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    From: winkleberg  May-8 2:08 pm 
    To: BluePalmPointe unread  (2 of 6) 
     198.2 in reply to 198.1 

    I would suggest books by Mary Stewart. She wrote for many decades. I read her books in the 1980s, and they are still in print. The Merlin Trilogy, which includes The Crystal Cave, Hollow Hills, and The Last Enchantment are historical (King Arthur era), and the majority of her other novels are romantic suspense.

    I would also suggest books by Patrica Clapp.

     

    Winkleberg

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    From: crickit615  May-21 11:55 am 
    To: winkleberg  (3 of 6) 
     198.3 in reply to 198.2 
    david eddings, anne mccaffrey might be good as well.
     
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    From: pembe  May-25 10:48 pm 
    To: BluePalmPointe unread  (4 of 6) 
     198.4 in reply to 198.1 

    From what you say she would certainly enjoy The Swan Kingdom and Daughter of the Flames, recent publications by the Forum's own Zoe Marriott; both feature strong young heroines caught up in life-changing adventures. Vivid, lively, dramatic, touching, colourful, and with hard-earned happy endings.

    I absolutely agree with Winkleberg about the Mary Stewart books!

    Pembe


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    From: bookbean  May-31 4:14 am 
    To: BluePalmPointe unread  (5 of 6) 
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    I agree that Zoe Marriott is an author worth exploring :)

    Also take a look at Robin McKinley - her work is a bit uneven but her female characters are generlly strong and resourceful. 

    Patricia McKillips Riddlemaster Trilogy is excellent and a bit challenging, and her latest book The Bell at Sealy Head was lovely and had a resourceful female character.

    I enjoyed the Mary Stewart Arthurian series when I was in my teens so I recommend them too.

    Susan Cooper is another favourite from my early teens, and I only recentl read Seaward and enjoyed it greatly.

    Has she ready any Tolkein (Hobbit or Lord of the Rings) ? On a darker note, maybe How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff is an option - it is a bit disturbing but very well written and engaging.

    Elizabeth Knox wrote Dreamhunter and Dreamquake - books set in a world where dreams can be drawn up and "performed" for an audience of sleepers in the auditorium. The books follow the progress of a young girl from a famous dreaming family, and her experiences with social hypocrisy and the politics of change.They are entertaining and can be read on a couple of levels and no overt nasties for the parents to worry about that I can recall.

    bookbean         

     
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    From: pembe  May-31 10:24 pm 
    To: BluePalmPointe unread  (6 of 6) 
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    And she would probably enjoy Ursula le Guin's Earthsea quartet - beautiful thought provoking stories of an apparently ordinary but magical world, with no shortage of strong and interesting heroines.

    Pembe

     
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