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A question re: Begining Fantacy for Youth

Dennis Higbee den at monger.net
Sun Nov 24 13:12:44 PST 2002

On Sun, 24 Nov 2002, Claire Rojstaczer wrote:

> Tamora Pierce's books are targetted primarily towards girls, but she 
> does have two series, Circle of Magic and The Circle Opens, that are 
> a bit more egalitarian.  Her other books are good for that age, too, 
> but I don't know if a boy would enjoy them.

Only in the sense that the main characters are girls.  There are certainly 
strong male characters, and many of themes (the difficulty of growing up, 
the struggle to find one's place, dealing with cruelty and bullying) are 
universal.  I certainly think they're worth a look.

-Dennis