Buffistas

You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport. Yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?

Early ,'Objects In Space'

Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

Discussion Threads

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."

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Barb - Apr 16, 2009 6:01:45 am PDT #8849 of 28414

“Not dead yet!”

The Warriors books by Erin Hunter, maybe? I'll have to ask Abby how scary those are.

There's also Heather Brewer's The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series about a half-vampire boy struggling through middle school and early high school. The first book was called Eighth Grade Bites.

Oh, and here's one she might really have fun with-- Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs, who's one of my writing buddies.

Here's the back cover blurb:

A modern girl's comedic odyssey in a school filled with the descendants of Greek gods.

When Phoebe's mom returns from Greece with a new husband and moves them to an island in the Aegean, Phoebe's plans for her senior year and track season are ancient history. Now she must attend the uberexclusive academy, where admission depends on pedigree, namely, ancestry from Zeus, Hera, and other Greek gods. That's right, they're real, not myth, and their teen descendants are like the classical heroes-supersmart and superbeautiful with a few superpowers. And now they're on her track team! Armed only with her Nikes and the will to win, Phoebe races to find her place among the gods.

It's recommended as being for twelve and up.

Fay - Apr 16, 2009 7:46:38 am PDT #8850 of 28414

"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

How about Diana Wynne Jones? Anything, but especially Witch Week, Charmed Life, The Magicians of Caprona or Dogsbody.

P.M. Marc - Apr 16, 2009 8:42:51 am PDT #8851 of 28414

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

However, in some ways she still has an 11-year-old mind. She likes fantasy, but not if it's "too scary." She thinks Harry Potter is too scary. I suggested Robin McKinley. Any other ideas?

Douglas Adams! Okay, it's not really fantasy, but I loved HHGttG at that age (I think I was 7 or 8 when I first read it). I'd advise against my go-to between grades 3 and 6, which was Piers Anthony.

Ooo! Discworld. She's a good age for Discworld.

Ginger - Apr 16, 2009 9:22:19 am PDT #8852 of 28414

"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Such good ideas. I love Gerald Durrell and Douglas Adams, but they didn't occur to me.

Laga - Apr 16, 2009 12:04:45 pm PDT #8853 of 28414

You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Is Watership Down as scary as Harry Potter?

Tom Scola - Apr 16, 2009 12:05:37 pm PDT #8854 of 28414

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Is Watership Down as scary as Harry Potter?

Much, much worse.

Laga - Apr 16, 2009 12:08:03 pm PDT #8855 of 28414

You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I remember crying. & the cat was very scary, but I didn't read Harry until I was older so it's hard to compare.

Polter-Cow - Apr 16, 2009 12:19:26 pm PDT #8856 of 28414

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Is Watership Down as scary as Harry Potter?

Given that the book ends with the most adorable and lovable bunny of them all going CATATONIC, I say yes.

javachik - Apr 16, 2009 12:27:33 pm PDT #8857 of 28414

Our wings are not tired.

Remember, Richard Adams wrote Watership, in case you were gettin' him confused with Douglas.

Hil R. - Apr 16, 2009 1:01:32 pm PDT #8858 of 28414

Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I first read The Mists of Avalon around that age, or a little older. I loved it then, though I don't really remember how scary it was.

How about Wrinkle in Time and all its sequels?

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