My 14yr old dd really enjoyed it and said she would absolutely read more. I felt the same way - I definitely want to know what happens. One question - if you feel like answering - you mentioned it was not historical fiction so is it supposed to be an alternate universe or post-apocalyptic? Or is that something that will be revealed later on in the story? Thanks for sharing, Cindy PS My dd loved the heroine's name.

Thanks for bringing this up. I hadn't heard of this before, but from looking at the website and samples I think my teen dd will love this for the summer. I may try one myself soon, so please let us know what you think of the class. Cindy

My dd 17 is soooo not a baby person and declares that she is not having children. But when she saw the pic of Benjamin Wyatt, she said that his face probably could change even her mind. He is sooooo sweet. Congratulations!

Voted.

As a parent who advised her children to not read comments, especially on youtube, when they were first surfing the internet on their own, I knew better than to read the comments on the article I read yesterday, but I did it anyway. The comments on the death( suicide ) of the Sweeten boy who played Jeffery on Everybody Loves Raymond truly astounded me - although, like I said I knew better. I was on my phone and don't remember which news link I clicked, but amid the condolences were many nasty, heartbreaking comments about the tragic death of a teenager. Hopefully his family will never see them. Cindy

So glad you are considering keeping the mama. She is beautiful. Tabby cats are great. Those pics are adorable. I showed both of my teen dds and they were in love with all of them. Cindy

Clicked! Great project. Cindy (born and raised in WV)

Didn't read past this reply yet. I agree with Lolly completely. I have 2 teenage dds. The 17 year old has a BMI of 15 currently. She is 5'5 and looks very thin, but she is healthy and eats what she wants. No eating disorders or anything like that. She loses weight quickly when she is sick, but truly struggles to gain weight at any time. Her father and I were both built like this as teens (no longer a problem for either of us, unfortunately;-), and constantly being asked by nurses and doctors (who of course are just doing there jobs) as well as relatives and friends if she eats or has an eating disorder is really discouraging to her. She struggles especially because her younger sister has the perfect size 2 figure while she struggle to find clothes that are teenage friendly and flattering. I just think that laws or guidelines need to take into account all sizes of healthy and attractive whether the models are thinner or heavier. All of our teens need to see themselves represented as models. Talking about this is good though. Hopefully in time there will be a more accurate way to measure health. Cindy

So sorry. That has to be so frustrating and discouraging.

The Dragon's Eye (We are considering this one - sounds interesting.) The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place (Have it - Kids book - lots of fun) The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Have it - Adult book but appropriate for tweens and teens in our house - lots of fun and mystery) Gideon the Cutpurse (Have it - haven't listened but read the book - exciting time travel - tween/ teen book) I am Number Four ( considering this - teen book) The Land of Stories (have it but have listened yet - sounded cute) Hope this helps. I only had a minute, sorry it is so choppy.

My dd loved The Man-Eating Tigers of Sundarbans book at that age. It might be too intense for some kids at that age, so you will need to decide for your dd. If I remember correctly that book goes into the loss of habitat but I don't remember about the social behavior. I just asked my dd (now 17) and she said she still remembers that book fondly. Not sure what that says about her :-). I tried to link it at Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Man-Eating-Tigers-Sundarbans-Sy-Montgomery/dp/0618494901/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422395920&sr=8-1&keywords=man-eating+tigers+of+sundarbans+the#customerReviews

When my girls were younger we raised tadpoles successfully several times. Usually 6-8 tadpoles at a time and I will agree that everything we read said no tap water so we collected rain water and/or used pond water. We always boiled spinach or lettuce to feed the tadpoles if we couldn't access pond water. ( I cooked up a bunch at a time and froze it in little sections on a cookie sheet then just popped a chunk of "algae" into the container once a day. ) My girls and I always enjoyed watching them develop. We typically raised tree frogs and toads, and they were all released back into the wild in the same area that we collected the tadpoles. We drove the first batch back to Grandma's in a neighboring state once they were all frogs/toads because I wanted to make sure that we weren't releasing some species that wasn't native to our area into the wild. I tried to make sure to avoid bullfrog tadpoles because of the length of time it take to raise them as someone else mentioned above. We never lost a tadpole that we raised this way although a few sometimes took longer than others to mature - probably just younger or something. The only tadpoles that we tried to raise that didn't make it were some a neighbor collected from his pool but he had already put them in a bucket with tap water so they didn't survive. :-( Hope this helps. We love the little guys at our house - never thought I would say that until I had two girls who loved everything creepy and crawly. :-) Cindy

Love it! Thanks for sharing.

We have a very similar taste in books from your list in the first post. 2 books I read this summer/fall that I really enjoyed were Serena and The Cove both by Ron Rash. Historical fiction set in the mountains of NC with some mystery woven in also. Great characterization and very poetical language. They are recent books, but read like classics. I couldn't put down Elizabeth Wein's two WWII books, Code Name Verity and Rose Under Fire. Young adult books but very powerful and suspenseful. The only book in your likes list that I hadn't read and enjoyed is The Yellow House. When I looked the book up at my library I found more than one by that title. Was the book you were referring to by Patricia Falvey? Hope this helps, Cindy

I thought the same thing. Could it be her? I love the look on her face - like I can't believe I am standing here while he wears that mint Star Trek tunic.

Voted and giving this a bump.

Sounds so fun!

Thanks for this. My dd is studying for this exam for the spring of 2015.

Great job! Congrats. I am sure you are proud enough to pop. :hurray:

So do we. This is the first cat we have ever had to play fetch. He prefers to fetch small balls of wadded up paper, but will occasionally play it with his favorite toy mice. It is so funny.

Silly cat. Glad the surgery went well. :grouphug:

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We ( 2 tenth graders and myself ) used the Medieval World in the fall and are currently using the Renaissance World for our spring semester. Now I am looking ahead to 11th grade and I want to continue world history if possible. Anyone know of anything similar to follow these books ( we used the Ancient World book in 9th grade), or willing to share what you plan to use to follow this book? I am thinking of using America: a Narrative History by Tindall and Shi and adding in world history -and filling in the time gaps between the end of RW and the America book, but that I don't want to do all of that work if I can find something more comprehensive. I would love to hear what others plan to use. Thanks, Cindy

I enjoyed The Cuckoo's Calling, but I can't say that it evoked anything like the emotions that I felt reading the Harry Potter series. It was a completely different genre, but I still felt something of the sense of place that Rowling was so adept at creating in the Potter books. Just as a point of reference, I didn't care for her Casual Vacancy book and as a matter of fact I didn't get much past 100 pages into it. Not sure if that helps or if I am making myself clear, but I did enjoy it as a mystery story and would read others if she continues it as a series. Hope that helps, Cindy

I was so sad to see the news this morning. :crying: My favorite is The Little Colonel, but I also love Bright Eyes (this is the one with The Good Ship Lollipop song) because she is perfect as the sweet little child and Jane Withers is perfect as the little brat. The scenes with the girls together are so fun. I told my family that I might need a personal day today so I could watch her movies, but we have too much school to get through. Cindy PS To a pp the movie with the Animal Crackers song is Curly Top. PPS To another pp I wonder about the crackers being something different than our animal crackers today also because the cookies just sound terrible in soup. :huh: