#malcolm hall

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A - The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents (Terry Prachett) An excellent book on the fringes of Discworld.

R - The Road to High Saffron (otherwise known as Shades of Grey, by Jasper Fforde. NOT 50 Shades!) The world of the Colortocracy is SUCH a weird and complicated one that you’ll find yourself almost speaking another language by the time you finish!

T - This Can’t be Happening at MacDonald Hall! (Gordon Korman) Ah, the one that started it all. I will never fall out of love with MacDonald Hall. ^_^

O - Otherland (Tad Williams) Just discovered this series about virtual reality worlds a few months ago, but even though I’ve only read the first so far I’m in love with it. Currently reading it to my sister in the evenings.

V - Ventus (Karl Schroeder) Discovered this one last year and it blew my mind! Epic science fiction masquerading as fantasy in a story about thalience and nanotechnology.

E - The Electric Book (Malcolm Hall) A children’s novel about character tropes and breaking the fourth wall that was one of the first books I read to my siblings when we were kids.

L - Last of the Sky Pirates (Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell) A really good cross section of what makes the Edge Chronicles series so fun. This was actually the first one I ever read, even though it’s like number 7 in the series if you want to take it chronologically. It’s still the first one I recommend to new readers.

I - I Was a Sixth Grade Alien (Bruce Coville) Trust Bruce Coville to take a title like that, cooked up by the publishers to appeal to middle grade readers, and turn it into a surprisingly mature look at the prejudice and media attention that would accompany the young son of the first galactic ambassador on Earth.