The Dark Is Rising: Harry Potter did the English magician story very well, but it also overshadowed some incredible books with similar settings. Will is a chosen one of sorts, one of the few...
Over Sea:
The Dark Is Rising Sequence: One of the best YA epic fantasy series. Well-developed characters that are stereotypical but still exhibit a surprising amount of depth. A standard save-the-world plot, but one that still evokes...
Greenwitch:
The Grey King:
Silver On The Tree:
The Dark Is Rising: A higher-level, more advanced reading than Harry Potter. There was a movie made from the book, but the books are so much better you can just forget the movie ever...
Over Sea:
Greenwitch:
The Grey King:
Silver On The Tree: