by John Flanagan
Conditional Recommendation: While tracking the fleeing Outsiders cult, Halt is poisoned and Will must face a skilled enemy and race against time to save his beloved mentor.
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Conditional Recommendation: An engaging tale of friendship and adventure shared by a boy and his two hound dogs.
Awards: Massachusetts Children’s Book Award (1987), North Dakota Children’s Choice Award (1981).
Conditional Recommendation: Ranger apprentice, Will, and his friend Horace are sent as envoys to Celtica in light of the coming war and they find themselves and their training put to the ultimate test.
Awards: Children’s Book Council of Australia Award, International Success of the Year Award (2007)
Unconditional Recommendation: A 15-year-old orphan boy is recruited and trained to become a ranger and must, with his master, track dangerous creatures before evil Morgarath’s bidding results in someone’s death.
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy