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A quiet, wintry fable about the impossible becoming possible through the sheer, stubborn force of hope. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Magician's Elephant.
- dreamlike
- wintry
- hushed
- magical
- 01
The Tiger Rising
Kate DiCamillo
A quiet, misty exploration of bottled-up grief and the fierce, wild necessity of letting feelings out.
- 02
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Kate DiCamillo
A quiet, bittersweet fable about the painful, beautiful necessity of opening a closed heart.
- 03
The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate
A quiet, deeply moving exploration of captivity and friendship told through the spare, poetic voice of a gentle giant.
- 04
The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern
Step into a black-and-white dreamscape of caramel scents and impossible illusions, where a deadly rivalry slowly melts into a sweeping, star-crossed romance.
- 05
The Adventures of Beekle
Dan Santat
A visually dazzling, tenderhearted journey about taking destiny into your own hands to find where you belong.
- 06
Wishtree
Katherine Applegate
A gentle, wise fable told from the perspective of an ancient oak tree who witnesses the quiet struggles and beautiful resilience of a changing neighborhood.
- 07
Beyond the Bright Sea
Lauren Wolk
A windswept, lyrical journey about a girl searching the horizon for her past, only to realize her true home is already beside her.
- 08
The orphan queen
Jodi Meadows
A tense, shadowy fantasy of espionage and forbidden magic, where a dispossessed princess must navigate a court of enemies and a world consumed by toxic power.
- 09
Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger
A sprawling, magical academy adventure about finding where you truly belong and uncovering the dangerous secrets buried in your own mind.
- 10
The Mystwick School of Musicraft
Jessica Khoury
A magical boarding school adventure where music is the ultimate spell and authenticity is the key to saving the day.
- 11
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
Patricia A. McKillip
A lyrical, mythic fairy tale about a solitary woman who must choose between the safe, cold magic of her isolated mountain and the messy, painful warmth of the human world.
- 12
The last of the really great whangdoodles
Julie Edwards
A warm, whimsical invitation to look closer at the world and believe in the impossible.
