>I often see Sci-fi/fantasy grouped together at book stores. If your > brother is interested in the sci-fi side of things, > >Douglas Hill wrote some books years ago (I think they may be out of > print, but I have seen a few around). The series is > >called the "Last Legionary." The titles for the four books are: > >Galactic Warlord > >Deathwing Over Veynaa > >Day of the Starwind > >Planet of the Warlord > > I know that they are Space opera, but as a kid I really enjoyed the > books by E.E. 'Doc' Smith, the "Lensman" & "Skylark" series > particularly. Try your local library, you may find them there. Someone may have already suggested this (I haven't caught the entire thread- just joined today) but for SciFi what about the Heinlein young adult books? Tunnel in the Sky, Podkayne <SP?> of Mars, Starman Jones, etc? Even some of his more "adult" stuff is pretty good for most yougins- I really REALLY liked Glory Road and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress when I was 12-13 years old- but then I was a weird kid ::grin:: Merlin