If racing across worlds to save Mr. Murry from IT on Camazotz had you turning pages, you’ll love how Sabriel crosses into Death itself to free her father. Like Meg, Sabriel pushes past fear, guided by cryptic mentors and a talking companion (Mogget) as she confronts an all-controlling evil. It delivers that same urgent, purposeful momentum you felt from the first tesser to the final showdown.

If Meg’s growth—from self-doubt to fierce resolve—moved you, follow Lyra Belacqua as she outwits scholars, witches, and the Magisterium. Like Meg with Charles Wallace and Calvin, Lyra forms unlikely alliances (Iorek Byrnison, Lee Scoresby) and faces a chilling mind-control apparatus as harrowing as IT. You’ll recognize that same spark of a headstrong girl finding her power against vast, metaphysical darkness.

If the tesseract’s wonder worked for you because the story cared more about love and courage than equations, this quietly twisty tale will click. Set in 1970s New York, Miranda starts receiving eerie notes that, like Mrs. Whatsit’s hints, point to a moment when empathy will matter more than logic. It’s soft, character-first time-travel whose emotional reveal lands with the same warmth as Meg’s rescue driven by love.

If stepping with Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin through a tesser into Uriel and Camazotz thrilled you, Milo’s drive through a tollbooth into the Kingdom of Wisdom will feel delightfully familiar. With guides as memorable as Mrs Who’s quotations—think Tock and the Humbug—Milo navigates pun-filled realms that challenge how he thinks and feels, echoing the playful, lesson-rich journeys led by the three Mrs Ws.

If the fight against IT’s enforced sameness on Camazotz resonated, Jonas’s awakening in a perfectly regulated community will hit the same nerve. Like Meg realizing that love—not compliance—breaks oppression, Jonas learns the weight of memory and choice and risks everything to restore them. It carries the same luminous conviction that individuality and love are worth defying the whole world for.