books like harry potter

[dumbledore11214]

> > bboyminn:
> > 
> > If you are looking for 'boy wizard' books specifically, then 
> > consider "The Bartimaeus trilogy" by Jonathan Stroud. 
> 
> Kemper now:
> I agree enthusiastically with this suggestion.
> It's a wonderful story, and, at least for me, pulled my heart 
strings
> more without any sentimentality. 

Alla:

It was very well done, I agree, but certainly not a book that I would 
care to reread.

 
> Kemper now:
<SNIP>
> Adding this series by Rick Riordan to the fantasy mix:
> Percy Jackson and the Olympians 
> 
> Each book in the series is better than the last.  The read is quick,
> and the end of each chapter (especially in the last two books)
> compelled me to read the beginning of the next... a bit like HP.

Alla:

Oh, oh do tell how you liked the last book? I loved it.

 Those are the series that I do like a lot, even though I think that 
Harry tops them, but it is a lot of fun, especially if one loves 
greek myths.