Aww shucks

:)

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Found it:  It was a trilogy by Sigrid Undset, and the title of the
trilogy is Kristin Lavransdatter  and it was Danish, not Icelandic. My
mistake and faulty memory!

But I still remember the story. :-)

Kat

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Sent: 06/09/03 02:03 PM
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> One of my fave trilogies was written by a Icelander. but I can't
> remember
his name for the life of me - it was a series centering around this
medieval Iceland woman name Kaarin (something)dottir. I want to say it
won the Nobel Prize for Literature one year. Gah, I wish my memory were
better!

If Asdis is still on this list perhaps she'll know what I'm talking
about.
:-)

Kat
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From: "Cleveland, Kyle E." <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 06/09/03 01:55 PM
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> My wife, Laura, an SBH/DH/LDH teacher, turned me on to Gary Paulsen a
few
years back.  Most of his works are "outdoor adventures" centered around
the North Woods.  His prose has a lyrical quality--he'll set up a scene
and then get "inside the mind" of his young protagonists, switching back
and forth between first and third person.  I wish he'd been around when
I was a young adolescent tromping the woods.  There's usually a moral
component, but he pulls it off without being preachy.

When I was a pre-teen I liked Henry Gregor Felsen (what is it with me
and these Scandinavian writers?).  I was "into" cars and Felsen's usual
subject matter was teenage hot-rodding.  His books were written in the
late '50s/early '60s, so a lot of the slang was dated and foreign.  One
book, Hot Rod, was on the Children's Best Seller List for over 30 years.

Tolkien was a fave, as well as his good friend, C.S. Lewis' The Lion,
The Witch and The Wardrobe.  Now that I understand the allegory, I find
it even more intriguing.

Kyle

From: Scott Sands [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 1:21 PM
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I was in Teacher Certification for awhile before graduating as an
Individual Studies candidate.  One of my big hangups was the way English
majors referred to literature written with young adults in mind--"kiddie
lit." The stuff that's out there today isn't patronizing or dumbed-down
in any way. Particularly, I enjoy Virginia Euwer Wolff (who's done some
writing on disabilities, and writes in a prose-poetry form that's very
intriguing), and Rowling.  Of course, Madeline L'Engle will always be my
first love, the way others might remember E.B. White or Beverly Cleary.

Anyone else have favorite young adult fiction (or kids with young adult
fiction likes, or kids with kids who like YA fiction?  Nephews?  Nieces?
Friends?)

Scott


Scott Sands
5604 S. 297th St.
Auburn WA 98001
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