For anyone looking for reading material for pre-teens/young teens, I want to recommend the four books (totaling about a thousand pages) in the Wingfeather Saga. It’s fantasy along the lines of the Narnia books and Lord of the Rings, with Christian themes but also allusions and similarities to classical and Norse mythology. The plot is not easily summarized, but it involves what turns out to be a royal family (three kids, a mom, and a grandfather) who fight all kinds of evil creatures. It’s well-written, with a terrific vocabulary, and my grandson especially liked the page-turning plots, as well as the occasional illustrations.