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Books like Class Pets: 9 series to read next

Class Pets is fantasy, set in contemporary and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Class Pets is 3 books, 2002–2003.

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Tales of Magic
Young Wizards
Emily Windsnap
The Wind in the Willows Universe
Catwings
The Candy Shop War
Don't Even Think About It
The Indian in the Cupboard
Philippa Fisher

Tales of MagicSeries

seriesEdward Eager7 books1954

Whimsical in tone.

“Each book follows a different, sometimes overlapping set of children and a different magical object or rule, from Knight's Castle to the deliberately ambiguous Magic or Not? and its sequel The Well-Wishers.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Half Magic →

Young WizardsSeries

seriesDiane Duane24 books1983

About wizards.

“Across fifteen books published between 1983 and 2019, the two age forward in something close to real time as their missions escalate from New York streets to alien worlds and beyond.”
from the catalogue description

Start with So You Want to Be a Wizard →

Emily WindsnapSeries

seriesLiz Kessler16 books2003

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in contemporary.

“For as long as she can remember, twelve-year-old Emily Windsnap has lived on a boat.”
from the catalogue description of The Tail of Emily Windsnap
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Start with The Tail of Emily Windsnap →

The Wind in the Willows UniverseSeries

seriesKenneth Grahame, William Horwood, Anne McKie, Ellen Miles, Inga Moore, Juliet Stanley, Kij Johnson, Lesley Sims, M. G. Leonard, Samantha Noonan & Susan Hill17 books1908

Set in british isles.

Start with The Wind in the Willows: A Fine Welcome →

CatwingsSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin7 books1988

Fantasy, lighthearted in tone, about coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.

“Catwings is also the title of the first book in the series.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Catwings →

The Candy Shop WarSeries

seriesBrandon Mull3 books2007

Set in small town.

Start with The Candy Shop War →

Don't Even Think About ItSeries

seriesSarah Mlynowski2 books2014

About psychic powers.

“What happens when a group of Tribeca high school kids go in for flu shots... and end up being able to read each others’ minds?”
from the catalogue description of Don't Even Think About It

Start with Don't Even Think About It →

The Indian in the CupboardSeries

seriesLynne Reid Banks5 books1980

Portal fantasy.

“Lynne Reid Banks' Indian in the Cupboard series begins with the 1980 children's novel in which a boy discovers that an old cupboard can bring his plastic toy figures to life.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Indian in the Cupboard →

Philippa FisherSeries

seriesLiz Kessler3 books2008

Whimsical in tone, about fae.

“Embarrassed by her free-spirited parents and lonely when her best friend moves away, a self-conscious eleven-year-old girl named Philippa summons a wish-granting fairy godmother, with unexpected results.”
from the catalogue description of Philippa Fisher's Fairy Godsister

Start with Philippa Fisher's Fairy Godsister →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Class Pets?: Tales of Magic — the closest match to Class Pets on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Class Pets?: The Ghost of P.S. 42. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Class Pets.
How big is Class Pets?: Class Pets is 3 books, 2002–2003.

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