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Mon Jun-12-06 12:41 AM
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| 55. As a Heinlein fan, that one was already on my short list |
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Only since 1995 has Heinlein's original ending been published.
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| -Book recommendations for an 11 year old girl |
pokerfan |
Jun-11-06 04:29 PM |
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Elizabeth Blackwell, First Woman Doctor... |
txwhitedove |
Jun-11-06 04:37 PM |
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My favorite book at that age... |
Writer |
Jun-11-06 04:38 PM |
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My daughter says |
lizziegrace |
Jun-11-06 04:41 PM |
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"A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle |
alphafemale |
Jun-11-06 04:42 PM |
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I loved that book. Our teacher read it to us in the 5th grade. |
gwbsamoron |
Jun-11-06 11:52 PM |
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My suggestions |
Lavender Brown |
Jun-11-06 04:43 PM |
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my daughter is 11 and she loved the Pig Scrolls and Dear dumb Diary |
chimpsrsmarter |
Jun-11-06 04:44 PM |
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Here is the cutest series |
mzteris |
Jun-11-06 04:47 PM |
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I second Seventh Tower. |
MiniMandaRuth |
Jun-12-06 08:16 AM |
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Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy |
Monkey see Monkey Do |
Jun-11-06 05:10 PM |
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I also recommend this trilogy |
WindRavenX |
Jun-11-06 07:58 PM |
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i'm on my fourth time through that series |
kagehime |
Jun-11-06 11:47 PM |
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Another vote for HDM. |
WritingIsMyReligion |
Jun-12-06 01:07 PM |
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Definitley. His books are just incredibly.... |
otherlander |
Jun-12-06 03:15 PM |
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"Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry," by Mildred D. Taylor, |
BlueIris |
Jun-11-06 05:19 PM |
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"Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" is a wonderful book. |
myrna minx |
Jun-12-06 01:08 PM |
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The Book of Three (Prydain Chronicles) by |
CC |
Jun-11-06 05:30 PM |
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I had a few books that I thought were cool.... |
WCGreen |
Jun-11-06 05:43 PM |
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anything by LM montgomery |
liontamer |
Jun-11-06 05:50 PM |
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oh yeah, and harry potter books if she hasn't read them yet |
liontamer |
Jun-11-06 05:51 PM |
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Isn't the Blue Castle wonderful? |
u4ic |
Jun-11-06 07:26 PM |
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I loved the 'Blue Castle' too |
yvr girl |
Jun-11-06 07:29 PM |
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yes the blue castle is still my favorite |
liontamer |
Jun-12-06 08:58 AM |
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Here, a list of Caldecott medal winners |
miss_american_pie |
Jun-11-06 06:07 PM |
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Mommy Dearest; "The Sea-Gull" by Chekov; Finnegans Wake |
Rabrrrrrr |
Jun-11-06 06:14 PM |
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Don't forget Camus! |
StellaBlue |
Jun-11-06 07:28 PM |
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I was thinking "Death in the Afternoon". |
Rabrrrrrr |
Jun-12-06 12:29 PM |
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Somebody should shoot Rabrrrrr |
khashka |
Jun-11-06 11:06 PM |
#46 |
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Oh, and the movie "Breaking the Waves". My pre-school would rock! |
Rabrrrrrr |
Jun-12-06 12:29 PM |
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Thanks! Keep 'em coming! |
pokerfan |
Jun-11-06 06:20 PM |
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To Kill A Mocking Bird |
haf216 |
Jun-11-06 06:25 PM |
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My 11-year-old son recommends |
marzipanni |
Jun-11-06 06:27 PM |
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"The Count of Monte Christo" |
maveric |
Jun-11-06 06:29 PM |
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Oh there are so many good ones: |
jane_pippin |
Jun-11-06 06:35 PM |
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I was just going to recommend |
hippywife |
Jun-11-06 06:58 PM |
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It does, doesn't it? A friend's kid just read it and loved it |
jane_pippin |
Jun-11-06 07:05 PM |
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Anne Frank. |
xmas74 |
Jun-11-06 06:46 PM |
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I second that |
buddyhollysghost |
Jun-11-06 06:51 PM |
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List of books in same manner for middle school students |
xmas74 |
Jun-11-06 07:22 PM |
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Along with those would be "Where the Red Fern Grows"... |
txwhitedove |
Jun-11-06 07:29 PM |
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I read it when I was nine |
socialdemocrat1981 |
Jun-11-06 11:38 PM |
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I read all the Laura Ingalls Wilder books at that age. |
Lex |
Jun-11-06 07:09 PM |
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My kids still remember me reading through the entire series to them |
buddyhollysghost |
Jun-11-06 07:32 PM |
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I can't believe i forgot those! |
liontamer |
Jun-12-06 08:59 AM |
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#1 - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES! |
StellaBlue |
Jun-11-06 07:17 PM |
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I cried everytime I read them. |
xmas74 |
Jun-11-06 07:41 PM |
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Ach! Walter! |
