Kingdom Keepers series, by Ridley Pearson 

Finn Whitman is a normal, everyday middle schooler going into highschool; that is, until he auditions for Disney World’s new DHI, Disney Host Interactive, guiding system. Four others are chosen with him as the models, people he has never met, nor thinks he will ever see them again, until one night, he wakes up on a bench inside Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. A man who is there, Wayne Kresky, explains to Finn that when Walt Disney created the characters in the Disney movies, he made them real, and the evil ones were trying to take over the Disney Parks. The DHI’s were created as an excuse to bring the kids to the parks, each chosen for their own abilities, where they must prevent the evil Disney characters from taking over the parks. They would become, the Kingdom Keepers.
An excellent series, the Kingdom Keepers is one of the best and well thought out series that I have ever read. For each of the seven books, there is a subplot, but one main plot throughout the entire series. Each book leaves you itching for the next for the next one throughout the series.

Jack Staples series, by Mark Batterson and Joel Clark

Jack Staples is an ordinary boy with an unordinary life. He is the fulfillment of a prophecy that was spoken thousands of years ago—he has been born without scales on his eyes. Unlike the rest of creation, he has seen the world as it really is for all of his life. When strange creatures led by an evil being called the Assassin attack his home town, Jack and a strange girl named Alexia, who has also not been born with scales, must run for their lives with Jack’s ancient school teacher and several other Awoken, people whose scales have fallen off. One of the two children are destined to betray the Awoken, and one is destined to bring down the Assassin in a struggle that will literally tear the world apart.

Mark Batterson and Joel Clark have spun a wonderful tale in the Jack Staples series. With tons of adventure, fabulous writing, and characters that each have their own individual struggles, the Jack Staples series is definitely a series that I would put on my favorites shelf.