20 Best middle grade books like The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts by Alex Bell

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The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

By: Alex Bell

4.49

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

Twelve-year-old Eli is an apprentice librarian at the largest library in the world. But when his gr…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts by Alex Bell , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) by Pari Thomson

1. Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

By: Pari Thomson

4.20

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the… read more

Similar categories in Pari Thomson's Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) book and Alex Bell's The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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2. Skandar and the Phantom Rider (Skandar #2)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The Island shall have its revenge . . . Skandar Smith has achieved his dream to train as a unicorn … read more

Similar categories in A.F. Steadman's Skandar and the Phantom Rider (Skandar #2) book and Alex Bell's The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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3. The Clockwork Conspiracy (Isaac Turner Investigates)

By: Sam Sedgman

4.30

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

A locked-room mystery packed with rooftop chases, hidden codes and mind-bending science, The Clockw… read more

Similar categories in Sam Sedgman's The Clockwork Conspiracy (Isaac Turner Investigates) book and Alex Bell's The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

  • mystery
  • middle grade
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4. Mermedusa (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #5)

By: Thomas Taylor

4.47

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Herbie and Violet's fifth gripping adventure brings the internationally bestselling Eerie-on-Sea se… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Taylor's Mermedusa (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #5) book and Alex Bell's The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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5. The City Beyond the Sea (Greenwild #2)

By: Pari Thomson

4.38

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Daisy Thistledown's epic adventure continues in the spellbinding sequel to New York Times bestselle… read more

Similar categories in Pari Thomson's The City Beyond the Sea (Greenwild #2) book and Alex Bell's The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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6. Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Soar into a breathtaking world of heroes and unicorns as you’ve never seen them before in this fant… read more

Similar categories in A.F. Steadman's Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1) book and Alex Bell's The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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7. Skandar and the Chaos Trials (Skandar, #3)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.55

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

The Island always wins… Skandar and his sister Kenna are finally both at the Eyrie, but tensions… read more

Similar categories in A.F. Steadman's Skandar and the Chaos Trials (Skandar, #3) book and Alex Bell's The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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8. Keedie

By: Elle McNicoll

4.69

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Keedie book and Alex Bell's The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

  • middle grade
"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

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9. The Secret of the Moonshard: A magical fantasy adventure for 9-12 year olds

By: Struan Murray

4.28

Format: 455 pages, Paperback

'Sensational storytelling' - AF Steadman, author of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief.The gripping new … read more

Similar categories in Struan Murray's The Secret of the Moonshard: A magical fantasy adventure for 9-12 year olds book and Alex Bell's The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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10. The Whisperwicks: The Labyrinth of Lost and Found

By: Jordan Lees

4.32

Format: 394 pages, Paperback

A boy who doesn't believe in magic. An impossible world that will change his mind. Eleven-year-… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Lees's The Whisperwicks: The Labyrinth of Lost and Found book and Alex Bell's The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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11. Artezans: The Forgotten Magic: Book 1

By: L.D. Lapinski

4.31

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

For the last 400 years, magic has been fading...Edward Crane has always feared he won't have any ma… read more

Similar categories in L.D. Lapinski's Artezans: The Forgotten Magic: Book 1 book and Alex Bell's The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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12. Ember Spark and the Thunder of Dragons

By: Abi Elphinstone

4.35

Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition

A magical NEW story filled with adventure, wonder and edge-of-your-seat excitement, set in a world … read more

Similar categories in Abi Elphinstone's Ember Spark and the Thunder of Dragons book and Alex Bell's The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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13. Magicalia: Race of Wonders

By: Jennifer Bell

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

FEEL THE MAGIC. CONJURE THE IMPOSSIBLE. From the internationally bestselling author of Wondersca… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Bell's Magicalia: Race of Wonders book and Alex Bell's The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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14. The Lighthouse at the World's End

By: Amy Sparkes

4.41

Format: 169 pages, Kindle Edition

Adventurous, magical and brilliantly funny final book in the House at the Edge of Magic series.Nine… read more

Similar categories in Amy Sparkes's The Lighthouse at the World's End book and Alex Bell's The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
Cover of Marnie Midnight and the Moon Mystery by Laura Ellen Anderson

15. Marnie Midnight and the Moon Mystery

By: Laura Ellen Anderson

4.39

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A magical new young fiction series from best-selling author and illustrator, Laura Ellen Anderson! … read more

Similar categories in Laura Ellen Anderson's Marnie Midnight and the Moon Mystery book and Alex Bell's The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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16. Pirates of Darksea

By: Catherine Doyle

4.33

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

'Utterly brilliant. Sensationally swashbuckling. Completely magical' – A.F Steadman, author of Skan… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Doyle's Pirates of Darksea book and Alex Bell's The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
Cover of The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts by Alex Bell

17. The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

By: Alex Bell

4.49

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

Twelve-year-old Eli is an apprentice librarian at the largest library in the world. But when his gr… read more

Similar categories in Alex Bell's The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts book and Alex Bell's The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fantasy
Cover of Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) by Katherine Rundell

18. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

By: Katherine Rundell

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) book and Alex Bell's The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

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19. Black Hole Cinema Club

By: Christopher Edge

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

When Lucas meets his friends at the local cinema – nicknamed ‘The Black Hole’ – they’re excited abo… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Edge's Black Hole Cinema Club book and Alex Bell's The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

  • middle grade
Cover of The Girl Who Dreamed in Magic by Maria Kuzniar

20. The Girl Who Dreamed in Magic

By: Maria Kuzniar

4.31

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

From the acclaimed writer of Ship of Shadows comes a brand-new snowy fantasy following the magical … read more

Similar categories in Maria Kuzniar's The Girl Who Dreamed in Magic book and Alex Bell's The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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21. Moonshifter

By: Penny Chrimes

4.11

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

When magic is outlawed, can one shapeshifter find the strength to fight for both her lives?The shif… read more

Similar categories in Penny Chrimes's Moonshifter book and Alex Bell's The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts

17 Top fantasy books like The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts by Alex Bell

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Pari Thomson

4.20

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Skandar and the Phantom Rider (Skandar #2)

A.F. Steadman

4.39

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Mermedusa (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #5)

Thomas Taylor

4.47

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The City Beyond the Sea (Greenwild #2)

Pari Thomson

4.38

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Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

Pari Thomson

4.20

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The Fight for the Hidden Realm (Paper Dragons #1)

Siobhan McDermott

3.91

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The City Beyond the Sea (Greenwild #2)

Pari Thomson

4.38

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The Ever Storms (Wilderlore, #3)

Amanda Foody

4.44

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