Chris in VA Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Looking for another nice, thick fantasy (or other genre, if not too "realism" oriented) for dd--Came across Incarceron. May be too dark, what do you think? She's read the Ink series by Funke and really likes it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 (edited) I've read it. It is a bit dark and there is some violence, but it's a very interesting concept! I'm getting ready to read the next one... I think you could read the first 30 pages or so and really get a feel for whether or not you'd like her to read it. There is little or no cursing that I remember. There IS some hope in the book, and building friendships, so the dark aspects are not so heavy and hopeless that I wouldn't want to read the next book. The only aspect that might be over her head, possibly, is the world-building, which I found to be a bit confusing. There are all of these different areas of Incarceron and back and forth between the 2 worlds that could be hard to follow or imagine for a younger reader. But it's exciting and intriguing, IMO. Edited December 14, 2010 by 6packofun ,m, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted December 15, 2010 Author Share Posted December 15, 2010 Thanks! I wiki'd it and am thinking we'll wait another couple of years. I want her to branch out from fantasy, anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Has she read Savvy by Ingrid Law? That's lighter and more fun, fantastical and better for a younger reader, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted December 16, 2010 Author Share Posted December 16, 2010 For some reason, she wasn't interested! I had that one out of the library, but she took a look at it and didn't read it. She wants a book about another place. Can't blame her there. I may just get her Reckless. Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Bumping this for some updated opinions. I'm okay with the level of violence in the Ender's Game series but have decided to wait on the Hunger Games and Maze Runner series for my DD. She recently received a gift certificate to the Scholastic catalog and I'm having difficulty finding books that are (A) challenging enough (B) don't have inappropriate content and © she doesn't already own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 Just saw this revived thread. CW, have you seen City of Ember and the sequels? Dd is reading them now as a 12yo. They are pretty easy vocab-wise, and there's some neat "world building" as I have found out it's called. LOL--I'm not a big fantasy person, so this is still new to me. We are also waiting on HGames. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Chris, has she read The Mysterious Benedict Society? My kids have loved some of Cornelia Funke's books and have been lukewarm on others. We have pictures with her from a book reading when Reckless was coming out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 Hi Mrs M--yes, she read those quite a while ago and really enjoyed them! Since being in public school, she's been introduced to more "typical" 5-6-7th grade books, like Origami Yoda and Al Capone Does My Shirts. She did read Little Women this summer for a summer assignment from her ps 7th grade. I'd just love to get her into something classic or more complex without going too much into the "our world as a yucky place" stuff--We had so much drama with ds that we really stayed away from societal issues in her earlier reading, and it seems so much of YA stuff is either fantasy/vampire or boyfriend/girlfriend or divorce/suicide/eating disorder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I'd just love to get her into something classic or more complex without going too much into the "our world as a yucky place" stuff--We had so much drama with ds that we really stayed away from societal issues in her earlier reading, and it seems so much of YA stuff is either fantasy/vampire or boyfriend/girlfriend or divorce/suicide/eating disorder. Has she read the Wrinkle in Time books? How about the Robin McKinley books? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted September 25, 2012 Author Share Posted September 25, 2012 We ended up getting the four-book series that starts with City of Ember. It's lighter and more middle-schoolish than some of the other sci-fi. I read all 4 in a couple of days, and she's on the second one. Not terribly well-written/beautiful but pretty solid and a good intro into that sort of apocalyptic/now we have a new world stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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