5 must-read magic books like The Sisters of Straygarden Place by Hayley Chewins

Cover of The Sisters of Straygarden Place by Hayley Chewins

The Sisters of Straygarden Place

By: Hayley Chewins

3.65

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A riveting middle-grade fantasy about sibling bonds, enchanted houses, and encroaching wildness, ly…

"- the coffee Mayhap couldn't stand the smell of. It was a smell that made her fell as though she were being buried- as though her mouth were being stuffed with the damp, pungent grounds."

-Hayley Chewins, The Sisters of Straygarden Place

"- the coffee Mayhap couldn't stand the smell of. It was a smell that made her fell as though she were being buried- as though her mouth were being stuffed with the damp, pungent grounds."

-Hayley Chewins, The Sisters of Straygarden Place

If you liked the magic plot in The Sisters of Straygarden Place by Hayley Chewins , here is a list of 5 books like this:

1. Kilmeny of the Orchard

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.37

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A sweet and moving romance from the author of the beloved Anne of Green Gablesseries! Eric Marshall… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Montgomery's Kilmeny of the Orchard book and Hayley Chewins's The Sisters of Straygarden Place

  • fiction
  • young adult

2. Twelve Minutes to Midnight (Twelve Minutes to Midnight, #1)

By: Christopher Edge

4.30

Format: 237 pages,

Penelope Tredwell is the feisty 13-year-old orphan heiress of the bestselling magazine, 'The Penny … read more

Similar categories in Christopher Edge's Twelve Minutes to Midnight (Twelve Minutes to Midnight, #1) book and Hayley Chewins's The Sisters of Straygarden Place

3. The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror

By: None

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

From Mallory Ortberg comes a collection of darkly mischievous stories based on classic fairy tales.… read more

Similar categories in None's The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror book and Hayley Chewins's The Sisters of Straygarden Place

4. Bellman & Black

By: Diane Setterfield

3.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Bellman & Blackis a heart-thumpingly perfect ghost story, beautifully and irresistibly written, its… read more

Similar categories in Diane Setterfield's Bellman & Black book and Hayley Chewins's The Sisters of Straygarden Place

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5. House of Roots and Ruin (Sisters of the Salt, #2)

By: Erin A. Craig

4.14

Format: 544 pages, Library Binding

A modern masterpiece, this is a classic Gothic thriller-fantasy from New York Times bestselling aut… read more

Similar categories in Erin A. Craig's House of Roots and Ruin (Sisters of the Salt, #2) book and Hayley Chewins's The Sisters of Straygarden Place

  • gothic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
"Besides, what else am I meant to be doing? I didn't laze around in life and I certainly wasn't going to start in death."

-Erin A. Craig, House of Roots and Ruin (Sisters of the Salt, #2)

Cover of Supernova (Amulet, #8) by Kazu Kibuishi

6. Supernova (Amulet, #8)

By: Kazu Kibuishi

4.29

Format: 199 pages, Hardcover

Emily has lost control of her Amulet and is imprisoned in the Void, where she must find a way to es… read more

Similar categories in Kazu Kibuishi's Supernova (Amulet, #8) book and Hayley Chewins's The Sisters of Straygarden Place

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"But like all things, the storms do pass."

-Kazu Kibuishi, Supernova (Amulet, #8)

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7. The Tusks of Extinction

By: Ray Nayler

3.85

Format: 192 pages, ebook

When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA. Moscow has res… read more

Similar categories in Ray Nayler's The Tusks of Extinction book and Hayley Chewins's The Sisters of Straygarden Place

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"When you bring back a long-extinct species, there's more to success than the DNA."

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"But there were links [to memories] that were broken as well. That no longer led to other memories. Were those memories still there, disconnected but whole, like planets that had escaped the gravity o…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"He was afraid to lose this memory. He returned to it often, like a person checking their pockets to make sure their keys were still there. He had lost so many memories of her. The further away he mov…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

Cover of Malamander (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #1) by Thomas     Taylor

8. Malamander (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #1)

By: Thomas Taylor

4.05

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Nobody visits Eerie-on-Sea in the winter. Especially not when darkness falls and the wind howls aro… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Taylor's Malamander (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #1) book and Hayley Chewins's The Sisters of Straygarden Place

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
"The rope swings back towards me. 'Quick, Herbie. Jump!' Now, you've probably worked out by now that I'm not a 'Quick, Herbie. Jump!' kind of guy. I mean, it's not as if there's much need for jumping …"

-Thomas Taylor, Malamander (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #1)

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9. And the Ocean Was Our Sky

By: Patrick Ness

3.62

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

With harpoons strapped to their backs, the proud whales of Bathsheba's pod live for the hunt, fight… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Ness's And the Ocean Was Our Sky book and Hayley Chewins's The Sisters of Straygarden Place

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"For there are devils in the deep, but worst are the ones we make."

-Patrick Ness, And the Ocean Was Our Sky

"But I begin to wonder if doubt is better than the wrong knowledge."

-Patrick Ness, And the Ocean Was Our Sky

"The devil always outnumbers his foes," he said. "Even if he is alone."

-Patrick Ness, And the Ocean Was Our Sky

"Death is suddenly objectionable to you when the dead has a name you know?"

