Pratchett is fun indeed, but hard to get into; it's difficult to know where to start. I found my first experience of Pratchett rather dull, but his universe grows with the reading, and, as you come to appreciate the characters more, the whole really does become far greater than the sum of its parts.

Terry Brooks ripped off Tolkien so shamelessly there really isn't much point in reading him- read The Lord of the Rings instead. It's far better.

When I was eleven I was reading Asimov's future history novels (Robots-Empire-Foundation), and I still recommend them, though, like Heinlein, there is some open discussion of sex, particularly in the later books. The Tripods are great fun, and (but?) very definitely aimed at kids.

His Dark Materials is a mixed bag. The first book is phenomenal, the second OK, but by the third book Pullman seems to go completely off his rocker. The last is certainly not intended as a children's novel and shouldn't be seen as such, but the first is fine for kids.

Narnia is beautifully written, but be prepared for some religious allegory which can get tiresome at times, especially in the final book, which is also loaded with a lot of weird anti-Islamic subtexts.

I would definitely reccomend the first three novels of the Hitchhiker series (the last two are not really kiddie friendly and quite frankly, they're crap). I can safely credit Douglas Adams with forming a great deal of my own personal philosophy.

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