9 Top magic books like The Republic of Birds by Jessica Miller

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The Republic of Birds

By: Jessica Miller

3.89

Format: 311 pages, Paperback

Olga loves the stories of the old cartographers and pores over their ancient books and maps, trying…

"No matter how much I try to tell myself otherwise, I know I am a yaga and I don't know how much longer I'll be able to hide it"

-Jessica Miller, The Republic of Birds

"No matter how much I try to tell myself otherwise, I know I am a yaga and I don't know how much longer I'll be able to hide it"

-Jessica Miller, The Republic of Birds

"Nearly thirteen is a dangerous age, an age where it is best to keep anything strange - even if it is only something you have imagined - to yourself."

-Jessica Miller, The Republic of Birds

"Nearly thirteen is a dangerous age, an age where it is best to keep anything strange - even if it is only something you have imagined - to yourself."

-Jessica Miller, The Republic of Birds

If you liked the magic plot in The Republic of Birds by Jessica Miller , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone (Kingdoms & Empires, #1) by Jaclyn Moriarty

1. The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone (Kingdoms & Empires, #1)

By: Jaclyn Moriarty

4.29

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Bronte Mettlestone is ten years old when her parents are killed by pirates.This does not bother her… read more

Similar categories in Jaclyn Moriarty's The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone (Kingdoms & Empires, #1) book and Jessica Miller's The Republic of Birds

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"All books have magical properties."

-Jaclyn Moriarty, The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone (Kingdoms & Empires, #1)

"I was still seeing pirates in my old way, as almost-imaginary, adventure-story people with parrots on their shoulders, rather than the kind who shoot cannons at parents."

-Jaclyn Moriarty, The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone (Kingdoms & Empires, #1)

Cover of A Court of Miracles (A Court of Miracles #1) by Kester Grant

2. A Court of Miracles (A Court of Miracles #1)

By: Kester Grant

4.53

Format: 302 pages,

A diverse fantasy reimagining of Les Miserables and The Jungle Book. In the dark days following a f… read more

Similar categories in Kester Grant's A Court of Miracles (A Court of Miracles #1) book and Jessica Miller's The Republic of Birds

  • retellings
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Odinsbarn (Ravneringene, #1) by Siri Pettersen

3. Odinsbarn (Ravneringene, #1)

By: Siri Pettersen

4.88

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

Tenk deg a mangle noe alle andre har. Noe som beviser at du horer til i denne verden. Noe sa viktig… read more

Similar categories in Siri Pettersen's Odinsbarn (Ravneringene, #1) book and Jessica Miller's The Republic of Birds

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult

4. The Wide-Awake Princess (Wide-Awake Princess, #1)

By: E.D. Baker

3.86

Format: 416 pages,

In this new stand-alone fairy tale, Princess Annie is the younger sister to Gwen, the princess dest… read more

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5. The House with Chicken Legs

By: Sophie Anderson

4.10

Format: 337 pages, Paperback

All 12-year-old Marinka wants is a friend. A real friend. Not like her house with chicken legs. Sur… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Anderson's The House with Chicken Legs book and Jessica Miller's The Republic of Birds

  • retellings
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"But it’s our duty as Yaga, living in this Yaga house, to talk to them and give them one last wonderful evening reliving their memories and celebrating their lives, before they pass through The Gate a…"

-Sophie Anderson, The House with Chicken Legs

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6. Long Lost

By: Jacqueline West

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Eleven-year-old Fiona has just read a book that doesn’t exist. When Fiona’s family moves to be … read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline West's Long Lost book and Jessica Miller's The Republic of Birds

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1) by B.B. Alston

7. Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1)

By: B.B. Alston

4.38

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects, receiving full schol… read more

Similar categories in B.B. Alston's Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1) book and Jessica Miller's The Republic of Birds

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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8. Wildoak

By: C.C. Harrington

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Maggie’s stutter makes going to school hard. She will do almost anything to avoid speaking in class… read more

Similar categories in C.C. Harrington's Wildoak book and Jessica Miller's The Republic of Birds

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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9. The Labors of Hercules Beal

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more

Similar categories in Gary D. Schmidt's The Labors of Hercules Beal book and Jessica Miller's The Republic of Birds

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

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10. The Girl Who Speaks Bear

By: Sophie Anderson

4.20

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Found abandoned in a bear cave as a baby, 12-year-old Yanka has always felt out of place in her sma… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear book and Jessica Miller's The Republic of Birds

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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11. The Chandler Legacies

By: Abdi Nazemian

3.65

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

From the Stonewall Honor–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a revelatory novel about the enc… read more

Similar categories in Abdi Nazemian's The Chandler Legacies book and Jessica Miller's The Republic of Birds

  • fiction
  • young adult
"My legacy isn't about living up to my past by trying to be perfect. It's about the future I'll help create by being myself. We make our own legacy."

-Abdi Nazemian, The Chandler Legacies

"There is no right or wrong way to be creative. Creativity is the only true purpose we have. It's our power, and we have a duty to use that power responsibly."

