Thursday, January 12, 2012

Miss Griffin's Pick: The Hobbit

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (F Tol)

AR book level:  6.6
AR points:  16.0

Bilbo Baggins wants to live a peaceful life in his cozy hobbit hole, but one day the wizard Gandalf visits him and offers him an irresistible adventure--to journey with a band of dwarves to reclaim their stolen fortune from the dragon Smaug.  As they travel deeper into Middle Earth and farther from Bilbo's home, they encounter evil orcs, savage wolves, giant spiders, and worse unknowns, like a strange creature named Smeagol with a mysterious and magnetic ring...

Sequels:  The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien (F Tol)

Other great fantasy/adventure stories:  The Lord of the Rings, Redwall by Brian Jacques (F Jac), Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper (F Coo), Crispin series by Avi (F Avi), The Inheritance Cycle (4 books) by Christopher Paolini (F Pao)

Image taken from goodreads.com

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