New post time at Gothic Charm School!

[cupcake_goth]

Of "Age-Appropriate" Books, Bullies, And Of Cloaks".

A big thank you goes to maiaarts, staxxy, the Stroppy One, and the Finishing School of Flail for being delightful beta readers!

And now, if you lovely people could help spread the word about the new lesson, that would be Very Helpful. Thank you!

Comments

More book suggestions for babybats

[rocket-jockey.livejournal.com]

Two books that I remember from my younger days are "Ghosts who Went to School," by Judith Spearing and "Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories," edited by Roald Dahl.

The first one is about a family of 19th-century ghosts who become bored with just hanging around and haunting, so they let their children attend the local school. It's pretty light reading, but I enjoyed it when I was about ten.

The second is a collection of personal favorites chosen by Roald Dahl, which right there shows that it's going to be a bit macabre. Very literate, not particualrly graphic, and aimed at young readers.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised you didn't suggest Edgar Allan Poe for the eleven-year-old seeker of literature -- I remember reading it in elementary school, and I'd suspect that the teachers would be thrilled to have a younger reader showing interest in the classics.

Of course, I am a very bad judge of age-appropriateness, but surely classics of Victorian literature with no explicit sex and only artfully-handled gore would pass muster?

[rocket-jockey.livejournal.com]

Maybe we can come up with a Babybat's Reading List?

"The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde," by Robert Louis Stevenson; "The Picture of Dorian Grey," by Oscar Wilde; "The Hound of the Baskervilles," by Arthur Conan Doyle

[tinkerbell86ca.livejournal.com]

Oh how I loved (and still do!) The Hound of the Baskervilles! I remember reading it when I was young and getting oodles of fun out of it.

[weaselmom.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness, for an 11-year-old boy (I assume from the name)? Bradbury's The Halloween Tree. Right age group, great story.

I loved (and by "loved" I mean "still have") the two Alfred Hitchcock collections of ghost stories.

[alumiere.livejournal.com]

I really liked this one. Well done.

I just hope the school doesn't decide the goths are the problem and tell them they need to change their style or attitude rather than telling the bullies to knock it off (which I'm afraid we've all seen too often, especially in small towns and suburbia).

[freyalorelei.livejournal.com]

Another good rec: Bunnicula and its sequels. Not technically goth, but--vampire bunny!

[mistress-infy.livejournal.com]

I STILL love the Goosebumps series. Spooooooky.

Also, what teacher in their right mind is going to complain about a student reading? S/He should be thrilled, unless it was like, super-adult stuff, which I'm kinda doubting.