Edgy and Updated

Fuse #8's top 100 books has done 100-41 so far and the choices have been great! Some of my favorites (Betsy-Tacy, All of a Kind Family, Little House, HP, etc etc) have already popped up, as well as some I really don't like at all (Pippi Longstocking, ugh). I've read 29/59 so far, though - I need to up my numbers, especially with things published in the 90s and early 00s.

While reading today's entry on Ramona the Pest, I followed her link to a Disturbing Article from April 1, 2008: Ramona faces 21st century topic in latest book. (As you read, keep in mind the blog date and comments.)

So what other books could use a modern and edgy update or sequel? Perhaps Anne Shirley's perpetual optimism is the result of uppers - or those highest highs and lowest lows are a form of manic depression. Maybe Peter Hatcher got so fed up competing for his parents' attention that he turned to drugs as a cry for help.

Meanwhile, I wonder if there's fic on Ramona the Ant. Everyone knows Beezus and Henry were destined for each other at some point...