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dotcom	252908.  Sat Jan 05, 2008 2:29 pm Hiiii. Thanks to everyone for your recommendations. Jenny, I've read a lot of Evelyn Waugh ("A Handful Of Dust" is a particular favourite), but not the war ones, so I'll track them down, and Samivel, I've read a little Robert Cormier and have a couple of his from the library languishing in my room somewhere, so I'll see if I can't track them down. Thanks for the recommendations, Starfish - I'm sorry, but I've read them all! I'd definitely recommend them, though.
oz diva	256038.  Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:35 am dotcom, how about John Marsden's Tomorrow series. They begin with Tomorrow When the War Began. They are very powerful teen novels. Not fantasy, so quite different to the other stuff you've read. The premise is that the main character and her friends live in country Australia and are getting on with their lives when the country is invaded by a unnamed force. (It's Indonesia but never explicity stated.) Marsden was prompted to write the story from the Indonesian invasion of East Timor. Something else I enjoyed over Christmas was The Last Family in England. Not a kids book, but the story of a family - narrated by the labrador. Also in kids fiction The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - very powerful stuff. The whole family from my 11 yr old niece up has read it.
Sadurian Mike	298470.  Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:46 pm Sebastian flyte wrote: Moomins..*looks about all shame-faced* Moomins are top entertainment. I had just about all the books when I was about your age, Seb, and plan to get them all again for my kids. Mine love the books by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. From Gruffalo to Tiddler (the latest), they are all ideal for bedtime reads and illustrated in a similar style to the Richard Scarry books of my childhood, with plenty going on behind the main action.
Sebastian flyte	348949.  Sat May 31, 2008 5:10 am Moomins are superb! :D
cnb	349037.  Sat May 31, 2008 8:52 am You just want me to post that moomin porn picture again, don't you?
Sadurian Mike	349162.  Sat May 31, 2008 1:33 pm Yes, yes I do. *intrigued and a little scared*
Sebastian flyte	349169.  Sat May 31, 2008 1:49 pm cnb wrote: You just want me to post that moomin porn picture again, don't you? please don't break my childish heart with such filth.. unless it is snufkin doing the park keeper...
Sadurian Mike	349171.  Sat May 31, 2008 1:51 pm Sebastian flyte wrote: cnb wrote: You just want me to post that moomin porn picture again, don't you? please don't break my childish heart with such filth.. unless it is snufkin doing the park keeper... You know that you are a very bad man, don't you?
Sebastian flyte	349190.  Sat May 31, 2008 2:21 pm Sadurian Mike wrote: Sebastian flyte wrote: cnb wrote: You just want me to post that moomin porn picture again, don't you? please don't break my childish heart with such filth.. unless it is snufkin doing the park keeper... You know that you are a very bad man, don't you? Yes sorry, totally provoked though!
cnb	349204.  Sat May 31, 2008 2:39 pm
Sadurian Mike	349221.  Sat May 31, 2008 3:04 pm My childhood memories are forever tarnished.
paulinus	355609.  Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:27 pm Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Ditto porn.

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