While She Knits - Holiday Gift Edition

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FALALALALA LALALALA.

Who else besides me is getting ready to buy the gift that keeps on giving?  Books for the holidays!

What books are you giving as gifts?  And what books for yourself are you sneaking onto to that Amazon order because, well, you have that free shipping anyway, right? 

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

What about The Great Fire by Jim Murphy? Have you read any of the ones they are talking about on Heavy Medal? Bomb, maybe?

~mwt

[(Anonymous)]

"Bomb" is awesome, Megan -- agreed! I've had boys who read it come back to get everything else by the same author.

Perfect suggestions, as usual :-)

BTW, thanks, mods, for un-spamming my earlier comment, with theMacDonald, Bruchac, etc. That was really strange!

deirdrej

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Oh, gosh, I forgot that Heavy Medal would be active again. On the other hand, maybe I should avoid it since two years running I've peeved people with my comments. :)

Do you remember the old Landmark Books series? Well-known adult authors wrote history and biography books for children; for example, C. S. Forester wrote about the Barbary pirates. And they're being reprinted.

http://www.sterlingpublishing.com/kids-catalog?section_key=21-56&limit=10&offset=70

I think your fifth grade boy might like those.