15 best-selling middle grade books like Ember and the Ice Dragons by Heather Fawcett

Cover of Ember and the Ice Dragons by Heather Fawcett

Ember and the Ice Dragons

By: Heather Fawcett

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Ember St. George is a dragon. At least she was before her adoptive father—a powerful but accident-p…

"This far north, the wind was woven with frost even at midsummer."

-Heather Fawcett, Ember and the Ice Dragons

"Half the size of Lionel's palm, it glittered with a color richer than rubies, deeper than amber, and threaded with veins like fired gold."

-Heather Fawcett, Ember and the Ice Dragons

"Half the size of Lionel's palm, it glittered with a coloraturas richer than rubies, deeper than amber, and threaded with veins like fired gold."

-Heather Fawcett, Ember and the Ice Dragons

"The wood was her favourite place, for it was also where you could find foxes and hares and slowworms and at least ten species of birds. She could sit for hours in the treetops, observing owls chasing mice, mice fighting over burrows, and all the other small dramas that were part of everyday life in the woods. She liked animals - there as something restful about them, like people."

-Heather Fawcett, Ember and the Ice Dragons

If you liked the middle grade plot in Ember and the Ice Dragons by Heather Fawcett , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas, Elizabeth Rokkan

1. The Ice Palace

By: Tarjei Vesaas , Elizabeth Rokkan

3.86

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Commonly seen as the legendary Norwegian writer's masterpiece, this story tells the tale of Siss an… read more

Similar categories in Tarjei Vesaas's The Ice Palace book and Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"The promise was a strong tie, hard, but I knew where I stood. If it's gone, I don't know where I am. When there's a strong scent in the spring twilight, I know least of all."

-Tarjei Vesaas, The Ice Palace

"The darkness at the sides of the road. It possesses neither form nor name, but whoever passes here knows when it comes out and follows after and sends shudders like rippling streams down his back."

-Tarjei Vesaas, The Ice Palace

"Lovnad i djupaste snøen frå Siss til Unn: Det lovar eg deg at eg ikkje vil tenke på noko anna enn deg. Tenke på alt eg veit om deg. Tenke på deg heime og på skolen, og på skolevegen. Tenke på deg hei…"

-Tarjei Vesaas, The Ice Palace

"Four eyes full of gleams and radiance beneath their lashes, filling the looking-glass. Questions shooting out and then hiding again. I don't know: Gleams and radiance, gleaming from you to me, from m…"

-Tarjei Vesaas, The Ice Palace

Cover of Icefields by Thomas Wharton

2. Icefields

By: Thomas Wharton

3.54

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Winner of: The Banff Grand National Prize for Literature The Writers Guild of Alberta Best First … read more

Similar categories in Thomas Wharton's Icefields book and Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons

  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of The Dollmaker of Krakow by R.M. Romero

3. The Dollmaker of Krakow

By: R.M. Romero

4.09

Format: 116 pages, Hardcover

In the land of dolls, there is magic. In the land of humans, there is war. Everywhere there is pain… read more

Similar categories in R.M. Romero's The Dollmaker of Krakow book and Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

4. The Girl Who Drank the Moon

By: Kelly Barnhill

4.12

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in th… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Barnhill's The Girl Who Drank the Moon book and Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons

  • childrens
  • dragons
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Sorrow is dangerous."

-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon

"Magic and madness are link after all."

-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon

"Death is always sudden, even when it isn't"

-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon

"It was wrong not to be curious, it was wrong not to wonder."

-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Cover of Fridays with the Wizards (Castle Glower, #4) by Jessica Day George

5. Fridays with the Wizards (Castle Glower, #4)

By: Jessica Day George

4.15

Format: 399 pages,

Celie and her friends and family are back in the Castle, safe and sound. But there's still the prob… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Day George's Fridays with the Wizards (Castle Glower, #4) book and Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy

6. Nightborn (Thrones & Bones, #2)

By: Lou Anders

4.06

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Lloyd Alexander and Brandon Mull comes Book 2 in the acclaimed Thrones and Bones fantas… read more

Similar categories in Lou Anders's Nightborn (Thrones & Bones, #2) book and Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons

Cover of Ember and the Ice Dragons by Heather Fawcett

7. Ember and the Ice Dragons

By: Heather Fawcett

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Ember St. George is a dragon. At least she was before her adoptive father—a powerful but accident-p… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons book and Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons

  • childrens
  • dragons
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"This far north, the wind was woven with frost even at midsummer."

-Heather Fawcett, Ember and the Ice Dragons

"Half the size of Lionel's palm, it glittered with a color richer than rubies, deeper than amber, and threaded with veins like fired gold."

-Heather Fawcett, Ember and the Ice Dragons

"Half the size of Lionel's palm, it glittered with a coloraturas richer than rubies, deeper than amber, and threaded with veins like fired gold."

-Heather Fawcett, Ember and the Ice Dragons

"The wood was her favourite place, for it was also where you could find foxes and hares and slowworms and at least ten species of birds. She could sit for hours in the treetops, observing owls chasing…"

-Heather Fawcett, Ember and the Ice Dragons

Cover of A Castle in the Clouds by Kerstin Gier

8. A Castle in the Clouds

By: Kerstin Gier

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Castle in the Clouds follows a girl as she navigates secrets, romance, and danger in an aging gra… read more

Similar categories in Kerstin Gier's A Castle in the Clouds book and Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Sie sagten, dass einem niemand das Zuhause nehmen kann, wenn man in sich selbst zu Hause ist. Und dass man alles in sich trägt, was man braucht, um überall glücklich zu sein."

