8 must-read fantasy books like The Ink of Elspet (The Inkwell Chronicles #1) by J.D. Peabody

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The Ink of Elspet (The Inkwell Chronicles #1)

By: J.D. Peabody

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Immerse yourself in this fast-paced middle-grade fantasy about magic ink, a secret society, and a b…

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Ink of Elspet (The Inkwell Chronicles #1) by J.D. Peabody , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Payback (Masterminds, #3)

By: Gordon Korman

4.37

Format: 336 pages, ebook

From the master of middle grade, Gordon Korman, comes the final book in the bestselling Masterminds… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Payback (Masterminds, #3) book and J.D. Peabody's The Ink of Elspet (The Inkwell Chronicles #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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2. The Secret of the Swamp King (The Wilderking Trilogy, #2)

By: Jonathan Rogers

4.40

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

As book two opens, Aidan is living in the court of King Darrow. He has become best friends with Dar… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Rogers's The Secret of the Swamp King (The Wilderking Trilogy, #2) book and J.D. Peabody's The Ink of Elspet (The Inkwell Chronicles #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • fantasy
Cover of Criminal Destiny (Masterminds, #2) by Gordon Korman

3. Criminal Destiny (Masterminds, #2)

By: Gordon Korman

4.00

Format: 205 pages, ebook

"A terrific page-turner, full of unexpected twists and revelations. Buckle up."--James Patterson Th… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Criminal Destiny (Masterminds, #2) book and J.D. Peabody's The Ink of Elspet (The Inkwell Chronicles #1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • adventure
Cover of The Bark of the Bog Owl (The Wilderking Trilogy, #1) by Jonathan Rogers, None, None

4. The Bark of the Bog Owl (The Wilderking Trilogy, #1)

By: Jonathan Rogers , None , None

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Aidan Errolson comes from a long line of adventurers. His grandparents were among t… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Rogers's The Bark of the Bog Owl (The Wilderking Trilogy, #1) book and J.D. Peabody's The Ink of Elspet (The Inkwell Chronicles #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"You don't want to be killed. I don't either. But wouldn't you rather die once than die every day of your life?"

-Jonathan Rogers, The Bark of the Bog Owl (The Wilderking Trilogy, #1)

"Who knows what the future holds? Only the One God," explained Aidan. "You just live the little bit of life that you can see in front of you. You live it well. And that gets you ready for whatever unf…"

-Jonathan Rogers, The Bark of the Bog Owl (The Wilderking Trilogy, #1)

5. Masterminds (Masterminds, #1)

By: Gordon Korman

4.50

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author Gordon Korman comes a thrilling new middle grade trilogy about a group of k… read more

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6. Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

By: Carol Ryrie Brink

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt than sew and plow than bake, and tries to b… read more

Similar categories in Carol Ryrie Brink's Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1) book and J.D. Peabody's The Ink of Elspet (The Inkwell Chronicles #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"Life is just a lot of everyday adventures."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

"But every redhead's temper has its limitations."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes on at the end of an outdoor day."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes one at the end of an outdoor day."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

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7. The Dragon and the Stone (The Dream Keeper Saga, #1)

By: Kathryn Butler

3.94

Format: 301 pages, Paperback

Even though she’s only 12 years old, Lily McKinley already feels the weight of the world’s brokenne… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Butler's The Dragon and the Stone (The Dream Keeper Saga, #1) book and J.D. Peabody's The Ink of Elspet (The Inkwell Chronicles #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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8. Nothing Else But Miracles

By: Kate Albus

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of A Place to Hang the Moon comes a hopeful World War II story about three scrappy … read more

Similar categories in Kate Albus's Nothing Else But Miracles book and J.D. Peabody's The Ink of Elspet (The Inkwell Chronicles #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
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9. 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 J.D. Peabody's The Ink of Elspet (The Inkwell Chronicles #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • 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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10. 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 J.D. Peabody's The Ink of Elspet (The Inkwell Chronicles #1)

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

11. 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 J.D. Peabody's The Ink of Elspet (The Inkwell Chronicles #1)

  • 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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12. The Superteacher Project

By: Gordon Korman

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Gordon Korman, the bestselling author of Restart and The Unteachables, comes a hilarious new s… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's The Superteacher Project book and J.D. Peabody's The Ink of Elspet (The Inkwell Chronicles #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"I understand," he announces finally. "It's because I'm‒different." Paul is amazed. "You learned that from the internet?" "Not directly Mr. Aidact explains. "But I accessed a database of books and mov…"

-Gordon Korman, The Superteacher Project

"Your jokes aren't even funny. What is this thing, anyway?' 'That's the beauty of it!' Oliver crows. 'It's nothing‒just some piece of junk from he supply closet. But you're freaking out because it cou…"

-Gordon Korman, The Superteacher Project

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13. The Star That Always Stays

By: Anna Rose Johnson

4.08

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

When bright and spirited Norvia moves from the country to the city, she has to live by one new rule… read more

Similar categories in Anna Rose Johnson's The Star That Always Stays book and J.D. Peabody's The Ink of Elspet (The Inkwell Chronicles #1)

  • family
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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14. The Fort

By: Gordon Korman

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a middle-school "band of brothers" -- five fri… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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15. Olivetti

By: Allie Millington

4.10

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and r… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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16. 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 J.D. Peabody's The Ink of Elspet (The Inkwell Chronicles #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
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17. 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 J.D. Peabody's The Ink of Elspet (The Inkwell Chronicles #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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18. The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry

By: Anna Rose Johnson

3.87

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Lucy, a spirited French-Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Ravenfall (Ravenfall #1) by Kalyn Josephson

19. Ravenfall (Ravenfall #1)

By: Kalyn Josephson

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

One magical inn, two kids with supernatural powers, and an ancient Celtic creature trying to destro… read more

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  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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20. Notorious

By: Gordon Korman

4.12

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

Keenan has lived all over the world but nowhere quite as strange as Centerlight Island, which is sp… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Ink of Elspet (The Inkwell Chronicles #1) by J.D. Peabody

21. The Ink of Elspet (The Inkwell Chronicles #1)

By: J.D. Peabody

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Immerse yourself in this fast-paced middle-grade fantasy about magic ink, a secret society, and a b… read more

Similar categories in J.D. Peabody's The Ink of Elspet (The Inkwell Chronicles #1) book and J.D. Peabody's The Ink of Elspet (The Inkwell Chronicles #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • fantasy
  • juvenile

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Katherine Marsh

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