The Hobbit
        
                    
                by
            
        
        
            J. R. R. Tolkien
        
                    
        
                
                            
        
        
        
        
        
                
                            
                Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit, becomes a thief for a band of dwarves and soon finds himself in the midst of a war with the evil goblins and wargs, and forced to make a decision between the call of duty and the pull of the simple life.