Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter is eager to start his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

His horrible relatives, his aunt, uncle, and cousin, have made the summer he turns 12 very miserable. But when a strange little fellow who calls himself Doby a house-elf shows up and warns Harry Potter not to back to Hogwarts this year, his summer becomes even more difficult. Why won't Doby just tell him what the problem is instead of giving hints and pleading for him not to go to school? And when Harry and his best friend Ron Weasley try to get through the magical barrier to get onto the Hogwarts train, why is the barrier magically sealed? How will they get to school now? And what danger is waiting for Harry when he does finally get to Hogwarts? Read the book and find out!

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling, eleven year old Harry Potter doesn't know a lot about the night his parents died. His horrible aunt and uncle tell him they died in a car crash but somehow, that doesn't seem right.

Harry of course, was only a one year old at the time, and can't remember much. But he does remember, when he strains his mind, a lot of green light. But he can't explain where the green light would come from. There is a lot of stuff Harry can't explain. Like how he can get away from Dudley, his massive bully of a cousin by finding himself suddenly on the school kitchens when all he was trying to do was hide from Dudley behind the dumpsters. Or how he made his hair grow back so quickly after his awful aunt shaved his head. But then one day a letter comes for him. A letter that seems to upset his uncle and aunt who take it from him before he can read it. What is it all about, and does the strangely tall man named Hagrid have to tell Harry when Hagrid shows up to talk to him about a strange place called Hogwarts?

Children of the Lamp: The Cobra King of Kathmandu by P.B. Kerr

In the third book of the Children of the Lamp series, The Kobra King of Kathmandu by P.B. Kerr, Phillipa and John Gaunt, djinn twins, are off on another adventure.

Their friend, Buck, is in trouble. A crazy cobra cult, which has already killed several people, including Buck's friend, is trying to track him down because of a strange picture Buck has from India. In their efforts to help him, the twins, along with their butler Mr. Gronin, travel to India to see what they can track down about this mysterious, sinister cobra cult. But are they in over their heads? And will they end up like all the other people that have gotten in the way of this group and its disgusting leader? (He really is disgusting. He hasn't taken a bath in ages.) Read the book and find out! (While not explicitly shown, this story does contain child death, Buck's friend. Keep that in mind if you are sensitive to such things.)