tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11882938.post4308000436927109522..comments2023-10-12T03:35:59.807-07:00Comments on I thought this would be more like having a cat.: Because I said I would...Missuz Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185674492467062254noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11882938.post-89914922398013234502011-08-10T06:42:38.928-07:002011-08-10T06:42:38.928-07:00@amanda: I hesitate to recommend any of them reall...@amanda: I hesitate to recommend any of them really--only because in my head, Madeline is a little girl. But really, she's not. So definitely not Unwound. Super disturbing premise. HG is also very intense--you read it and see. Ship Breaker and Uglies could be a starting place.<br /><br />@NME: Uglies is quite good good. It's the first in a quartet of books (I think.) and/but I didn't like the second one (Pretties) enough to go on to the third.Missuz Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02185674492467062254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11882938.post-14008089930685443432011-08-09T18:13:43.118-07:002011-08-09T18:13:43.118-07:00I blew threw Hunger Games trilogy in no time and e...I blew threw Hunger Games trilogy in no time and enjoyed Matched on audiobook. Uglies? Dont know it. Good?NMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013773933321448030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11882938.post-30152988892175479622011-08-09T10:23:19.491-07:002011-08-09T10:23:19.491-07:00I haven't read Ship Breaker, but his "gro...I haven't read Ship Breaker, but his "grown-up" novel The Windup Girl still haunts me a year later with its view of the future of agriculture and energy.Markhttp://strangeafeet.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11882938.post-71081538925909449432011-08-09T09:56:18.986-07:002011-08-09T09:56:18.986-07:00Madeline just blasted through Matched, and is look...Madeline just blasted through Matched, and is looking for more along those lines. She also loved Uglies. Are any of those others you mentioned particularly inappropriate for 12 year olds? I'm loosening up my ideas of what's appropriate, but we're still trying to keep away from anything too graphic. I think I'm going to try to find Hunger Games (for me) at the library, as I am apparently way behind the ball in getting to that one.amandakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00680746839029300448noreply@blogger.com