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CRRL My Librarian: Back to (Magic) School!

Gear up for back-to-school season with these middle grade and young adult books featuring magical schools.

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  • In this middle grade Afrofantasy series opener, Adia runs away from home, where everyone believes she is cursed to bring misfortune to everyone around her, and becomes an apprentice in the kitchens of the Academy of Shamans.
    Book, 2023New York : Balzer Bray, [2023] — FICTION Hen
  • This action-packed book, sometimes called the Nigerian Harry Potter, follows 12-year-old Sunny who, after unexpectedly discovering that she has magical powers, finds herself whisked into a hidden magical world.
    Book, 2011New York : Viking, 2011. — FICTION Oko
  • Locked-room murder mystery meets wilderness survival story in this young adult fantasy duology opener. A portal spell goes terribly wrong for six students from the Balmerick University for wizards, leaving them stranded in the midst of the deadly…
    Book, 2023New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2023] — FICTION Rei
  • A tiny boy named Ember hopes to finally make some friends after being brought to a school filled with fantastical creatures in this adorable graphic novel.
    Graphic Novel, 2023New York, NY : Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — 741.5973 Pa
  • Seventeen-year-old Quell has spent her entire life on the run from a secret magical society that kills people who hold powers like hers, but, when she's separated from her mother during an assassination attempt, she's forced to seek refuge at her…
    Book, 2023New York : Razorbill, 2023. — FICTION Ell
  • After spending years bouncing from one foster home to the next, Kelcie Murphy is admitted into the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts, a magical boarding school.
    Book, 2022New York : Starscape, a Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2022. — FICTION Lew
  • This adorable manga series centers on Akko, a young witch who has just been accepted into the prestigious Luna Nova Witchcraft Academy, where she's determined to succeed despite being the only student from a non-magical family.
    Graphic Novel, 2018New York : JY, [2018] — 741.5952 Yo
  • When her mother is arrested by ICE and Manuela is left without a family or home, she flees into the Everglades where she discovers a magical school for witches and werewolves.
    Book, 2020New York : Wednesday Books, 2020. — FICTION Gar
  • This series starter is a futuristic re-imagining of The Secret Garden, set in a universe where magic is real, and plants have become toxic, sending humans fleeing into space.
    Book, 2022New York : Pixel+Ink, [2022] — FICTION Bar
  • Twelve-year-old Amelia gets the chance she's always dreamed of when she's offered a spot at the Mystwick School of Musicraft, a school where aspiring musicians learn to cast magical spells with their music.
    Book, 2020Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020] — FICTION Kho
  • If you like superhero origin stories, you'll love this middle grade series starter about a British girl who is whisked away to a magical school in Nigeria after her hair performs supernatural feats to save a friend from drowning.
    Book, 2022New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2022. — FICTION Oko
  • When a classmate goes missing, a senior at Younwity's Institute of Magic sets out to find her.
    Graphic Novel, 2022New York, NY : Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022] — 741.5971 Bo
  • After her mother's sudden and unexpected death, 13-year-old Rosie Frost is sent off to a mysterious school situated on Bloodstone Island, in the midst of a sanctuary for endangered species.
    Book, 2023New York : Philomel, 2023. — FICTION Hal
  • In this series starter, a 12-year-old boy who loves to bake learns that he comes from a long line of alchemists and begins attending the Alexandria Academy to learn about his magical heritage.
    Book, 2022New York : Harper, an imprint of HaperCollins Publishers, [2022] — FICTION Jre
  • A social media-minded middle schooler's magical outburst captures the attention of local witches and earns her a scholarship to the prestigious--and somewhat pretentious--charm school, Les Belles Demoiselles.
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams, [2022] — FICTION Dum