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!
And now my boy's in love. All hearts and flowers. But, doesn't it freak you out that she used to change your diapers? I mean, when you think about it, the first woman you boned is the closest thing you've ever had to a mother. Doing your mom and trying to kill your dad. Hm. There should be a play.
Angelus ,'Damage'
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."
Amy - Aug 27, 2008 5:34:07 pm PDT #7079 of 28394
Because books.
Deena - Aug 27, 2008 5:36:37 pm PDT #7080 of 28394
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
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.
Pix - Aug 27, 2008 5:42:15 pm PDT #7081 of 28394
The status is NOT quo.
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.
Deena - Aug 27, 2008 5:43:17 pm PDT #7082 of 28394
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Ooooh, that's a good one, too.
megan walker - Aug 27, 2008 7:07:12 pm PDT #7083 of 28394
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
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.
Steph L. - Aug 27, 2008 7:12:03 pm PDT #7084 of 28394
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
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.
Laga - Aug 27, 2008 7:20:40 pm PDT #7085 of 28394
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
around the same time I gobbled up Half Magic I also read and loved The Saturdays.
Ooh and A String in the Harp.
Scrappy - Aug 27, 2008 7:39:13 pm PDT #7086 of 28394
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web. And I also loved the Eagar books.
meara - Aug 27, 2008 10:51:59 pm PDT #7087 of 28394
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!
Ginger - Aug 28, 2008 4:03:48 am PDT #7088 of 28394
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Elizabeth Enright. The Saturdays, The Four-Story Mistake, Then There Were Five, A Spiderweb for Two
I just checked and they're finally back in print as of this year. Oh frabjous day. I can now buy them for children everywhere.
I usually end up rereading them every year. I think I'm closer to the Melendys than my own family.
Also, there are her other wonderful books, Gone Away Lake and Return to Gone Away Lake
I usually end up rereading them every year.