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Originally Posted by 1436
The best thing I can say about it is that it was written by 19 yo which can be inspiring to a young person interested in literature.
Oh and the movie sucks beyond all comprehension. Really, really bad.
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I gave the Eragon books to my (now 15-year-old) nephew, and both he and his 11-year-old brother have greatly, greatly enjoyed them. Bonus on this one is that the third and final book just came out at the end of September, so you should be able to get that new-book discount on a boxed set. Unfortunately they didn't have a third-book-plus-three-book-box set, so my nephew has the first two in a box and the third one alongside.
Last year I gave him a bunch of Dumas, which didn't go over nearly as well, though he liked the idea of it.
My 10-year-old niece, also a precocious and voracious reader, has really enjoyed the Artemis Fowl books (by Eoin Colfer) I've given her. I think there are five or six of them.
And it's not accidental that these favorites are series. One-off books just don't hold much truck with this age group.
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