17 Best fantasy books like Children of the Black Glass by Anthony Peckham

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Children of the Black Glass

By: Anthony Peckham

3.82

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In an unkind alternate past, somewhere between the Stone Age and a Metal Age, Tell and his sister W…

If you liked the fantasy plot in Children of the Black Glass by Anthony Peckham , here is a list of 17 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 Anthony Peckham's Children of the Black Glass

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • magic
"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)

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2. A World Without Princes (The School for Good and Evil, #2)

By: Soman Chainani

4.23

Format: None pages, Hardcover

After saving themselves and their fellow students from a life pitched against one another, Sophie a… read more

Similar categories in Soman Chainani's A World Without Princes (The School for Good and Evil, #2) book and Anthony Peckham's Children of the Black Glass

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • magic

3. The Collectors (His Dark Materials, #0.6)

By: Philip Pullman , Bill Nighy

3.64

Format: 192 pages, Audible Audio

"But the thing is," said Horley, "they didn't know each other at all. Never heard of each other. It… read more

Similar categories in Philip Pullman's The Collectors (His Dark Materials, #0.6) book and Anthony Peckham's Children of the Black Glass

  • fantasy
Cover of Arazan's Wolves (Ranger's Apprentice: The Royal Ranger, #6) by John Flanagan

4. Arazan's Wolves (Ranger's Apprentice: The Royal Ranger, #6)

By: John Flanagan

3.80

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

Will and Maddie are sent to neighbouring kingdom Celtica to investigate reports of terrifying direw… read more

Similar categories in John Flanagan's Arazan's Wolves (Ranger's Apprentice: The Royal Ranger, #6) book and Anthony Peckham's Children of the Black Glass

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • magic
Cover of The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln

5. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

By: Beth Lincoln

4.06

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

In her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreud… read more

Similar categories in Beth Lincoln's The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels book and Anthony Peckham's Children of the Black Glass

  • middle grade
"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A collective term is a special name given to a group of animals, like a herd of cows. Many animals have their own strange terms. She knew the collective term for starlings was a murmuration, and the …"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"Family was exhausting, and complicated, and everyone was their own person, which meant you had just as much chance of getting along with them as you did any stranger off the street. Just sharing bloo…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

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6. 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 Anthony Peckham's Children of the Black Glass

  • middle grade
"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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7. 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 Anthony Peckham's Children of the Black Glass

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • magic
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8. Voyage of the Damned

By: Frances White

4.02

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The TikTok sensation from the UK has come to North America! This special first edition hardcover w… read more

Similar categories in Frances White's Voyage of the Damned book and Anthony Peckham's Children of the Black Glass

  • fantasy
  • magic
"As if the restrictive shell of a body is more important than the infinite possibilities of a mind."

-Frances White, Voyage of the Damned

Cover of The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1) by Dhonielle Clayton

9. The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1)

By: Dhonielle Clayton

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Author Dhonielle Clayton makes her middle-grade debut with a fantasy adventure set in a global magi… read more

Similar categories in Dhonielle Clayton's The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1) book and Anthony Peckham's Children of the Black Glass

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • magic
Cover of One True King (The School for Good and Evil: The Camelot Years, #3) by Soman Chainani

10. One True King (The School for Good and Evil: The Camelot Years, #3)

By: Soman Chainani

4.35

Format: 624 pages, Paperback

Beyond Good and Evil. Beyond Ever Afters. The fairy tale of Sophie and Agatha comes to a dramati… read more

Similar categories in Soman Chainani's One True King (The School for Good and Evil: The Camelot Years, #3) book and Anthony Peckham's Children of the Black Glass

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • magic
"The truth cannot be spoken. It must be seen."

-Soman Chainani, One True King (The School for Good and Evil: The Camelot Years, #3)

"Jealousy has no bounds. It cannot be quenched, even by death."

-Soman Chainani, One True King (The School for Good and Evil: The Camelot Years, #3)

"But love can't be controlled. Love requires surrender and faith."

-Soman Chainani, One True King (The School for Good and Evil: The Camelot Years, #3)

"Because life was fleeting and pointless unless you let yourself enjoy it, savor it, down to its lightest, most insignificant moments."

-Soman Chainani, One True King (The School for Good and Evil: The Camelot Years, #3)

Cover of A Crystal of Time (The School for Good and Evil: The Camelot Years, #2) by Soman Chainani

11. A Crystal of Time (The School for Good and Evil: The Camelot Years, #2)

By: Soman Chainani

4.30

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

In this fifth instalment in Soman Chainani's New York Times bestselling fantasy series, The School … read more

Similar categories in Soman Chainani's A Crystal of Time (The School for Good and Evil: The Camelot Years, #2) book and Anthony Peckham's Children of the Black Glass

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • magic
"Evil has always existed. You could never wipe it out."

-Soman Chainani, A Crystal of Time (The School for Good and Evil: The Camelot Years, #2)

"Some bonds are too deep for others to ever understand."

-Soman Chainani, A Crystal of Time (The School for Good and Evil: The Camelot Years, #2)

"That's the problme with wishes. They need to be specific."

