Finishing up Migi’s course plans for the year. I’ve got several book studies lined up for him, but he wants to round it all out with some Ranger’s Apprentice material. And Harry Potter, but I think I may have to come up with those myself (more on the HP subject later).

I did find these, yay!

Random House Australia’s Teacher’s Guide for Book 1 (The Ruins of Gorlan)

Guides for Books 1 through 6 at the official site

If you’ve got teen boys and you haven’t read the Ranger’s Apprentice series yet, I’d highly recommend you do it and SOON. I judged most of the books appropriate for my 11-yo…. up to Book 6. I let him read Book 7 though I think it’s got way more violence than I’m comfortable with at this age, but we did it with lots of (continuing) discussion and guidance. Our 14-yo has read all the books as well and the 19-yo. Excellent series for dinnertime discussion, except we try to avoid that as the 8-yo feels left out. I’m usually not into stories about knights, etc. but this series got me. I’m so glad my 14-yo convinced me to read them all. Tried to read RA Book 1 several times and couldn’t get past the first few pages, but after that hurdle I am so addicted myself to this series and can’t wait for the next one. October 5, Halt’s Peril comes out!