“We’re not supposed to be friends, you and me. We’re meant to be enemies. Did you know that?” Chapter 1: Bruno’s Discovery Nine-year-old Bruno returns home from school […]
Skellig
“I thought he was dead. He was sitting with his legs stretched out and his head tipped back against the wall. He was covered in dust and webs […]
The Amber Spyglass
“You cannot change what you are, only what you do.” Part One: The Enchanted Sleeper Lyra Silvertongue and Will Parry, now in possession of the subtle knife, travel […]
The Subtle Knife
“The knife was the subtle one. It could cut through anything, even the fabric of the world itself.” Chapter 1: The story begins with Will Parry, a twelve-year-old […]
Northern Lights (The Golden Compass)
“The idea hovered and shimmered delicately, like a soap bubble, and she dared not even look at it directly in case it burst. But she was familiar with […]
His Dark Materials (trilogy)
“All the history of human life has been a struggle between wisdom and stupidity.” — Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials Book One: Northern Lights (The Golden Compass) Lyra […]
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.” — Epigraph from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Chapter 1: The Dark Lord Ascending Voldemort gathers his Death […]
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.” — The Marauder’s Map Chapter 1: Owl Post Harry Potter is spending another miserable summer with the Dursleys […]
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” — Albus Dumbledore Chapter 1: […]
The Silmarillion
“There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and […]