Debby
- Tuesday, October 30 2007
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I haven't read them myself - and now I'm going to put them on my list - but friends are big fans of the Redwall books by Brian Jacques.
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Debby
- Tuesday, October 30 2007
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Oh .. and any of John Bellairs' books - (w/ Edward Gorey) - magic/mystery/adventure
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The Darren Shan Saga by Darren Shan, it's a series about vampires that's very, very interesting, even with the gore; it had me at the edge of my seat throughout all 12 books.
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For an 8 year old (a very independant reader), my son has enjoyed the fablehaven books, vampirates, and we've also heard the leven lumps series is very good though we haven't read them yet. for very young readers, the dragon slayers academy is very fun. it even taught him pig latin.
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I read the first book in the Redwall series after seeing a few episodes of the cartoon on PBS, but it never really grabbed me, so I haven't read any of the others.
I just read the first book in the Cirque Du Freak series (is that the Darren Shan Saga?) today and I think I'll give the next couple in the series a read.
I also read books 3 and 4 in the Spiderwick series today. Each book is really slim. It reads more like each book should be a single chapter in a larger book. If Tolkien had written The Hobbit this way it would have been a 30 volume series.
I haven't seen the Fablehaven books, but I'll look for them.
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Is Cirque Du Freak suitible for 6th - 8th? Any gratuitous language or sex??
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Diane Duane's SO You Want To Be a Wizard series is excellent! I'm workign my way through the audio books and i'm really enjoying them. They are much shorter than the HP books, and tend to take place more in teh "real world" but I actually liked them better than HP for that.
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Since I originally posted this question I've read most of the Darren Shan/Cirque du Freak series, finished the first Spiderwick series, read Holly Black's Ironside, Tithe, & Valiant, and finished the first Leven Thumps book--all of which I've enjoyed.
I've started the first Fablehaven book but haven't finished it yet—I'm also partway through Nancy Farmer's The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm.
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I just picked up Ella Enchanted and it's great. I'm about 200 pages into it. I can't believe it's taken me this long to realize it is a retelling of Cinderella. Doh!
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j3n
- Thursday, November 29 2007
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Inkheart
Inkspell
Both by Cornelia Funke (though I was disappointed by The Thief Lord)
Tanglewreck by Jeanette Winterson
What the Dickens - The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy by Gregory Maguire
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The Earthsea Cycle.
They are easy to read but they hold an extraordinary amount of wisdom in them. The first three are particularly good for younger readers but the books mature quickly after that. It was originally a trilogy but she revisited Earthsea many years later and thankfully remembered her way around it.
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daye
- Thursday, April 10 2008
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I second the Cornelia Funke, oeuvre. I thought Inkheart & Inkspell were fantastic! (Thief Lord wasn't BAD!--It just wasn't as strong as Inkheart
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Try Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising Sequence. My boys liked it, and they recently made a movie from it, which is now out on video.
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Pendragon is a great one for 'after Harry Potter'. 2nd & up are loving Gail Levine Fairies books. Disney Fairies is the follow up to Levine's books and I can't keep them on the shelves. Eragon (don't see the movie!). DeLacy's Fire Within, Suzanne Wyn's books are good too. Also check the Zack Files for 1st - 3rd. I think I'll check out some of the other recommendations.
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I love The Last Apprentice series (J. Delaney) and Artemis Fowl series (E. Colfer).
Also:
Princess Academy (S. Hale)
Dragon Rider (C. Funke)
City of Ember (J. Duprau)
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