Re: Book suggestion for 11 year old

Graham Woodland wrote:
> Sea Wasp wrote:
> 
>> AJ wrote:
>>
>>> No, he's just starting the moody thing.  Which is good, mine was 
>>> horrible. Looking back I was a barely civilized beast at his age.
>>>
>>> He's a genuinly good kid with my impulse control problems lol.
>>
>>
>>     That pretty much describes my son Chris, too. :)
>>
>>     On that note, everything I've published I've read to Chris, so 
>> anything by "Ryk E. Spoor" (which includes a grand total at the moment 
>> of three books) is in my view acceptable for 11 year olds to read.
>>
> 
> By an amazing coincidence, I came to a similar conclusion last week with

> reference to the library at the high school where I work.  Initially I'm

> going to boost for _Digital Knight_, because it most closely resembles 
> the observed preferences of our pupils.  The librarian is a happily 
> F&SF-friendly sort of cove, and can very possibly be persuaded to take a

> punt on it.
> 
> The immediate occasion, by the way, is the imminent launch of one of my 
> side-projects -- a large and colourful series of wall-posters providing 
> a phylum-by-phylum guide to the animal kingdom.  Cultural sidebars 
> abound, and unless you object I propose to sneak a plug for your works 
> into the Cubozoan section...
> 
> 

	[MrBurns]Eeeexcellent. Of course, corrupting the youth first, 
spreading my influence from below. A charming plan![/MrBurns]

	Do you have a good pic of a Sea Wasp? I have some, of course. I've 
noticed, though, that a number of other sources have emerged that 
offer excellent images these days. Up through the early 90s there 
wasn't much available on Chironex Fleckeri, though.

	You'll have to order DK from used books, though. I could donate one, 
if necessary, but even I've been reduced to locating used copies. 
"Diamonds Are Forever" is fine for kids, but there are some aspects to 
the Old Nathan stories in _Mountain Magic_ (of which Diamonds is a 
part) which might not pass the kid-friendly inspection. _Boundary_ and 
its forthcoming sequel should be fine. _Grand Central Arena_, assuming 
it gets published, is definitely good for SF-interested kids; I was 
trying to do what Doc Smith might have written if he'd been born in 
this era. Not that I think I'm nearly good enough to match him in the 
sensawunda area, but I'm doing my best.

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