HP readalikes - for the young and young at heart (long)

[dumbledore11214]

> Kemper now:
> Between Strickland and Travers there needs to be Stroud.  
> 
> Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus Trilogy.  I disliked one of the main 
> characters, Nathanial, during the first book.  But I absolutely loved 
> him by the end of the series.  I cried when I put finished the last 
> book.
> 
> I've only read about a fourth of the authors Petra listed.  Stroud 
> and Rowling are the only ones to have moved me to tears.
> 
> Maybe the other three-fourths would move me as well, but I kind of 
> doubt it.  However, they still might be fun reads.
> 
> Kemper, also thinking Timothy Zahn's 'Dragonback' series should be on 
> the list especially since Machale's 'Pendragon' series is.
>

Alla:

Hee, loved Stroud's trilogy as well, loved :)

Amazing character development IMO.