Brainstorming 2014

[evil_plotbunny]

The Exchange at Fic Corner 2014 Schedule
May 11th - Brainstorming Post will open.
May 26th - June 7th - Nominations
June 8th - June 14th - Vetting
June 15th - 25th - Sign-Ups
June 27th - Assignments Sent Out
September 1st - Deadline for Stories
September 6th - Collection Goes Live

Got a favo(u)rite kids or YA book or series or story you want other people to write for or request? Want to know if you're "the only one" who ever read that one particular book or who loves that certain character?

Go forth in the comments and pimp your favo(u)rites.

ETA: Some helpful brainstorming links provided by elf and a few added by me.
Newbery Medal list
Links to other Youth Awards from ALA including the Batchelder (translation) and Belpre (Hispanic/Latino). Scroll down for links to the Coretta Scott King (African-American/Black) and Printz (YA) The Notable Books lists linked in the sidebar are also of interest.
Juvenile Series and Sequels
from the MCPL database (looong list.)
Goodreads Top 100 Middle School Must Reads from Goodreads
Obscure:
A List of Series and Sequels for Juvenile Readers. Compiled in 1915. (Edith Nesbit is included. And Lewis Carroll. And Dumas was apparently considered youth reading.)
Mary Crosson's "Plain Jane" Series List. Public domain (pre-20s) children's and teens series available on the web.
Girls Series Books 1840-1991. List only, hosted at the Kerlan Collection.
Diversity in YA's booklists. Thematic multicultural/ethnic/sexual lists of recent YA novels compiled by the blog owners.

Comments

[crantz]

Nancy Drew, 'cause heck yes Nancy. Can we specify original and new Nancy?

The Dark Lord of Derkholm series by Diana Wynne Jones

First book, Dark Lord of Derkholm: Getting out from under the thumb of a man who's turned your entire world into a magical, blood-filled theme park.

Second book, Year of the Griffin: Griffin goes to wizarding college. <-- I desperately need more of this.

The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex

Plot: Gratuity Tucci writes the story of what happened after aliens invaded earth and took her mom. She is also a rockstar, drives like a NASCAR driver, and is super smart. According to her. Gratuity is an amazing protagonist and I wanna read more of her.

The Bromeliad Trilogy by Terry Pratchett

Nomes live fast lives. Some nomes live outside. Some nomes live inside and don't realize there's an outside. Then they meet. Then the inside is going to get torn down and this is what happens next. I love the nomes, and the ending of the series leaves a lot of options open.

The Johnny Series by Terry Pratchett

Stuff keeps happening to Johnny: His videogame turns out to be real aliens that need saving from humans, he can see the dead, and he goes back in time to stop a bomb from blowing up his whole town. It's an early Pterry series, but one I really enjoyed. I'd love to see more of it.

The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke

A private detective is hired to find two missing boys. What he finds is a group of children led by a young 'thief lord', and magic. One of my favourite books in the world.

Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke

Igraine wants to be a knight. Her parents are wizards. So what do they do? They make her a suit of armour. Then a crisis strikes and Igraine has to save the day. So much adventure potential for Igraine!

I was gonna suggest Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo, but the most perfect fic for it was posted last year that satisfied what I needed.

[evil_plotbunny]

*dons librarian hat*

Smek for President by Adam Rex will be out later this year.

[crantz]

OMIGOSH

[morbane]

Second book, Year of the Griffin: Griffin goes to wizarding college. <-- I desperately need more of this. - Yes! I got a lovely fic for this for my first Yuletide, but that was long enough ago that I'd be very tempted to ask for it again.

[evil_plotbunny]

I missed this in my first pass.

Nancy Drew options would include original editions, revised editions (yellow spine), and all the various newer series with subtitles (Girl Detective, Clue Crew, etc.)