12 Top fantasy books like The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One by Adam Rex

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The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

By: Adam Rex

4.10

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

Meet Gumluck the Wizard, the star of a new chapter book series by the inimitable Adam Rex! This is…

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One by Adam Rex , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. The Puppets of Spelhorst

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.19

Format: 149 pages, Hardcover

From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale—with enchanting illustrations b… read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's The Puppets of Spelhorst book and Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"The moon has no master," said the owl. "The moon is its own king." "Or queen," said the girl. The moon rose higher."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Puppets of Spelhorst

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2. Ferris

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Ferris book and Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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3. Orris and Timble: The Beginning

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.37

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

From beloved storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes the first book in a warm and funny early-reader trilo… read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Orris and Timble: The Beginning book and Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas  Day

4. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Day's The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity book and Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

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5. A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

By: Lisa Yee

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When a notorious thief is out for priceless treasure (gems! cats! general decorum!)—who're you gonn… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1) book and Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
"They all perished. tragic deaths. sad parents. lawsuits.' Monica's words were met with stunned silence. ignoring the horrified looks on the student's faces, she shouted, 'Joking! We discovered that t…"

-Lisa Yee, A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

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6. The Bees of Notre-Dame

By: Meghan P. Browne

4.01

Format: 41 pages, Kindle Edition

This lyrical, poignant nonfiction picture book tells the fascinating story of the honeybee colonies… read more

Similar categories in Meghan P. Browne's The Bees of Notre-Dame book and Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

  • animals
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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7. Things in the Basement

By: Ben Hatke

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Ben Hatke comes Things in the Basement, a young readers grap… read more

Similar categories in Ben Hatke's Things in the Basement book and Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Squire & Knight (Squire & Knight, #1) by Scott Chantler

8. Squire & Knight (Squire & Knight, #1)

By: Scott Chantler

4.02

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A young squire tackles mysteries, monsters and magic, but the inept knight he serves takes the cred… read more

Similar categories in Scott Chantler's Squire & Knight (Squire & Knight, #1) book and Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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9. Elf Dog and Owl Head

By: M.T. Anderson

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A Newbery Honor Book A magical adventure about a boy and his dog—or a dog and her boy—and a fore… read more

Similar categories in M.T. Anderson's Elf Dog and Owl Head book and Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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10. Eagle Drums

By: Nasugraq Rainey Hopson

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A magical realistic middle grade debut about the origin story of the Iñupiaq Messenger Feast, a Nat… read more

Similar categories in Nasugraq Rainey Hopson's Eagle Drums book and Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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11. The International House of Dereliction

By: Jacqueline Davies

4.04

Format: 227 pages, Hardcover

In this not-so-scary ghost story from Jacqueline Davies, bestselling author of the Lemonade War ser… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Davies's The International House of Dereliction book and Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) by Katherine Applegate

12. Dogtown (Dogtown, #1)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) book and Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of Montgomery and the Case of the Golden Key by Tracy Occomy Crowder

13. Montgomery and the Case of the Golden Key

By: Tracy Occomy Crowder

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

It's 2008, and ten-year-old Montgomery "Monty" Carver is out to find the origin of a golden key fou… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Occomy Crowder's Montgomery and the Case of the Golden Key book and Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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14. Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II

By: Adam Gidwitz

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Max Bretzfeld doesn’t want to move to London. Leaving home is hard and Max is alone for the firs… read more

Similar categories in Adam Gidwitz's Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II book and Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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15. The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow (Milkweed Meadow #1)

By: Elaine Dimopoulos

4.35

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This timeless early middle-grade adventure about friendship and community will charm animal-loving … read more

Similar categories in Elaine Dimopoulos's The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow (Milkweed Meadow #1) book and Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of The Lion of Lark-Hayes Manor by Aubrey Hartman

16. The Lion of Lark-Hayes Manor

By: Aubrey Hartman

4.37

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A charming middle-grade novel about old magic, new adventures, a winged lion learning to roar, and … read more

Similar categories in Aubrey Hartman's The Lion of Lark-Hayes Manor book and Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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17. Looking Up

By: Stephan Pastis

3.99

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Timmy Failure series comes a quirky and heartwarm… read more

Similar categories in Stephan Pastis's Looking Up book and Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One by Adam Rex

18. The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

By: Adam Rex

4.10

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

Meet Gumluck the Wizard, the star of a new chapter book series by the inimitable Adam Rex! This is… read more

Similar categories in Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One book and Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of Mr. Whiskers and the Shenanigan Sisters by Wendelin Van Draanen

19. Mr. Whiskers and the Shenanigan Sisters

By: Wendelin Van Draanen

3.92

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

Mr. Whiskers is a paw-some new dog detective from an Edgar Award winning author. He's on the trail … read more

Similar categories in Wendelin Van Draanen's Mr. Whiskers and the Shenanigan Sisters book and Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • juvenile
Cover of The Infinite Questions of Dottie Bing by Molly B. Burnham

20. The Infinite Questions of Dottie Bing

By: Molly B. Burnham

3.93

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

An enchanting middle grade about navigating the odd spaces between grieving and everyday living, an… read more

Similar categories in Molly B. Burnham's The Infinite Questions of Dottie Bing book and Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of My Not-So-Great French Escape by Cliff Burke

21. My Not-So-Great French Escape

By: Cliff Burke

4.16

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

When Rylan's best friend ditches him for the cool kids, Rylan thinks a summer spent working on a F… read more

Similar categories in Cliff Burke's My Not-So-Great French Escape book and Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile

16 Top fiction books like The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One by Adam Rex

Transform Your Habits

The Puppets of Spelhorst

Kate DiCamillo

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Orris and Timble: The Beginning

Kate DiCamillo

4.37

Transform Your Habits

A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

Lisa Yee

3.82

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Transform Your Habits

The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2)

Jeanne Birdsall

4.32

Transform Your Habits

The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

Nicholas Day

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Something Like Home

Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

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