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Annotated Bibliography

Tolkien, J.R.R.. The Hobbit. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1937. ISBN: 0618002219

Poor Bilbo Baggins! An unassuming and rather plump hobbit (as most of these small, furry-footed people tend to be ), Baggins finds himself unwittingly drawn into adventure by a wizard named Gandalf and 13 dwarves bound for the Lonely Mountain, where a dragon named Smaug hordes a stolen treasure. Before he knows what is happening, Baggins finds himself on the road to danger. Wizards, dwarves and dragons may seem the stuff of children's fairy tales, but The Hobbit is in a class of its own--light-hearted enough for younger readers, yet with a dark edge guaranteed to intrigue an older audience. In the best tradition of the archetypal hero's quest, Bilbo Baggins sets out on his fateful journey a callow, untested soul and returns--tempered by hardship, danger and loss--a better man--er, hobbit.

(http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0006754023/202-8732071-1635818)

Lewis, C.S. The Magician's Nephew. London: The Bodley Head, 1955; rpt. New York: Collier Books, 1970. ISBN: 0064471101
Beginning in Victorian London, two children named Polly and Digory - whose Uncle Andrew is a magician - meet a Queen during their travels who wants magic for power. They are present at the creation of Narnia, when Aslan gives the gift of speech to the animals.

---. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1950; rpt. New York: Collier Books, 1970. ISBN: 0590254766
Four English children (Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy) accidently discover a magic land that lies beyond and through an ordinary wardrobe. In this land, called Narnia, one of them, Edmund, betrays his siblings to the wicked White Witch, who has been holding all Narnia in thrall to winter. Only when the lion Aslan agrees to die at the witch's hand can the betrayal be forgiven and Spring come to Narnia.

---. The Horse and His Boy. London: Geoffry Bles, 1954; rpt. New York: Collier Books, 1970. ISBN: 0064471063

Shasta, aided by the Tarkheena Aravis and two Talking Horses (Hwin and Bree), helps save Archenland from invasion.

---. Prince Caspian. London: Geoffry Bles, 1951; rpt. New York: Collier Books, 1970. ISBN: 0064471055
The four children return to a Narnia much later in time than their last visit. They meet the mouse Reepicheep and all assist Prince Caspian in defeating the Telmarines and bringing back the Old Things.

---. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. London: Geoffry Bles, 1952; rpt. New York: Collier Books, 1970. ISBN: 0064471071
Edmund and Lucy join their cousin Eustace Clarence Scrubb, who becomes an unwilling voyager on a ship with King Caspian. Caspian (and Reepicheep) propose to sail to the World's End. They do. Aslan tells Edmund and Lucy that they are now too old for Narnia and must learn to see him - Aslan - in their own world.

---. The Silver Chair. London: Geoffry Bles, 1953; rpt. New York: Collier Books, 1970. ISBN: 0064471098
Eustace Scrubb, with a friend named Jill Pole, is sent by Aslan to find the imprisoned Rilian - the true heir to the Narnian throne. Guided by Puddleglum, the children help Rilian to escape from Underland.

---. The Last Battle. London: The Bodley Head, 1956; rpt. New York: Collier Books, 1970. ISBN: 006447108X
The final story: in the last days, a clever ape has constructed a false Aslan. Even after Jill Pole and Eustace Scrubb help Tirian to expose the deception, confusion reigns. The children die in a railway accident in England at the same time that Narnia ends. The children go on to find a new Narnia where "the inside is larger than the outside."

(All C.S. Lewis book info. was found at: http://cslewis.drzeus.net/books/fiction.html)

---. Rowling, J. K.. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Arthur A. Levine Books, 1999. ISBN: 0439136350

For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort. Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well. And the Azkaban guards heard Black muttering in his sleep, "He's at Hogwarts... he's at Hogwarts." Harry Potter isn't safe, not even within the walls of his magical school, surrounded by his friends. Because on top of it all, there may well be a traitor in their midst.

(http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/books/prisoner/index.htm)

Card, Orson Scott. Ender's Game. New York: Saint Martin's Press Inc., 1992. ISBN: 0312853238

Intense is the word for Ender's Game. Aliens have attacked Earth twice and almost destroyed the human species. To make sure humans win the next encounter, the world government has taken to breeding military geniuses -- and then training them in the arts of war... The early training, not surprisingly, takes the form of 'games'... Ender Wiggin is a genius among geniuses; he wins all the games... He is smart enough to know that time is running out. But is he smart enough to save the planet?

(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0812550706/qid=1115925665/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/103-7679658-5888613?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)