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Hosts Alice Fraser and Chris Skinner bring you the second of two child-friendly World Book Day (UK) episodes of Realms Unknown this week, with today's focusing on children's fantasy and science fiction books for ages 12-17 years old. Part 1, which looked at books for 0-12 years old, is available in your podcast feed and on YouTube.
Before diving into the many great books in this episode, Chris and Alice recommend some music with a sci-fi/fantasy twist, with Janelle Monáe's 2010 album The ArchAndroid being enjoyed at the family dinner table for Chris, and Alice enjoying the storytelling of LayLow's TRINITY album, released in 2020.
In this episode’s Trope on a Rope, Alice brings the use of parental neglect to the table, preferring the loving and engaged parenting in books like The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik, while Chris bemoans beings magically being able to just learn a language at a speed unfamiliar to a Duolingo user like himself.
Chris and Alice then enthuse over a number of fantasy and sci-fi books that shaped them as teenagers, which you can find listed below and can buy in our Bookshop affiliate store, which supports your local bookshops.
Age 12-17 books
Loving and engaged parents
The Golden Enclaves - Naomi Novik
Sibling adventures
Magic Faraway Tree - Enid Blyton
The Dark is Rising - Susan Cooper
Narnia series - CS Lewis
Gillian Rubinstein - Space Demons
The Storm Keeper’s Island - Catherine Doyle
Why teenagers should read fantasy
Phillip Pullman - His Dark Materials
Phillip Pullman - The Ruby in the Smoke
Phillip Pullman - The Book of Dust
Sabriel series - Garth Nix
Lioness series - Tamora Pierce
Terry Pratchett - Mort
Terry Pratchett - Eric
Galax-Arena - Gillian Rubinstein
Short stories
Dangerous Women - George R R Martin & Gardner Dozois
More to explore
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
Dune - Frank Herbert
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