Rijad Berisha Berisha থেকে Rolea Baear, Cambodia
This book has what I would say is definitely one of the World's Top Five Best Opening Lines: "There was a boy named Eustace Clarence Scrubbs, and he almost deserved it." Eustace is an awesomely bitchy character who gets satisfyingly smacked down a couple of times by Ultimate Children's Fiction Dreamboat Prince Caspian. Lucy and Edmund feature prominently, as well as an AWESOME character, Reepicheep the valiant warrior mouse. I freakin' LOVE Reepicheep. This was always my favorite of the Narnia books mostly by virtue of the fact that the whole thing takes place on a ship, and as a kid I had a major boat fixation. But as an adult, it's cool to see how the book explores some interesting theological ground in the journey these characters take as they sail towards the end of the world. You don't have to have read the whole series to enjoy this book, but you probably should read "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" (Book 1) and "Prince Caspian" (Book 2) for a lot of it to make sense.