A Series of Unfortunate Read-Alikes			Back to Booklist
	Wolves of Willoughby Chase		J AIKEN, J.
		Aiken, Joan
		Cousins Sylvia and Bonnie are sent away by their new governess to a school run by her evil sister.
	Fall of Fergal		J ARDAGH, P.
		Ardagh, Philip
		When Le Fay McNalley becomes a finalist in the "tap 'n' type" competition, she and her unusual siblings stay at the Dell Hotel.
	The Anybodies		J BODE, N.
		Bode, N. E.
		After learning that she is not the biological daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Drudger, Fern embarks on magical adventures.
	Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism		J BYNG, G.
		Byng, Georgia
		Unlucky and unloved, Molly Moon, living in a dreary orphanage, discovers a hidden talent for hypnotism.
	Rodzina		J CUSHMAN, K.
		Cushman, Karen
		A twelve-year-old Polish American girl is boarded onto an orphan train in Chicago with fears about traveling to the West and a life of unpaid slavery.
	James and the Giant Peach		J DAHL, R.
		Dahl, Roald
		Wonderful adventures abound after James escapes from his fearful aunts by rolling away inside a giant peach.
	Matilda		J DAHL, R.
		Dahl, Roald
		Matilda applies her mental powers to rid the school of the evil headmistress.
	The Tale of Despereaux		J DICAMILLO, K.
		DiCamillo, Kate
		The adventures of a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat.
	The Field Guide		J DITERLIZZI, T.
		Diterlizzi, Tony
		When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Lucinda's house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other unusual creatures.
	The Whipping Boy		J FLEISCHMAN, S.
		Fleischman, Sid
		A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places.
	Pure Dead Magic		J GLIORI, D.
		Gliori, Debi
		The Strega-Borgia children use magic and actual trips through the Internet to bring peace to their Scottish castle.
	The Shrinking of Treehorn		J HEIDE, F.
		Heide, Florence Parry
		A boy discovers he is shrinking but does not know the cause or cure.
	Everything on a Waffle		J HORVATH, P.
		Horvath, Polly
		Eleven-year-old Primrose, living in a small fishing village, recounts her experiences in the months after her parents are lost at sea.
	The Haunting of Granite Falls		J IBBOTSON, E.
		Ibbotson, Eva
		When twelve-year-old Alex's Scottish castle is sold, dismantled and moved to Texas, the ghosts that raised him from a child have difficulty relocating.
	Island of the Aunts		J IBBOTSON, E.
		Ibbotson, Eva
		As they get older, several sisters decide that they must kidnap children and bring them to their secluded island home to help with the work of caring for an assortment of unusual sea creatures.
	The Ogre Downstairs		J JONES
		Jones, Diana Jones
		When a disagreeable man with two boys marries a widow with three children, family adjustments are complicated by two magic chemistry sets.
	Dave at Night		J LEVINE, G.
		Levine, Gail Carson
		When orphaned Dave is sent to the Hebrew Home for Boys where he is treated cruelly, he sneaks out at night and is welcomed into the world of the Harlem Renaissance.
	The Enchanted Castle		J NESBIT, E.
		Nesbit, E.
		Four English children find a wonderful world of magic through an enchanted wishing ring.
	Count Karlstein		J PULLMAN, P.
		Pullman, Philip
		In the mountains of Switzerland the wicked Count Karlstein plots to abandon his two orphaned nieces in a hunting lodge as prey for the Demon Huntsman.
	Spring-Heeled Jack		J PULLMAN, PHILIP
		Pullman, Philip
		Three children make their escape from a London orphanage and with the help of the legendary Spring-Heeled Jack are reunited with their father.
	Holes		J SACHAR, L.
		Sachar, Louis
		As further evidence of his family's bad fortune, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a horrible correctional camp where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
	Kidnapped		J STEVENSON, R.
		Stevenson, Robert Louis
		David's greedy uncle tries to cheat him out of this inheritance by having him kidnapped and sold in the American colonies as a slave.
	The Twin in the Tavern		J WALLACE, B.
		Wallace, Barbara Brooks
		A young orphan finds himself at the mercy of the unsavory owner of a tavern while he tries to solve the mystery surrounding his past and a missing twin.
	Peppermints in the Parlor		J WALLACE, B.
		Wallace, Barbara Brooks
		Sent to San Francisco to live with her beloved aunt and uncle, newly orphaned Emily enters their once-happy mansion only to find unimaginable horrors.