The Chronicles of Narnia: Book 2- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Indeed, another adventure in Narnia. 

The White Witch aka Jadis has taken control of Narnia and imposed an endless Winter without a Christmas.

Only when two sons of Adam and two Daughters of Eve sit on the four thrones at Cair Paravel can the land  be freed of this winter and the rule of the Tyrant Queen.
It has been a thousand years since Digory and Polly witnessed Narnia's Creation. Aslan is not known to be seen since a lot of time. Will he come back to save the World he created?

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In Our World, the World War II is raging and four children(Londoners) have been sent to the country away from the bombings in the house of a Professor ,named Digory Kirke. This is the same Digory as in the Magician's Nephew. Lucy Pevensie the youngest is fascinated by the Castle like Old House of Professor Kirke as all the others Edmund, Susan And Peter (In Ascending Order of their Age). 

They go room to room in search of things that may interest them. They come upon a room with the only Furniture adorning it being a Large Wooden Wardrobe, except it all Bare. Edmund , Susan ans Peter all a bit grown-up were not a bit interested by this particular room. But Lucy found something queerly attractive about it. She went inside the wardrobe taking care not to close it. She went on going inside but didn't find its wooden wall nor feel its wooden floor. She has landed into the mysterious country of Narnia. She meets a Faun Mr. Tumnus, who tells her about the Witch's treachery. She stays hours there but when she comes back the others have only just gone out of that room.

Lucy's Tale is not believed by anyone and she is teased about it by Edmund. When Lucy goes inside the wardrobe with the others they only find the wardrobe's end not Narnia's Entrance. But then in a game of Hide and Seek Edmund follows Lucy into the wardrobe and both end up in Narnia. Here Ed meets Jadis and agrees to help her capture his brother and sisters in lieu of making him the Crown Prince of Narnia, to rule after her death. Edmund meets Lucy there but doesn't accept the truth in front of the others.

Edmund betrays them all when they accidentally enter Narnia and makes the White Witch follow the others. With the help of the Beavers they meet Aslan. But due to Aslan's presence the Winter is already vanishing. What will happen to Edmund? Will Aslan be able to Save Narnia and crown the four, Kings and Queens of Narnia as prophesied?

This book is a worthier successor of Magician's Nephew and as it originally was, an excellent first view into the Narnian World. This Book creates in the mind of readers warmth that they can defeat any and every evil that arises. This book goes far beyond our wildest Imaginations into this beautiful country ,inhabited by talking animals, Centaurs and Dwarfs as free people. This defines that they have freedom be they of any kind. I would rate this book a must read for anyone interested in the fantasy world,especially children.

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The Hunger Games Series:Part-1:-The Hunger Games

This Book Transports us into the future, a world destroyed by a nuclear war and what that is left at the end of it,the nation of Panem. Panem lies in the ruins of a place once called North America . Ruled by a city of extravagance, the Capitol. It is surrounded by twelve districts, each supporting the capitol's economy and resource requirements.
We move to District Twelve, a starved district with a population of around 8,000. This district was the coal miner's district. The district was protected by an electrified fence from the woods, indeed protected to starve.

The protagonist Katniss Everdeen lives here,with her sister Primrose aka Prim Everdeen and her mother. Her father had died in a Coal Mine Explosion five years ago. Katniss was 11 then. She is the bread earner of the family now as her mother, broken down from inside after her father's death, does not work.
Katniss,though, has no sympathy for her. She feels that her mother left them when she and her sister needed her most. Now, she goes to the prohibited woods where she hunts and snares and forages for 
anything that translates into money and food.
She has a hunting partner with her,Gale Hawthorne. He is just a partner not a boyfriend. Today is Sunday but it is more special(and frightful) than you might imagine. Today is the reaping, a sort of lottery in which the names of all the boys and girls between 12 and 18 of the district is present. From each Gender Pool is selected a kid to participate in the annual, all-district Hunger Games. This was a televised fight until death between children, The Capitol through this competition or even a vulgarity expressed its control over the districts and the Districts' helplessness.
Katniss's  name has been entered 13 times ,as she also signs up for free grain every month called tesserae, entering her name again and again. She does not allow Prim to do so. She is thus not worried about her one chit but about Gale's 18. Each child from 12 has to get their name entered once then twice for 13 and so on. 

Disaster strikes as host from Capitol Effie Trinket announces Prim's name, Katniss immediately volunteers to take her place. This system was available if another child wanted to compete in the Games in someone else's place. 
The Boy tribute selected was Peeta Mellark , the son of the baker. He had once saved her life when she was nearing starvation by burning a part of a Bread and throwing the rest to Katniss. He was the Boy with the Bread. How Could she possibly kill him? Will she survive to come back home? If she comes back, at what costs ?

This book gives a lot of thrill to the reader. The reader may not be able to separate himself from such an engaging book. The book though should not spread a kind of terror in the minds of the people that the world as we know it can end. Due to its gory scenes and various other reasons I would recommend it for only children above 13 years of age.

"Let the Seventy-Fourth Hunger Games Begin."
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Book 1- The Magician's Nephew

• This book is ideal for the ages 7 yrs to 11 yrs old ,though it will enchant you even if you are older.
• Written in 1955 by none other than the legendary wordsmith C S Lewis and the beautiful illustrations that illustrate a image in your mind are from none other than Pauline Baynes.

This Book is indeed a treasure trove of amazement and imagination.This book describes the Garden between the Worlds and the Creation of Narnia itself. This is the story of Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer and their unwilling but all the more exciting exploits to other universes.

Digory has moved to London to live with his aunt Letty and Uncle Andrew with his mother,leaving behind his father in India,due to her ill health. He feels London is a hole, a very crowded and non-enjoyable place.This is till one day he finds a friend in Polly Plummer, who lives next door. She had previously discovered a passage between all the houses in their row.They decide to explore an unoccupied house. But they land in his wicked Uncle Andrew's study forbidden to him. Polly is sent to the other world by the magic of the magic rings and Digory follow to rescue her.

He lands in the other world ,the world between the worlds, the Garden between the Worlds, He finds Polly and despite Polly's protests he jumps into a dead and evil world, Charn ,there he rings a seemingly harmless bell awakening the most evil sorceress that ever existed. She is also the person who has destroyed the civilization in Charn.

Can they stop her ruling our World? How does she get into the sacred land of Narnia?
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