tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post8186818590477612871..comments2023-12-22T09:04:09.898-08:00Comments on Six Boxes of Books: Best Plot Ever, Where Are You Now?Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11690852339559706714noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post-50542652148790630962012-01-19T23:20:44.972-08:002012-01-19T23:20:44.972-08:00The first book of Meg Cabot's Allie Finkle ser...The first book of Meg Cabot's Allie Finkle series basically has that plot: they move to a new house and a new neighborhood, and everything is much more awesome than the old place. Though Allie herself (unliike her parents) is much more interested in the social dynamics in her new classroom than in the cool old house she's moved into.<br /><br />Also: Real estate fiction! Hee!Elshttp://bookbk.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post-56373468739334369792011-10-13T09:36:39.482-07:002011-10-13T09:36:39.482-07:00Another old New House book is "The Headless C...Another old New House book is "The Headless Cupid" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder.<br /><br />(I also thought of "Penny Dreadful" right away because I am Laurie's twin, except that I am Laurie's sad, slow twin.) <br /><br />Would you count The Penderwicks? It's a new summer house rather than an entirely new house, so I'm not sure.<br /><br />I would think that new beginnings, clean slate, fresh start would still be a promising topic for the youth of today -- I wonder why it isn't?<br /><br />--Jen D-KLady Chardonnayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04465347726701888182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post-29220878730687981932011-09-21T21:27:37.282-07:002011-09-21T21:27:37.282-07:00A Room for Cathy, Amy Moves In, Anything for a Fri...A Room for Cathy, Amy Moves In, Anything for a Friend, Nobody Likes Trina, Finding Walter, <br /><br />A more recent pub is Palace Beautiful but it didn't do it for me the way the childhood books did. However, my niece loves Allie Finkle who moved and started a new school the same month she did. Someone also gave her a recent Scholastic series that had a book called New Girl. <br /><br />Recent YAs that fit this theme are How Not to be Popular (which I really liked) and the most recent Sarah Dessen, What Happened to Goodbye.<br /><br />I'd go on but it's bedtime.CLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03595294217111602231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post-11252793238260562412011-09-19T17:58:28.656-07:002011-09-19T17:58:28.656-07:00How about the Betsy books by Maud Hart Lovelace. ...How about the Betsy books by Maud Hart Lovelace. At least two moves there. Also The Trolley Car Family.<br /><br />The Gone-Away Lake books are two that I reread any time I'm depressed -- I call them happy books.Paige Y.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09823929357425078374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post-70684123218715655222011-09-17T20:03:18.395-07:002011-09-17T20:03:18.395-07:00All of the fairly recent "move to new house&q...All of the fairly recent "move to new house" books that I can think of all have something else More Important going on than simply the new house plot. THE BOOKS OF ELSEWHERE: THE SHADOWS by Jacqueline West...POWERLESS by Matthew Cody.SiShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726365506838157426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post-86526130058115579762011-09-17T19:34:18.394-07:002011-09-17T19:34:18.394-07:00Lots of Ruth M. Arthur, including A Candle In Her ...Lots of Ruth M. Arthur, including A Candle In Her Room, fits this category. But it can't be called modern.Melody Marie Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14751943914009310127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post-9225264589284118052011-09-17T18:30:31.150-07:002011-09-17T18:30:31.150-07:00Oh, that's true! Good one, Laurie.Oh, that's true! Good one, Laurie.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11690852339559706714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post-20533884395290092162011-09-17T17:39:02.466-07:002011-09-17T17:39:02.466-07:00I loved how Canadian Summer is all about renting v...I loved how Canadian Summer is all about renting vs. owning and how sometimes it makes better financial sense to rent a house. (Wendy and I read the same copy, which I stole from a bag of books that my mom got from a library book sale and left unguarded.)<br /><br />Newer books: Penny Dreadful, they move to the country, and doesn't it talk about their house a bit?LaurieA-Bhttp://sixboxesofbooks.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post-23436388821234629132011-09-17T15:47:49.406-07:002011-09-17T15:47:49.406-07:00Wow. You're right! almost every Betty Ren Wrig...Wow. You're right! almost every Betty Ren Wright book starts with a move. Doctor Illuminatus, the Alice books (Naylor)... I'll have to think about this!Ms. Yinglinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805324364289597178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post-53253086048455761522011-09-17T13:01:32.390-07:002011-09-17T13:01:32.390-07:00I also enjoyed Wall Street Summer by Hilda von Sto...I also enjoyed <i>Wall Street Summer</i> by Hilda von Stockmarket.mamsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290602321779139588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post-18709634399326754292011-09-17T09:09:32.046-07:002011-09-17T09:09:32.046-07:00Mary Calhoun's Katie John is another oldie for...Mary Calhoun's <i>Katie John</i> is another oldie for the list. And Jean Little's <i>Look Through My Window</i>.grrlpuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09755649595417118072noreply@blogger.com