Historical Children's and YA Lit Commentfic Fest

[nocoward_soul]

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[lost_spook]

I'm going to be terribly obscure, but...

Alison Uttley's A Traveller in Time: Maybe something about how Penelope's travels look to the other people around her - either the Babingtons, or her 'modern' family (I think it must be the 1900s in her childhood sections?). Or Penelope returning to Thackers as an adult. (Or anything, really, I love the melancholy, dreamlike feel of the book.)

(Also, out of interest, where do things that were once contemporary but are now historical stand? I mean, things like Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden, that kind of thing?)

[nocoward_soul]

I'm going to say no to the classic, once contemporary things, as much as I love them.

[lost_spook]

Thanks - I was curious. :-)

And, I'm sorry - I'm tired and I completely missed your prompt template at 1. there. *head!desk*

[deliciousegg]

I swear to God, I looked at this meme and thought 'I wonder if anyone would remember the title of this book I had as a child, about a girl travelling back to Tudor times.' I am utterly bemused at the coincidence of it being the first post and someone else having read it.

[lost_spook]

And while I'm talking of old British books about time travel and dreams:

Philippa Pearce's Tom's Midnight Garden, Hatty, any part of the story from Hatty's POV.

Also:

Joan Aiken, Willoughby Chase series, Dido Twite, anything where Dido is awesome (as she is)

Joan Aiken, Midnight Is A Place, Denzil Murgatroyd, Julian Oakapple, Randolph Grimsby, anything playing with that fascinating backstory.

[nocoward_soul]

The Gift of Sarah Barker by Jane Yolen, Abel/Sarah, shameless first time smut

[nocoward_soul]

Beyond the Western Sea by Avi, Laurence and Lord Kirkle, a happy father-son moment pre-canon

[nocoward_soul]

The Winter Prince by E. Wein, Lleu, Medraut, and Goewin, reunion!