The Hero's and Heroine's Journey Reading List
for children and young adults
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| First Book | Series | Author | ||||||
| The Wizard of Oz | The Oz Books | L. Frank Baum | ||||||
| Dealing with Dragons | The Enchanted Forest Chronicles | Patricia C. Wrede | ||||||
| The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe | The Chronicles of Narnia | C. S. Lewis | ||||||
| Alanna: The First Adventure | The Lioness Quartet | Tamora Pierce | ||||||
| Wild Magic | The Immortals | Tamora Pierce | ||||||
| A Wrinkle in Time | The Time Quartet | M. L’Engle | ||||||
| The Golden Compass | His Dark Materials | Philip Pullman | ||||||
| *Arrows of the Queen | The Heralds of Valdemar | Mercedes Lackey | ||||||
| *Sister Light, Sister Dark | The Great Alta Saga | Jane Yolen | ||||||
| Heroine’s Journey Children’s Novels | ||||||||
| The Hero and the Crown | Robin McKinley | |||||||
| Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH | Robert O'Brien | |||||||
| Alice in Wonderland | Lewis Carroll | |||||||
| A Great and Terrible Beauty | Libba Bray | |||||||
| The Last Unicorn | Peter S. Beagle | |||||||
| Hero’s Journey Children’s Series | ||||||||
| First Book | Series | Author | ||||||
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone | Harry Potter | J.K. Rowling | ||||||
| Eragon | Inheritance | C. Paolini | ||||||
| The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe | The Chronicles of Narnia | C.S. Lewis | ||||||
| *Over Sea Under Stone | The Dark is Rising | Susan Cooper | ||||||
| *Ender’s Game | The Ender Saga | Orson Scott Card | ||||||
| *Seventh Son | The Tales of Alvin Maker | Orson Scott Card | ||||||
| A Wizard of Earthsea | The Earthsea Cycle | Ursula Le Guin | ||||||
| The Book of Three | The Chronicles of Prydain | Lloyd Alexander | ||||||
| *Pawn of Prophecy | The Belgariad | David Eddings | ||||||
| Hero’s Journey Children’s Novels | ||||||||
| *The Princess Bride | William Goldman | |||||||
| The Hobbit | J. R. R. Tolkien | |||||||
| The Neverending Story | Michael Ende | |||||||
| Movies | ||||||||
| Star Wars | Labyrinth | |||||||
| The Princess Bride | The Wizard of Oz | |||||||
| The Hobbit | *The 10th Kingdom | |||||||
| *Lord of the Rings | *Mirrormask | |||||||
| *King Arthur (any version) | The Dark Crystal | |||||||
| Harry Potter | *The Mists of Avalon | |||||||
| Eragon | Earthsea | |||||||
| The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe | Spiderman | |||||||
| The Lion King | Superman | |||||||
| The Odyssey | Shrek | |||||||
| *Designed for a Young Adult or Teen Audience | ©Valerie Estelle Frankel 2007 | |||||||
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