[LM_NET] HIT: after HP for adult reader

[Mary Sundberg <marypsundberg@YAHOO.COM>]

My original post:
   
  Hello everyone,
  Stopped in at school today and one of our younger teachers asked for my 
recommendation on what he should read now that the HP series is complete. I drew a 
blank. Suggested the Lord of the Rings triology, he didn't like that idea. Any of 
you have a suggestion I might give him? He's very much into sports but I'm not sure 
if he'd like to read about it. Thanks in advance! Mary
   
  
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  Wow, I've gotten at least 20 responses and I think I have enough....don't want to 
overwhelm him! Thanks to everyone who answered so quickly. Anyway, here's the 
suggestions I received:
   
  Someone actually sent me an article she found on NoveList called "Is There Life 
After Harry/" written by M. Delbridge (you'll have to find the article yourself to 
read it)
   
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    DEFINITELY suggest Jonathan Stroud's The Bartimaeus Trilogy (The Amulet of 
Samarkand, The Golem's Eye, and Ptolemy's Gate).  The books are about this boy 
magician who learns to summon creatures to do his bidding (including getting back 
at his benefactor for poor treatment).  He summons a genie by the name of 
Bartimaeus who is my absolute favorite character in any book I've ever read.  He's 
sarcastic, intelligent, and never pulls punches (mostly done in the footnotes of 
the story).  When I finished the final book in this series, I actually applauded. 
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  Ask him what his favorite read was BEFORE Harry Potter...  !!!  ... then go from 
there
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  How about the Philip Pullman '"Dark Materials" series?  GOLDEN COMPASS,SUBTLE 
KNIFE and then THE AMBER SPYGLASS
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  This might not work, but when I think of HP for adults, I think of <Jonathan 
Strange and Mr. Norrell> by Susanna Clarke. It's a huge long book in the style of 
the great British Victorian novels, but it is about a 19th-century England in which 
magic, after lying dormant since the Enlightenment, is revived. I think of it as a 
novel for English majors, but it is a real treasure of a book, and the magic is 
lots of fun. Other than that, I would suggest anything by Diana Wynne Jones
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I really enjoy the Charlie Bone series by Jenny Nimmo.  Also Dark is

 Rising Seriesk, anythibg by Diane Wynne Jones, Vox Series by Paul Stewart.  I

 read a great deal of middle school and ya fantasy.  How about Garth Nix, 
  Pendragon Series, just to name a few.
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  Has he read/would he like the Book of Three series by Lloyd Alexander?  Or the 
Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper?  Like Harry Potter, these series are written 
for children, involve fantasy & folklore
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  I really enjoyed the Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper.
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He has to read Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series.  I believe

 the first title is The Golden Compass.  Pullman is considered a YA

 author, but his books are pretty complex.  He may also like the author
  Gaiman. . . I think the first name is Neal?
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  Shadow Children series by Haddix (titles begin with "Among the..."
  T. A. Baron's Merlin series
  Jacques' Redwall series
  suspense novels by Mary Downing Hahn and Betty Reed Wright
  novels by Mildred Taylor and Virginia Hamilton
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Love the RIck Riordan books -- series is called Percy and thed
  Olympians, first book is Lightning Thief.




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