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Books for Roisin and Yorkiegirl to read!

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Turkiegirl · 04/12/2004 21:19

I think we need a whole new thread.....
Half way through Wolf Brother, then need to read Curous Dog, then Eragon, then my new set of Michael Morpurgo!

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Yorkiegirl · 16/01/2005 21:38

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roisin · 16/01/2005 21:36

Hello you! That sounds like a great idea - some light relief. I've read far too many 'adult' books and academic papers in the last fortnight - on aspergers, dyspraxia, critical and creative thinking skills, gifted children, conversational pragmatics, philosophy for children ... Molly Moon sounds exactly what I need!

Yorkiegirl · 16/01/2005 21:24

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roisin · 03/01/2005 16:54

We raised the issue of AS in the referral papers, so it wasn't a surprise as such. I can't remember what I've told you about what EP said. It has all been immensely helpful to us, and has made me feel much more positive about loads of things.

ks · 03/01/2005 16:18

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roisin · 03/01/2005 15:35

KS two offerings for you: Stormbreaker - this is the first in a series of 5 books about a teenage spy - MI6, James Bond-style action, but rather more complex plot and characters than you might expect. Highly recommended.

Slightly different: Thieves of Ostia . This is more mystery a la Enid Blyton - i.e. group of children set out to find the clues and solve the mysteries. (Again it's the first in a long series). It is generally better written than EB, but certainly not 'great literature'. But it is PC, non-racist, non-sexist, etc. It's set in Roman times, so there's lots of 'Roman interest' and Latin terms - if that's the sort of thing that turns you on!

I'm still prevaricating about ds1 and Curious Dog ... I re-read it again myself the other week; and I still have some hesitations about him reading it. EP explicitly mentioned the possibility of a dx of mild Aspergers at some point in the future.

ks · 03/01/2005 15:18

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roisin · 03/01/2005 14:45

Apologies for the missing apostrophe

roisin · 03/01/2005 14:41

I haven't come across it ks - though I did see it on Blue Peter. Please let us know how you get on/what you think!

My New Yrs resolution is to spend less money on books

ks · 03/01/2005 14:33

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roisin · 03/01/2005 14:31

MM is an amazing author, isn't he? DS1 wrote to him, and had a fabulous, hand-written reply! Have you read his Private Peaceful - utterly stunning writing!

DS1 is currently reading Elizabeth Kay's The Divide and is completely gripped by it, more so than any book he's read for a couple of months. Have you come across it?

I don't know what it is that has particularly attracted him, (and I haven't had chance to get my hands on it yet!). But he does seem particularly fascinated by the whole concept of another world, with a different perspective, and a different language.

Yorkiegirl · 01/01/2005 22:25

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Yorkiegirl · 30/12/2004 10:13

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miggy · 27/12/2004 21:49

You have to read "how I live now"-utterly brilliant. Stole it from DS and read it last night-till 2am as couldnt bear to go to sleep not knowing the end!
Quote from Amazon "Rosoff?s story begins in modern day London, slightly in the future, and as its heroine has a 15-year-old Manhattanite called Daisy. She?s picked up at the airport by Edmond, her English cousin, a boy in whose life she is destined to become intricately entwined. Daisy is staying for the summer in her Aunt Penn?s country farmhouse with Edmond and her other cousins. They spend some idyllic weeks together--often alone with Aunt Penn away travelling in Norway. Daisy?s cousins seem to have an almost telepathic bond, and Daisy is mesmerised by Edmond and soon falls in love with him.

But their world changes forever when an unnamed aggressor invades England and begins a years-long occupation. Daisy is parted from Edmond when soldiers take over their home, and Daisy and Piper, her younger cousin, must travel to another place to work. Their experiences of occupation are never kind and always hard. Daisy?s pain, living without Edmond, is tangible. "
Being compared to curious incident-I think better (imho)
Sadly will have to hide from DS for a bit though as very sad and graphic depiction of war-too much death for him.

Yorkiegirl · 26/12/2004 22:32

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roisin · 23/12/2004 08:17

About half way through Skeleton Key (3rd Alex Rider). I nearly started Chocolat, or some Jane Austen or Hardy, but plumped for this in the end!

Yorkiegirl · 22/12/2004 20:40

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Yorkiegirl · 21/12/2004 22:28

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roisin · 21/12/2004 22:22

Cool! will make you cry. Why the Whales came is superb, and Butterfly Lion if you haven't read it before.

Yorkiegirl · 21/12/2004 22:09

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roisin · 21/12/2004 22:07

Yeah, will do. Thx

Yorkiegirl · 21/12/2004 22:06

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Yorkiegirl · 21/12/2004 21:52

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roisin · 21/12/2004 21:51

CI is amazing isn't it, especially as the author doesn't have direct personal experience of AS - just great research!

I felt more comfortable reading it this time around, having talked positively with Ed Psych last week about ds1 and AS, among other things. Have I talked to you about this YG?

miggy · 21/12/2004 21:49

"how I live now"-about a girl growing up in a post war world (DS is 11-wouldnt obv. give this to a 7yr old really looking forward to reading that.
Also for DS1-complete set of Peter Dickinsen books.
"the secret valley"-about dinosaurs/cornwall-looks interesting
those are the ones I most want to read will will also steal...
For DS2-private peaceful
dd-the flat stanley set of books.
Should keep me busy!