60+ Fantasy Books for Kids Ages 8+
60+ Fantasy Books and Series for Kids Ages 8+
Read Harry Potter and looking for fantasy books? Let your imagination run wild! Magic mingles with the natural world in these 60+ fantasy books perfect for readers 8+!
Lalani of the Distant Sea
From Newbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly! When Lalani Sarita’s mother falls ill, Lalani must leaver her home, Sanlagita, to find help on another island. But generations of men have died on the same quest — how can a timid 12-year-old girl survive the epic test of the archipelago? Will she succeed in her quest?
The Spinner of Dreams
Cursed at birth by the devious Fate Spinner, Annalise has always lived a solitary life with her loving parents. She does her best to ignore the cruel townsfolk of her desolate town — but the black mark on her hand won’t be ignored. There’s only one way for Annalise to rid herself of her curse: to enter the Labyrinth of Fate and Dreams and defeat the Fate Spinner. So despite her anxiety, Annalise sets out to undo the curse that’s defined her — and to show the world, and herself, exactly who she is inside.
Homerooms and Hall Passes
Five heroes from the mystical realm of Bríandalör who normally spend their days exploring temples and looting hoards of treasure find themselves magically transported into their weekly game of Homerooms and Hall Passes where they must band together to survive their toughest challenge yet: middle school
The Twelve
Usagi was born in the year of the wood rabbit, and it’s given her extraordinary zodiac gifts. But she can never use them, not while the mysterious, vicious Dragonlord hunts down all those in her land with zodiac powers. Instead, she must keep her abilities — and those of her rambunctious sister Uma — a secret. After Uma is captured by the Dragonguard, Usagi can no longer ignore her powers. She must journey to Mount Jade with the fabled Heirs of the Twelve, a mystical group of warriors who once protected the land.
Dragonfell
Rafi Bywater is unlike anyone else. The people in his village don’t trust him because he spends too much time in an abandoned dragon lair. When a stranger, Mister Flitch, accuses Rafi of being “dragon-touched,” Rafi sets off to discover the truth about dragons — and about himself.
Odd Gods
Oddonis may be the son of Zeus, but he’s a little bit…odd for a God.And if that isn’t enough, his twin brother Adonis is the most popular, most athletic, and most otherworldly handsome God of them all. Oddonis’s future at Mount Olympus Middle isn’t looking bright, especially when he makes the last-minute decision to run against Adonis to be class president.
The Secret of Zoone
When a bright blue winged tiger appears on his aunt’s sofa, Ozzie can tell he’s in for an adventure. He’s thrilled to follow Tug — a skyger — through a secret door in the basement and into Zoone, the bustling Grand Central Station of the universe, where a thousand doors act as portals to strange and wonderful worlds. But some doors also hide dangers — and when the portal back to Earth explodes behind him, Ozzie gets more adventure than he bargained for.
Elementals
Twins Anders and Rayna are elementals — shapeshifters who transform to either an ice wolf or a scorch dragon. The two elementals have always been sworn enemies, so when Anders transforms into an ice wolf, and Rayna into a scorch dragon, their family becomes divided as Rayna is taken away to be with the other cruel dragons who claim her as one of their own. To save his sister, Anders will do whatever it takes — even if it means betraying his own kind.
Tangled in Time
Life used to be great for Rose. But when her mother dies in a car crash, Rose is sent away to live with a strange grandmother she hardly knows and forced to attend a new school where mean girls ridicule her at every turn.
The only place Rose finds refuge is in her grandmother’s greenhouse where she discovers she can time-travel to sixteenth century England and befriends a young Queen Elizabeth.
Ember and the Ice Dragon
Ember St. George is a dragon. At least she was before her adoptive father — a powerful but accident-prone Magician — turned her into a human girl to save her life. Unfortunately, Ember’s growing tendency to burst into flames at certain temperatures — not to mention her invisible wings — is making it too dangerous for her to stay in London. The solution: ship Ember off to her aunt’s research station in frigid Antarctica.
