I'm seconding whoever suggested CC (yes, I'd never say I'd write that :) My son read it last year in fifth grade and we've been giving it to a few of the girls who were all into Twilight and they liked it.
I'd actually not recommend Holly Black, because the books have contents that some parents might find objectionable (serious drug use for one, one of the parents having sex with someone's boy friend, etc)
i've been searching and reading twilight additions, and the ones I liked were, Claudia Gray's Evernight series (third one coming out this spring) on the vamp front, Lauren Kate's Fallen (and actually to a lesser degree Becca fitzpatrick's Hush Hush) on the angel front, and I just read Lesley livingston's Woundrous Strange and Darklight and liked both a lot! for the fairy version. [Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely series is great fun, but the second book's at the dark fey court and it gets pretty heavy with the drug abuse etc. and the main charactyer's having sex in the first book already I think.]
Hmmm...other books people recced that I enjoyed was Annette Curtis Klause's Blood and Chocolate (werewolf and no eternal love with the mortal!) and Margaret Mahy's Changeover. Both are stand alone and didn't fully convince me, but I read them fast.
Percy Jackson and the New Olympians been one of my favorite gifts for 3rd grade up (you can get the first 3 together at a decent price). The kids love it and while it certainly smacks of HP copy, it's a fun read for them (and the forthcoming first part Lightning Thief is already in their awareness).
But that started my reading craze. I'm not listing the ones i didn't like. There's tons of BAD YA vamp stuff (worst I've read recently was the House of Night series and i really hated the much praised Bree despain's The Dark Divine).
Seriously, at this point, i feel like I can start a Twilight recovery book club. Girls who flirt with the supernatural and still kick ass!!! :)
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I'd actually not recommend Holly Black, because the books have contents that some parents might find objectionable (serious drug use for one, one of the parents having sex with someone's boy friend, etc)
i've been searching and reading twilight additions, and the ones I liked were, Claudia Gray's Evernight series (third one coming out this spring) on the vamp front, Lauren Kate's Fallen (and actually to a lesser degree Becca fitzpatrick's Hush Hush) on the angel front, and I just read Lesley livingston's Woundrous Strange and Darklight and liked both a lot! for the fairy version. [Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely series is great fun, but the second book's at the dark fey court and it gets pretty heavy with the drug abuse etc. and the main charactyer's having sex in the first book already I think.]
Hmmm...other books people recced that I enjoyed was Annette Curtis Klause's Blood and Chocolate (werewolf and no eternal love with the mortal!) and Margaret Mahy's Changeover. Both are stand alone and didn't fully convince me, but I read them fast.
Percy Jackson and the New Olympians been one of my favorite gifts for 3rd grade up (you can get the first 3 together at a decent price). The kids love it and while it certainly smacks of HP copy, it's a fun read for them (and the forthcoming first part Lightning Thief is already in their awareness).
I asked a similar question and got...mixed results :) http://cathexys.livejournal.com/356222.html?style=mine
But that started my reading craze. I'm not listing the ones i didn't like. There's tons of BAD YA vamp stuff (worst I've read recently was the House of Night series and i really hated the much praised Bree despain's The Dark Divine).
Seriously, at this point, i feel like I can start a Twilight recovery book club. Girls who flirt with the supernatural and still kick ass!!! :)