Board Thread:Games Tent/@comment-2601:441:280:4D81:6D96:6CE9:78C6:47F-20180626002524/@comment-32520455-20180703174226

Sussettey1 wrote: The School For Good and Evil. If you want a more relaxed version of that, then The Land of Stories.

Harry Potter is amazing too.

And also, The Last Dragon Chronicles. Long book series, but it's amazing.

If you like Percy Jackson, but wish it had a better romantic subplot, then I highly recommend the Pegasus book series as well. I personally don't like Percy Jackson (fight me), but Pegasus, I love. Like, a lot.

Also, if you enjoy fairy tales with some plot twists, then read the Whatever After book series. It's for kids around the age of 9 or 10, but it's fun to read, no matter how old you are.

You've probably heard of the book series Nancy Drew. It really is a classic. But it's a little old. To that I say, in 2013, a more modern series was written! Nancy Drew Diaries, and it's too good to pass up.

If you want something really elementary level (like, second grade), then I'd recommend Cam Jansen. It was my childhood. I'd definitely read it again, just for old times' sake. It's basically a series about a girl with a photographic memory, who ends up becoming a kid detective. Her real name is Jennifer, but everyone calls her Cam.

It's always nice to pick up a historical fiction every now and then, right? I can already hear people disagreeing with me. Okay, I hate history just as much as the next person, but some historical fiction is actually really good. For this genre, I recommend 7th grade level book, The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Hint: It's not actually about a witch. This is one of my favorite school mandatory books. I wasn't expecting it to be so good! There were so many plot twists, I really enjoyed seeing the surprise from everyone else in class when we read it (because I had already read the entire book on my own!).

And maybe, if you're feeling up to it, Esperanza Rising. I KNOW, everyone despises that book to the core of their existence, but I actually kinda liked it.

Going back to the fairy tale subject, there's at least one more I'd like to recommend. So, you know Descendants, and how it's really bad? There's a better version of it in book form, called Ever After High. It's actually a series, and really popular among elementary schoolers. I've read it, and I adore it. It's one of those series where you can just sit down, relax, and read the book. Plus, there's even a character who can talk to the narrator! How meta is that?

And a real modern classic, Ella Enchanted. It's nothing like the movie, and it's really good.

I'm not sure what genre this fits into, but, The Invention of Hugo Cabret. An amazing book. It has hand drawn pictures every few pages that are very detailed, and tells a very creative story. I had to read it in elementary, but it's still nice to read every now and then. (While we're on the topic of elementary school books, I might as well recommend The Indian in the Cupboard. An oldie, but a goodie. It's a charming fantasy book.)

Most of these are fairly obscure, which is why I recommend them.

Oh right, and a lot of people like A Wrinkle in Time...but I don't really like it. I read it before 6th grade, I think. I'm not a sci-fi kind of person. Those are some good recommendations, S1. And I agree, I really enjoyed the EAH series as well, so much that I even used to watch the episodes/movies on Netflix. And some Historical Fiction novels are really quite interesting, like Listening for Lions (LOVED that book), The Apothecary, and Walk Across the Sea. I also used to read Cam Jansen and Nancy Drew-they were a good set of elementary level mysteries. And I've read and enjoyed the Land of Stories series, so I think I will try out the School for Good and Evil series.