Bernard Pepperlin
When a girl in a blue dress crashes the Mad Hatter’s eternal tea party, the sleepy Dormouse feels more awake than he has in a long time. He wishes he could follow her and be a part of her adventure. And as luck would have it, a surprising twist of fate sends the Dormouse on an adventure of his own, where he must not fall asleep. For he is destined to save a magical world outside Wonderland, and it will take all his courage — and a few new friends — to do it.
The School for Good and Evil
When Sophie and Agatha are kidnapped and taken to the School for Good and Evil, golden Sophie gets dropped at the School for Evil and wicked Agatha at the School for Good. Though both girls believe there’s been a mistake, they must work together to figure out the mystery School Master’s riddle and make it home alive. Book four in this series just came out!
The Lost Rainforest: Mez’s Magic
Daywalkers and nightwalkers have always been divided by the Veil that makes it impossible for daywalkers to be awake at night, and nightwalkers to be awake during the day. But, when Mez, a nightwalker, discovers that she can enter the daylight word, she must band together with others like her to stop an ancient evil from awakening and destroying their rainforest home.
Estranged
Edmund and the Childe were swapped at birth. Now Edmund lives in secret as a changeling in the World Above, and the Childe lives among the fae in the World Below, where being a human makes him a curiosity at the royal palace. But when the cruel sorceress Hawthorne seizes the throne, the Childe and Edmund must unite on a dangerous quest to save both worlds — even if they’re not sure which world they belong to.
Warriors
Erin Hunter is the queen of animal fantasy books! This series follows the adventures of five fierce warrior cat Clans who share the forest according to a set of laws laid down by their ancestors. In the first book, the warrior code they’ve always lived by is threatened as the sinister ShadowClan grows stronger. To restore balance, it’ll take the bravest warrior of them all. The Warrior Cats world has spun off into dozens of books, perfect for an engrossing binge read.
The Thickety
Years after Kara’s mother was convicted of witchcraft, she and her brother are still shunned by the people of their village who live in fear of magic and the mysterious forest that covers most of their island. When an unusual bird lures Kara into this forbidden forest, she discovers a secret about magic and who she really is that sets her destiny in motion.
Bravelands
Heed the call of the wild with Erin Hunter’s newest series! For generations, the animals of the African plains have followed a single rule: only kill to survive. But when an unthinkable act of betrayal shatters the peace, it’s up to an outcast lion, an elephant who can read the bones of the dead, and a baboon denying his destiny, to team together and restore the fragile balance.
The Guardian Herd
The winged herds of Anok live in a world where war, kidnappings, and executions are commonplace. Once every hundred years, a black foal is born, prophesied to either unite or destroy the five herds of flying horses that live in Anok — fated to become the most powerful pegasus in all of the land. Star is this black foal. And the herd leaders want to execute him.
Sisters of Glass
Halan is powerless princess and heir to the Magi Kingdom while Nalah is a powerful pauper who lives in fear in New Hadar where magic is strictly outlawed. When a magical mirror connects their two worlds, the two girls must team up to save both of their worlds before everything they know is shattered forever.
Breadcrumbs
Inspired by the original “Snow Queen,” this fairytale adaptation tells the story of Hazel and Jack. When Jack stops talking to Hazel out of the blue and disappears into a forest with a mysterious woman made of ice, it’s up to Hazel to save him and soften his frozen heart.
Wing & Claw series
Raffa is a young apothecary who’s always loved the mysterious Forest of Wonders. When he cures an injured bat using a rare crimson vine, he finds himself swept up in a political plot to enslave the animals of the Forest of Wonders, and must find the courage to fight back against a corrupt Chancellor to save them and the forest he loves so much.
