Since it appears the majority of everyone that had typed in the discussion of "fantasy" had began reading fantasy when they were still young I thought I might ask what is appropriate for a young fantasy reader? I have an 11-year old step-brother who very much enjoys fantasy, and he has asked me what else there is in this genera to read. I, however, do not know exactly what to tell him. To tie this post a little bit into this discussion board, I will say that I hesitate to tell him to read Steven's novels, because (no offence to the author), but, my experience in reading his works is that they are written to a more mature audience (which is great because we do need something to read that is not tiresome because it is geared at children). Though I think Steven is at least the most interesting if not the best fantasy writer out there today, and I would love to give my step-brother a copy of TPG or Jhereg because then we could have many not-so-great discussions regarding Steven’s works, I also hesitate at doing this because my father or his mother would murder me if I were to give him something to read above his maturity level (they have been asking me for the last nine-years when I am going to get out of this “dark phase”, so I can only imagine what they would do if I were to help my step-brother into one). Because I did not start reading fantasy until I was already an adult, I have mostly been geared to authors that write for an older audience, so with very few exceptions, I do not know what is out there that is appropriate for him. (I also might add that I have not the faintest idea of what the maturity level of an 11-year old is these days, so again, I have no ideas). Do any of you that started reading all of this when you were his age, have any thoughts? P.S. For those of you that cringe at poor syntax and diction please forgive me, I only had a few seconds to write these thoughts down. _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963