in fantasy, let me recommend the excellent, hugely funny books of Terry Pratchett (one sex scene I can think of in the entire series, and it's not in the slightest explicit). my boyfriend likes pretty much anything by Tamora Pierce, though I frankly do not. I read Dune at not much older than 11, but I was an exceptional child. depending on the 11-year-old, the Vorkosigan saga by Lois McMaster Bujold might work, but it would take a relatively mature 11-year-old. (but there's no explicit sex, little violence, and little swearing. it's just that the themes are pretty dark. and both Shards of Honor and Barryar, available in omnibus as Cordelia's Honor, have war in 'em.)

there's the Tripod series by (brief pause as Gillian looks at her bookshelf) John Christopher. there's the works of Edward Eager and E. Nesbit, both of which are actually written for children. there's various books by Robin McKinley, though not Deerskin, which is based on an old and dark fairy tale. some of the Pern books, but again, it depends on the 11-year-old. there's the Riddlemaster of Hed series by Patricia McKillip, which I think I did read at 11.

and, of course, there's good ol' Harry Potter. and The Hobbit, the only Tolkein I ever finished.

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Gillian

"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"