"Peter H. Granzeau" <pgranzeau at cox.net> writes: > At 18:09 11/24/2002 -0500, Thomas Yan wrote: > >"H. T." <electrictwilight at hotmail.com> writes: > > > > > Since it appears the majority of everyone that had typed in the > > > discussion of "fantasy" had began reading fantasy when they were still > > > young I thought I might ask what is appropriate for a young fantasy > > > reader? > > > > > > I have an 11-year old step-brother who very much enjoys fantasy, and > > > he has asked me what else there is in this genera to read. > >-snip- > > > >Pamela Dean's Secret Country trilogy; it is currently out of print, > >but will be reprinted in late 2003 by Firebird Books. > > While written about children, I think Dean's books are aimed at an > adult, and very literate, readership. I'm a grandfather, and _I_ have > trouble reading her novels, because of my lack of background in > literature (only one college course in Modern Literature). On the other hand, they're being reprinted in a young-adult line, and quite a few younger readers have liked them. Probably without getting every single bit of them; that's true of all the best books and *especially* the best children's books -- you keep getting more from them as you grow. > I would think that many of the other novels being suggested are a bit > beyond the typical 11 year old. A look at the "Young Adult" genre > might find a few gems, however. Kids vary so much. I unfortunately can't remember for sure what I was reading at 11; not that *I'm* in any way typical, either. I'm pretty sure I read Heinlein's _Glory Road_ within a year of 11 one way or the other, for example, and I liked that a *lot*. > How about Jane Yolen's two "Jenna" books, _Sister Light, Sister Dark_ > and _White Jenna_? Yolen also edited a series of YA novels, which > might turn up some good books for kids, as well as authored many more > herself. > > Diane Duane has also written a series of novels aimed at the YA > reader. The "Wizards" series starts with _So You Want to be a > Wizard_, I believe. > > Patricia Wrede has also written a set of YA novels--the "Enchanted > Forest" starts with _Dealing with Dragons_. I've seen these mentioned earlier, but they bear mentioning again certainly. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info