HELP ME NEED a GOOD BOOK!?

Question

Help i really really really need a good book ( i like fantasy) it has to be appropreate for an 8th grader! but i reealy neeed a good book my dad is taking me to a book store and wont let me leave untill i get a book IT HAS TO BE GOOD CUZ I HAVE TO READ IT! plz

Answer 1

Eragon or Eldest by Christopher Poalini (although you might have read that)

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (the first book of a series)

Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede

i've read all of these and i enjoyed them a lot. hope this helps!

Answer 2

The Golden Compass is an exceptionally good book by Philip Pullman. It's a finely crafted fantasy story involving a young girl and a polar bear who travel back and forth through parallel universes. Its part of a trilogy that includes The Amber Spyglass and the Subtle Knife.

You can visit this website to learn more:

http://www.randomhouse.com/features/pullman/books/golden_compass.html


Another excellent book is entitled East by Edith Pattou

Answer 3

I don't know many fantasy novels, besides Lord of the Rings of course, wich i suppose you already read. If you did and liked it, try anything from the same author. Actually, try anything from the same authors as a book you already read. If it doesn't help, ask to someone who works there for a good fantasy book. That way, you will read your own things and be able to answer those questions in the future.

If you're willing to go into sci-fi novels, my all-time favorite is Dune, by Frank Herbert.

Answer 4

"The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle" by Avi. This is a great book, historical fiction about a girl who runs away to sea on a tall ship in the 19th century.
"The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death" by Daniel Pinkwater; really funny, about the strange adventures of some high school students.
"The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis.
"The Hobbit" by Tolkien.
"Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula LeGuin

Answer 5

The Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCafrey is a great series of books about settlements of communiies built into the cliffs who use firebreathing dragons to battle "thread" a very dangerous invader from a nearby planet that kills vegetation. It examines lots of coming of age aspects of childhood through both the male and female perpective. Check them out, they are written so well and the planet of Pern is amazing. I read them more than once when I was a kid.

Answer 6

Ok, books by Tamora Pierce (my favorites are the Tortall ones), are excellent for that age group. So are the Christopher Paolini books, and the3 Artemis Fowl books by Eoin Colfer.

have fun

Answer 7

try sabriel it is fantasy fiction and is apropriet for an eighth garder. the book is part #1 in a series by garth nix. it is an adventure of a younge girl who believes that her father is dead... her father being the abhorsen (a person who controls the dead for good for instance having to defeat greater dead like kerrigor)... she at theat time is the abhorson in waiting. the sequals lirael and abhorsen are better than the 1st in my opinion.
eragon is also terrific... by chris paolini! luv it!!!!

ps lord of the rings suck. the story is just dull.

Answer 8

Do you like dragons? I'm not sure if these books are still in print or not, but they were good when I read them. They are all by Anne McCaffrey, they are called: Dragonsinger, Dragondrums, and Dragonsong. I did like her style of writing but the stories were good.

Answer 9

A Wrinkle in Time or any of the other Madaleine L'Engle books

Answer 10

well i only knoe a few fantasies. theres harry potter, lord of the rings, narnia, eragon, inkspell, inkheart, umm...well those are sum. i cant think of nemore really good ones right now. good luck.