16 must-read fantasy books like The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1) by Yvonne Banham

Cover of The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1) by Yvonne Banham

The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

By: Yvonne Banham

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

When Delores Mackenzie is chased home by a restless spirit, she is sent to the mysterious Uncles in…

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1) by Yvonne Banham , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. The Turnglass

By: Gareth Rubin

3.50

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

1880s England On the bleak island of Ray, off the Essex coast, an idealistic young doctor, Simeon … read more

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  • fantasy
"These tales are intertwined and parasitic. Beguiling and, I think, a little strange too."

-Gareth Rubin, The Turnglass

"It was the wrong house for the Tooke family. It was see-through, allowing everyone to look in, while the people who lived there did their best to hide their lives away."

-Gareth Rubin, The Turnglass

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2. October, October

By: Katya Balen

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A classic in the making for anyone who ever longed to be WILD. October and her dad live in the w… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"It is my story and it is our story and it isn't perfect and it isn't finished but it is whole."

-Katya Balen, October, October

Cover of The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln

3. 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 Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"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

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

4. 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 Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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5. Parti e omicidi

By: Sayaka Murata

3.76

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Parti e omicidi è una raccolta di racconti ambientati in una Tokyo di un futuro non ben precisato, … read more

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Cover of The Clockwork Conspiracy (Isaac Turner Investigates) by Sam Sedgman

6. 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 Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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7. 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 Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
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8. The Ice Children

By: M.G. Leonard

3.95

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

The Week Junior Book Awards: Children’s Audiobook of the Year – Highly Commended. At the stroke … read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's The Ice Children book and Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of The Whisperwicks: The Labyrinth of Lost and Found by Jordan Lees

9. 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 Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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10. Jamie

By: L.D. Lapinski

4.46

Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition

A beautiful and uplifting story from L.D. Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency, abou… read more

Similar categories in L.D. Lapinski's Jamie book and Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Being trans is fine, it's the world that's the problem. And that's what people don't seem to get. There are loads of us as well. Whether you make room for us or not, whether you accept us or not, whe…"

-L.D. Lapinski, Jamie

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11. Dread Wood (Dread Wood, #1)

By: Jennifer Killick

4.06

Format: 195 pages, Kindle Edition

The brand new must-read middle-grade novel from the author of super-spooky Crater Lake. Perfect for… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Killick's Dread Wood (Dread Wood, #1) book and Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of The Bewitching of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #2) by Phil Hickes

12. The Bewitching of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #2)

By: Phil Hickes

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Turn on your torches and join Aveline Jones! Aveline is thrilled when she discovers that the hol… read more

Similar categories in Phil Hickes's The Bewitching of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #2) book and Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
Cover of The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1) by J.J. Arcanjo

13. The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

By: J.J. Arcanjo

4.28

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

"So this is really a school for criminals." It was meant as a question, though it came out more as … read more

Similar categories in J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1) book and Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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14. Il re delle volpi

By: Fiore Manni

3.85

Format: 492 pages, Hardcover

Il giorno del suo diciottesimo compleanno, Marian ha ben poco da festeggiare: la madre l'ha promess… read more

Similar categories in Fiore Manni's Il re delle volpi book and Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Deadly Deep (Dread Wood, #4) by Jennifer Killick

15. Deadly Deep (Dread Wood, #4)

By: Jennifer Killick

4.30

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s summer term and time for a school trip with a difference! Year 8 are on a boat off the coast o… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Killick's Deadly Deep (Dread Wood, #4) book and Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Flock Horror (Dread Wood, #3) by Jennifer Killick

16. Flock Horror (Dread Wood, #3)

By: Jennifer Killick

4.24

Format: 215 pages, Kindle Edition

The brand new must-read middle-grade novel from the author of super-spooky Crater Lake . Perfect fo… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Killick's Flock Horror (Dread Wood, #3) book and Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of Shadowhall Academy: The Whispering Walls by Phil Hickes

17. Shadowhall Academy: The Whispering Walls

By: Phil Hickes

4.29

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to Shadowhall Academy, where spirits haunt the school halls. A brilliantly spooky new serie… read more

Similar categories in Phil Hickes's Shadowhall Academy: The Whispering Walls book and Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of The Forgotten Maze (Crookhaven, #2) by J.J. Arcanjo

18. The Forgotten Maze (Crookhaven, #2)

By: J.J. Arcanjo

4.35

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

An irresistible series about chosen family, high stakes thievery, and what it really means to do go… read more

Similar categories in J.J. Arcanjo's The Forgotten Maze (Crookhaven, #2) book and Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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19. Dancing Paradiso

By: Stefano Benni

3.37

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

Dancing Paradiso è un locale notturno di una crudele metropoli, dove "non bisogna essere buoni per … read more

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20. The Nowhere Thief

By: Alice M. Ross

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A mind-bending multiverse adventure about theft, family, and finding your home. Twelve-year-old … read more

Similar categories in Alice M. Ross's The Nowhere Thief book and Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • middle grade
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21. The Witchstone Ghosts

By: Emily Randall-Jones

4.37

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

  WINNER OF THE TIMES/CHILDREN'S FICTION COMPETITION  WINNER OF THE MSLEXIA NOVEL AWARD 'It's excit… read more

Similar categories in Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts book and Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
Cover of Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher

22. Not for the Faint of Heart

By: Lex Croucher

4.04

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Beloved author Lex Croucher's second queer historical YA romance, with all the swoons, laughs, and … read more

Similar categories in Lex Croucher's Not for the Faint of Heart book and Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) by Katherine Rundell

23. 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 Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"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)

Cover of Shiver Point: It Came From The Woods (Shiver Point #1) by Gabriel Dylan

24. Shiver Point: It Came From The Woods (Shiver Point #1)

By: Gabriel Dylan

4.01

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

Welcome to SHIVER POINT, home of spooks, screams and small-town horror! Enter if you dare... Shi… read more

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25. Fright Bite

By: Jennifer Killick

4.31

Format: None pages, Paperback

None read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Killick's Fright Bite book and Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • middle grade
Cover of Black Hole Cinema Club by Christopher Edge

26. 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 Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Wildsmith: City of Secrets (The Wildsmith #2) by Liz Flanagan

27. Wildsmith: City of Secrets (The Wildsmith #2)

By: Liz Flanagan

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

None read more

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28. The Doll Twin

By: Janine Beacham

4.19

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

Una Wexford is thrilled to be adopted after the great war, but an eerie secret lurks in her new hom… read more

Similar categories in Janine Beacham's The Doll Twin book and Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • middle grade
Cover of Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star by Laura Noakes

29. Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

By: Laura Noakes

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Exciting, funny, moving – and featuring joyous and authentic disabled representation – Cosima Unfor… read more

Similar categories in Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star book and Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1) by Yvonne Banham

30. The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

By: Yvonne Banham

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

When Delores Mackenzie is chased home by a restless spirit, she is sent to the mysterious Uncles in… read more

Similar categories in Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1) book and Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
Cover of Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull by Martin Howard

31. Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull

By: Martin Howard

4.28

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

Super funny, super spooky MG for budding horror fans about a talkative skull and a necromancer-in-t… read more

Similar categories in Martin Howard's Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull book and Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
"The whole experience is disappointing,"

-Martin Howard, Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull

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Katya Balen

4.38

Transform Your Habits

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Beth Lincoln

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

Pari Thomson

4.20

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The Clockwork Conspiracy (Isaac Turner Investigates)

Sam Sedgman

4.30

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Robin Stevens

4.21

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Pari Thomson

4.20

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Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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Nathanael Lessore

3.90

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