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

[farwing]

The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsly

Piratica by Tanith Lee

Ash by Malinda Lo

The Witches of Karres by James H. Schmitz

A College of Magics by Caroline Stevermer

The Perilous Guard by Elizabeth Marie Pope

[maire]

I loved (love) The Witches of Karres! So much fun. Bit dodgy on the whole 'marry you when I grow up' thing, though.

[farwing]

Yargh. I had kind of forgotten about that.