Why did I love this book?
The moment I first opened The Lord of the Rings and saw the map, I was hooked. I was fourteen and needed a place to escape at the time, and Middle Earth was exactly where I wanted to be. Tolkien made a fantasy world feel so real that I took every step with Frodo and Sam. His words created the world in my head, and I spent many an hour at school daydreaming about what would happen next on the quest. I’ve read it at least eight times through my life, and at each reading I identify with a different character as I grow older. I’ve moved from Sam, through Aragorn to Gandalf. I just hope I don’t identify as Gollum on next reading!
53 authors picked The Lord of the Rings as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 14, 15, 16, and 17.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins.
From Sauron's fastness in the Dark Tower of…