-Abdi Nazemian, The Chandler Legacies

"But I'll tell you what we will never be deficient of. LOVE. We love art and beauty. We love new ideas and pushing boundaries. We love fighting against corruption. We love redefining archaic rules. We…"

-Abdi Nazemian, The Chandler Legacies

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12. The Elephant in the Room

By: Holly Goldberg Sloan

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

It's been almost a year since Sila's mother traveled halfway around the world to Turkey, hoping to … read more

Similar categories in Holly Goldberg Sloan's The Elephant in the Room book and Jessica Miller's The Republic of Birds

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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13. Ode to a Nobody

By: Caroline Brooks DuBois

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A devastating tornado tears apart more than just houses in this striking novel in verse about a gir… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody book and Jessica Miller's The Republic of Birds

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"It's eighth grade - laugh or be laughed at."

-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody

"I'm afraid to want it, but I want to be a writer"

-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody

"Maybe tomorrow, I'll try to turn this into a poem."

-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody

"(Maybe if more homes were concrete they wouldn't be damaged so easily.)"

-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody

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14. Bridge to Bat City

By: Ernest Cline

3.35

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

After losing her mother, thirteen-year-old Opal B. Flats moves in with her uncle Roscoe on the fami… read more

Similar categories in Ernest Cline's Bridge to Bat City book and Jessica Miller's The Republic of Birds

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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15. The Stone Girl's Story

By: Sarah Beth Durst

4.22

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Exploring the power of stories and storytelling, Sarah Beth Durst presents the mesmerizing adventur… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Beth Durst's The Stone Girl's Story book and Jessica Miller's The Republic of Birds

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of Cinders & Sparrows by Stefan Bachmann

16. Cinders & Sparrows

By: Stefan Bachmann

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When a scarecrow climbs over the garden wall, delivering twelve-year-old orphan Zita Brydgeborn a l… read more

Similar categories in Stefan Bachmann's Cinders & Sparrows book and Jessica Miller's The Republic of Birds

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • witches
  • fantasy
"It was easy to begin things, easy to end them too, but to make everything in between make sense . . . that was the challenge."

-Stefan Bachmann, Cinders & Sparrows

"Daughter, even if you cannot see the truth of things, even if you are frightened and discouraged, know this: some things just are. You don't have to be sure of them. They don't ask your opinion."

-Stefan Bachmann, Cinders & Sparrows

"I don't think spirits tell time," Bram said, stomping across the moss and into the cool air beneath the trees. "It's all a hoax, what they say about midnight and the witching hour. Ghosts are either …"

-Stefan Bachmann, Cinders & Sparrows

"A philosopher,' said Mrs. Cantanker, stalking across the study, black heels clicking, ruby silks whispering around her ankles, 'is one who attempts to capture the truths of the universe so precisely …"

-Stefan Bachmann, Cinders & Sparrows

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17. A Sorceress Comes to Call

By: T. Kingfisher

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's A Sorceress Comes to Call book and Jessica Miller's The Republic of Birds

  • retellings
  • magic
  • fiction
  • witches
  • fantasy
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18. Dragon Skin

By: Karen Foxlee

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

How to save a dragon: 1) Assemble equipment. Water, Weet-Bix, sugar, syringe, sticky tape, scissor… read more

Similar categories in Karen Foxlee's Dragon Skin book and Jessica Miller's The Republic of Birds

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fantasy
"He was dangerous. Dangerous like water. He could seem calm and glassy on top but underneath he was all dark silt and weed."

-Karen Foxlee, Dragon Skin

"[Pip] was wondering if the dragon was still alive in the little hoodie nest. It had been after the world’s fastest shower. She’d peeked into the wardrobe and seen its little belly rising and falling,…"

-Karen Foxlee, Dragon Skin

"Mika belIeved in Magic. One hundred per cent without a doubt. She learned that fast when he arrived. He knew the Dewey decimal 130s like the back of his hand and they went to the town library often t…"

-Karen Foxlee, Dragon Skin

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19. Hummingbird Season

By: Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A poignant and necessary story about finding hope during difficult times, set in the early days of … read more

Similar categories in Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic's Hummingbird Season book and Jessica Miller's The Republic of Birds

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Republic of Birds by Jessica      Miller

20. The Republic of Birds

By: Jessica Miller

3.89

Format: 311 pages, Paperback

Olga loves the stories of the old cartographers and pores over their ancient books and maps, trying… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Miller's The Republic of Birds book and Jessica Miller's The Republic of Birds

  • retellings
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • witches
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"No matter how much I try to tell myself otherwise, I know I am a yaga and I don't know how much longer I'll be able to hide it"

-Jessica Miller, The Republic of Birds

"Nearly thirteen is a dangerous age, an age where it is best to keep anything strange - even if it is only something you have imagined - to yourself."

-Jessica Miller, The Republic of Birds

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21. Death at Morning House

By: Maureen Johnson

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of the Truly Devious books, Maureen Johnson, comes a new stand-alone YA… read more

Similar categories in Maureen Johnson's Death at Morning House book and Jessica Miller's The Republic of Birds

  • fiction
  • young adult

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Kester Grant

4.53

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Siri Pettersen

4.88

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