Northern Lights

Author: Philip Pullman

Interesting comments on the Church and religion. The opportunity to discuss and consider souls through the daemons and Iorek's armour.

The Wee Free Men

Author: Terry Pratchett

Subverting the features of fairy tales and the accepted notions of childhood in a humorous and typically brilliant Pratchett style.

The Hobbit

Author: J R R Tolkien

Detailed and original with vivid characters and settings.

Enchanted Glass

Author: Diana Wynne Jones

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Author: J K Rowling

These books are my guilty pleasure. They have fun clues to solve along the way and are familiar.

The series is useful for descriptions of setting, Latin and Greek derived words and names and looking at adaptation. It also explores reputation, primarily through Severus Snape.