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FROM: "Michalik" <[removed]@lynchburg.net>
REC'D: 1/25/00, 6:45 PM

Hello

A patron was asking for novels for her 11-year-old girl who would like to
start reading "grown-up" books. (I hesitate to use the word "adult" for
fear of being misunderstood). I came up with a few, but know that there are
many of you out there who can come up with more for the next time the patron
comes in. I will be happy to compile the list. The ones I came up with
(and they are not all novels) are:

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck
The Flame Trees of Thika - Elspeth Huxley

Thanks in advance.

Candice Michalik
Reference Librarian
Lynchburg Public Library
Lynchburg, VA
[removed]@lynchburg.net

FROM: "Mary Van Dyke" <[removed]@CLSN3046.glenview.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 1/25/00, 7:20 PM

Try Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo by Zlata Filipovic
written when the author was 11-13. Very moving--we have it in both
our adult and children's collections.

Mary Van Dyke
Glenview(IL) Public Library

FROM: "Karla Bowman" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 1/25/00, 7:27 PM

How about Agatha Christie (I loved her as a teen) or some of the cozy
mysteries (grown-up but not "Adult"). I don't read many cozies myself but
www.bookbrowser.com will give you a list.

Karla Bowman
Euclid, Ohio

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FROM: "Marsha Valance " <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 1/26/00, 7:50 AM

How about the mysteries of Agatha Christie, Susan Conant, and Barbara Michaels?


Marsha J. Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells Street
Milwaukee, Wi 53233-1436
Phone: 414/286-3010
FAX: 414/286-3102
Email: <[removed]@mpl.org>

"That All May Read"

>>> "Michalik" <[removed]@lynchburg.net> 01/25 6:50 PM >>>
Hello

A patron was asking for novels for her 11-year-old girl who would like to
start reading "grown-up" books. (I hesitate to use the word "adult" for
fear of being misunderstood). I came up with a few, but know that there are
many of you out there who can come up with more for the next time the patron
comes in. I will be happy to compile the list. The ones I came up with
(and they are not all novels) are:

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck
The Flame Trees of Thika - Elspeth Huxley

Thanks in advance.

Candice Michalik
Reference Librarian
Lynchburg Public Library
Lynchburg, VA
[removed]@lynchburg.net

FROM: "Karen A.K. Keller" <[removed]@tln.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 1/26/00, 10:03 AM

On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Michalik wrote:

> A patron was asking for novels for her 11-year-old girl who would like to
> start reading "grown-up" books. (I hesitate to use the word "adult" for
>
"I Capture the Castle" by Dodie Smith.


Karen Keller
Brighton (MI) District Library

FROM: "Jeanne Etling" <[removed]@ccs.nsls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 1/26/00, 10:04 AM

My daughter enjoyed the Sherlock Holmes stories by AC Doyle when she was
that age.

Jeanne Etling
Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District

FROM: "Paula Hale" <[removed]@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us>
REC'D: 1/26/00, 10:09 AM

How about Cold Sassy Tree by Burns.

Paula Hale Tel: (602) 534-5276
Desert Sage Branch Fax: (602) 534-4367
Phoenix Public Library email: [removed]@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us
7602 W. Encanto Blvd.
Phoenix, AZ 85035

On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Michalik wrote:

> Hello
>
> A patron was asking for novels for her 11-year-old girl who would like to
> start reading "grown-up" books. (I hesitate to use the word "adult" for
> fear of being misunderstood). I came up with a few, but know that there are
> many of you out there who can come up with more for the next time the patron
> comes in. I will be happy to compile the list. The ones I came up with
> (and they are not all novels) are:
>
> Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
> Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
> To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
> The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
> Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck
> The Flame Trees of Thika - Elspeth Huxley
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Candice Michalik
> Reference Librarian
> Lynchburg Public Library
> Lynchburg, VA
> [removed]@lynchburg.net
>

FROM: "Raap" <[removed]@sls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 1/26/00, 10:28 AM

Have you tried some older authors such as Phylis Whitney and Victoria Holt?

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On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Michalik wrote:

> Hello
>
> A patron was asking for novels for her 11-year-old girl who would like to
> start reading "grown-up" books. (I hesitate to use the word "adult" for
> fear of being misunderstood). I came up with a few, but know that there are
> many of you out there who can come up with more for the next time the patron
> comes in. I will be happy to compile the list. The ones I came up with
> (and they are not all novels) are:
>
> Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
> Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
> To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
> The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
> Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck
> The Flame Trees of Thika - Elspeth Huxley
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Candice Michalik
> Reference Librarian
> Lynchburg Public Library
> Lynchburg, VA
> [removed]@lynchburg.net
>
>

FROM: "Nina Kennedy" <[removed]@nspl.lib.in.us>
REC'D: 1/26/00, 1:35 PM

I would reccomend all of Lucy Maud Montgomery books - not just Anne of Green Gables. There are many more in the Anne series that take her into grown-up life. There are also many that have different characters , for example Emily of New Moon. Also, when my daughter was a little older (about 15 ) she enjoyed the Mary Stewart books, particularly The Moonspinners (which I still like to re-read from time to time).
Nina Kennedy
Noblesville Southeastern Public Library

>>> "Michalik" <[removed]@lynchburg.net> 01/25 7:50 PM >>>
Hello

A patron was asking for novels for her 11-year-old girl who would like to
start reading "grown-up" books. (I hesitate to use the word "adult" for
fear of being misunderstood). I came up with a few, but know that there are
many of you out there who can come up with more for the next time the patron
comes in. I will be happy to compile the list. The ones I came up with
(and they are not all novels) are:

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck
The Flame Trees of Thika - Elspeth Huxley

Thanks in advance.

