15 Top middle grade books like Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home by A.R. Capetta

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Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

By: A.R. Capetta

3.90

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author A. R. Capetta comes a new first-chapter-book series delivering plenty of …

If you liked the middle grade plot in Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home by A.R. Capetta , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Lightfall: The Dark Times (Lightfall, #3)

By: Tim Probert

4.38

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The Lights have gone dark in Irpa. Danger lurks as the air grows colder and threats lie in the s… read more

Similar categories in Tim Probert's Lightfall: The Dark Times (Lightfall, #3) book and A.R. Capetta's Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
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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 A.R. Capetta's Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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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 A.R. Capetta's Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

  • animals
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
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4. Homebody

By: Theo Parish

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more

Similar categories in Theo Parish's Homebody book and A.R. Capetta's Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

  • lgbt
"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

Cover of Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol

5. Plain Jane and the Mermaid

By: Vera Brosgol

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From Eisner Award winner Vera Brosgol comes an instant classic about courage, confidence, and inner… read more

Similar categories in Vera Brosgol's Plain Jane and the Mermaid book and A.R. Capetta's Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
Cover of Have You Seen This Girl by Nita Tyndall

6. Have You Seen This Girl

By: Nita Tyndall

3.64

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Courtney Summers and Tess Sharpe will devour this standalone YA thriller following a nonbin… read more

Similar categories in Nita Tyndall's Have You Seen This Girl book and A.R. Capetta's Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

  • lgbt
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7. The Grace of Wild Things

By: Heather Fawcett

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An inventive and fantastical reimagining of Anne of Green Gables—with magic and witches!—that explo… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things book and A.R. Capetta's Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • magic
"And though she'd always liked reading about faraway places, wasn't it also nice, she asked, to have somebody make you see all the beautiful things right under your nose?"

-Heather Fawcett, The Grace of Wild Things

"Eavesdropping is not a virtue in a young lady," Mrs Crumley said. "Is it a virtue in an old lady?" Grace demanded, her temper flaring. "You seem to learn half your gossip that way."

-Heather Fawcett, The Grace of Wild Things

"The world was a different place once. People didn’t own forests when I was a girl. Forests simply were. We witches could drift from place to place, from wood to wood, weaving cottages from magic and …"

-Heather Fawcett, The Grace of Wild Things

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8. Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten

By: Michelle Knudsen

4.43

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times best-selling creators of Library Lion comes a warm (and delightfully fuzzy)… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Knudsen's Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten book and A.R. Capetta's Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

  • animals
  • childrens
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9. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and A.R. Capetta's Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

  • middle grade
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

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10. The Deep Dark

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

4.42

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, l… read more

Similar categories in Molly Knox Ostertag's The Deep Dark book and A.R. Capetta's Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

  • fantasy
  • lgbt
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11. Anzu and the Realm of Darkness: A Graphic Novel

By: Mai K. Nguyen

4.27

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

5 Worlds meets Spirited Away in this tale of a girl fighting her way back home after getting trappe… read more

Similar categories in Mai K. Nguyen's Anzu and the Realm of Darkness: A Graphic Novel book and A.R. Capetta's Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • magic
Cover of Home Away From Home by Cynthia Lord

12. Home Away From Home

By: Cynthia Lord

3.98

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From Newbery Honor Winner Cynthia Lord, a brilliant story about how to find home when everything ar… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Lord's Home Away From Home book and A.R. Capetta's Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

  • animals
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The New Girl (The New Girl #1) by Cassandra Calin

13. The New Girl (The New Girl #1)

By: Cassandra Calin

4.33

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Instagram sensation and Tapas webcomic superstar Cassandra Calin makes her long-form debut with thi… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Calin's The New Girl (The New Girl #1) book and A.R. Capetta's Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home by A.R. Capetta

14. Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

By: A.R. Capetta

3.90

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author A. R. Capetta comes a new first-chapter-book series delivering plenty of … read more

Similar categories in A.R. Capetta's Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home book and A.R. Capetta's Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • magic
  • dogs
  • fantasy
Cover of The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines by Mo Netz

15. The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines

By: Mo Netz

3.93

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In this debut spooky adventure, Jerry and her trusty wheelchair move into a creepy motel at the edg… read more

Similar categories in Mo Netz's The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines book and A.R. Capetta's Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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16. Summer Vamp

By: Violet Chan Karim

4.21

Format: 235 pages, None

What happens when a very human kid ends up at the wrong summer camp—FOR VAMPIRES?! This quirky and … read more

Similar categories in Violet Chan Karim's Summer Vamp book and A.R. Capetta's Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
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17. The Ghostkeeper

By: Johanna Taylor

4.37

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Perfect for fans of everything from Lockwood & Co to The Haunting of Hill House, this gothic graphi… read more

Similar categories in Johanna Taylor's The Ghostkeeper book and A.R. Capetta's Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
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18. The Maid and the Crocodile

By: Jordan Ifueko

4.51

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The smallest spark can bind two hearts . . . or start a revolution. In the magic-soaked capital … read more

Similar categories in Jordan Ifueko's The Maid and the Crocodile book and A.R. Capetta's Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

  • magic
  • fantasy
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19. Gamerville

By: Johnnie Christmas

3.70

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A video gamer’s championship aspirations are dashed when his parents send him to Camp Refresh, wher… read more

Similar categories in Johnnie Christmas's Gamerville book and A.R. Capetta's Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Great Gusts: Winds of the World and the Science Behind Them by Melanie  Crowder

20. Great Gusts: Winds of the World and the Science Behind Them

By: Melanie Crowder

4.06

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

From Antarctica’s biting katabatic gusts to Hawai‘i’s sweet-smelling moani, discover fourteen winds… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Crowder's Great Gusts: Winds of the World and the Science Behind Them book and A.R. Capetta's Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

Cover of Puggleton Park (Puggleton Park, #1) by Deanna Kizis

21. Puggleton Park (Puggleton Park, #1)

By: Deanna Kizis

4.23

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet Penelope the pug in the first book of this delightful series set in Regency-era London!Penelop… read more

Similar categories in Deanna Kizis's Puggleton Park (Puggleton Park, #1) book and A.R. Capetta's Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

  • middle grade
  • animals
  • dogs

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