Recommendations based on "Mirror Magic"

Kiela Has Always Had Trouble Dealing With People. Thankfully, As Librarian At The Great Library Of Alyssium, She And Her Assistant Caz--a Magically Sentient Spider Plant--have Spent The Last Decade Sequestered Among The Empire's Most Precious Spellbooks, Preserving Their Magic For The City's Elite. Then A Revolution Begins And The Library Goes Up In Flames. She And Caz Flee With All The Spellbooks They Can Carry And Head To A Remote Island Kiela Never Thought She'd See Again: Her Childhood Home. Taking Refuge There, Kiela Discovers, Much To Her Dismay, A Nosy--and Very Handsome--neighbor Who Can't Take A Hint And Keeps Showing Up Day After Day To Make Sure She's Fed And Help Fix Up Her New Home. In Need Of Income And Reluctantly Inspired By The Beauty And People Of The Island Who Have Welcomed Her Into Their Hearts, Kiela Discovers Something That Even The Bakery In Town Doesn't Have: Jam. With The Help Of An Old Recipe Book Her Parents Left Her And A Bit Of Illegal Magic, Her Cottage Garden Is Soon Covered In Ripe Berries That Become The Town's, And Her Handsome Neighbor's, New Favorite Confection. But Magic Can Do More Than Make Life A Little Sweeter, So Kiela Decides To Open The Island's First-ever And Much-needed Secret Spellshop. Her Plan Comes With Risks--the Empire Condemns The Use Of Unsanctioned Magic, And The Consequence Of Sharing Spells With Commoners Is Death. But Kiela Has Only Just Found A Place That Feels Like Home And People Who Feel Like Family, And She'll Risk Anything For A Chance At Happiness.-- Provided By Publisher.

A fresh and exciting twist on magical boarding schools, the well-loved Chosen One trope, and the nature of true heroism—from the author of The Language of Ghosts and Ember and the Ice Dragons. Perfect for fans of middle grade fantasies including the Serafina seriesby Robert Beatty and Neil Gaiman's Coraline.Twelve-year-old Autumn Malog is a servant at the enchanting Inglenook School, where young magicians study to become the king’s future monster-hunters. Along with her Gran and three too many older brothers, she works as a beastkeeper, tending to Inglenook’s menagerie of terrifying monsters.But when she isn’t mucking out the wyvern stalls or coaxing the resident boggart to behave, Autumn searches for clues about her twin brother’s mysterious disappearance. Everyone else thinks he was devoured by the feared Hollow Dragon, but Autumn is convinced she’s heard—and glimpsed—him calling to her from within the castle walls. But who will believe a lowly servant?So when Cai Morrigan, the “Chosen One” prophesied to one day destroy the Hollow Dragon, comes to her for help, Autumn agrees on one condition: Together, they’ll search for her brother and uncover the dark truth at the heart of enchanting Inglenook School once and for all.

Fourth in the sensational series featuring Alissa, a young student of magic whose rebellious nature puts her life in danger.

Book 1 of The Mage ChroniclesThe adventure begins here...The Taliath--ancient guardians of the mage order--have vanished inexplicably. A fragile peace that stood for decades is threatening to crumble. Yet sixteen-year-old Alyx Egalion is oblivious to all this. Daughter of the king's most powerful lord, she's popular, spoiled and dreamily in love with the prince and heir, her best friend Cayr.Her world is shattered when she is sent to the far-distant DarkSkull Hall, a gloomy place wreathed in secrets where young men and women are forged into mages. Alyx's wealth and status mean nothing in the harsh and unforgiving school. Unable to access her magic, she is vulnerable to stronger students, particularly the apprentice Galien who torments her incessantly.If Alyx can swallow her pride, she may find allies in the handful of DarkSkull's other misfits. And then there is the enigmatic Ladan Mirren, who seems to have an odd fixation on keeping her safe.The longer she spends at DarkSkull, the more she discovers about the terrible secrets that hide her true past--secrets that challenge everything she's ever believed in. But in the midst of despair and danger, Alyx will learn the true nature of friendship, courage and loyalty.

