Reply to Sci Fi book recs for 12yo on a college reading level

Forum Index » Tweens and Teens

Reply to "Sci Fi book recs for 12yo on a college reading level "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anne McCaffrey’s Pern series. She could start with the more YA sequence - Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, Dragondrums (aka the Harper Hall trilogy) - which are fully connected into the main series. [/quote]

Yeah, those are problematic. Even the YA ones. Though not as problematic as Heinlein, Asimov, Herbert, etc. A lot of the books I read as a 12-year-old, I would never recommend now. Plus there's no need, because there are other (better) books.[/quote]

I think I read Dragonsong when I was 10?

A 12 year old can handle that.[/quote]

The question isn't whether a 12-year-old can [i]handle [/i]it.

The book came out in 1976. Read it again now, see what you think.[/quote]

If it could be handled in 1976, what’s the reason a 12yr old can’t handle it now?[/quote]

Again, it's not about a 12-year-old HANDLING it. As you know, there have been many societal changes since 1976, when the first book was published. A book that spoke to you when you were 10, when there were almost no similar books with main characters who were competent girls, so it was this or Asimov/Heinlein/Piers Anthony, would not necessarily speak to a 12-year-old now. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics