Witch Baby by Francesca Lia Block. (Technically YA.)
I like money better than people. People can so rarely be exchanged for goods and/or services!
Willow ,'Showtime'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
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."
DavidS - May 17, 2010 7:20:22 pm PDT #11483 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Strix - May 17, 2010 7:20:53 pm PDT #11484 of 28344
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh, that's a good one.
DavidS - May 17, 2010 7:21:01 pm PDT #11485 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Actually, thinking about what I was reading at age 11, I'd be okay with darker YA stories like Tithe.
Atropa - May 17, 2010 7:21:27 pm PDT #11486 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
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.
Barb - May 17, 2010 7:23:36 pm PDT #11487 of 28344
“Not dead yet!”
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?
Strix - May 17, 2010 7:24:11 pm PDT #11488 of 28344
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
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...
Strix - May 17, 2010 7:25:24 pm PDT #11489 of 28344
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh, the SCHOOL.
Grimm's Fairy Tales. Excellently dark, when unbowdlerized.
Atropa - May 17, 2010 7:25:46 pm PDT #11490 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
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.
Amy - May 17, 2010 7:26:07 pm PDT #11491 of 28344
Because books.
What about the Unfortunate Events books? Also this one, The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, [link] and The Theodosia books, [link]
Strix - May 17, 2010 7:27:50 pm PDT #11492 of 28344
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Gothy Kids Books (scroll down): [link]