Enormous Changes at the Last Minute is one of those books I pick up every few years and re-read and am continually blown away by.
I love that book. It has one of my favorite book titles of all time. Sad about Grace Paley.
Oh, smacked in the noggin with a 2x4 wrapped in velvet. Yeah, that's what it felt like.
Lorne ,'Smile Time'
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."
lisah - Aug 23, 2007 7:28:10 am PDT #3773 of 28201
Punishingly Intricate
DavidS - Aug 23, 2007 7:29:21 am PDT #3774 of 28201
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Enormous Changes was also made into a little indie movie with a young Kevin Bacon and (I think) Ellen Barkin.
Glamcookie - Aug 23, 2007 9:25:31 am PDT #3775 of 28201
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Thanks, Kate! I'm gonna check some of those out for the kids. They love Myers but I don't think we've brought any of the others you mention.
Kate P. - Aug 23, 2007 10:52:39 am PDT #3776 of 28201
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
You're welcome! A great resource to check out is the New York Public Library's "Books for the Teen Age" list that they put out every year, with books selected by NY teens. There's some overlap from year to year, but lots of new books each year too. The list is huge and divided into a bunch of different sections, one of which is, I think, books about New York -- plus lots of other books on the list would probably fit your community too. You can download the lists from the last three years as .pdfs here: [link]
Kathy A - Aug 24, 2007 6:54:28 am PDT #3777 of 28201
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The Harry Potter thread was mentioning some British kids series, and made me think of what Brit books I was reading as a kid.
Remember the Noel Streatfeild "Shoes" books? I always loved Ballet Shoes, but don't remember the details of any of the other books.
That was the big British kids series I remember reading as a child, in addition to some translated Swedish books like Pippi Longstocking and a few others, and the American classics from Louisa May Alcott and Laura Ingalls Wilder.
The others were more individual titles, like Sara Crewe, Black Beauty, etc.
Scrappy - Aug 24, 2007 7:15:49 am PDT #3778 of 28201
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I have several Streatfeild books. Dancing Shoes is my fave, but Theatre Shoes is pretty good too.
flea - Aug 24, 2007 7:18:58 am PDT #3779 of 28201
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Moominsummer Madness!
That is one trippy series.
DavidS - Aug 24, 2007 7:54:44 am PDT #3780 of 28201
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Moominsummer Madness!
I got Nilly a Moomin when she visited San Francisco. She grew up with them.
Hil R. - Aug 24, 2007 7:59:14 am PDT #3781 of 28201
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
There was also Tennis Shoes. I remember really liking that one.
Kathy A - Aug 24, 2007 8:19:54 am PDT #3782 of 28201
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I remember Theatre Shoes and Ballet Shoes, and I know I read a third one but I can't remember what it was. Looking it up on Amazon, I found a whole slew of "Shoes" books I'd never heard of!