Poll: World Book Night Choices

[neadods]

[Poll #1843759]

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[redeem147.livejournal.com]

Dandelion Wine and Watership Down are YA? When did that happen?

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I'll have to check the pub date on my copy of Dandelion. Watership technically always was, as it started as a story he told his kids, and a promise he made his youngest daughter about the characters ended up affecting the plot.

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

I read WD as an adult - it never occurred to me it was a kid's book.

[tchwrtr.livejournal.com]

It was required reading for my fifth grade class. Not that we understood the undertones about societies, but it was our first REALLY thick novel.

I still have my end-of-book project. It was a lot of work, and proves I can't draw rabbits.

[fabricdragon.livejournal.com]

i read it in middle school.. i think it was a gift. i know it was on a few HS reading lists.. so yeah, its a YA book. i do not know Dandelion Wine

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Dandelion Wine is my favorite Bradbury. A series of short stories about an 8-year-old boy's summer adventures.

[harmonyfb.livejournal.com]

"The Poisoner's Handbook" is a fantastic book - really interesting (and scary! Those poor watch-painters!) subject, and written in the most accessible way. :)

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I adore that book. I passed my copy on, but will probably snap up another one - especially as it's now available in trade paperback. I'm troping to trades for some reason right now.