Library Loot #40
Submitted by Book Nut
I’ve been really bad lately in getting books for M. It seems the last month or so, she’s been handing me the stack of books back without having read any of them mostly because they don’t sound “interesting.” So, when she came home from the library on Saturday having checked out Orson Scott Card’s Hart’s Hope (verdict: interesting, but very disturbing), it occurred to me that maybe she’s moving beyond the teen section.
So: what do I give a 13 year old girl to read that isn’t too graphic (violence, language, or sex) that is a bit more challenging/interesting/intriguing than the teen books I’ve been bringing home? She tends toward the fantasy, but she also likes historical and realistic fiction, too.
For A/K:
Monster Baby, by Dian Curtis Regan/Illus. by Doug Cushman
Bella & Bean, by Rebecca Kai Dotlich/Illus by Aileen Leijten
Dora’s Costume Party! (Dora the Explorer) (I was really happy all those weeks when the Dora books weren’t in. Sigh.)
One Wolf Howls, by Scotti Cohn/Illus. by Susan Detwiler
Who Wants to Be a Poodle I Don’t, by Lauren Child
The Terrible Plop, by Ursula Dubosarsky/Illus. by Andrew Joyner
Just How Long Can A Long String Be?!, by Keith Baker
For C:
Still reading “grumpy Harry”. I’m glad she’s so determined.
For M:
The Strongbow Saga, Book One: Viking Warrior, by Judson Roberts
Magic Street, by Orson Scott Card
The Memory of Earth, by Orson Scott Card
For me:
The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern’s Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, by William Goldman
Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China (P.S.), by Peter Hessler
Ninth Grade Slays: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, by Heather Brewer
Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree, by Lauren Tarshis
Emma Jean Lazarus Fell in Love, by Lauren Tarshis
The roundup is either at Reading Adventures or A Striped Armchair. Obligatory FTC love: the links are provided through my Amazon Associates account. If you click through and actually purchase one of these books, I’ll get a teeny, tiny payment. But, since no one ever does, and it’s SO much easier using the associates account to put up these links, I’m going to keep doing it.
*Ones that M eventually read.
**Picture books we really liked.
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