Content-wise, I don't think there'd be anything wrong with A Wrinkle in Time.
But this is coming from the girl who was reading Stephen King at 11.
Also, I can kill you with my brain.
River ,'Trash'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
zuisa - Dec 10, 2012 4:03:10 pm PST #3852 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
Dana - Dec 10, 2012 4:11:35 pm PST #3853 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I am still kind of freaked out by A Wrinkle in Time.
What about The Mixed-Up Files...?
Amy - Dec 10, 2012 4:11:38 pm PST #3854 of 30001
Because books.
Poor Homer. Hang in there, Jesse.
What is a step up from Junie B Jones?
The Clementine books by Sara Pennypacker, the Ramona books by Beverly Cleary, Judy Blume's Fudge books.
DebetEsse - Dec 10, 2012 4:11:58 pm PST #3855 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Roald Dahl is good for the about-7 demographic.
tommyrot - Dec 10, 2012 4:12:58 pm PST #3856 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
How about the graphic novel version of A Wrinkle in Time?
Amy - Dec 10, 2012 4:14:09 pm PST #3857 of 30001
Because books.
Oh, or the first Little House book!
zuisa - Dec 10, 2012 4:14:53 pm PST #3858 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
It's really old and probably dated at this point, but The Boxcar Children series was a big favorite of mine at that age.
(The first book was published in 1924! I knew it was old but was unaware it was THAT old)
DavidS - Dec 10, 2012 4:15:44 pm PST #3859 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's really old and probably dated at this point, but The Boxcar Children series was a big favorite of mine at that age.
Did you ever see the famous BBC version starring Jenny Agutter?
zuisa - Dec 10, 2012 4:16:24 pm PST #3860 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
Did you ever see the famous BBC version starring Jenny Agutter?
No! I had no idea it was ever filmed.
Jesse - Dec 10, 2012 4:16:32 pm PST #3861 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I re-read The Westing Game recently, and highly recommend it for littles, especially if they are from mystery-reading families. For slightly older kids, I like to recommend The Secret Adversary, the first Agatha Christie book about Tommy and Tuppence, although I haven't re-read it in yonks, so I don't know what kind of now-problematic stuff is in there.