Definitely Westing Game and Mixed-Up Files. Also Wrinkle in Time. Homecoming. Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great or Just As Long as We're Together. The Great Gilly Hopkins.
Now, this would be the perfect time for a swear word.
Kaylee ,'Jaynestown'
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."
Hil R. - Jul 05, 2009 8:27:42 am PDT #9530 of 28432
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Barb - Jul 05, 2009 8:31:42 am PDT #9531 of 28432
“Not dead yet!”
Ramona Quimby, Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret
Amy - Jul 05, 2009 8:33:21 am PDT #9532 of 28432
Because books.
A Little Princess! The Secret Garden!
God, where has this guy been?
Dana - Jul 05, 2009 8:47:27 am PDT #9533 of 28432
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Harriet the Spy.
Barb - Jul 05, 2009 8:56:58 am PDT #9534 of 28432
“Not dead yet!”
Oooh... where's Teppy? From his blog post:
So now it’s your turn. What are your favorite children’s books, and why would you recommend them? Some readers will undoubtedly come for ideas, so be detailed and persuasive. And of course, kids are welcome to list their own favorites. But if you mention a comic book, I’m going to report you to your school librarian!
Polter-Cow - Jul 05, 2009 9:27:37 am PDT #9535 of 28432
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Time to punch him in the face.
Kate P. - Jul 05, 2009 9:44:31 am PDT #9536 of 28432
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
But if you mention a comic book, I’m going to report you to your school librarian!
Yeah, that line had this librarian spluttering. Librarians (and especially school librarians) have been talking up comic books for years! Sheesh.
Connie Neil - Jul 05, 2009 10:50:23 am PDT #9537 of 28432
brillig
Back in the early 80s, when I was still in the library science program, I did a report about how comic books could pull kids in to the library, and my professors all said, "Well, I suppose, so long as we can quickly get them to proper books."
Hil R. - Jul 05, 2009 11:00:30 am PDT #9538 of 28432
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Another thing about that list, that someone on another forum pointed out -- none of those books have a non-white main character.
Hil R. - Jul 05, 2009 12:09:56 pm PDT #9539 of 28432
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Any know this book? I read it around fifth or sixth grade, and I can't remember the title or author or any character names. The main character is a black girl whose father is a lawyer. Her mother's brother is a famous dancer. The girl's little brother loves dancing and wants to be a dancer, too, but their father won't even let him dance around the house, because he says that dancing is something that black people did to entertain white people before they were allowed to get educations and rise above things like that. The girl and a few of her friends start a sort of kids defense society, to confront adults who are abusing or maltreating kids, after they decide that they've seen enough of bad stuff happening to kids and nobody caring because they're just kids. The main character was about 13 or 14, and her brother was about 7 or 8.
I can remember so many details about this book, but nothing that'll help me identify it.