Books like Star Friends: 9 series to read next

series · E. Nesbit, Helen Cresswell & Kate Saunders · 27 books · 1902

Set in early 20th century and british isles.

“Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation.”

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series · Madeleine L'Engle · 11 books · 1962

Science fiction.

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series · Lynne Reid Banks · 5 books · 1980

Portal fantasy, about coming of age.

“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.”

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series · Brad Strickland & John Bellairs · 12 books · 1973

Eerie in tone, set in north america.

“Lewis Barnavelt is a lonely orphan who moves in with his uncle Jonathan, an amateur wizard, in a rambling old house that turns out to hide a doomsday clock built into its walls by a previous, malevolent owner.”

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series · James Howe & Deborah Howe · 20 books · 1979

Humor, funny in tone.

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series · Edward Eager · 7 books · 1954

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.”

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series · Bryan Chick · 6 books · 2007

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in contemporary.

“Summary from copyright page: Noah and his friends follow a trail of mysterious clues to uncover a secret behind the walls of the Clarksville City Zoo - a secret that must be protected at all costs.”

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series · Alma Alexander · 4 books · 2007

Urban fantasy.

“What's more, her greatest strength may be the powerlessness she has resisted for so long.”

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series · Lauren Barnholdt · 3 books · 2013

Paranormal and ghost stories.

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