I just watched the BBC mini series "North & South" based on the book by Elizabeth Gaskell. I was wondering if any of you had read the book, set in regency(ish) England in a cotton factory in Milton, and could tell me if it was worth the read. The mini-series, starring one of the actors on the short list for the next Batman (Richard Armitage - but I didn't know that until I got to part 4), really drew us in.
12. Double Fudge - Judy Blume
We missed a book in the series, but will look for it at the library today. The Hatchers are back in NYC again, and Fudge is obsessed with money. They bump into some cousins and are introduced to another Farley Drexel and Fudge learns what a torment he's been to his brother all these years.
- Again, read to your kids at your own risk, as Judy Blume loves to tell kids that there is no such things as Tooth Fairy or that Monster Spray is just air freshener. My kids LOVE the Fudge books, but come on, Judy! Stop it!
13. Percy Jackson - The Lightning Theif - Rick Riordan
First Book in the Percy Jackson Series. 12 year old Percy Jackson with dyslexia and ADHD has always been a bit of an outsider. Now his math teacher is growing talons and wings and trying to kill him, his best friend is a satyr, and his Latin teacher a centaur. Apparently, his father didn't die when Percy was a baby but can never die because he's one of the immortal Greek Gods, who still exist and live on Mt. Olympia, which is situated on the 600th floor of the Empire State Building.
I've read this story before, but my daughter is becoming obsessed with Greek myths and I must say it's much more enjoyable read when I could discuss it with my kids. I don't know if it helped my son's monster phobia though (see above note about Monster Spray). It's a fun way to bring the Greek Myths back to life in the modern day.
