Genre Recommendations: Fantasy

What to do after Harry Potter and Percy Jackson? Many of the intermediate classrooms are working on reading a variety of literary genres.  I've compiled bibliographies for these genres and posted them on the library catalog,  In the middle of the page, look under "Resource Lists" and see what titles are available.  Included in the fantasy list are titles by well-known authors such as Bruce Coville and Cornelia Funke, but any titles by these two would be outstanding choices.  Unfortunately, we don't have Funke's "Ink Trilogy" available, and these are some of my favorite Funke titles.  They can be accessed at the public library. We also only have one title by one of my favorite British authors, Eva Ibbotson, and none of the Charlie Bone series by Jenny Nimmo, so I will be working on making these additions to the collection this year.  In the meantime, I highly recommend these books if your child was a big fan of Harry Potter or fantasy in general. From Australia comes another fabulous fantasy writer, Emily Rodda.  In addition to the Deltora Quest series that is listed on the bibliography, she is also the author of several other outstanding series that would appeal to a wide variety of readers:  Fairy Realm, Rowan of Rin, and Rondo.  As always, if you need further recommendations, feel free to call, email, or stop by the library for book recommendations.