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Hi all,

I’ve got a 6th grade boy who wants some new “really good, thick books” to read. 
He’s been through Harry Potter, Eragon, Redwall, Lord of the Rings and is almost 
done with the Warriors series.  Suggestions?

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Thanks to all who sent great suggestions - I'm going to print this out and show him 
what you all suggested!

T.A.Barron's LOST YEARS OF MERLIN series (5 books), GREAT TREE OF AVALON (3 books), 
MERLIN'S DRAGON (1st in a new series)
Peter Dickinson has THE SIGHT and THE ROPEMAKER
Phillip Pullman's HIS DARK MATERIALS series.
Rick Riordan's PERCY JACKSON/OLYMPIANS series
James Patterson's MAXIMUM RIDE series
Conor Kostick's EPIC SERIES
Anthony Horowitz's ALEX RIDER series
O. Skye's LEVEN THUMPS series
Eoin Colfer's ARTEMIS FOWL series
Rick Riordan's 39 CLUES series
Jeff Stone's FIVE ANCESTORS series
Patricia Farmer's SEA OF TROLLS and LAND OF SILVER APPLES
Nix's CHARLIE BONE series
Cornelia Funke's INKHEART, INKSPELL and INKDEATH
Jink's EVIL GENIUS, GENIUS SOCIETY and others
Card's ENDER series
Stephanie Meyers' TWILIGHT series
RANGER'S APPRENTICE series; PENDRAGON series; CITY OF EMBER series; GREGOR THE 
OVERLANDER series;
THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY and its sequel, BARTIMEOUS trilogy


Sheri Zachary, Librarian
Ravenwood Elementary School
9500 Wren Lane
Eagle River, AK  99577
(907) 742-3250
(907) 742-3260 (fax)
zachary_sheri@asdk12.org<mailto:zachary_sheri@asdk12.org>

"You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in 
silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals 
as librarians." -- Monty Python

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