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

[maire]

Not Deerskin I can understand, but why not Sunshine?

[nestra]

I am actually in the middle of reading it, but I just got to the part with some sex. I guess it depends on the kid (and how far the kid is into the Twilight series, which I haven't read).

[maire]

I don't recall the sex being presented in a way I'd mind any kid old enough to enjoy the novel reading. But then, I was reading a lot of novels written for adults from about age nine, so YMMV.