Although the Star Friends books do not need to be read in order,[23-38] readers will get more context and continuity by reading them in publication order,[1-22] by following this sequence:[39]
| Order | Cover | Title | First published | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Mirror Magic | 2017[1] | Introduces the Star Friends, their animal partners, and the first magical threat. |
| 2 |
|
Wish Trap | 2017[2] | Develops the new group’s cooperation while continuing the search for the dark magic user. |
| 3 |
|
Secret Spell | 2018[3] | Builds on earlier clues and expands the girls’ understanding of their powers. |
| 4 |
|
Dark Tricks | 2018[4] | Brings the opening investigation to a close. |
| 5 |
|
Night Shadows | 2018[5] | Begins a new investigation involving the woodland clearing and competitive behavior. |
| 6 |
|
Poison Potion | 2019[6] | Develops the woodland threat introduced in Night Shadows and the girls’ combined magic. |
| 7 |
|
Moonlight Mischief | 2019[7] | Introduces the village-competition mystery while developing Lexi’s place in the group. |
| 8 |
|
Hidden Charm | 2019[8] | Follows unresolved clues from Moonlight Mischief into a café-centered investigation. |
| 9 |
|
Mystic Forest | 2023[9-10] | Moves the group to a forest camp and builds on Violet’s fears and abilities. |
| 10 |
|
Enchanted Mist | 2023[11-12] | Introduces a school mystery involving Maddie’s sudden popularity. |
| 11 |
|
Dream Shield | 2024[13-14] | Introduces a sleep-magic investigation alongside a threat to the woodland meeting place. |
| 12 |
|
Power Gem | 2024[15-16] | Continues the woodland-development conflict as another disturbance divides the community. |
| 13 |
|
Charm Breaker | 2025[17-18] | Features Maddie as part of the expanded group and begins the charity-run investigation. |
| 14 |
|
Energy Thief | 2026[19-20] | Continues Charm Breaker with visions of someone watching the Star Friends. |
| 15 |
|
Sister Trouble | 2026[21] | Centers the later adventures on Lexi’s rivalry with her younger sister. |
| 16 |
|
Disguise Surprise | 2027[22] | Positions an enemy from the group’s past at the center of the series finale. |
1. Mirror Magic
Mirror Magic (2017)[1] introduces Mia Greene, whose meeting with the fox Bracken opens a connection to the Star World. A mysterious compact mirror threatens her sister while Mia and her friends discover their animal partners and magical abilities.[23]
As the origin story, it establishes the partnerships and group tensions that later adventures develop.[23]
2. Wish Trap
Wish Trap (2017)[2] follows Mia as visions warn of accidents involving the school gymnastics team. The investigation brings the four Star Friends together while mistrust between Mia and Violet complicates their efforts.[24]
Alongside its immediate mystery, this book develops the group’s cooperation and extends the search for the person behind the dark magic.[24]
3. Secret Spell
Secret Spell (2018)[3] follows the girls’ attempt to trace an earlier magical threat while unsettling fears begin affecting their friends and families. Their investigation tests how reliably they can interpret visions, suspicions, and seemingly ordinary objects.[25]
It advances the opening investigation and gives the girls’ developing abilities a larger role in their response to dark magic.[25]
4. Dark Tricks
Dark Tricks (2018)[4] brings rising hostility to Westport as Mia’s visions become unreliable and the girls struggle to trust one another. Sita’s uncertainty about her powers adds another difficulty while the group tries to uncover the disturbance’s source.[26]
This installment resolves the investigation running through the opening books and establishes why their meeting place remains vulnerable to future threats.[26]
5. Night Shadows
Night Shadows (2018)[5] begins a new disturbance when plants in the woodland clearing wither and adults become fiercely competitive. A newcomer’s influence on the girls’ friendships complicates their investigation of the magic spreading through Westport.[27]
It opens a fresh investigation after Dark Tricks, with the established team facing threats to both the village and its magical clearing.[27]
6. Poison Potion
Poison Potion (2019)[6] continues the investigation into the clearing’s decline as unusual plant magic and strange adult behavior raise new concerns. The girls practice defensive shields and discover how joining their powers can strengthen what they accomplish.[28]
This book brings the investigation begun in Night Shadows to a confrontation and expands the team’s use of shared magic.[28]
7. Moonlight Mischief
Moonlight Mischief (2019)[7] centers on the Best Small Town competition, as mysterious overnight improvements turn into damage and disappearances. Mia’s visions offer clues, while Lexi worries about what moving to a different school will mean for her friendships.[29]
The adventure begins an investigation that continues in Hidden Charm, while Lexi’s changing circumstances deepen the ongoing friendship story.[29]
9. Mystic Forest
Mystic Forest (2023)[9-10] takes the four friends to a survival-skills camp, where missing boots and damaged shelters suggest magical interference. Violet’s anxieties about camping become entangled with the investigation as the girls encounter unfamiliar magic beyond their usual meeting place.[31]
This camp adventure broadens the magical world and gives Violet’s established fears and abilities a central role.[31]
10. Enchanted Mist
Enchanted Mist (2023)[11-12] follows Mia, Lexi, Sita, and Violet during the celebrations marking the end of the school year. Maddie, a newcomer who has struggled to make friends, suddenly becomes popular, prompting the Star Friends to suspect magic.[32]
This story brings Maddie’s place in the school community into focus as the series continues.[32]
11. Dream Shield
Dream Shield (2024)[13-14] follows a wave of exhaustion and unnatural sleep during Westport’s scarecrow celebrations. As the girls investigate, Violet struggles with a protective technique, and plans for a housing development threaten the woods where the group practices magic.[33]
It opens an unresolved dark-magic investigation while placing the future of the girls’ meeting place at risk.[33]
12. Power Gem
Power Gem (2024)[15-16] finds the Star Friends confronting widespread irritability after a music festival. With their woodland meeting place still threatened by housing development, the town’s inability to cooperate gives the girls another reason to suspect dark magic.[34]
It continues the conflict over woodland development introduced in Dream Shield as a new disturbance affects the community.[34]
13. Charm Breaker
Charm Breaker (2025)[17-18] follows a charity run after which adults become energetic and spontaneous before their behavior turns reckless. Maddie, now a Star Friend, notices that her mother is unaffected and begins questioning what separates her from the others.[35]
It begins the charity-run investigation and shows how Maddie’s perspective contributes to the expanded Star Friends group.[35]
14. Energy Thief
Energy Thief (2026)[19-20] continues the search for whoever was involved in dark magic at the charity run. Mia’s dreams reveal someone secretly watching the Star Friends practice in the woods, raising questions about the connection between the two threats.[36]
This story continues the unresolved investigation from Charm Breaker as the girls face a danger aimed more directly at them.[36]
15. Sister Trouble
Sister Trouble (2026)[21] focuses on Lexi and her younger sister, Lily, as they compete for a place on a junior baking television show. Failed practice bakes and escalating rivalry coincide with a troubling vision from Mia, leading the girls to suspect dark magic.[37]
This installment brings the group’s investigation into Lexi’s family life, making her sibling relationship the focus of the magical disturbance.[37]
16. Disguise Surprise
Disguise Surprise, which will be published on January 7, 2027,[22] follows the Star Friends as they investigate disturbances that may involve an enemy from their past. Mia’s warning visions, Sita’s unexpected outburst, and increasingly argumentative residents point toward another threat to Westport.[38]
As the series finale, it makes the group’s earlier encounters relevant to its central mystery.[38]
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