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Since Brian Jaques has just passed away, and I really think that his books are great, while not in the same style as Harry Potter, but Redwall is a really great read!
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So sad to hear about Brian Jacques. Yes Redwall is really good.
A lot of what I would recommend is already been done but can't say enough about Terry Pratchett, C.S. Lewis and Lloyd Alexander. Also you might want to try Eragon and it's sequels by Christopher Paolini, it's about a boy who finds a dragon and turns out to be a dragon knight who must save the world. (Chris' story is almost as interesting at Rowling's, he wrote Eragon when he was 15 and self published it with his parents help. It became so popular it got picked up by a publishing house - forget which one - and became a best seller. Kid became a best selling author before he was 19 years old.) Also enjoyed Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series, if you like Greek Mythology those are pretty entertaining. New series by Riordan takes on Egyptian mythology. Also pretty good even though kind of light weight - Septimus Heap by Angie Sage (definitely YA in tone and style). You also might want to give The Obsidian Mountain and The Enduring Flame trilogies by Mercedes Lackey and James Malloy a try. Darker than HP but really good.