'Sleeper'
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."
And speaking of smart, strong-willed girl leads, Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos (The sequel will be out in November.)
Theo's eleven, the story is set in London in 1906, and with a heavy dose of Egyptology. It's sort of Young Indiana Jones meets The Mummy but with a precocious girl lead instead of a cocky man-child. *g* The author, Robin LaFevers is a good friend of mine and an incredibly talented writer.
Really late to the party, but Jane-Emily was and is one of my favorites. It's a ghost story about a little girl ghost, and it's just wonderful. Plus, Louisa, who narrates the book, is thoroughly charming, stubborn, and courageous. It might be a teeny bit old for Kara, but everyone else should read it anyway!
She loves ghosts! We own Piratica, I'd have thought the Susan Cooper a bit old for her, but I've added them to the list, and the Peter Pan, and all the rest. I love kids books. This is going to be so much fun.
Oh I love this conversation!
I bet she'd like Cornelia Funke's Inkheart. That was a new discovery for me from the CTY course I taught. It's a little dark and very complex, and normally I'd say wait a year, but for Kara? I'd try it.
I think it's a bit less spooky than the Dark is Rising series, which I adore as well.
Ooooh, that's a good one, too.
Oooh, oooh, oooh... I'm such a doofus-- one of my favorite books EVER (I'm on about my fifth copy and I reread it at least twice a year), The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare.
Loved this one.
"Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William Mckinley and Me, Elizabeth"
This was also a particular favorite, along with The Mixed-up Files... There's also Harriet the Spy.
That's a shame about Spidey. I've only read the first trade of USM
Ultimate Spider-Man is pretty good, though it wibble-wobbles with canon a little.
I'm glad to get the Skulduggery Pleasant rec again because I've been meaning to read that myself.
They KICK ALL ASS.
around the same time I gobbled up Half Magic I also read and loved The Saturdays.
Ooh and A String in the Harp.
Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web. And I also loved the Eagar books.
Oh, "The Saturdays", about the Melendy kids?? There were a few others in that series, I think...I liked those.
Bunnicula and The Celery Stalks at midnight
SO perfect for her, no? Vampire BUNNY!