Re: Book suggestion for 11 year old

"Sea Wasp" <seawaspObvious@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> AJ wrote:
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>> "Sea Wasp" <seawaspObvious@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> Gene wrote:
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>>>> "AJ" <torturedartist@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> Hey, i have an 11 year old.  I want to encourage his
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>>>> reading a bit more. The Deed of Paksenarrion, The Belgariand. Some of

>>>> these may be too advanced for him, whereas others I wouldn't 
>>>> necessarily recommend to adults.
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>>> "Deed" especially is "parental guidance suggested"; there are a few 
>>> quite dark and disturbing sequences in that trilogy/story. It's a 
>>> marvelous story, don't get me wrong, but I'd give it to an 11-year old

>>> only after the parent read it first.
>>>
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>> How dark exactly?  He's already giggled his way through the Jaws
movies.
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> Paksenarrion is a Paladin -- a Holy Warrior for her god, Gird. Unlike
most 
> Paladins, she gets chosen by the God and doesn't even realize she's been

> picked for quite a while. She originally just runs away from her family
to 
> join a mercenary group, and the really odd mystical stuff doesn't get 
> going for a while.
>
> The forces of darkness try quite a number of ways to break her,
including 
> torture, etc., with some nasty "etc." implied, though not detailed
overly 
> much.
>
> I strongly second the recommendations for the Prydain books. The
Coramonde 
> books are good too. Duane's Wizard books would be good possibilities. If

> you can find them, the Danny Dunn series was always one of my favorites.
>


Hmm I can see what you mean, but I don't think he should have a problem 
provided things are more implied than stated.

thanks for the recomendations.