Tamora Pierce has written a lot. Anyone want to recommend one book, ideally a standalone, so she does not end up too frustrated if takes a long time for her to get any sequels?
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Typo Boy - Jan 26, 2009 5:31:02 pm PST #8352 of 28431
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
beth b - Jan 26, 2009 5:31:23 pm PST #8353 of 28431
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
R.L. Stine really isn't scary.
Hil R. - Jan 26, 2009 5:33:18 pm PST #8354 of 28431
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Goosebumps isn't that scary, but Fear Street gave me nightmares for years.
beth b - Jan 26, 2009 5:40:24 pm PST #8355 of 28431
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
tamora pierce doesn't write stand alones.
sarameg - Jan 26, 2009 5:45:16 pm PST #8356 of 28431
My brother reads Goosebumps to my 6 year old nephew. There were points when I was there that D. was on edge, but he likes that. My brother lets him watch a lot of shit that I wouldn't. BUT. The things that give that kid sobbing nightmares are the death of his beloved Miss Kitty and Oscar the cannibalistic fish. So.... Reality is much more upsetting to him than fiction. But again, his dad kills mice for a living, so.
beth b - Jan 26, 2009 5:49:45 pm PST #8357 of 28431
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
circle of magic ;the circle opens
protector of the small ( Song of the Lionesse leads into this but I never read it)
those are the ones I like the best
Ginger - Jan 26, 2009 7:24:23 pm PST #8358 of 28431
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I somehow missed reading it as a kid.
That's sad. "There is such a thing as a tesseract." "Wild nights are my glory. I just got blown off course." "I do fact facts. They're a lot easier to face than people."
I loved Edward Eager. Seven Day Magic is a stand-alone. Half Magic starts a series of interlinked books, but the story is complete in each book.
The Borrowers? Stuart Little?
Polter-Cow - Jan 26, 2009 7:43:08 pm PST #8359 of 28431
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Doesn't Seven Day Magic have a part where they meet the kids from Half Magic ? I loved those books too.
Ginger - Jan 26, 2009 7:48:30 pm PST #8360 of 28431
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Do they run across a girl picking up the charm? I can't remember. I may have to reread.
meara - Jan 26, 2009 8:56:43 pm PST #8361 of 28431
Tamora Pierce has a few different sets of books, most set in the same "world". You could probably start her either with the "Song of the Lioness" quartet ("Alanna: The First Adventure" being the first book in it, then "In the Hand of the Goddess", "Woman Who Rides Like a Man" and "Lioness Rampant").
The other quartet of hers that's a good intro to her characters would be the Keladry books--First Test, Page, Squire, and Lady Knight.