Silas Marner?
Nothin'. I just wanted you to face me so she could get behind ya.
Mal ,'The Train Job'
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."
sj - May 16, 2012 5:30:23 am PDT #18705 of 28326
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Atropa - May 16, 2012 5:36:17 am PDT #18706 of 28326
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
The Weetzie Bat books by Francesca Lia Block?
erikaj - May 16, 2012 5:37:08 am PDT #18707 of 28326
Always Anti-fascist!
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is written for kids that are a little younger but I think they would get it.
flea - May 16, 2012 5:40:19 am PDT #18708 of 28326
information libertarian
Would Pride and Prejudice or Emma work? They are girly/romantic, but simple issues, and possible movie tie-ins and discussion of real social issues, gossip, privilege, etc.
I am trying to think of what I read in 7-8th grade classes - not a lot of novels. Short stories. 9th grade we read Great Expectations, Romeo and Juliet, My Antonia.
Vonnie K - May 16, 2012 5:42:05 am PDT #18709 of 28326
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Is she specifically looking for 20th century lit? How about Picture of Dorian Gray combined with The Turn of the Screw? They're both quick, fast read, fun and exciting, and the latter has a female protagonist (well, not necessarily admirable, but still) and has interesting things to say about ambiguous content / unreliable narrator.
Gris - May 16, 2012 5:46:10 am PDT #18710 of 28326
Hey. New board.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My CryThis was one of my suggestions! Along with The Secret Garden and A Little Princess (haven't heard a response)
Pride and PrejudiceThey read it in 11th grade. My wife hates teaching, though, and the 7th grade teacher loves it, so maybe it could be negotiated.
EmmaLove it. Only Austen I actually don't despise. Don't know if 7th graders would get it quite as well, but worth suggesting.
My AntoniaMy Antonia might be a good choice...
Picture of Dorian Gray combined with Turn of the ScrewThey do Dorian Gray in eleventh grade along with Jekyll and Hyde (summer reading, so fast reads are good) which is an awesomely perfect pairing. I don't know Turn of the Screw, but I'll suggest it.
I don't actually know if she's looking for 20th century or American specifically. They do US history in 7th grade, so tie-ins can be nice, but I don't think its a necessity.
JZ - May 16, 2012 5:51:20 am PDT #18711 of 28326
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Peter S. Beagle's A Fine and Private Place, or The Last Unicorn?
meara - May 16, 2012 6:09:23 am PDT #18712 of 28326
Hah, my first thought was also "Roll of Thunder"! Is "Circle be unbroken" a sequel to that or something else? I don't think I've re-read them since middle school. Hmm. Westing Game? Might be too young.
Hil R. - May 16, 2012 6:24:30 am PDT #18713 of 28326
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Does True Grit have enough "literary heft"?
Gris - May 16, 2012 6:40:00 am PDT #18714 of 28326
Hey. New board.
True Grit
I don't know, I've never read it! But I'll suggest it. Along with the Beagles.
I think Let the Cicle Be Unbroken is a sequel to Roll of Thunder, yes.