5 must-read magic books like Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1) by Samira Ahmed

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Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1)

By: Samira Ahmed

3.70

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

On the day of a rare super blue blood moon eclipse, twelve-year-old Amira and her little brother, H…

If you liked the magic plot in Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1) by Samira Ahmed , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat

1. The Last Mapmaker

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. As assistant to Mangkon’s most celeb… read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Last Mapmaker book and Samira Ahmed's Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I couldn't see it then, but I could see it now. I opened my eyes, releasing another stream of tears. I had been trying so hard to run from my past. But the past was like mottlefish ink. Even if it fa…"

-Christina Soontornvat, The Last Mapmaker

Cover of A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1) by Lisa Yee

2. 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 Samira Ahmed's Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"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)

Cover of The Manifestor Prophecy (Nic Blake and the Remarkables, #1) by Angie Thomas

3. The Manifestor Prophecy (Nic Blake and the Remarkables, #1)

By: Angie Thomas

4.19

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

Internationally bestselling superstar author Angie Thomas makes her middle grade debut with the lau… read more

Similar categories in Angie Thomas's The Manifestor Prophecy (Nic Blake and the Remarkables, #1) book and Samira Ahmed's Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Alebrijes by Donna Barba Higuera

4. Alebrijes

By: Donna Barba Higuera

3.96

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The next stunning novel from Donna Barba Higuera, author of Newbery and Pura Belpré Award-winning T… read more

Similar categories in Donna Barba Higuera's Alebrijes book and Samira Ahmed's Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Wishing Upon the Same Stars by Jacquetta Nammar Feldman

5. Wishing Upon the Same Stars

By: Jacquetta Nammar Feldman

4.25

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This coming-of-age middle grade debut novel follows an Arab American girl named Yasmeen as she move… read more

Similar categories in Jacquetta Nammar Feldman's Wishing Upon the Same Stars book and Samira Ahmed's Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. Moonflower

By: Kacen Callender

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

National Book Award winner Kacen Callender delivers a captivating novel about a child facing the ot… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"When you are ashamed, it isn't because of something you've done. It's because you are ashamed of your own life. Of your own existence. You want to apologize for living."

-Kacen Callender, Moonflower

"I wonder if it's possible. World peace. Adults like to roll their eyes at the thought. Why? If every human in the world finds peace inside themselves, wouldn't that solve all your world's problems? M…"

-Kacen Callender, Moonflower

Cover of Wingbearer (Wingbearer, #1) by Marjorie M. Liu

7. Wingbearer (Wingbearer, #1)

By: Marjorie M. Liu

4.21

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A young girl must stop a threat to her magical world in this epic graphic novel from New York Times… read more

Similar categories in Marjorie M. Liu's Wingbearer (Wingbearer, #1) book and Samira Ahmed's Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun (Onyeka, #1) by Tọlá Okogwu

8. Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun (Onyeka, #1)

By: Tọlá Okogwu

4.11

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Black Panther meets X-Men in this “fast-paced, action-packed, and empowering” (A. F. Steadman, New … read more

Similar categories in Tọlá Okogwu's Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun (Onyeka, #1) book and Samira Ahmed's Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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9. Three Strike Summer

By: Skyler Schrempp

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Four starred reviews! A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Selection A Horn Book Magazine Be… read more

Similar categories in Skyler Schrempp's Three Strike Summer book and Samira Ahmed's Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. If You Read This

By: Kereen Getten

3.80

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When Brie was younger, her mama would surprise her with treasure hunts around their town. After she… read more

Similar categories in Kereen Getten's If You Read This book and Samira Ahmed's Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? by Leslie Connor

11. Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?

By: Leslie Connor

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A big-hearted, beautiful, and funny novel told from multiple viewpoints about neurodiversity, frien… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Connor's Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? book and Samira Ahmed's Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Many Masks of Andy Zhou by Jack Cheng

12. The Many Masks of Andy Zhou

By: Jack Cheng

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“Another beautiful book by Jack Cheng.” —Erin Entrada Kelly, Newbery Award-winning author of Hello,… read more

Similar categories in Jack Cheng's The Many Masks of Andy Zhou book and Samira Ahmed's Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1) by Christina Soontornvat

13. The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1)

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.18

Format: 151 pages, Hardcover

From two-time Newbery honor recipient Christina Soontornvat comes a compelling new young middle gra… read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1) book and Samira Ahmed's Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"There is no shortcut to becoming what you already are. Don't try to be powerful, be strong, be magical. You cannot be a Guardian-you cannot be anything -if you can't just be ."

-Christina Soontornvat, The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1)

Cover of Ink Girls by Marieke Nijkamp

14. Ink Girls

By: Marieke Nijkamp

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Every secret is a story waiting to happen. From New York Times bestselling author Marieke Nijka… read more

Similar categories in Marieke Nijkamp's Ink Girls book and Samira Ahmed's Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1)

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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15. Island of Spies

By: Sheila Turnage

4.13

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade WWII spy mystery. Twelve-year-old Stick Lawson lives on Hatteras Island, North C… read more

Similar categories in Sheila Turnage's Island of Spies book and Samira Ahmed's Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of Twin Cities by José Pimienta

16. Twin Cities

By: José Pimienta

3.69

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Being twins means having a best friend forever . . . But when one twin goes to school in Mexico and… read more

Similar categories in José Pimienta's Twin Cities book and Samira Ahmed's Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of Meesh the Bad Demon (Meesh the Bad Demon #1) by Michelle  Lam

17. Meesh the Bad Demon (Meesh the Bad Demon #1)

By: Michelle Lam

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A tale of unlikely heroes and myths is made real in this debut graphic novel series about a "bad" d… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Lam's Meesh the Bad Demon (Meesh the Bad Demon #1) book and Samira Ahmed's Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1) by Samira Ahmed

18. Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1)

By: Samira Ahmed

3.70

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

On the day of a rare super blue blood moon eclipse, twelve-year-old Amira and her little brother, H… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1) book and Samira Ahmed's Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
Cover of The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls by James  Bird

19. The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls

By: James Bird

3.93

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade novel by James Bird about a boy sent to his Ojibwe family to straighten out his life… read more

Similar categories in James Bird's The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls book and Samira Ahmed's Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of Second Chance Summer by Sarah Kapit

20. Second Chance Summer

By: Sarah Kapit

3.68

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old former best friends Maddie and Chloe arrive at camp and discover they are cabi… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Kapit's Second Chance Summer book and Samira Ahmed's Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of K Is in Trouble  (K Is in Trouble #1) by Gary  Clement

21. K Is in Trouble (K Is in Trouble #1)

By: Gary Clement

3.77

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A boy named K must navigate a world of outrageously unkind adults in this hysterical, Kafkaesque mi… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

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