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The Prince of Egypt is totally a beautiful movie! So much scenery porn! (Especially the parting of the Red Sea was really awesome) It also made me like Moses, but I guess that's because they removed all his not-so-nice moments. :P
The songs were so cool. I especially liked it when the children sing a song of praise for God in Hebrew. For a second there I wanted to learn Hebrew. XD
I was psyched when I learned DreamWorks had made another 2D movie, Joseph: King of Dreams, but it was a straight-to-video movie and therefore not much in the animation department. Which is just sad.
I should check out some Anthony Horowitz books!
Oh, I thought they were amazing but if L is a real girly girl she might not like them, because they have this... grimy feel about them. I mean, they're hilarious (horror comedy, mostly) but sort of gritty. But mostly comedy.
But if she's okay with stories like that, you'll be fine!
I first started with the Groosham Grange books, when I was like nine, which are about a boy who gets sent to a really weird school (as in, MAGIC). But he just really wants to get the hell out of there.
His stand alones are great, I loved Granny, but also the Switch (About an obese rich spoiled boy suddenly switching bodies with a poor ratty boy who lives in a trailer park. Hilarious but some parts were gross. In a funny way) and a book about William Tell. Also, I'm not sure but The Devil and his Boy was a book about a boy living in Elizabethan times, which was also pretty striking for me.
His Alex Rider series are just pure spy thrillers for the young mind. I thought he was an awesome hero. But I haven't read past the third book.
He also has another series, the Pentagram series, about five boys connected by their powers. Pretty dark for YA/Children's books but I loved the one about a twin in New York and how they suffered under the squalid circumstances (it had to do with drugs and magic and needles. The images still stick around if though I haven't read them in ages). Haven't read his other series, because they're pretty new and I'm still in nostalgia mode. But I hope you'll like them if you read them!
Yeah, for some reason Cloud Wolf really impressed me. He was kinda like a black-haired Tywin (including huge whiskers!) but more mellow and YA. He was impressive in the illustrations, for sure.
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Thank you for the rundown on Anthony Horowitz! :D Ah, Alex Rider, that's why his name was familiar! I think Granny might be the best bet to start with L. I shall try to dig it up! (She rejects my recommendations, like, 4 times out of 5, so there's no guarrantee she'll agree to go along with it. But maybe I'll read it myself if she balks :P)
I've actually never even heard of the Edgeworld books, but black-haired YA!Tywin intrigues me! *adds to list*
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Haha, I'm still miffed about the Joseph movie. According to my mum it was her favourite story from the Quran because her grandfather always told it to her (and she thought Joseph was supercool and pretty, LOL) so it's sorta special to me.
Yeah, mind you, it's been a while since I read those books. Also, they're really fantasy as in they're on crack. But pretty original crack. :D
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