The Talisman by Stephan King and Peter Straub –> I don’t even know how many times I’ve read this book (in case that’s not obvious from the battered cover). This is just as classic an adventure story as ever. Young boy goes on an seemingly impossible journey through our world and another, parallel universe to save his mother and an entire kingdom from ultimate evil… yum! Monsters, magic juice, evil uncles and mysterious deaths pepper this tale that is as much a saviour story as it is a horror adventure. yesss, bring it on