The Percy Jackson and The Olympian Series

This is a series some people might have heard about; the Percy Jackson books, they're by Rick Riordan and the first book just came out on DVD (The Lightning Thief). They're about Percy Jackson; a boy who seems very unlucky. He lives with his mom Sally and a horrible step-father Gabe, who is rude and mean to Sally AND Percy. In the first book, Percy finds out that he is a demi-god, the son of a mortal and a Greek god. In this series, Percy, Annabeth, the daughter of Athena, Grover, a Satyr, and starting at the end of the second book (the last 3 pages), Thalia, the daughter of Zeus, who used to be a tree (you'll find out in the book). They go everywhere from the Bermuda Triangle to Mt. Olympus.

And here's a tip: watch the movie first so you won't be disappointed with it after reading the book, I'm not saying the movie is bad, it just doesn't follow the story very well; it doesn't show most of the characters as Riordan described them, the story isn't the same, and a few important characters aren't even in the story (Ares, Clarisse, and maybe even more)!

Inkworld Trilogy

The Inkworld trilogy by Cornelia Funke, tells about a girl named Meggie, her father who she calls Mo: the book binder, her Great Aunt Elinor: the book collector and book lover, Dustfinger: the fire-eater, Capricorn the evil villian, all of Capricorn's followers, and more. Meggie and Mo live alone in a house in england, when one stormy night a stranger arrives outside their house. Mo then says they have have to go into hiding. They go to Meggie's Great Aunt Elinor's house. The real adventure begins when Meggie finds out her dad's big secret; that when he reads out loud the charecters come right off the page. That power takes them on lots of adventures, and even into Inkworld itself. Even though I've only read book one, and about half of book two, and haven't read in book two for a while, I still like these books and think you should read them too, Inkheart was even made into a movie in 2008 or 09 or something... Well, anyway the movie is pretty good too.
Like I said I like these books, and you should too.

Erec Rex

The Erec Rex series, by Kaza Kingsley, are about a 12-13 year old boy named, well, Erec Rex who is an adopted boy who's foster mother has also adopted a few other children. Erec sometimes has strange visions and voices in his head telling him to do strange things.

One morning his mom goes missing, the voices tell him to go find her, and with the help of some friends, he finds the magical world of Alypium. Through this series Erec has to compete in challeges, go on adventures, and save Alypium. These books are REALLY good. I like them because they combine magic, adventure and a whole lot of fun.

There are three books out right now and there is one more coming in August, after that I'm not sure if there will be any more.

The Warrior Cats Series

These books are great, They are by Erin Hunter, who is actually three women. These books are about four clans of wild forest cats who hunt, train, and are pretty diplomatic.there are three complete series of books, one series with two finished books (with more coming out), and a few super edition books which are either longer than the others, happen in different times, or, like The Warriors Field Guide, tell never before finished/told stories and more. Like I said, these books are great, they're good for all ages, and genders.


So far I've read all four series, and two or three of the super editions, I'm a pretty youngish boy and these books are definately in my top 5 favorite series.


You can read more about Erin Hunter and these books, play games, take quizzes on all these books, and more, at warriocats.com

The Children of the Lamp Series

The Children of the Lamp Series. by P.B Kerr, are 5 books about 2 children, named John and Phillipa Gaunt, 12-13 year old twins who find out that they are descended from a long line of djinn (genies) and go on a myriad of fun, action-packed adventures around the world with their Uncle Nimrod, his butler: Groanin, an old djinn named Mr. Rakshasas, and many more friends and family.

Right now, I'm still reading this series. I am now on book 3, I would definitely recommend these books to children from the ages of 7-14. These books are awesome.