Wise Old Men
Was your favorite character in Eragon Brom, who serves as Eragon's Guide and Mentor? Do you want to read more books with 'wise old man' supporting characters? Then try one of these books!
The Wall and the Wing
by Laura Ruby Few know that it is thanks to an ingenious invention by "The Professor", an eccentric scientist, that people can fly. Still, a few nicknamed leadfeet still can't fly. But one night, an orphan girl named Gurl, a leadfoot, discovers that she can do something much better than fly. She can become invisible. Along with her new friend Bug, Gurl begins a journey that takes her on a wild ride through her magical city, all the way to the gangster Sweetcheeks Grabowski, who holds the key to Gurl's past... and the world's future. |
The Giver
by Lois Lowry Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. But then he's given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory. Together with the elderly man he is apprenticed under, referred to simply as the Giver, Jonas begins to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. |
Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling Orphan Harry Potter receives a letter that tells him he's been accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, home to famous Wizard Albus Dumbledore. Though Harry's first year at Hogwarts is the best of his life, not everything is perfect. There is a dangerous secret object hidden within the castle walls, and Harry believes it's his responsibility to prevent it from falling into evil hands. But doing so will bring him into contact with forces more terrifying than he ever could have imagined. |
Cirque du Freak:
A Living Nightmare by Darren Shan Darren Shan and his best friend, Steve, get tickets to the Cirque Du Freak, a gothic freak show featuring frightening performers. In the midst of the excitement, Steve realizes that one of the performers, Mr. Crepsley, is a vampire! Darren is soon drawn into Mr. Crepsley's dark world of vampires. |
The Sword in the Stone
by T.H. White Growing up in a world of knights in armor and fair damsels, foul monsters and evil witches, young Arthur slowly learns the code of the gentleman. Under the wise guidance of Merlin, the all-powerful magician, the king-to-be becomes expert in falconry, jousting, hunting, and swordplay. He is transformed by his remarkable old tutor into various animals so that he may experience life from all points of view. Authur is readied for the day when he, alone among Englishmen, is destined to draw the marvelous sword from the magic stone and become the King of England. |