Harry Potter has been described as
Billy Bunter on broomsticks ... however, if it gets 'em reading better stuff that we see summarised here by unimaginative authoroids, why not?
Have you read
Phillip Pullman (Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, The
Amber Spyglass)? I find it amusing that all the God-squad sites scream the place down about Hogwarts, where
Christmas is celebrated, and seem not to notice the blessed St
Phillip's remarkable take on God-is-dead.