Title, Creators, Comments / Reviews | Ages | Date Added | |||
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1. The Graveyard Book (Hardcover) Author: Neil Gaiman Illustrator: Dave McKean Publisher: HarperCollins |
Ages 9-12 |
4/17/2010 Add | |||
Kate said: Neil Gaiman writes the most unusual, involving, sometimes frightening and always interesting novels. You can always count on him to surprise and amaze. This one is about a small boy who is raised by...more tags: I recommend | |||||
42,226 Reviews | |||||
2. Howl's Moving Castle (Mass Market Paperback) Author: Diana Wynne Jones Publisher: Ace |
Young Adults |
4/17/2010 Add | |||
Kate said: I love Diana Wynne Jones. Her books have lots of humour and magic in them and Howl particularly is a wonderful character. Read it, and then catch the Hayao Miyazaki movie adaptation, which is very e...more tags: I recommend | |||||
7,100 Reviews | |||||
3. Watership Down (Scribner Classics) (Hardcover) Author: Richard Adams Publisher: Scribner |
N/A |
4/17/2010 Add | |||
Kate said: The classic novel about rabbits escaping their threatened home and embarking on an adventure into the unknown. Brilliant. tags: I recommend | |||||
13,050 Reviews | |||||
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) (Paperback) Author: J. K. Rowling Illustrator: Mary GrandPré Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks |
Ages 9-12 |
4/17/2010 Add | |||
Kate said: Well, it was called "...and the Philosopher's Stone" in Australia, but it's the same book! Don't think I really need to say much about Harry. He's a phenomenon. Hooray for JK Rowling! tags: I recommend | |||||
154,593 Reviews | |||||
5. The Borrowers (Hardcover) Author: Mary Norton Illustrator: Beth Krush Publisher: Harcourt Young Classics |
Ages 9-12 |
4/17/2010 Add | |||
Kate said: A fantastic series about a tiny race of people who "borrow" things to survive. Have you ever put something down and then when you went to find it again it was gone? That's the Borrowers at work! Do...more tags: I recommend | |||||
1,598 Reviews | |||||
6. Flambards (Paperback) Author: K. M. Peyton Illustrator: Victor G. Ambrus Publisher: Puffin |
N/A |
4/17/2010 Add | |||
Kate said: A wonderful series by KM Peyton about a family in the years before and during World War I. I have many books by this author in my collection and they are all great, but the Flambards series is my fa...more tags: I recommend | |||||
112 Reviews | |||||
7. Smith (Paperback) Author: Leon Garfield Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Ages 9-12 |
4/17/2010 Add | |||
Kate said: I first read this at school and loved it then as I do now. It's the story of a 12 year old pickpocket in Dickensian London, who picks an old man's pockets just minutes before his victim is murdered. ...more tags: I recommend | |||||
115 Reviews | |||||
8. The Amazing Mr. Blunden (Puffin books) (Paperback) Author: Antonia Barber Publisher: Puffin Books |
N/A |
4/17/2010 Add | |||
Kate said: This book was originally published as "The Ghosts". It's haunting, scary and wonderful! tags: I recommend | |||||
116 Reviews | |||||
9. Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, Book 1) (Paperback) Author: Eoin Colfer Publisher: Miramax |
Ages 9-12 |
4/17/2010 Add | |||
Kate said: This is the first in the series (now up to Book 7, I think, which I must buy!). 12 year old Artemis Fowl, criminal mastermind and boy genius, plans to kidnap a fairy and hold it to ransom for tons of...more tags: I recommend | |||||
9,155 Reviews | |||||
10. Inkheart (Inkheart Trilogy) (Paperback) Author: CORNELIA FUNKE Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks |
Ages 9-12 |
4/16/2010 Add | |||
Kate said: Inkheart is the first in the trilogy, and though I enjoyed the movie, it didn't really do the books justice. Read the books and lose yourself in the Ink World. Beautifully written, imaginative and m...more tags: I recommend | |||||
16,270 Reviews | |||||
11. The Hobbit (Hardcover) Author: J.R.R. Tolkien Illustrator: J.R.R. Tolkien Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
N/A |
4/16/2010 Add | |||
Kate said: One of my all time favourites. If you haven't read it, do so before the movie comes out! The prequel to the Lord of the Rings (which I also love - and I think Peter Jackson did a brilliant job on...more tags: I recommend | |||||
86,147 Reviews | |||||
12. Mortal engines (Mortal engines quartet) (Paperback) Author: Philip Reeve |
N/A |
4/16/2010 Add | |||
Kate said: This is the first book in a quartet. It's absolutely brilliant. I borrowed it from our local library because the cover looked really interesting, and ended up reading the whole series and buying the...more tags: I recommend | |||||
6,663 Reviews | |||||
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