And before they can finish training, Zed, Brock, and others are sent outside the city on a fact-finding mission that uncovers treachery, fiendish beasts, and Zed’s untapped magic. Zed and Brock don’t want to be chosen for the Adventurers Guild because the adventurers must leave the walled city to fight the monsters who live outside it. Unfortunately, Zed and Brock are picked as Adventurers. The Adventurers Guild by Zach Loran Clark and Nick Eliopulos There, she discovers she’s a magician with outlawed dark magic but she’s determined to stay in the school and find her brother. He sends her a message that she’s a magician and should attend a special school. Alstonįantastic fantasy world-building, excellent writing, a strong female heroine of color, and a surprise plot twist ending are just a few reasons you’ll love this book. On top of that, you’ll find an exciting action-packed, suspenseful story about Amari whose brother vanishes mysteriously.

I love this uniquely imagined fantasy world about friendship, differences, betrayal, and family.Īmari and the Night Brothers by B.B. In hopes to find a safe place and maybe the Dairne’s mythical homeland, Byx sets off on what becomes a dangerous, exciting adventure filled with new friends like Tobble who is a wobbyk. The conquering human ruler, Murdano, hunts and kills all the large, dog-like Dairne.

The Endling: The Last by Katherine Applegate So get ready to have more books to read after the first books. Note: All the middle grade books listed are also in series. In the Lost Cities book, Sophie learns she’s a telepath and an elf from another world! Soon, she’ll start to piece together her lost memories and her family history and start learning to control her abilities.īut if your children are looking for their next favorite book after finishing Keeper of the Lost Cities, here are more adventurous fantasy books with magical creatures, fantastical worlds, and appealing themes. Keeper of the Lost Cities is about a girl named Sophie who never fits in. Kids (and adults) love this addictive, adventurous fantasy series and it’s a New York Times bestselling series! What is the order of the Keeper of the Lost Cities books?īook 9 – Stellarlune (book 9 releases October 2023) It’s set in both the human world and in a fantasy world and appeals to readers with themes of friendship, family, secret societies, magical schools, a bit of romance, and villains. One of the best fantasy series for middle grade readers, Keeper of the Lost Cities is a 9-book series full of magical beings, such as elves and goblins who have magical powers.

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