There is a book I'd definitely rec if I could only remember the title or author. When I was a little a library book Ir really loved was about a boy being tormented by monsters until he was taught to ignore them. The thing I remember best is the little boy defeating and driving away the monsters by c chanting "Don't hear you, don't see, you're nothing to me! And how in the world can a nothing scare me?"

My adult perspective is that the book should have been called "Denial for beginners",but still was a good book.

This rec is too close to he kind of query that booksellers justifiably hate. Damn close to asking if they have "that book with the yellow cover".

Google suggests it is this book, actually about a monkey.

(cross-posted to Fan Fiction) Is there anyone out there who would be willing to beta-read a Code Name Verity fic I'm finishing up for Yuletide. Right now, I mostly need someone to help check character voices and to make sure I didn't muff any major bits of canon.

Scholastic actually does a really good job of matching up age with reading level (so if you've got a 1st grader reading at a 4th grade level, you can find more difficult books with stories of interest to a 6 year-old, or vice versa).

I don't have a good enough memory of canon to do so Anne, but I can't wait to read it at Yuletide!

Thank you, meara! I did get someone to volunteer over in the FF thread, so I'm covered.

Good to know that about Scholastic, Jessica.

I am reading Outlander on my Nook, and it's gripping. But I can't work out what I've bought. Is the first book 800+ pages? This might be the end of me.

That and the way she writes pain, the swiving sadist.