Remember, Richard Adams wrote Watership, in case you were gettin' him confused with Douglas.
Zoe: First rule of battle, little one. Don't ever let 'em know where you are. Mal: Whoo-hoo! I'm right here! I'm right here! You want some of me? Yeah, you do! Come on! Come on! Aaah! Whoo-hoo! Zoe: Of course, there are other schools of thought...
'The Message'
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."
javachik - Apr 16, 2009 12:27:33 pm PDT #8857 of 28414
Our wings are not tired.
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?
Strega - Apr 16, 2009 1:19:39 pm PDT #8859 of 28414
I don't know how scary Harry Potter is, but I was 10 or 11 the first time I read Watership Down. I don't remember anything about it being scary. Sad sometimes, sure, but there aren't evil powers and monsters and ghosts and so on. I suppose it depends what in particular she finds scary. It's certainly got bad things happening to animals, but so did half of the books I read at that age, so I don't think it stood out.
le nubian - Apr 16, 2009 1:20:26 pm PDT #8860 of 28414
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I read a Wrinkle in Time when I was in 5th or 6th grade and it BLEW.MY.MIND. I think that is definitely age appropriate for good readers.
The sequel (A Wind in the Door) is a bit more advanced. I don't think it is suitable for younger than about 7th grade, if memory serves. The science in the book confused me until I read it again in high school.
Swiftly Tilting Planet is advanced. High school for sure IMO.
Typo Boy - Apr 16, 2009 1:20:58 pm PDT #8861 of 28414
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.
Wrinkle in Time was wunderbar, but I seem to remember it as really really scary. One of the few books that ever terrified me. Beautiful, Beautiful writing though. Marvelous characters. May be Definitely a favorite.
Dana - Apr 16, 2009 1:21:31 pm PDT #8862 of 28414
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Wrinkle in Time scared the crap out of me too.
meara - Apr 16, 2009 1:40:24 pm PDT #8863 of 28414
Mercedes Lackey! Anne McCaffrey! C'mon, all those fantasy ones that you loooooooved at that age?
Or, Tamora Pierce (definitely not very scary)
Barb - Apr 16, 2009 2:00:03 pm PDT #8864 of 28414
“Not dead yet!”
Yeah, Wrinkle is scary, although Abby just finished reading it and loved it. Swiftly Tilting Planet is my favorite of the original trilogy.
Dana - Apr 16, 2009 2:01:44 pm PDT #8865 of 28414
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, did someone mention Robin McKinley? Beauty, Blue Sword, Hero and the Crown, Spindle's End -- almost all her stuff should be suitable for that age.
le nubian - Apr 16, 2009 2:24:42 pm PDT #8866 of 28414
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
What about Wrinkle in Time scared you all? I don't remember being scared through it.
But...I was reading mysteries and the like from a young age.