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>>22906125
Although I write some fantasy, it's not the LOTR/D&D variant, which I think is overdone. So I can't really help you with that.

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For a 12 year old boy? This, no question about it. I still love this book.

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Here's a kid's book that's literally about him.

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>>22026866
This is probably too much to hope for, but...frankly, swords-and-sorcery in general is the most overdone fantasy trope.
There's no reason fantasy has to be limited to that.
One of the best fantasy books I ever read was "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster.
The fantasy genre allows the author to create any sort of world imaginable; they don't even have to be scientifically plausible.
Yet so many fall back on bad Lord Of The Rings ripoffs.
Try doing something different.

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Picrel is a good place to start; it makes an argument for being curious about the world around you.
Another favorite of mine from that age was the "Tripods" trilogy by John Christopher.

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>>21824241
Better yet, why write a swords-and-sorcery Middle-Ages fantasy at all?
Pick a completely different setting!
It makes me sad there aren't more books like picrel.

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"The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster.
Awesome then, awesome now.

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>>20880431
>The Phantom Tollbooth
this

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"The Phantom Tollboth" by Norton Juster

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The Phantom Tollbooth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_Tollbooth

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