Candice Michalik
Reference Librarian
Lynchburg Public Library
Lynchburg, VA
[removed]@lynchburg.net

FROM: "Barbara Perkins" <[removed]@irving.lib.tx.us>
REC'D: 1/26/00, 2:03 PM

I just loved I Capture the Castle. Has anyone mentioned DuMaurier's
Rebecca?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karen A.K. Keller [[removed]@tln.lib.mi.us]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 9:11 AM
> [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Subject: Re: "grown-up" books for pre-teen
>
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Michalik wrote:
>
> > A patron was asking for novels for her 11-year-old girl who would like
> to
> > start reading "grown-up" books. (I hesitate to use the word "adult" for
> >
> "I Capture the Castle" by Dodie Smith.
>
>
> Karen Keller
> Brighton (MI) District Library

FROM: "Gayle Richardson" <[removed]@spl.org>
REC'D: 1/26/00, 8:59 PM

How about CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN, OUR HEARTS WERE YOUNG AND GAY, and lots of
those other old old 817's. Gayle Richardson Seattle Public

On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Michalik wrote:

> Hello
>
> A patron was asking for novels for her 11-year-old girl who would like to
> start reading "grown-up" books. (I hesitate to use the word "adult" for
> fear of being misunderstood). I came up with a few, but know that there are
> many of you out there who can come up with more for the next time the patron
> comes in. I will be happy to compile the list. The ones I came up with
> (and they are not all novels) are:
>
> Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
> Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
> To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
> The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
> Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck
> The Flame Trees of Thika - Elspeth Huxley
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Candice Michalik
> Reference Librarian
> Lynchburg Public Library
> Lynchburg, VA
> [removed]@lynchburg.net
>

FROM: "Michalik" <[removed]@lynchburg.net>
REC'D: 2/7/00, 7:07 PM

Here are the Fiction_L recommendations of "grown-up" books to recommend to
an 11-year-old girl:

Braun, Lilian Jackson - "Cat Who" series
Bronte, Charlotte - Jane Eyre
Burns, Olive Ann - Cold Sassy Tree
Christie, Agatha - any title
Conant, Susan - any title
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan - Sherlock Holmes mysteries
Dumas, Alexandre - The Count of Monte Cristo
Dumas - Alexandre - The Three Musketeers
DuMaurier, Daphne - Rebecca
Filipovic, Zlata - Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo
Gibbons, Kaye - Ellen Foster
Gilbreth, Frank - Cheaper by the Dozen
Holt, Victoria - any title
Hope, Anthony - The prisoner of Zenda, and its sequel
Huxley, Elspeth - The Flame Trees of Thika
Lee, Harper - To Kill a Mockingbird
McKinley, Robin - Beauty
McKinley, Robin - Anna of Byzantium
Michaels, Barbara - any title
Montgomery, Lucy Maud - any title - she wrote many more than just the Anne
of Green Gables series
Skinner, Cornelia Otis - Our hearts were young and gay
Smith, Dodie - I capture the castle
Steinbeck, John - Travels with Charley in search of America
Stewart, Mary - any title
Stratton Porter, Gene - The Girl of the Limberlost
Whitney, Phyllis - any title

Thanks to everyone who contributed!

FROM: <[removed]@aol.com>
REC'D: 2/7/00, 10:25 PM

In a message dated 2/7/2000 8:17:57 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[removed]@lynchburg.net writes:

<< ere are the Fiction_L recommendations of "grown-up" books to recommend to
an 11-year-old girl:

Braun, Lilian Jackson - "Cat Who" series
Bronte, Charlotte - Jane Eyre
Burns, Olive Ann - Cold Sassy Tree
Christie, Agatha - any title
Conant, Susan - any title
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan - Sherlock Holmes mysteries
Dumas, Alexandre - The Count of Monte Cristo
Dumas - Alexandre - The Three Musketeers
DuMaurier, Daphne - Rebecca
Filipovic, Zlata - Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo
Gibbons, Kaye - Ellen Foster
Gilbreth, Frank - Cheaper by the Dozen
Holt, Victoria - any title
Hope, Anthony - The prisoner of Zenda, and its sequel
Huxley, Elspeth - The Flame Trees of Thika
Lee, Harper - To Kill a Mockingbird
McKinley, Robin - Beauty
McKinley, Robin - Anna of Byzantium
Michaels, Barbara - any title
Montgomery, Lucy Maud - any title - she wrote many more than just the Anne
of Green Gables series
Skinner, Cornelia Otis - Our hearts were young and gay
Smith, Dodie - I capture the castle
Steinbeck, John - Travels with Charley in search of America
Stewart, Mary - any title
Stratton Porter, Gene - The Girl of the Limberlost
Whitney, Phyllis - any title

Thanks to everyone who contributed!

But wait - there's more!

How about these by Elswyth Thane: WILLIAMSBURG SERIES (7 titles, beginning
with Dawn's Early Light [American Revolutionary War]; and Tryst (a lovely
ghost story); and perhaps, Queen's Folly. Also L.M. Alcott's Eight Cousins &
Rose in Bloom.

Binnie Syril Braunsteni
Romance Novelist/former librarian

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