Good Books - May 2007

Waiting for Harry

So, it’s about 80 days until the release of, as I am calling it, HP7. I have to speak in code, or else entire conversations about important library stuff get hijacked by discussions of will she or won’t she kill the Boy Who Lived. And that is just the grown ups! Forget about eager teens!

So, in the meantime, give this series a shot:

The Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix. 

Arthur has asthma, but other than that, he lives an ordinary life as an adopted kid in a big family. After a bad attack that should have killed him he begins his adventures through various ‘Houses’ in the Kingdom, each ruled by a ‘trustee’ named for a different day of the week. Arthur must claim each houses’ key in order to rule that realm. 

There are still two books to come in the series, which begins with Mister Monday. You might just anticipate them with the same…er…zeal as HP7.