Harry Potter Book Series

The Harry Potter series is a delightful set of books that keeps you on your toes the whole time!  The plot, a young boy discovers he is a wizard who saved the entire wizard world when he was just a baby, is extremely original and amazingly accurate.  These books get your attention easily and is the exact description of imagination.  The only thing is I would suggest waiting to be at least 10 before you start reading.  There are a few intense scenes with Voldemort.                                           Rating: 4.5 stars

Gremlins

The movie Gremlins, written by Chris Columbus and directed by Joe Dante, is a classic Halloween movie, but works great for Christmas too, as the story takes place around the Christmas time.  When a teenage boy receives a little creature as a Christmas present from his father, he finds that some unnatural side affects, like feeding it after midnight, causes the creature to produce evil, little gremlins that multiply!  Can he stop them before they destroy the entire town?  This movie does include some intense scenes with the gremlins, especially when they destroy a bar.  I would recommend you to be at least 10 years or older if you're going to watch this.

Rating: 4 stars