I do not know A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver, but I will find it. I adored Pippi as a child. I can definitely see Kara liking her.
Take jobs as they come -- and we'll never be under the heel of nobody ever again. No matter how long the arm of the Alliance might get, we'll just get ourselves a little further.
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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."
Deena - Aug 28, 2008 6:39:27 am PDT #7093 of 28394
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Kathy A - Aug 28, 2008 6:47:14 am PDT #7094 of 28394
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
What a fun conversation!! I wish I had Buffistas around to recommend books for me when I was Kara's age; I had to go with what I discovered out of the library myself.
Like Sophia, I was a pioneer book girl (although I don't remember reading Carrie Woodlawn, strangely enough!). Two others in that genre I can rec are Island of the Blue Dolphins and My Side of the Mountain, both about young people who live by themselves in the wild and who must cope with isolation and survival.
I do have to say that my mother recently told me that she just realized that I probably should not have been reading Erica Jong and The Clan of the Cave Bear Series in 5th and 6th grade.
Heh. I was reading Roots in fifth grade and Rosemary Rogers' bodice rippers in sixth, and I'm not damaged! (Much.)
Polter-Cow - Aug 28, 2008 6:47:27 am PDT #7095 of 28394
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
E. Nesbit! The Enchanted Castle! Five Children and It!
Connie Neil - Aug 28, 2008 6:48:52 am PDT #7096 of 28394
brillig
My Side of the Mountain --I was always sad when the kid was found and taken back to people. Was I supposed to be happy that he was going to live with a family again?
Calli - Aug 28, 2008 6:49:37 am PDT #7097 of 28394
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Speaking of children's books, there's one I read when I was around 9 or 10, and I can't remember the author or title.
It's about a relative of Eleanor D'Aquitaine, a grand-niece or suchlike. She gets sent to Queen Eleanor's court by her less fortunate parents. I remember the girl had green eyes, and her sister said they made her look like a witch. (This stuck, because I have green eyes and . . . hmmmm, maybe sis had a point.) Anyway, it helped ignite my interest in Eleanor. I don't suppose anyone recognizes this book, do they?
Sue - Aug 28, 2008 6:54:17 am PDT #7098 of 28394
hip deep in pie
It's about a relative of Eleanor D'Aquitaine, a grand-niece or suchlike. She gets sent to Queen Eleanor's court by her less fortunate parents. I remember the girl had green eyes, and her sister said they made her look like a witch. (This stuck, because I have green eyes and . . . hmmmm, maybe sis had a point.) Anyway, it helped ignite my interest in Eleanor. I don't suppose anyone recognizes this book, do they?
I remember it, but I can't remember what it's called.
Calli - Aug 28, 2008 7:45:49 am PDT #7099 of 28394
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I remember it, but I can't remember what it's called.
At least I'm not the only one who read it, then. That's reassuring. Thanks!
meara - Aug 28, 2008 8:42:56 am PDT #7100 of 28394
My Side of the Mountain --I was always sad when the kid was found and taken back to people.
But it's not so much that he gets taken back to people as that people decide to come to him--his family decides to abandon the city and come live in the woods with him. Which I think is a perfectly fine ending.
Connie Neil - Aug 28, 2008 8:43:55 am PDT #7101 of 28394
brillig
come live in the woods with him
They do? I must be mis-remembering, the last I remember is him sitting in a car with the sheriff or somebody and being taken out of hte woods.
Laga - Aug 28, 2008 8:50:55 am PDT #7102 of 28394
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
My Side of the Mountain was D's favorite book growing up. I can't recall if he said there was more than one sequel but there is at least one.
If you guys aren't familiar with A String in the Harp you should really check it out. It was my sister's favorite book but I didn't read it until I moved out here and I loved it.
My favorite book when I was a youth was probably Watership Down.