Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
You were always a goth, what did you read in elementary school?
Things that were 10+ years above what was considered "age appropriate" for my actual age. None of my teachers ever commented on my reading material, and my parents let me read whatever I wanted. This is why I'm not really sure what IS "age appropriate" for an 11 year old.
Witch Baby by Francesca Lia Block. (Technically YA.)
Oh, that's a good one.
Actually, thinking about what I was reading at age 11, I'd be okay with darker YA stories like Tithe.
Witch Baby by Francesca Lia Block. (Technically YA.)
I thought about that, and I probably will suggest it (or Weetzie Bat), but if the school is stressing "age appropriate", I don't know how well that would go over.
Hmm... I'm trying to remember what the age-appropriateness is for Carrie Jones's NEED books.
Heather Brewer's Vlad series? Since it starts with Seventh Grade Sucks?
I'd say, if a kid is into being Gothy, think tame YA.
Hrm. The English teacher in me says "The Deluxe Transitive Vampire." Because if one is going to be gothy, one should have excellent grammar...
Oh, the SCHOOL.
Grimm's Fairy Tales. Excellently dark, when unbowdlerized.
So far I've got the Bone series by Jeff Smith, A Series Of Unfortunate Events, and Something Wicked This Way Comes and From Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury. Because if can get more babybats to read Ray Bradbury, I will be very happy.