A whisper, too soft to swirl wispy candle smoke, carried across time, beyond life and death-and was heard. "Our bargain is sealed. My secrets will be yours-when the girl dies." In the thrilling climax to The Seer series, Sabine's psychic abilities, sleuthing skills, and courage are pushed to a dangerous edge as she deals with the mysterious disappearance of her ex-boyfriend Josh, a new threat against her boyfriend Dominic, evil magicians (both living and dead)-and a coldblooded murder.

The Mage Guardians have survived the war--barely. Now Mage Captal Cailet and her sister Sarra are struggling to rebuild their society--politically, economically, and magically. Yet though defeated, their ancient enemies, the Malerissi, have not been destroyed, and under the leadership of Cailet's and Sarra's sister Glenin, these masters of a darker magic are once again weaving a web with which to entangle the entire world. And even as Cailet's dreams of a restored Mage Hall become a reality, Glenin prepares to strike at the very heart of both her sisters' power.

In the multiple parallel universes of the Twelve Related Worlds, only an enchanter with nine lives is powerful enough to control the rampant misuse of magic—and to hold the title Chrestomanci. . . . Cat and Christopher Chant make the most unusual friends. Christopher befriends a boy with terrible karma in a mansion where everything keeps changing. Cat meets a girl whose family of rogue witches is hiding shocking secrets. Will the Chrestomanci be able to sort out the tangle of mysteries and magic?

New York Times-bestselling author Mercedes Lackey's Herald Spy series, set in the beloved fantasy world of Valdemar Herald Mags, Valdemar's first official Herald Spy, is well on his way to establishing a coterie of young informants, not only on the streets of Haven, but in the kitchens and Great Halls of the highborn and wealthy as well. The newly appointed King's Own Herald, Amily, although still unsure of her own capability in that office, is doing fine work to support the efforts of Mags, her betrothed. She has even found a way to build an army of informants herself, a group of highly trained but impoverished young noblewomen groomed to serve the highborn ladies who live at Court, to be called "The Queens's Handmaidens." And King Kyril has come up with the grand plan of turning Mags and Amily's wedding into a low-key diplomatic event that will simultaneously entertain everyone on the Hill and allow him to negotiate behind the scenes with all the attending ambassadors―something which had not been possible at his son Prince Sedric's wedding. What could possibly go wrong? The answer, of course, is "everything." For all is not well in the neighboring Kingdom of Menmellith. The new king is a child, and a pretender to the throne has raised a rebel army. And this army is―purportedly―being supplied with arms by Valdemar. The Menmellith Regency Council threatens war. With the help of a ragtag band of their unlikely associates, Mags and Amily will have to determine the real culprit, amass the evidence to convince the Council, and prevent a war nobody wants― ―and, somewhere along the way, get married.

The first entry in a glittering, gothic middle-grade series from the bestselling author of Isadora Moon books. Victoria Stitch will stop at nothing in her quest for power . . . 'The crystal keeper gazed around him at the shards of impure crystal, glittering furiously on the floor, and shivered with a terrible sense of foreboding.' Twins Victoria Stitch and Celestine are denied their royal birth-right. Celestine accepts the decision with good grace, but Victoria Stitch is consumed with her obsession for power. The twins are like moonlight and sunshine - could it be possible to break free of the role you have been given, rewrite your story, and change your own destiny? Victoria Stitch is a glamorous, glittering, wiskling - a miniature-sized fairy-like creature - and the series is perfect for fans of Tim Burton, Disney's Descendants, and TheSchool for Good and Evil.

A brand-new, sparkly special edition -- with a holiday concert in the spotlight! Destiny the Rock Star Fairy has a very important job. She helps rock stars everywhere shine! But when her magic is stolen, everything starts to go wrong. Even Rachel and Kirsty's favorite music group, The Angels, is in trouble! Everything at their special holiday concert is all mixed up. Can the girls team up with Destiny to find her magic in time? Or will The Angels' holiday concert be a merry mess? Find the magic items in all three stories inside this Rainbow Magic Special Edition and help save the holiday concert!