I need suggestions for "age-appropriate" gothy reading material for elementary-school babybats.
Such a great book. Merricat's one of the great goth/teen characters.
Slay-er? Chosen One. She who hangs out a lot in cemeteries? You're kidding. Ask around. Look it up: Slayer comma The.
Buffy ,'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 7:33:59 pm PDT #11499 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Strix - May 17, 2010 7:35:48 pm PDT #11500 of 28344
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
The Midwive's Apprentice, and quite a few Jane Yolen books.
Atropa - May 17, 2010 7:36:23 pm PDT #11501 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Yay! Thanks, everyone.
beth b - May 17, 2010 9:29:42 pm PDT #11502 of 28344
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Sister Grimm
anything by Gail Carson levine would be age appropriate, if not really gothic
and though I love tithe -- I'm careful about recommending it
beth b - May 17, 2010 9:32:53 pm PDT #11503 of 28344
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
donna jp napoli has some good ones
-t - May 18, 2010 7:37:55 am PDT #11504 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Wolves of Willoughby Chase, etc.? I'm not sure about the age. I seem to recall there were gothier Joan Aiken books, but I can't dredge up the titles - I know I read everything I could find at the library by her partly for the spooky and otherworldly vibe.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 18, 2010 7:51:23 am PDT #11505 of 28344
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Jilli, have you considered Bradbury's The Halloween Tree?
DavidS - May 18, 2010 7:51:42 am PDT #11506 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Wolves of Willoughby Chase, etc.?
Oh yeah, that's perfect.
sj - May 18, 2010 8:43:06 am PDT #11507 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Jilli, I know you are not a fan of them for obvious reasons, but what about The Spiderwick Chronicles?
Volans - May 18, 2010 10:40:12 am PDT #11508 of 28344
move out and draw fire
Something Wicked This Way Comes?
I really liked the Lois Duncan books when I was that age, esp. Down a Dark Hall.