Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Thanks in advance!
"A mind blowing novel for a 12 year old girl" - recommendations?
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Maurice Picarda
Actually, might as well flounce.
A Wrinkle In Time.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Maurice Picarda
Actually, might as well flounce.
Madeleine L'Engle. It's mid-sixties and perhaps it has dated. Meets the criteria though.
eoin_k
Lawyer's fees, beetroot and music
Beat me to it, I was just checking how to spell Madeleine L'Engle
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
does it have progressive sexual politics?
Maurice Picarda
Actually, might as well flounce.
Sophie's World, I suppose. Jostein Gaardner.
miss direct
misfungled
Kiss the Dust by Elizabeth Laird
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kiss-Dust-Elizabeth-Laird/dp/0230014313
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kiss-Dust-Elizabeth-Laird/dp/0230014313
miss direct
misfungled
She might like this: Stargirl
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stargirl-Pi...=UTF8&qid=1446488242&sr=1-1&keywords=stargirl
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stargirl-Pi...=UTF8&qid=1446488242&sr=1-1&keywords=stargirl
Sirena
Don't monkey with the buzzsaw
Alan Garner's 'The Weirdstone of Brisingamen' and 'The Moon of Gomrath'...
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
They are a million cuts above normal fantasy novels. Serious (and very old) magical people hold them in awe.....
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
They are a million cuts above normal fantasy novels. Serious (and very old) magical people hold them in awe.....
miss direct
misfungled
Another Elizabeth Laird book, really good. I read a LOT as a teenager so have lots of ideas.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Sky-Mor..._UL160_SR104,160_&refRID=07JBF50T71Z1GPQ0WTBK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Sky-Mor..._UL160_SR104,160_&refRID=07JBF50T71Z1GPQ0WTBK
Bonfirelight
Crocodile
the grapes of wrath.
Maurice Picarda
Actually, might as well flounce.
Yes. The Owl Service as well. Or Elidor. And they are perfectly good for trivial, very young, muggle or sceptical folk as well.
I loved these when I was a kid too:
The Little White Horse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When Marnie Was There (JG Robinson)
The Little White Horse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When Marnie Was There (JG Robinson)
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
How about recent books? The kids I know are terribly contemporary and are not really that attracted to older books.
Voley
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I was right into that when I was a kid. Made walks round Alderley Edge more interesting too as I believed there was this entire underworld beneath my feet.
Maurice Picarda
Actually, might as well flounce.
Sophie's World is 1992 or so, which might be the best we can do. My 13 year old daughter was 12 until very recently and she only reads crap. Nothing mind-blowing about Malorie Blackman.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
she's ace!
Maurice Picarda
Actually, might as well flounce.
She's not going to make anyone question the fabric of reality, is she?
Have they actually tried any?
ETA When I was that age, I was reading books from quite a while ago and loved the old fashioned stuff in them.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
noughts and crosses might at least make them think
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
which ones?
Well any of the books people have suggested?
Maurice Picarda
Actually, might as well flounce.
I suppose if you were suddenly made responsible for broadening the mind of a very thick and unthinkingly racist 12 year old then it would be helpful. I was imagining a charming red-headed OU niece, though.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
it depends on the background of the child, but i have found that urban working class kids do not in general identify with a lot of old kids' fiction cos it is not written for them. i loved swallows and amazons but only cos i identified with the kids - they were like how i imagined my parents were when i was younger.
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