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Redwall by Brian Jacques. Introduced me to so many things like the fantasy genre, multi-book series, deep worldbuilding, archetypal races and probably way more. The food descriptions also stand out in my memory.

Haven’t gone back to see how it stands up but I highly recommend it for kids whose reading level is improving and want to move up a tier in length/difficulty.

A literal death cult fueled by insatiable greed. They won’t stop until we’re swimming in pollution in 50°C+ summers of constant wildfires