I need elements of reality, although if done right supernatural can be great. I don't like inventing my own world. I prefer something closer to reality. A confidant. A lurking stranger. Trying to figure out their own past. Overcoming a powerful enemy. Solving a mystery. Overcoming a world-changing threat. Tin Woodman. I prefer a world I know nothing about. Yes, I love discovering more about worlds I am familiar with. I prefer something more tangible to my worlds.
Yes, as long as that world is being destroyed. I prefer not to slip over the line from good to bad. It's a fun twist. Good should always be good and bad should always be bad.
How can a character grow that way? A massive storm. A murderous flock of birds. Alien invasions. Magic is for the books. Not really, but it's fun to read about. Yes, as long as it isn't crazy. Young adult novels are often referred to as "YA," and they are often marketed to teens from ages 12 through The topic specifically looks at book series in this demographic, which include multiple books following the same plotline. The best young adult series may consist of two books and up to 12 or more books in a single series.
Start Quiz. Get new quizzes every day. Accessible and exciting, the Dragon Keepers series is perfect for readers who love the story of Harry Potter but aren't quite ready to tackle the original tomes. Ten-year-old cousins Jesse and Daisy unwittingly become Dragon Keepers, with a newborn dragon named Emmy as their charge.
Over the course of the series, they'll have to protect Emmy from the evil St. George, unravel the ancient secrets of Dragon Keeping, and so much more. Imagine stumbling upon a closet full of glorious dresses, and then trying one on to find you've been transformed into someone else! That's what happens to Darling Dimple, a young girl with a whole lot of gumption who takes on various disguises to solve mysteries inside an enchanted castle. Some use invisibility cloaks, others prefer a gown and lace slippers.
This excellent series of books is filled with epic battles and adventures with Will, the Rangers and their secret ways , and the ultimate goal to defeat evil. Orphaned Denizen Hardwick doesn't buy in to magic and fairy tales. But when he's greeted by a mysterious stranger and promptly set upon by monsters, he realizes there may be more to his world after all.
The man seems bent on recruiting Denizen to join his order of knights - people who Denizen feels an instant connection to - but if Denizen's supposedly part of this lineage, wouldn't his family have left him in the knights' care?
Egypt's Great Library of Alexandria was destroyed in a fire some 2, years ago, but in Rachel Caine's extraordinary series, the library survived - and it now controls all knowledge that's dispersed to the people. Books are forbidden from being owned, but that doesn't stop Jess Brightwell's family from smuggling them.
To learn more about their rulers, Jess enlists in the Library's army, putting himself and everyone around him in great danger. On the show front, I originally had trepidation about watching a TV adaptation that admitted to aging its characters to four years older than what is written in the books, as the process of character growth is an integral part of the series. As the books deal with real contemporary adult issues — mental illness, sexual identity and more, SyFy network is taking those issues to the screen.
The show is quite different from the books so far in plot. The characters are older and thus accelerate through the University program faster than in the books. For example, they attend Brakebills South the final capstone to their magical education as first years rather than fourth years on the show. They also changed some character arcs and names around to better fit what the show runners are doing.
This has a lot to do with the casting, which was perfectly done. The show is really an entertaining one, and as someone who is a middling 20 something, it has helped me realize that people my age — even magicians, need time figuring life out.
The Magicians has been renewed for a second season. If you want to find out how England was really born, this series is a good starting point. He is brought into the fold of a Viking family as a son after rescuing the daughter of the family, and later on identifies as both Pagan and Viking as he ages in an increasingly Catholic and war-torn England.
He ends up working for King Alfred the Great as a warrior, after he is framed for the murder of his adoptive Danish father to regain his lost land and title. Alfred, a cunning and pious man plagued by mysterious illness, stopped at nothing to make his dream a reality — even manipulating Utred repeatedly.
The real King Alfred, was also a magnificent record keeper at a time where barely anyone knew how to read or write.
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