'Dirty Girls'
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."
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.
I also read all the Black Stallion and Marguerite Henry books.
I remember liking Watership Down when I read it for 8th grade Language Arts class, but when I reread it a few years ago, I really loved it! I got so much more out of it this time around. IIRC, back in 1979/80, I thought Hazel was a stuffy hero-type, but on my reread, he turned out to be my favorite character. (But Bigwig totally rocks.)
Marguerite Henry was my favorite author from about 4th to 7th grade. I read all of her books, and my favorite was Born to Trot, about harness racing.
I think I liked King of the Wind best. I'm not sure which I read more, that one or White Stallion of Lipizza.
oh I can't believe I forgot Brighty! And San Domingo was responsible for my girlhood crush on Leif Garrett. I've read 18 of these.
Oh, Marguerite Henry, is there a girl who hasn't devoured those books?
Yeah, King of the Wind, with the happy ending after all that grief.
I loved Marguerite Henry books! And the Black Stallion books - also books by Patsy Gray. There were a number of dog stories that I loved to: Jim Kjelgaard, Albert Payson Terhune.
Oh, Kavik the Wolf-Dog. Snow Chief about a sled dog.
Albert Payson Terhune
oh yeah! Lad and Lady! I am so loving this trip down literary memory lane.
I definitely had a big "horse books & dog books" phase in elementary school. I loved Farley's books. Now I love how they got crazier and crazier, with aliens and voodoo gods and the apocalypse. In retrospect, I worry about him a little.
I remember Kavik the Wolf-Dog. Dimly, but I definitely read it a few times. Was it sort of The Incredible Journey, with a little Jack London thrown in?
Well, and I still love White Fang.