Recommend a book?

[resonant]

The kidlet is looking for books to buy a friend. What we know about the friend's reading habits: She's turning eleven, and she's all into the Twilight series.

So. Rec us meaty-yet-fifth-grade-appropriate books that are better than Twilight?

Comments

[notemily.livejournal.com]

My standard list of books that are Like Twilight, Only Better:

Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
Mortal Instruments trilogy by Cassandra Clare
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Lament by Maggie Stiefvater

YMMV as to whether or not these are fifth-grade-appropriate, but if she's read Breaking Dawn she's probably not going to be traumatized by anything in these books. *cough*

This is more science fiction than fantasy, but can I throw in a vote for Scott Westerfeld's Uglies series? It's definitely age-appropriate, it's got a kickass heroine and some (clean) romance, and it's a great series in general.

[mllesays]

Seconding Uglies and throwing in Westerfeld's Midnighters trilogy as well. Those are terrific books.