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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Great, I have to read the same stuff as my kid for the next two decades... At least I'll have motivation to keep reading.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Try Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus Sequence.

The Amulet of Samarkand

The Golem's Eye

Ptolemy's Gate

The Ring of Solomon

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

such a good ya series

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I'll also suggest the Pendragon series by DJ MacHale.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Those books are so goddam good. I need to find copies and reread them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Thanks, making notes!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I remember City of Ember being pretty good for a kids series. There's no "special powers" or anything, just some kids trying to escape what's basically a city sized bomb shelter that's semi-self-sustaining. I haven't read it in decades but I'm pretty sure it'll hold up as a book for your kids.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Some books I enjoyed when I was a kid that didn't fit the trips above:

  • The Contender
  • The Tripod Series
  • Call It Courage
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I remember enjoying that book when I was younger, good stuff.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Writing this down for later