Can anyone recommend a book for an 11 year old tomboy?
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Something by Robin Jarvis?
Loved these when I was around that age. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deptford_Mice
Loved these when I was around that age. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deptford_Mice
She is reading 'Northern Lights' at the moment and loving it, After her nagging I read 'The Troll Scrolls' by Neil Gibson and it was suprisingly good, even has my favourite aircraft in it - the mighty Chinook. Would recommend for a 6th year. I have also heard the Hunger games are good, but not sure if too violent?
His dark materials is a good series, much better second and third book as Will is a much better character than Lyra.
I would recomend both Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, my personal favourite series of books, and The Dresden Files, similar vain to Harry Potter but much more grounded in the real world, even all powerful wizards realise guns are very very effective at what they do.
I wouldn't think The Hunger Games was overly violent, much worse on Tv and it's full or moral choices, the main characters never want to kill.
I hope she enjoys all these recommendations.
Laam
I would recomend both Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, my personal favourite series of books, and The Dresden Files, similar vain to Harry Potter but much more grounded in the real world, even all powerful wizards realise guns are very very effective at what they do.
I wouldn't think The Hunger Games was overly violent, much worse on Tv and it's full or moral choices, the main characters never want to kill.
I hope she enjoys all these recommendations.
Laam
The Diamond Age, Or The New Lady's Illustrated Primer
(same book) Sci fi, focuses on various characters and how they're drawn together by the results of a very mysterious and very powerful individual who comissions an engineer to design and make a new tech breakthrough, which has huge, planet wide consequences for a particular sector of the human species when the tech is stolen!
Very relevant and a very, very good read for a young womany-kind of thing (presumably, not being so).
4.2/5 on goodreads.com
(same book) Sci fi, focuses on various characters and how they're drawn together by the results of a very mysterious and very powerful individual who comissions an engineer to design and make a new tech breakthrough, which has huge, planet wide consequences for a particular sector of the human species when the tech is stolen!
Very relevant and a very, very good read for a young womany-kind of thing (presumably, not being so).
4.2/5 on goodreads.com
Nom de ploom said:
The turbulent term of tyke tyler?
Flowers for Algernon
The Hobbit
TO kill a mockingbird
latter two not original by any means but all were school class reading material at 9-13 for me
Tyke Tyler was the first one I thought of.Flowers for Algernon
The Hobbit
TO kill a mockingbird
latter two not original by any means but all were school class reading material at 9-13 for me
I'd also add the Tiff Aching books by Pratchett
Zed for Zacheriah.
Halb said:
Nom de ploom said:
The turbulent term of tyke tyler?
Flowers for Algernon
The Hobbit
TO kill a mockingbird
latter two not original by any means but all were school class reading material at 9-13 for me
Tyke Tyler was the first one I thought of.Flowers for Algernon
The Hobbit
TO kill a mockingbird
latter two not original by any means but all were school class reading material at 9-13 for me
I'd also add the Tiff Aching books by Pratchett
Zed for Zacheriah.
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