books like harry potter

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "bathbaby18" <bathbaby18 at ...> wrote:
>
> I know that there could be no comparison but I was wondering if
> there are any good books that were close to being like Harry
> Potter or any good books along those lines. Thanks in Advance
> 
> bathbaby18

Geoff:
Not quite like Harry but I have mentioned these books a couple of 
times before on the groups. They are set in the North of England 
involving two non-magical children working with a wizard who is 
connected to one of the legends of the area.

They are "The Weirdstone of Brisingamen" and a sequel "The Moon 
of Gomrath" by Alan Garner. Written in the 1960s they are still in 
print. You will find that some of the story reinds you of Tolkien 
and Lewis in places because he draws on the same source material.