We have the Harry Potter Blues...

After many of the fourth graders (2007-8) finished the Harry Potter series, there was much lamenting about what to read next. Following are some of the selections that they recommended: Riordan-Lightning Thief series Higson-Young Bond books Barry- Peter and the Star Catchers series Birdsall- The Penderwicks Haddix- Among the Hidden series Meyer- Pirate Curse series MacHale- PenDragon series Chima-The Warrior Heir Child-Clarice Bean books Byng-Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism

 

Here are some choices that have been recommended by others suffering from the Harry Potter blues: Avi- -Midnight Magic Barron-Lost Years of Merlin series Billingsley-Folk Keeper Bode- The Anybodies Carman- The Land of Elyon series Cooper- Dark is Rising series Duane-Young Wizards series Funke- The Thief Lord Gordon- Tunnels Ibbotson-Island of the Aunts and others from this author Jarvis- Deptford Mice Trilogy series Jones-Dalemark Quartet series Levine-Ella Enchanted McNish- Doomspell Machel-Eggs in One Basket Nix-Sabriel series Oppel- The Silverwing series Owen- Here, There be Dragons Pierce-Protector of the Small series Pullman-His Dark Materials series Stroud- The Amulet of Samarkand series Yolen-Young Merlin Trilogy

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