Brainstorming and Schedule

[evil_plotbunny]

The Exchange at Fic Corner 2013 Revised Schedule
July 6th - Comm Opens for Brainstorming
July 12th - 22st - Nominations
July 23nd - 30th - Sign-Ups
July 31st or August 1st - Assignments Sent Out
September 22nd - Deadline for Stories
September 29th - 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.

Comments

[primeideal]

Okay, here are some of the super-obscure ones I'm just wondering whether I'm the only one for...

Lots of Louis Sachar stuff (Wayside School, Holes...)
Lots of Gordon Korman stuff (especially the sports, No More Dead Dogs, Island trilogy?)

"In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson"--Bette Bao Lord

basically a lot of baseball-themed stuff...

Things I've technically written (surreal crossover) fic for:
-Outernet (Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore): series of six parody science-fiction books.
-Mal Peet's YA books (Tamar, historical fiction; Keeper/The Penalty/Exposure, soccer/football series with a hint of fantasy; "Life, An Exploded Diagram"--have not read this one but I've heard it's good).
-Children of the Star trilogy (Sylvia Louise Engdahl--"This Star Shall Abide," "Beyond the Tomorrow Mountains," "The Doors of the Universe")

I'll come up with some more plausible candidates later I guess. Sorry, just way too bouncy about this.

[osprey_archer]

Children of the Star fic would be great! I don't think I've even met someone else whose even read those books.

[primeideal]

I'd need to review, but apparently our mini-fandom exists! I can, like, sing half of one sentence from memory, so there is that.

[elf]

I loved the Children of the Star trilogy! Or rather, I loved the first two; I don't think I read the third, but it's available at Smashwords along with several more of her books; I've bought it and hope to find time to read it soon.

[primeideal]

Nice! I've also read "Journey Between Worlds," I think, but I remember that even less well. I'd have to catch up on "Children of the Star" if I wanted to write for it, but glad there are fans out there!

(One of the lines...a prophecy or something?...got itself attached to a melody in my head, so now I can quote like literally half a sentence from the book, without remembering many more details.

[evil_plotbunny]

Gordon Korman is always popular at Yuletide, though it tends to be 90% Bruno and Boots (or Bruno/Boots as the case may be). People should read his other books.

Also lots of love for your other suggestions.

[with-rainfall.livejournal.com]

I absolutely loved Tamar! Not sure I could write fic for it though, even if I do sign up :(

[minutia_r]

I am definitely planning on requesting Gordon Korman's Schooled (same request I made for yuletide two years ago.)