From: Anthony, Jennifer <JAnthony>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:49:06 -0400

And speaking of animals, who could compare to George and Martha... (or Martha, of the Martha Speaks books)?

And a shout-out to one of my all-time favorite character-driven YA books
- Melinda Sordino of Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson).

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[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at lists.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Steward, Celeste Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 4:42 PM To: James Elliott Cc: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Character-driven novels

Well...if we can include amphibans, how about Frog and Toad? They are unforgettable. Celeste Steward

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From: ccbc-net-bounces at lists.education.wisc.edu on behalf of James Elliott Sent: Wed 6/17/2009 4:40 PM To: James Elliott Cc: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Character-driven novels



Male characters:

Hardy Boys Peter Pan Charlie Bone Jody from the Yearling Encyclopedia Brown Toby Tyler

that's good for a start, I guess.

JE

----- Original Message ----- From: James Elliott <libraryjim at embarqmail.com> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Character-driven novels

AS one who has a son who has struggled over summer reading lists, I can say, yes, there are more memorable women characters, due to the sheer numbers of books about female characters than male.

Add: Ramona Quimby

JE

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