After spending several years reading largely YA, I'd like to read some grown-up secondary world fantasy novels. Persnickety tastes below the fold.
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posted by PhoBWanKenobi
on Apr 30, 2013 -
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[Book Filter] Does anyone have recommendations of books that are either about Laos, or starring characters that are Laotian?
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posted by ruhroh
on Feb 25, 2013 -
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Name that young adult fantasy novel: Two boys who are enemies at school are transported to some magical scenario where they have to work together.
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posted by latkes
on Feb 13, 2013 -
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I've been trying on and off for years to remember this YA book. Actually, I think it might be a series, but maybe not. Details within.
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posted by fozzie_bear
on Jan 25, 2013 -
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Help me remember the titles of two books I read as a kid. I've Googled extensively and came up empty on both.
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posted by Fuego
on Aug 13, 2012 -
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Help me remember a young adult novel I read as a kid. The main character was a teenage girl and there was an upsetting incident involving a kitten and a doormat.
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posted by embrangled
on Feb 27, 2012 -
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Trying to remember two books: one YA fiction from the 80's, the other a chapter book for 7-9 year olds, from the 60's, maybe.
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posted by noxetlux
on Aug 11, 2011 -
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[YA book filter] I would like to find some YA or easy-to-read adult sci-fi, speculative fiction, or dystopian fiction. Preferably, about the United States or other earthly country, not deep-space intergalactic stuff.
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posted by lockstitch
on Mar 29, 2011 -
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Identify this Y.A. Sci-fi book from the 1980's - a boy learns how to meditate his way to flying.
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posted by dadici
on Jan 19, 2011 -
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What young adult novels (or chapter books for kids) are written in particularly elegant prose styles? (Bonus points if the story and characterization are good, of course, but I'm especially looking for books where the writing style itself is beautiful.) Examples include
The Graveyard Book,
Haroun & The Sea of Stories, and
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posted by yankeefog
on Mar 18, 2010 -
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[Bookfinder filter] Help me identify a weird book about black magic from my childhood.
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posted by Ziggy500
on Nov 18, 2009 -
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Name This Book: Help me figure out the title of a YA novel I read in middle school before I go bonkers!
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posted by santojulieta
on Oct 13, 2009 -
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Name this young adult book from my youth. It involved a land of pasta...
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posted by shii
on Mar 9, 2009 -
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Help me remember the book series I loved as a kid. I can't even remember the genre, but I think it had sci-fi elements, and the kids possibly solved mysteries. I don't remember much, but I know one of the main characters was called Watch, because he always wore multiple watches.
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posted by spockette
on Feb 16, 2009 -
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WhatWereThoseBooksFilter: I'm looking for several unrelated books, or possibly series of books, that I read as a kid. The first involved a family of magic users living in what was the time the modern world.
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posted by Caduceus
on Jul 1, 2008 -
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Please help me identify several books I read as a preteen in the late 80s and early 90s. One involved four or five teenagers keeping diaries for school, one was about a girl whose mother was running for mayor, and one was about a boy who lived with his father, a 60s radical on the run! Oh, and one really bizarre book about a girl and her pewter animals. There's
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posted by lunasol
on Feb 17, 2008 -
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I'm looking for recommendations for books, movies and even music that might be relevant for a group of middle school (7th & 8th grade, ages 12-14) kids who are going to Rome over spring break.
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posted by bjennings
on Feb 3, 2008 -
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I'm trying to make a list of books that include the central plot element of kids learning how to use or cope with unusual powers, dramatic or mundane. (
Jumper, recently made into a movie, is one example.) Extra points if the books are primarily aimed at children or young adults.
posted by sacre_bleu
on Jan 29, 2008 -
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My wife is starting up a Young Adult (geared towards 13-18 yr olds) Fantasy book club at the local library branch. What are some good books in this genre to consider for inclusion?
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posted by daser
on Jun 12, 2007 -
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Do you know the title of this young adult novel? It was about a girl, possibly a foster child, runaway, or both, who goes to live in the woods like Thoreau. The more inside contains big spoilers!
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posted by peep
on May 23, 2007 -
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I read a book some years ago about an adopted teenage girl in 20XX Seattle who discovered that she had a long-lost twin sister from the 1970s. Googling has failed me.
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posted by timetoevolve
on Jun 30, 2006 -
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A young adult vampire book, published late 70's, early 80's? Involves a kid who meets the vampire in the basement of a library, falls asleep and wakes up having no memory of it. Main vampire's name is Radu, but I believe there were several other vampires around, also with "traditional" names (a "Carmilla" perhaps?).
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posted by Brainy
on May 22, 2006 -
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