tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post4790345048766806916..comments2024-01-28T04:42:49.700-08:00Comments on DIK (Desert Island Keepers): Thank you to my teachers....and YA BooksDIK Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03975839058527201650noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-3000748019605029232010-10-22T19:36:32.512-07:002010-10-22T19:36:32.512-07:00I have a sister this age. Finding books for her is...I have a sister this age. Finding books for her is hard too.<br />Here's a few she's liked - <br />Robin McKinley's books - fairy tale retellings, cute and funny<br />Gail Carson Levine's books - same<br />Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare - a classic and still one of my favorites. <br />Maybe the Anne of Green Gable books? Chronicles of Narnia? <br />Another great one is the Scarlet Pimpernel. It's such a fabulous love story. I still get all swoony over it. <br />Honestly, I have a hard time figuring out what's good for that age. I was a voracious reader from a very early age, so by middle school I was working my way through the Shakespeare comedies. I know most 12-year olds would have no interest in that, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-68759955758527700352010-10-22T17:55:06.268-07:002010-10-22T17:55:06.268-07:00I know it has gone out of fashion but my daughter ...I know it has gone out of fashion but my daughter really enjoyed the Twilight Books - they are better than the movies. I started reading them just so I would know what she was reading and I also enjoyed them. There is a little romance but it is relatively clean. She also enjoys Jodi Picoult and has read the Tenth Circle,the story does revolve around a rape and the family fallout related to that. She has also read Burned by Ellen Hopkins.Rory Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01181704982372111514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-1044259178233762902010-10-22T12:58:01.076-07:002010-10-22T12:58:01.076-07:00tam - I have that one! I haven't read it but ...tam - I have that one! I haven't read it but I can read it and then pass it on - or vice versa. lol Thanks!Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320961506471746567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-33760936165977507482010-10-22T12:34:28.960-07:002010-10-22T12:34:28.960-07:00Huh, I wrote this other post but it didn't sho...Huh, I wrote this other post but it didn't show up. Must have screwed up the word veri. <br /><br />I was going to recommend Steve Berman's <i>Vintage: A Ghost Story</i>. It's m/m but beyond a kiss and a bit of groping during a sleepover there's not much. It's more the ghost story which is creepy but not gory scary. Kristen read it when she was 14 and enjoyed it.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495571402942021799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-73994321712981279622010-10-22T11:40:16.085-07:002010-10-22T11:40:16.085-07:00Rowena - I wish more teachers would push reading b...Rowena - I wish more teachers would push reading but they just don't.<br />Thanks for the recs on those books - we'll check them out. :)<br /><br />Tam - My oldest isn't a big reader either so it's hard to find something that she'll stick with. She liked boys A LOT *sigh* so I thought romance might be a good choice for her but there ain't no way she's getting into my library! lolol OMG can you imagine?<br />Thanks for the Peaches rec. I'm making note of that one too.<br />My mother was and still is an avid reader so I obviously got it from her.<br />For me at age 13 it was the Harlequins. Annnnndd she's hooked on romance. lol<br /><br />Dr. J. You notice I skipped 4th grade, right? Although I remember A Duck is a Duck like it was yesterday (that's so sad) it didn't mean that I wanted to read! lol But Mrs. Buck DID push the reading.<br />I'll have to have a look at those shelves for her. :)<br /><br />Chris - You? Sighing with great drama? I can't imagine. lol I can picture the mini-Chris now. :)<br />Yeah, I don't read YA either so it's hard to know what's out there, what's good and what's not too sex filled.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320961506471746567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-66655855950229186152010-10-22T11:24:17.429-07:002010-10-22T11:24:17.429-07:00Hmm. Probably Mrs. Nichols, my kindergarten teache...Hmm. Probably Mrs. Nichols, my kindergarten teacher, who gave me library passes while she was teaching everyone else to read - apparently I was very bored and kept sighing with great drama. :)<br /><br />Um. I don't really read YA...Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959009113795804133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-91150275796394346272010-10-22T11:14:56.577-07:002010-10-22T11:14:56.577-07:00Comment #2: Don't forget the Reader's Dig...Comment #2: Don't forget the Reader's Digest condensed books. I don't know how I would have read so many books in my jr high/ high school days if it hadn't been for them. As you know, I still have several shelves of them in my living room.Dr Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06116344761479545032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-22767871621736751202010-10-22T11:13:40.335-07:002010-10-22T11:13:40.335-07:00Now Tracy, I can remember when you were in 4th gra...Now Tracy, I can remember when you were in 4th grade that reading wasn't you big thing. Glad to know that you moved on from there. My teacher of note was my ninth grade English teacher who loved all things having to do with the English language, especially great fiction. So she introduced me to Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, and Wuthering Heights and I know I read some George Sand and other Austin novels. I know I also inhaled the Nancy Drew books as well as the Sue Barton, RN series. I know that some of those books are still available and very readable for junior high kids.Dr Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06116344761479545032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-45342989959039663252010-10-22T10:32:49.255-07:002010-10-22T10:32:49.255-07:00Huh. I'm not sure I have many good ideas. Kris...Huh. I'm not sure I have many good ideas. Kristen was mostly reading Harry Potter and Nancy Drew I think. LOL She's not a big reader, you'd think she would be given her mother but .... She reads a bunch of those vampire books and she likes ghost/horror books a bit. But most of them are probably a bit too advanced for your daughter. <br /><br />Oh, I know, a book called <i>Peaches</i> by Jodi Lynn Anderson. It's sort of a buddy girl story about three teen girls who spend the summer on a peach farm and become friends. There is some talk about drinking and sex, but it's not graphic and they are 16 or 17. There are two follow-ups, <i>The Secret of Peaches</i> and <i>Love and Peaches</i> which follow the girls as they go off to university which may have more adult themes. It says Grade 8 and up. Maybe that's too old. Sigh. It's a hard age.<br /><br />I don't remember any of my teachers encouraging me to read in school. Well, beyond the class material. For some reason, in a family of non-readers I was the weirdo. I read tons of Nancy Drew (grew up in a small community with no library or book stores - yes, they exist LOL) and then I had an older neighbor who introduced me and a friend to her bodice ripper collection when I was about 17. Waaaahhh. Addicted. LOLTamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495571402942021799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-25510463570592657592010-10-22T10:32:31.270-07:002010-10-22T10:32:31.270-07:00Woot! I'm loving that my daughter's school...Woot! I'm loving that my daughter's school is really pushing reading as well, she hasn't really gotten into reading until now and I'm totally loving that we have reading in common now. If you ask me, IT'S ABOUT TIME!<br /><br />Some really good YA series that my daughter and niece enjoyed are:<br /><br />The Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull (the author is actually my friend's cousin which is why this series made it to my radar)<br />The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan <br /><br />There are more but I'll let you start with those. There's like 4-5 books in each of those series I believe.Rowenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15472559027348735571noreply@blogger.com