If you like DWJ, have you read Dark Lord of Derkholm? Great book. Anybody who's ever had to manage large groups of people (tour guides, festival coordinators, etc) will see themselves in one or more of the characters. I think I'll re-read it, come to think of it. //WARNING! The forces of evil are trying to kill any enthusiasm fro the Harry Potter books. Not the censors, but something even worse. Good Apple magazine (a magazine with ideas for teachers to use in their classrooms - some worthy of Dave Barry in their strangeness) laid out the framework for teaching a Language Arts unit (that's what they call "reading" this week) on Harry Potter. Including *shudder* questions to be answered in writing for each chapter. I can't think of a better way to kill enthuseasm for something than to make it an assignment with written questions.