matilda runs rings round her parents and the Trunchbull. Artemis does […]
FantasyButterbeer. The Hogwarts Express. Quidditch. Hedwig. Privet Drive. Honestly, even just typing those words has set off a wave of childhood nostalgia. If you’re here looking for what to read after Harry Potter, you’re in good company. I’m of the age where we queued outside WHSmith for the next book. I’d dodge certain people at […]
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