Do they run across a girl picking up the charm? I can't remember. I may have to reread.
I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.
Cheese Man ,'Chosen'
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."
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
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.
Fay - Jan 27, 2009 12:57:02 am PST #8362 of 28431
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
What meara said.
Although I'd put in a good word for the Oz books too. With the proper illustrations. Classic fantasy for the win!
Gris - Jan 27, 2009 2:42:07 am PST #8363 of 28431
Hey. New board.
I was going to recommend the Song of the Lioness quartet as a good start, but on rethink it might make sense to go with the Circle of Magic series. They're aimed at a slightly younger set, so might be a better intro to the author for even a very precocious 8-year-old. If she likes them, but wishes for something a tad older-feeling, then she's ready to jump into the Alanna and Keladry series (which do include some very fade-to-black love-making scenes as the characters get older, as a warning.)
Laga - Jan 27, 2009 6:23:18 am PST #8364 of 28431
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Does anyone else remember Miss Pigglewiggle?
Scrappy - Jan 27, 2009 7:21:07 am PST #8365 of 28431
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Mrs. PiggleWiggle. And,. yes, they are wonderful books.
javachik - Jan 27, 2009 7:51:10 am PST #8366 of 28431
Our wings are not tired.
Laga, YES! I still remember the story of the girl who wouldn't bathe who got tomatoes planted on her skin!
Toddson - Jan 27, 2009 7:58:18 am PST #8367 of 28431
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
There's also a book called "Red Moon, Black Mountain" by Joy Chant - several children in a family step from their trip in the English countryside into a different world with all kinds of adventures. Possibly for an older audience than the Narnia books, but well written.
Typo Boy - Jan 27, 2009 8:08:33 am PST #8368 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.
Went with "A Wrinkle in Time". Actually never read it because I heard it many times read out loud by "Uncle Ruthie" on KPFK. Which now that I think of it is a great way to absorb it. But I'm keeping the other suggestions for the future, because I'm friends with her father and her Grandma, and I strongly suspect there are more gifts from me in her future.
meara - Jan 27, 2009 9:09:24 am PST #8369 of 28431
Oh, sorry, didn't catch that we were suggesting for an 8 year old. In that case, yeah, the Circle of Magic ones might be a better intro, Gris is right.