Survivors
The time has come for dogs to rule the wild! Erin Hunter’s Survivors series kicks off with a Lone Dog named Lucky. When a devastating earthquake strikes, Lucky’s best chance at survival is to team up with a Pack, a group of former Leashed Dogs who have been separated from their owners.
Unnaturals series
Castor has always been a stray, prowling with his pack in the back alleys of Lion’s Head. That is, until the day that he’s captured and taken to a dark laboratory full of terrifying creatures. They’re called Unnaturals, and they’re made to fight. To save himself and the others will require the use his new powerful body, and the help of some unlikely allies.
Seekers
When three young bears from different species — black, polar, and grizzly — are separated from their families, fate brings them together on a path that will change their lives forever. Along the way, they will face great danger, terrible tragedies, new landscapes, and situations that require all their ingenuity to survive.
The Keepers
When Horace F. Andrews discovers he possesses a power that can change worlds, he and his friend, Chloe, who can walk through walls with the help of a dragonfly pendant, get swept away in a world of secrets and an ancient war that threatens everything and everyone they love.
Beast & Crown
All Ji wants is freedom — for himself and his friends. He decides to risk everything for a chance to accompany a young nobleman to the Diadem Rite, a magical ritual that chooses the heir to the Summer Crown. What Ji doesn’t know is that he and his friends have a dangerous part to play in the Diadem Rite. One that will change them forever.
Going Wild
Charlie Wilde knew her life would change forever when her family moved from the city of Chicago to the suburbs of Arizona…and that was before she found the bracelet. After putting it on, she notices odd things start to happen. Suddenly Charlie seems to have the speed of a cheetah and the strength of an elephant — and that’s just the beginning!
Endling
After her pack is hunted down and killed, Byx fears she may be the last of her species. The Endling. So Byx sets out to find safe haven, and to see if the legends of other hidden dairnes are true.
Along the way, she meets new allies — both animals and humans alike. And although they begin as strangers, they become their own kind of family — one that will ultimately uncover a secret that may threaten every creature in their world.
Riders of the Realm
The Sandwen clan believe they have tamed all the wild pegasi in their land and turned them into flying warhorses to use against the deadly spit dragons and giants in their land. But, when a wild herd flies over their village, they’re stunned to learn this isn’t the case. The herd of pegasi have journey across the ocean to settle in a new, free land, but when the unthinkable happens, the Sandwen and the pegasi will have to team together, or both may not survive!
Howl’s Moving Castle
When Sophie finds herself under a horrid spell that transforms her into an old lady, her only chance of breaking it lies in the ever-moving castle in the hills and the heartless Wizard Howl. Along the way, however, Sophie may just learn that there’s more to Howl, and herself, than first meets the eye!
Angel & Bavar
After the death of her parents, Angel has a lot to get used to: a new home, a new family, a new school. The last thing she’s interested in is making new friends. Until she meets Bavar, a strange boy who slips through the shadows, a boy who might just understand her nightmares.
The Lost Frost Girl
When Owl learns that she is Jack Frost’s daughter, she becomes determined to meet him. As she delves into Jack’s wonderful world of winter and magic, she begins to change. As frost patterns develop on her skin, and her tears turn to ice, Owl beings to wonder if she may just have powers of her very own.
Goldeline
Goldeline is on the run from an overzealous Preacher set on condemning her for being a witch like her momma. To escape him, she lives in the forest with a group of bandits; but, with the Preacher hot on her heels, she won’t be able to run forever, and embracing a touch of magic may be the only way to escape!
The Rambling
Buddy Pennington is headed to river country, hoping his luck might change with his daddy, a wandering soul and a local legend for his skills at Parsnit, a card game that relies on magic, luck, and storytelling. But no sooner are Buddy and his pop reunited than some of Pop’s old enemies arrive to take him away.
Now Buddy must set out on a dangerous rescue mission, learning to play Parsnit with the best of them as he goes. And in this game, you’re only as strong as the story you tell.
Happy Reading!
