Featured Books

 

Coraline by Neil Gaiman ~Loved Coraline (not Caroline)? Check out some of Gaiman's other books at his website ~The official movie website is a visual, creepy, interactive treat.  ~An interesting interview with the author!

Everlost by Neal Shusterman Neal Shusterman's Everlost page Start reading the book online to see if you like it!

 

Fiction

 

Downer, Ann. Hatching Magic.

~The author's site features printable color bookmarks, hear a dragon's call, and found out what made the author write this book!

 

Hunter, Erin. Seekers.

 

 

Lisle, Holly. The Ruby Key.

~An author interview from teenreads.com.

 

Funke, Cornelia. The Dragon Rider.

~Scholastic's Dragon Rider site with a free downloadable map and word search, plus an interview with the author.

 

Series

Colfer, Eoin. Artemis fowl

~The offical site for this series is awesome! It has videos, games, and more.

 

DiTerlizzi, Tony. Spiderwick Chronicles.

~The movie website has tons of stuff to look at!

 

DuPrau, Jeanne. Book of Ember.

~Did you know there was a movie made of this book?

~See a trailer, play a game, and more at this series website. 

 

Funke, Cornelia. Inkheart.

~Find out what the author wanted to be before she became a writer. 

~Read a short excerpt to get a sense of the book.

~The official Inkheart movie website.

~If you like the Spiderwick Chronicles, you might like these books.

Lewis, C.S. The Chronicles of Narnia.

~Browse inside Prince Caspian, the latest to be made into a movie.

~The Narnia site by HarperCollins has a Narnia timeline, games, audio excerpts and much, much more!

 

Nix, Garth. Keys to the Kingdom. 

~Read excerpts from each book to see if they sound good to you! 

 

 Paolini, Christopher. The Inhertance Trilogy (Eragon, Eldest & Brisingr)

~Eragon, the movie! 

~The official site for the series! 

MacHale, D.J. Pendragon

~Ever wonder how to pronounce the names in the Pendragon series? You can find out at the official page! 

 

Riordan, Rick. Percy Jackson & The Olympians.

~Watch the Scholastic video trailer!

Rodda, Emily. Deltora series.

~Scholastic has a cool website for these books that includes games and other activities.

 

Sage, Angie. Septimus Heap series, starting with Magyk

~Browse inside below, or look at the amazing series site with games and a video trailer!

 

 

Non-fiction

Hansen, Jimmy. (743.5 HAN) How to draw dragons.

~If you don't want to try them yourself, you might want to print out some dragons and decorate them!