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HELP: Books for Kids

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Point of Order, Dec 17, 2008.

  1. txsportsscribe

    txsportsscribe Active Member

    so i guess she's too old for this


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  2. HC

    HC Well-Known Member

    I'd like to put in a vote for the "His Dark Materials" trilogy by Philip Pullman. It raises a lot of questions about science vs. religion and the nature of the human soul in an absorbing quest story, the protagonist of which is an 11 year old girl named Lyra. Engaging, accessible and food for thought - I'd have eaten this trilogy alive at 13. Heck, I'm crazy for it now.
     
  3. HC

    HC Well-Known Member

    I would also add a recommendation for Madeleine L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time".
     
  4. KevinmH9

    KevinmH9 Active Member

    Throw her some classics from Hemingway, Twain, Faulkner, Updike, Hurston, etc. They won't gear someone towards a particular interest, but will always make someone think.
     
  5. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    The Great Shark Hunt.
     
  6. Paper Dragon

    Paper Dragon Member

    Girl I know named her cat Holden. Girls like Mockingbird, too.
     
  7. bagelchick

    bagelchick Active Member

    Has she read the Harry Potter series at this point? There's a new JK Rowlings book out too.
    How about the "Twilight" series.... hear those are huge among the teen set. Again, it kinda depends on her reading level.

    I always give books for christmas as I'm a big book/reading promoter too.
     
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