Books like Keeper of the Lost Cities

Looking for books like Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger (Fantasy · grades 4–8)? It’s most often read for its themes of magic, identity, and friendship. The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

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10 books similar to Keeper of the Lost Cities

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Why each is a match

A Royal Conundrumgrades 3–6
Shares themes of identity and friendship and overlapping grades (3–6).
Amari and the Night Brothersgrades 4–7
Shares themes of magic, same genre (Fantasy), and overlapping grades (4–7).
Confessions of a Class Clowngrades 6–8
Shares themes of identity and friendship and overlapping grades (6–8).
Control Freaksgrades 6–8
Shares themes of identity and friendship and overlapping grades (6–8).
Groundedgrades 4–8
Shares themes of identity and friendship and overlapping grades (4–8).
Just a Pinch of Magicgrades 4–8
Shares themes of magic and friendship and overlapping grades (4–8).
Misfit Mansiongrades 3–5
Shares themes of identity and friendship and overlapping grades (3–5).
Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecygrades 3–7
Shares themes of magic and identity and overlapping grades (3–7).
The First State of Beinggrades 6–8
Shares themes of identity and friendship and overlapping grades (6–8).
Witchlingsgrades 2–5
Shares themes of magic and friendship and overlapping grades (2–5).

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