The Eye of Minds has a connection to Harry Potter?!

As I'm reading my book The Eye of Minds by James Dashner, (the same author who wrote The Maze Runner Series), I notice that the main character Michael is somewhat similar to Harry Potter from the Harry Potter Series by J.K Rowling. Just like Harry, Michael is having a lot of pressure to do the right thing in order to save their worlds. In the book, the author writes, ""Tell your friends what I just told you. Bryson and Sarah. No one else. No one. Do you understand me? Tell anyone -- even your parents-- and we'll erase them."" This quote shows that if Michael wanted to complete the task, he would have to tell no one besides his friends, but if he tells anyone else, they would be erased forever. Also Harry and Michael have their trio group of friends. In Harry Potter, it includes himself, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger. While in The Eye of Minds, the trio includes Michael, Bryson, and Sarah. Unlike Harry Potter, there are only 3 books in the series so far while Harry Potter has 7 books in the series and 8 movies. Even though the plot is completely different, I think that there is a connection between the two characters from different boos series. If you want to find out what they plot is about in The Eye of Minds, you have to read the book.