-Kerstin Gier, A Castle in the Clouds

Cover of Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch (Eva Evergreen, #1) by Julie Abe

9. Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch (Eva Evergreen, #1)

By: Julie Abe

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A young witch must pass a coming-of-age quest or risk losing her magic forever.Sometimes all you ne… read more

Similar categories in Julie Abe's Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch (Eva Evergreen, #1) book and Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Sometimes all you need is a pinch of magic...."

-Julie Abe, Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch (Eva Evergreen, #1)

"The afternoon glow danced on the water as the sun slowly dipped below the horizon."

-Julie Abe, Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch (Eva Evergreen, #1)

"The scent of ink and freshly printed paper swirled invitingly in the air as I followed my parents into the bookshop."

-Julie Abe, Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch (Eva Evergreen, #1)

"We remember shooting stars for their shine, not the darkness of the night. Trying to wish away grief extinguishes those memories that glow so bright."

-Julie Abe, Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch (Eva Evergreen, #1)

Cover of Frostheart (Frostheart, #1) by Jamie Littler

10. Frostheart (Frostheart, #1)

By: Jamie Littler

4.07

Format: 442 pages, Paperback

Way out in the furthest part of the known world, a tiny stronghold exists all on its own, cut off f… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Littler's Frostheart (Frostheart, #1) book and Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Polar Bear Explorers' Club by Alex Bell

11. The Polar Bear Explorers' Club

By: Alex Bell

4.15

Format: 336 pages, ebook

It sounded like a respectable and worthy enough death for an explorer - tumbling from an ice bridge… read more

Similar categories in Alex Bell's The Polar Bear Explorers' Club book and Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Champions of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #3) by Kevin Sands

12. Champions of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #3)

By: Kevin Sands

4.53

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In this conclusion to the thrilling Thieves of Shadow series, bestselling author Kevin Sands delive… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sands's Champions of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #3) book and Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Dragon Daughter by Liz Flanagan

13. Dragon Daughter

By: Liz Flanagan

4.14

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

When servant girl Milla uncovers four dragon eggs, she must figure out how to keep them a secret. B… read more

Similar categories in Liz Flanagan's Dragon Daughter book and Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons

  • childrens
  • dragons
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Medusa (The Myth of Monsters #1) by Katherine Marsh

14. Medusa (The Myth of Monsters #1)

By: Katherine Marsh

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From National Book Award finalist Katherine Percy Jackson meets The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Aca… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Marsh's Medusa (The Myth of Monsters #1) book and Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of A Darkening of Dragons (Songs of Magic, #1) by S.A. Patrick

15. A Darkening of Dragons (Songs of Magic, #1)

By: S.A. Patrick

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Three accidental heroes encounter one legendary villain in an epic dragon-filled adventure just rig… read more

Similar categories in S.A. Patrick's A Darkening of Dragons (Songs of Magic, #1) book and Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons

  • childrens
  • dragons
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Phoenix and the Frost Palace (Fireborn #2) by Aisling Fowler

16. 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 Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Eva Evergreen and the Cursed Witch (Eva Evergreen, #2) by Julie Abe

17. Eva Evergreen and the Cursed Witch (Eva Evergreen, #2)

By: Julie Abe

4.11

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From this day forward, we will believe in the impossible. Eva Evergreen has fulfilled her dream … read more

Similar categories in Julie Abe's Eva Evergreen and the Cursed Witch (Eva Evergreen, #2) book and Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Regrettably, I am About to Cause Trouble by Amie McNee

18. Regrettably, I am About to Cause Trouble

By: Amie McNee

4.01

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

1535, Oxfordshire. Lady Maude Shaftsberry has it all sorted. She will marry the well-connected lord… read more

Similar categories in Amie McNee's Regrettably, I am About to Cause Trouble book and Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Spell Sweeper by Lee Edward Födi

19. Spell Sweeper

By: Lee Edward Födi

4.09

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Most students at Dragonsong Academy spend their days practicing spells and wielding wands, but afte… read more

Similar categories in Lee Edward Födi's Spell Sweeper book and Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Misfit Mansion by Kay Davault

20. Misfit Mansion

By: Kay Davault

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends meets Hilda and the Troll in this spooky and sweet middle grade… read more

Similar categories in Kay Davault's Misfit Mansion book and Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"A home for any horror in need - ghosts, monsters, three-headed dragons, you name it."

-Kay Davault, Misfit Mansion

Cover of Even If This Love Disappears Tonight by Misaki Ichijo

21. Even If This Love Disappears Tonight

By: Misaki Ichijo

4.09

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When Toru Kamiya is pushed into falsely confessing his love to Maori Hino, she tells him she’ll dat… read more

Similar categories in Misaki Ichijo's Even If This Love Disappears Tonight book and Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons

  • fiction
  • young adult
"No wound vanishes completely, because wounds are also memories. But the pain won’t last forever."

-Misaki Ichijo, Even If This Love Disappears Tonight

20 must-read fiction books like Ember and the Ice Dragons by Heather Fawcett

Transform Your Habits

The Ice Palace

Tarjei Vesaas , Elizabeth Rokkan

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Icefields

Thomas Wharton

3.54

Transform Your Habits

The Dollmaker of Krakow

R.M. Romero

4.09

Transform Your Habits

The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Kelly Barnhill

4.12

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19 Top fiction books like Even If This Love Disappears Tonight by Misaki Ichijo

Transform Your Habits

The Ice Palace

Tarjei Vesaas , Elizabeth Rokkan

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Icefields

Thomas Wharton

3.54

Transform Your Habits

Ember and the Ice Dragons

Heather Fawcett

4.08

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Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)

Satoshi Yagisawa

3.65

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