-Soman Chainani, A Crystal of Time (The School for Good and Evil: The Camelot Years, #2)

"It's the curse of being Evil. It makes you torment the ones you love."

-Soman Chainani, A Crystal of Time (The School for Good and Evil: The Camelot Years, #2)

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12. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

Similar categories in John Schu's Louder Than Hunger book and Anthony Peckham's Children of the Black Glass

  • middle grade
Cover of Unseelie (The Unseelie Duology, #1) by Ivelisse Housman

13. Unseelie (The Unseelie Duology, #1)

By: Ivelisse Housman

3.76

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Twin sisters, both on the run, but different as day and night. One, a professional rogue, searches … read more

Similar categories in Ivelisse Housman's Unseelie (The Unseelie Duology, #1) book and Anthony Peckham's Children of the Black Glass

  • fantasy
  • magic
"Fairy mischief is just a part of life. Anyone with common sense accepts this and does their best to co-exist, with bribes of milk and shiny things."

-Ivelisse Housman, Unseelie (The Unseelie Duology, #1)

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14. Once There Was (Once There Was #1)

By: Kiyash Monsef

3.98

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A novel about an Iranian American girl who discovers that her father was secretly a veterinarian to… read more

Similar categories in Kiyash Monsef's Once There Was (Once There Was #1) book and Anthony Peckham's Children of the Black Glass

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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15. The Firefly Summer

By: Morgan Matson

4.38

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The Penderwicks meets The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street in a story about a young girl who gets to k… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's The Firefly Summer book and Anthony Peckham's Children of the Black Glass

  • middle grade
Cover of The Bone Shard War (The Drowning Empire, #3) by Andrea Stewart

16. The Bone Shard War (The Drowning Empire, #3)

By: Andrea Stewart

3.94

Format: 611 pages, Hardcover

The Bone Shard War is the epic finale to the unmissable, action-packed and magic-laced Drowning Emp… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Stewart's The Bone Shard War (The Drowning Empire, #3) book and Anthony Peckham's Children of the Black Glass

  • fantasy
  • magic
Cover of Phoenix and the Frost Palace (Fireborn #2) by Aisling Fowler

17. Phoenix and the Frost Palace (Fireborn #2)

By: Aisling Fowler

4.31

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

HOPE GROWS FROM THE ASHES . . . Twelve has become a hunter and chosen a new name to reflect her … read more

Similar categories in Aisling Fowler's Phoenix and the Frost Palace (Fireborn #2) book and Anthony Peckham's Children of the Black Glass

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • magic
Cover of The Slightly Alarming Tale of the Whispering Wars (Kingdoms & Empires, #2) by Jaclyn Moriarty

18. The Slightly Alarming Tale of the Whispering Wars (Kingdoms & Empires, #2)

By: Jaclyn Moriarty

4.30

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The prequel set 12 years before The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone.The tow… read more

Similar categories in Jaclyn Moriarty's The Slightly Alarming Tale of the Whispering Wars (Kingdoms & Empires, #2) book and Anthony Peckham's Children of the Black Glass

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • magic
"It's tricky being shy. You blame yourself for it, and other people blame you too."

-Jaclyn Moriarty, The Slightly Alarming Tale of the Whispering Wars (Kingdoms & Empires, #2)

Cover of Starling and the Cavern of Light (Fireborn #3) by Aisling Fowler

19. Starling and the Cavern of Light (Fireborn #3)

By: Aisling Fowler

4.42

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Phoenix and her friends vow to save Ember from all but certain doom in this final unmissable chapte… read more

Similar categories in Aisling Fowler's Starling and the Cavern of Light (Fireborn #3) book and Anthony Peckham's Children of the Black Glass

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • magic
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20. A Cathedral of Myth and Bone

By: Kat Howard

3.91

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In these sixteen exquisite stories Kat Howard deftly weaves in and out of the countries of myth and… read more

Similar categories in Kat Howard's A Cathedral of Myth and Bone book and Anthony Peckham's Children of the Black Glass

  • fantasy
Cover of Children of the Black Glass by Anthony Peckham

21. Children of the Black Glass

By: Anthony Peckham

3.82

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In an unkind alternate past, somewhere between the Stone Age and a Metal Age, Tell and his sister W… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Peckham's Children of the Black Glass book and Anthony Peckham's Children of the Black Glass

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • magic

16 Top middle grade books like Children of the Black Glass by Anthony Peckham

Transform Your Habits

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

Jaclyn Moriarty

4.29

Transform Your Habits

A World Without Princes (The School for Good and Evil, #2)

Soman Chainani

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Arazan's Wolves (Ranger's Apprentice: The Royal Ranger, #6)

John Flanagan

3.80

Transform Your Habits

The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

Beth Lincoln

4.06

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15 best-selling fiction books like One True King (The School for Good and Evil: The Camelot Years, #3) by Soman Chainani

Transform Your Habits

Brainwalker

Robyn Mundell , Stephan Lacast

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Everblaze (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #3)

Shannon Messenger

4.49

None

Chris Colfer

None

Transform Your Habits

The Beast Within (Villains, #2)

Serena Valentino

3.75

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