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ghostoffuffle  ·  3910 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Tween scifi book recommendation.

Not entirely sci fi, but what about the His Dark Materials trilogy? Maybe more fantasy. Got some sci-fi-ish elements, though, esp. later on in the series. Perfect age for those books, anyhow. Is she familiar w/ sci fi at all, or is this her first rodeo? Think I read Dune for the first time around eighth grade, but if she's unfamiliar with the genre, maybe not a good place to start.





user-inactivated  ·  3909 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I loved His Dark Materials. One of the best girl characters in fantasy. To be avoided if the niece's parents are stridently religious.

But fantasy in general has way more female characters than scifi.