Witches and Wizards

In this Newbery Award-winning novel, baby Luna is abandoned by her village and raised by the witch Xan. As Luna tries to manage her growing magical powers, she learns about her true origins and joins forces with others to fight the corrupt Council of Elders.

In this fantasy novel, a young and powerful wizard named Ged must defeat a dark creature of his own creation.

In this fantasy novel, Sophie must go on a quest to find a wizard in order to break a spell that has been cast on her.

Aster is forbidden from learning magic because he is a boy, but when a sinister creature threatens his world, performing magic may be the only way he can save his family and friends. Learn these words from the bewitching graphic novel by Molly Knox Ostertag.

After learning about witches from his grandmother, a young boy accidentally stumbles into the witches' annual gathering — and decides to take on the Grand High Witch herself.

Alex hates being a bruja, a witch — but when her family disappears, she must embrace her powers in order to save them.

After emigrating from Barbados to Connecticut Colony, sixteen-year-old Katherine (Kit) Tyler finds herself at odds with her Puritan neighbors, which turns dangerous when she befriends a Quaker woman accused of being a witch.

This acclaimed novel retells the myth of Circe, a witch banished to a remote island.

Growing up in Nigeria, twelve-year-old Sunny feels like an outsider — but when she learns that she has magical powers, she must work with other magical children to defeat a powerful witch.

This scathing dramatization of the Salem Witch Trials is also an allegory of Senator Joseph McCarthy's pursuit of Communists in the 1950s.

In this retelling of the Arthurian legend, a young boy is tutored by the wizard Merlin in preparation for his future as a great king of England.

In this tragedy, Macbeth's belief in a prophecy and his ambition to become king lead to murder and madness.

While exploring an unfamiliar house, four siblings discover a portal to the mystical kingdom of Narnia, a perpetually frozen land under the control of a powerful witch.

Z, a witch-turned-zombie, and Aysel, a werewolf, befriend one another when they are shunned by members of their community.

In the second book in the Chronicles of Prydain series, Taran continues his quest to destroy the Black Cauldron that can bring the dead back to life.

After wizard Ged Sparrowhawk arrives at the Tombs of Atuan to steal an ancient treasure, he meets Tenar, a young girl who guards the Tombs and knows nothing of the outside world.

To seal their coven, keep their magic, and avoid being turned into toads, twelve-year-old Seven Salazar of Ravenskill must work with the bully Valley Pepperhorn and the new girl Thorn Laroux to defeat the Nightbeast.

Amari Peters competes for a coveted spot at the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs while trying to solve the mystery of her brother's disappearance.

In this second book of the Supernatural Investigations series, thirteen-year-old Amari Peters of Atlanta's Whitman Preparatory Academy must compete for the Crown in order to save her brother, stop a war, and prevent the future of magic from being controlled by evil forces.

In the second book of the Legacy of Orïsha trilogy, Zélie and Amari must fight the monarchy in order to protect practitioners of magic.

In the first novel in Adeyemi's fantasy series, Zélie attempts to overthrow a repressive king and bring magic back to her land.

In Kaleria, Nigeria, twelve-year-old Nnamdi is on a mission to avenge his father's death with the help of his best friend and newly acquired supernatural powers.