Harry Potter and Friends

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Great Reads for Young Adults

Harry Potter has turned onto reading more children and young adults than ever. They are reading for the joy of it, but in many cases, learning a lot as well. But Mr. Potter isn't the only young adult around who has a great story to tell. For example, Charlie Bone, with his ability to hear pictures, leads his readers on perilous, even life-threatening (although not for the reader) tales of intrigue. And there are others, of course. . .many others. But the ones that particularly interest me, are those that share knowledge, not just fun, with the readers. In this blog, I plan to share information about fun and educational books. So come along to learn about some great reads, and share your discoveries as well with the rest of us.

1 Comments:

  • Libraries are a great place to learn about books that are similar reads to the Harry Potter series. (Yes, I'd like there to be more Harry Potter books myself, but Rowling can only write so fast. Too bad for us readers.)

    The Waukesha Public Library has a list of books of interest to Harry Potter fans. Here's their URL: http://www.waukesha.lib.wi.us/kc/harry.shtml.

    This library's list includes lots of books with magic in them, not just fantasy. I like to stretch my mind with other fantasy books though, such as the Charlie Bone series. While these characters all have special gifts inherited from the Red King, their gifts are less magical and more just gifts, like the ability to move objects or stir up one heck of a nasty storm.

    If you just want more about the Harry Potter books though, check out this website. It gathers HP news and presents links all on one page. Watch out that you have your spyware/adware protectors turned on though. Mine popped up to let me know spybot was working through this website. Here's the URL: http://www.hpana.com/news.17939.html.

    So, what great fantasy, young adult websites have you found? Do you have any favorite books in this genre, besides Harry Potter?

    By Blogger Dorothy Cady, at 7:24 AM  

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