Wizards in Training Books for Children & Young Adults

J FICTION

• Drake, Emily
  The Magickers
  A sprained ankle lands 11-year-old Jason in what is billed as a "creativity and leadership camp" in the Grand Tetons, which is actually a school for training workers of "magick" - and a battlefield in a centuries-old feud.

• Rowling, J.K.
  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (series)
  Harry begins his zany adventures when he learns he's expected at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

• Somtow, S.P.
  The Wizard's Apprentice
  A wizard recruits a rich teenager from Los Angeles to be his next apprentice.

• Yolen, Jane
  Wizard's Hall
  In a story full of whimsical humor, 11-year-old Henry is admitted to Wizard's Hall, but unfortunately he can't seem to get any spells right.

• Zambreno, Mary Frances
  A Plague of Sorcerers
  When a plague befalls the city's wizards, young apprentice magician Jermyn Graves and his unlikely familiar, a skunk named Delia, must save the afflicted magicians.

YA FICTION

• Jones, Diana Wynne
  Year of the Griffin
  This antic sequel to Darklords of Derkholm follows the exploits of some first-year Wizard's University students, including the griffin Elda, who manages to create a great deal of havoc both on and off campus.

• LeGuin, Ursula
  A Wizard of Earthsea
  Ged, a talented but proud, overzealous student of wizardry, unleashes a shadowy, malevolent creature that endangers him and the world of Earthsea. (series)

• Pierce, Tamora
  Sandry's Book
  In the first book in the Circle of Magic series, the mysterious Nik takes four misfits to Winding Circle Temple, where they learn to harness their disparate magic powers.

• Wrede, Patricia
  Magician's Ward
  In the sequel to Mairelon the Magician, Kim, a former thief who is now an apprentice magician, not only continues her magic lessons but also calls on her old street smarts after a bungled burglary at her guardian's townhouse.