At risk of repeating what others have surely said: The Narnia books by C S Lewis Anything by Madeline L'Engle Anything by E. Nesbitt Anything by Edward Eagar (sp?) such as Half Magic or Magic by the Lake Harry Potter The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper Andre Norton The Hobbit. If he is very advanced, the Lord of the Rings The Heinlein juvies Asimov's original Robot and Foundation stories Diane Duane's "So You Want to be a Wizard" series Anything by Diane Wynne Jones That should do to start on . . . Mia