Young Adult Sci-fi/Fantasy/Dystopia
- Seed #6 Ella, Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine v. seed #11 Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen, by Garth Nix
- Seed #3 Meg Murray, A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeline L’Engle v. seed #14 September, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, by Catherine M. Valtente
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Ella v. Sabriel
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#11 Sabriel
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Meg Murray v. September
#3 Meg Murray
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#14 Seeptember
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Young Adult Literary Fiction
- Seed #6 Laura Ingalls, Little House series, by Laura Ingalls Wilder and Rose Wilder Lane v. seed #11 Claudia Kincaid, From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg
- Seed #3 Ramona Quimby, Ramona series, by Beverly Cleary v. seed #14 Liesel Meminger, The Book Thief, by Markus Zusack
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Laura Ingalls v. Claudia Kincaid
#6 Laura Ingalls
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#11 Claudia Kincaid
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Ramona Quimby v. Liesel Meminger
#3 Ramona Quimby
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#14 Liesel Meminger
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Adult Sci-fi/Fantasy/Dystopia
- Seed #6 Nanny Ogg, Discword series, by Terry Pratchett v. seed #11 Yeine, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms series, by N.K. Jemison
- Seed #3 Death, Sandman, by Neil Gaiman v. seed #14 Moreta, Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern, by Anne McCaffrey
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Nanny Ogg v. Yeine
#6 Nanny Ogg
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#11 Yeine
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Death v. Moreta
#3 Death
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#16 Moreta
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Adult Literary Fiction
- Seed #6 Scarlet O’Hara, Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell v. seed #11 Sethe, Beloved, by Toni Morrison
- Seed #3 Elinor Dashwood, Sense & Sensibility, by Jane Austen v. seed #14 Mary Katherine “Merricat” Blackwood, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson
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Scarlet O’Hara v. Sethe
#6 Scarlet O
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#11 Sethe
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Elinor v. Mary Katherine “Merricat” Blackwood
#3 Elinor Dashwood
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#14 Mary Katherine “Merricat” Blackwood
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I think I have only read two of the books today. TWO. (Well, two series, technically). Luckily they were against each other (Nanny Ogg v Yeine) so I could make a fair decision. Looks like I have a lot of reading to do!
Noooooo SABRIELLLL
Poor Mericat. I think not enough people have read that book. It’s awesome. Read it.
Was Death in the brackets last year? I don’t remember.
Pretty sure she wasn’t, because I would’ve remembered.
I would have too, I thought. Death’s year, obviously.
I admit I don’t know who Sethe is but Scarlett is badass. Yes ok she is flawed in many ways but badass none the less. She did what she had to do to keep her family afloat when everything went to shit. If that didn’t sway you yet maybe some gifs can persuaded you
GO READ BELOVED. NOW. SETHE IS WAY BETTER THAN SCARLETT WILL EVER BE.
this too
Death and Sabriel. Now it’s getting a little but nerve wrecking.
I mean come on just look at her. She’s cute, gorgeous and gives you a life’s lesson before taking your life. READ THE COMICS.
Laura vs. Claudia is stumping me. They’re essentially the same character, a century apart. They’re both:
I was an only kid, and I spent countless hours pretending to be both of these characters. (When I played The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, I was Mr. Tumnus.) Picking between them is like trying to decide which of my cats I love the best.
Meg versus September is KILLING ME. September, you only lost because you haven’t been in my heart as long as Meg has…
Also, no disrespect to Yeine, but Nanny Ogg has decades of badassery and excellent sex under her belt.
Ribald old broads FTW!
Come on, Sabriel! She controls the Dead (and returns from it), rescues a prince from living death, and saves the world!
Everyone should vote for Merricat, who truly has one of the most unique and interesting voices I’ve ever read. Let her tell you about herself (the book’s first paragraph):
“My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. I am eighteen years old, and I live with my sister Constance. I have often thought that with any luck at all I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content with what I had. I dislike washing myself, and dogs, and noise. I like my sister Constance, and Richard Plantagenet, and Amanita phalloides, the death-cup mushroom. Everyone else in my family is dead.”
TEAM MERRICAT FOR LIFE. Or, as it says in the book, “Bow down to our adored Mary Katherine.”
Urgh, I wish I read this before I voted :(