-Patrick Ness, And the Ocean Was Our Sky

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10. Tree. Table. Book.

By: Lois Lowry

4.39

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows the two Sophies are best friends. One is in elementary school, and one is . . . well… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lowry's Tree. Table. Book. book and Hayley Chewins's The Sisters of Straygarden Place

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of Endlessly Ever After: Pick Your Path to Countless Fairy Tale Endings! by Laurel Snyder

11. Endlessly Ever After: Pick Your Path to Countless Fairy Tale Endings!

By: Laurel Snyder

4.37

Format: 92 pages, Hardcover

This funny, original choose-your-path picture book of fractured fairy tales will charm any young fa… read more

Similar categories in Laurel Snyder's Endlessly Ever After: Pick Your Path to Countless Fairy Tale Endings! book and Hayley Chewins's The Sisters of Straygarden Place

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Raven's Revenge by Kevin Sands

12. The Raven's Revenge

By: Kevin Sands

4.62

Format: 512 pages, ebook

Christopher finally uncovers the Raven’s identity in this sixth novel of the award-winning Blacktho… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sands's The Raven's Revenge book and Hayley Chewins's The Sisters of Straygarden Place

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett

13. 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 Hayley Chewins's The Sisters of Straygarden Place

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"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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14. Horrid

By: Katrina Leno

3.56

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

From the author of You Must Not Miss comes a haunting contemporary horror novel that explores theme… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Leno's Horrid book and Hayley Chewins's The Sisters of Straygarden Place

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
"The combined smell of coffee and used books felt like the intersection of all things good and necessary."

-Katrina Leno, Horrid

"The combined smell of coffee and used books felt like the intersection of all things good and necessary, as far as Jane was concerned."

-Katrina Leno, Horrid

"... her ears were overcome by the sound of her own blood sloshing angrily through her veins, the sound of crashing waves, persistent and loud."

-Katrina Leno, Horrid

"Her head was on fire, pounding. She felt like she was on a boat like the bed was gently rocking back and forth, tossed among huge rolling waves."

-Katrina Leno, Horrid

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15. Extasia

By: Claire Legrand

3.53

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Her name is unimportant. All you must know is that today she will become one of the four saints … read more

Similar categories in Claire Legrand's Extasia book and Hayley Chewins's The Sisters of Straygarden Place

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • horror
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16. The Crow Rider (The Storm Crow, #2)

By: Kalyn Josephson

3.88

Format: 368 pages, ebook

The thrilling conclusion to the epic Storm Crow duology that follows a fallen princess as she tries… read more

Similar categories in Kalyn Josephson's The Crow Rider (The Storm Crow, #2) book and Hayley Chewins's The Sisters of Straygarden Place

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • magic
  • young adult
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17. Willa of the Wood (Willa, #1)

By: Robert Beatty

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Move without a sound. Steal without a trace. Willa, a young night-spirit, is her clan's best thi… read more

Similar categories in Robert Beatty's Willa of the Wood (Willa, #1) book and Hayley Chewins's The Sisters of Straygarden Place

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Where does a spirit go? Where does the new world begin? Into the boughs of the trees? Into the stone of the earth? Into the flow of the river? Into the ether of the air? It passes from one person to …"

-Robert Beatty, Willa of the Wood (Willa, #1)

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18. Nightingale

By: Deva Fagan

3.87

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A plucky orphan girl stumbles into a conflict centuries in the making in this middle grade fantasy … read more

Similar categories in Deva Fagan's Nightingale book and Hayley Chewins's The Sisters of Straygarden Place

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by M.T. Anderson

19. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge

By: M.T. Anderson

4.11

Format: 525 pages, Hardcover

Subverting convention, award-winning creators M. T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin pair up for an anar… read more

Similar categories in M.T. Anderson's The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge book and Hayley Chewins's The Sisters of Straygarden Place

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"The glory of elfdom shall not be dimmed by the whining of a few crybabies."

-M.T. Anderson, The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge

Cover of The Sisters of Straygarden Place by Hayley Chewins

20. The Sisters of Straygarden Place

By: Hayley Chewins

3.65

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A riveting middle-grade fantasy about sibling bonds, enchanted houses, and encroaching wildness, ly… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Chewins's The Sisters of Straygarden Place book and Hayley Chewins's The Sisters of Straygarden Place

  • gothic
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • supernatural
  • fantasy
"- the coffee Mayhap couldn't stand the smell of. It was a smell that made her fell as though she were being buried- as though her mouth were being stuffed with the damp, pungent grounds."

-Hayley Chewins, The Sisters of Straygarden Place

Cover of Beautiful Wild by Anna Godbersen

21. Beautiful Wild

By: Anna Godbersen

3.30

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

You are invited to set sail on the maiden voyage of the SS Princess of the Pacific in this historic… read more

Similar categories in Anna Godbersen's Beautiful Wild book and Hayley Chewins's The Sisters of Straygarden Place

  • fiction
  • young adult

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L.M. Montgomery

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Erin A. Craig

4.14

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Supernova (Amulet, #8)

Kazu Kibuishi

4.29

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4.29

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Eugene Yelchin

3.84

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Peter S. Beagle

3.78

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