"On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness." Out of all the books I have read, few have more pushed me into a reading-orientated life.
I was younger, and "The Wingfeather Saga" was one of the few masterpieces I had read at that time. It sat in my kindle library for a couple weeks before I opened it. But when I did, I wasn't able to put it down. Fortunately, our friends had the other books in the series and my brother (Samson) and I gulped the ingeniously woven stories down. A few spats came between us over who got to read it first. But enough about me, the reading level is about 10-11+. Though not as good a score as the other books, the first one gets an 8.8, being the slowest book in the series.
The book kicks off with the Igiby's, living in Glipwood Township, governed by the terrible Fangs of Dang. During the annual Dragon Festival in Glipwood, things go terribly wrong, getting the poor Igiby's into hot water. Soon things get worse, when Gnag the Nameless, an unspeakable evil, begins to pursue them, searching for the "Jewels of Anniera". Secrets abound, kicking off my favorite book series
The saga is in the christian fantasy genre, and is written astoundingly. The book has adventurous and scary portions, as well as quirky and heart-warming moments. As I said earlier, the series gets better as the books progress, yet, it was powerful enough to suck me into the story wholeheartedly. I recommend it, not as a book, but as a necessary classic.