StellaBlue |
Jun-11-06 10:44 PM |
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Walter and his unmarked grave in France. |
xmas74 |
Jun-12-06 08:00 AM |
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I loved the 'Anne of Green Gables' series |
yvr girl |
Jun-11-06 07:26 PM |
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My daughter loved "The Secret Life of Bees." nt |
jobycom |
Jun-11-06 07:28 PM |
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret |
IsIt1984Yet |
Jun-11-06 07:34 PM |
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events |
Evergreen Emerald |
Jun-11-06 07:37 PM |
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Yep yep yep nt |
democracyindanger |
Jun-11-06 08:03 PM |
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The Song of the Lioness Quartet |
Revolutionary_Acts04 |
Jun-11-06 07:37 PM |
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Anything by Tamora Pierce is fantastic. |
WritingIsMyReligion |
Jun-12-06 01:11 PM |
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LM Montgomery novels |
Marie26 |
Jun-11-06 07:53 PM |
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Here are a few that I loved: |
Aristus |
Jun-11-06 08:27 PM |
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THE PUSHCART WAR is hysterical. |
WritingIsMyReligion |
Jun-12-06 01:12 PM |
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Podkayne of Mars |
BigMcLargehuge |
Jun-11-06 10:50 PM |
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Oh God I love that book! |
khashka |
Jun-11-06 11:12 PM |
#48 |
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As a Heinlein fan, that one was already on my short list |
pokerfan |
Jun-12-06 12:41 AM |
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Heinlein is so sexist in his work that i wouldn't recommend it to an 11yo |
liontamer |
Jun-12-06 09:01 AM |
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I have 3. |
MarianJack |
Jun-11-06 10:57 PM |
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The Giver is AWESOME |
KitchenWitch |
Jun-11-06 11:15 PM |
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THE GIVER scared me, though I did like it. |
WritingIsMyReligion |
Jun-12-06 01:16 PM |
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Check out Joan Aiken's books |
khashka |
Jun-11-06 11:10 PM |
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I'm not sure how many Roald Dahl books she would have read |
socialdemocrat1981 |
Jun-11-06 11:40 PM |
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Ronald and Nancy Reagan's memoirs |
socialdemocrat1981 |
Jun-11-06 11:42 PM |
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Sheila The Great -- Judy Blume |
idgiehkt |
Jun-12-06 12:50 AM |
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"Childhood's End" by Arthur C. Clarke... |
Robeson |
Jun-12-06 12:59 AM |
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Can't believe I forgot, "The Pink Hotel," by Dorothy Erskine, |
BlueIris |
Jun-12-06 01:19 AM |
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Little Women |
porphyria |
Jun-12-06 08:14 AM |
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Don't forget LITTLE MEN and JO'S BOYS, the sequels. |
WritingIsMyReligion |
Jun-12-06 01:11 PM |
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"Island of the Blue Dolphins" |
MrsGrumpy |
Jun-12-06 08:20 AM |
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I loved that book! |
GoddessOfGuinness |
Jun-12-06 01:06 PM |
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I vaguely remember that one. |
WritingIsMyReligion |
Jun-12-06 01:13 PM |
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A library card |
LynneSin |
Jun-12-06 08:59 AM |
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Sorcery and Cecilia, or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot |
Orsino |
Jun-12-06 09:20 AM |
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Island of the Blue Dolphin |
Sequoia |
Jun-12-06 10:47 AM |
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_A Tree Grows In Brooklyn_ by Betty Smith -- an absolute must for every |
bertha katzenengel |
Jun-12-06 10:50 AM |
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The Phantom Tollbooth |
MissMillie |
Jun-12-06 10:52 AM |
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I LOVED that book when I was a kid. |
Oregonian |
Jun-12-06 12:03 PM |
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I just started reading that with my 7 year old |
GoddessOfGuinness |
Jun-12-06 01:36 PM |
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Recommendations from an aspiring children's librarian... |
cedahlia |
Jun-12-06 11:11 AM |
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The Outsiders |
MorningGlow |
Jun-12-06 12:19 PM |
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lampfish of twill |
slide to the left |
Jun-12-06 12:58 PM |
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greek/roman mythology, biographies |
npincus |
Jun-12-06 01:11 PM |
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My favorite books as a kid: |
distantearlywarning |
Jun-12-06 01:13 PM |
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas... |
SteppingRazor |
Jun-12-06 01:19 PM |
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Farley Mowat |
GoddessOfGuinness |
Jun-12-06 01:42 PM |
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Nancy Drew |
ceile |
Jun-12-06 01:52 PM |
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Brave New World |
Benfea |
Jun-12-06 03:07 PM |
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Judy Blume wrote wonderful books for pre-teens/teens |
KitchenWitch |
Jun-12-06 03:11 PM |
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if you want to make her stupid, yet happy at the same time... |
WannaBePassingFair |
Jun-12-06 03:13 PM |
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Sweet Valley High is a good choice for that. |
ceile |
Jun-12-06 03:28 PM |
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The Tripods Trilogy |
Ariana Celeste |
Jun-12-06 03:32 PM |
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Treasure at the Heart of Tanglewood |
otherlander |
Jun-12-06 03:33 PM |
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"The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury |
Sequoia |
Jun-12-06 03:46 PM |
#98 |
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