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« Reply #15 on: September 13, 2011, 01:44:50 PM » |
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Lot's of great suggestions. My daughter (at a similar age and reading level) really enjoyed the Percy Jackson (and Riordan's new series The Kane Chronicles, which draws on Egyptian mythology), as well as the Gregor the Overlander series.
She's finally over the Warriors books, thank god. I agree with offthemarket upthread that these are absolutely hideous, but somehow very engaging for this age group. I made it through one, and she read something like 20 of them. Just as a point of information, they do appear to be reasonably violent and have some... umm... interesting content. When she was reading them, we would have these surreal conversations that would start with her (for example) informing me
Her: Did you know you can kill yourself by inhaling smoke?
Me: Huh?!? What?!?
Her: Well, Yellowfang was really sad because she abandoned her kits with Wind Clan, so when the Thunderclan dens caught on fire, she just stayed there and inhaled the smoke so she died.
Me: ???? (Really? I'm supposed to deal with child abandonment, suicide, and fire safety all in the context of these d@mn books?)
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« Reply #16 on: September 13, 2011, 06:32:14 PM » |
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I could go on an on. There are some terrific suggestions listed, and here's my two cents:
Joseph Delaney- Last Apprentice series
John Flanagan- Ranger's Apprentice series
Angie Sage- Magyck series
James Patterson- Angel Experiment series
Dianna Wynne Jones- Chrestomanci series, plus others
Garth Nix- Days of the Week books, Abhorsen series (might be too old)
Tamora Pierce- anything (might attract female readers more strongly; also, one of the series includes premarital sex)
Avi- anything
Neil Gaiman- Odd and the Frost Giants
Stanley Kiesal- The War Between the Pitiful Teachers and the Splendid Kids (might be out of print, but I loved it)
Derek Landy- Skulduggery Pleasant series
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« Reply #17 on: October 30, 2011, 07:59:56 PM » |
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Echo all of these great suggestions!
I might add in some of the wonderful books by Eva Ibbotson.
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« Reply #18 on: November 16, 2011, 10:48:17 AM » |
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Farley Mowat's Owls in the Family might be a bit easy, but it's sure funny. He also wrote Lost in the Barrens and Curse of the Viking Grave, which are adventure stories.
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« Reply #19 on: November 16, 2011, 01:02:00 PM » |
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I'd like him to start reading A Wrinkle in Time soon. What else?
30 some years after the first time I read this book (over and over, til it fell apart)... it is still my favorite. It's one of the reasons I fell in love with science - and re-reading it as I became older, more and more layers unfolded. It was new to me for years. The rest of the series was good, but nothing better than A Wrinkle in Time. I love L'Engle. I also loved Patricia C. Wrede's Dragons series at about that age. |
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« Reply #20 on: November 16, 2011, 06:23:21 PM » |
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I'd like him to start reading A Wrinkle in Time soon. What else?
30 some years after the first time I read this book (over and over, til it fell apart)... it is still my favorite. It's one of the reasons I fell in love with science - and re-reading it as I became older, more and more layers unfolded. It was new to me for years. The rest of the series was good, but nothing better than A Wrinkle in Time. I love L'Engle. I also loved Patricia C. Wrede's Dragons series at about that age. I still love Patricia Wrede's books. :) |
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« Reply #21 on: November 17, 2011, 02:26:51 PM » |
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Thanks for the suggestions - I just received this exact question from a family member looking for appropriate Christmas gifts and was happy I could share the answers here!
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« Reply #22 on: November 17, 2011, 10:17:21 PM » |
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So smart! My mom (a middle school librarian) just got our daughter Roddy Doyle's Rover Saves Christmas. It's already funny!
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« Reply #23 on: November 23, 2011, 07:33:43 AM » |
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We're enjoying the suggestions, too. My son is now racing through the second Percy Jackson series. I'm posting to report, though, another suggestion: He is also REALLY enjoying an ancient book of Garfield comics he found somewhere. It's hysterical--he sits in his reading chair just CACKLING spontaneously, very happy in his own little world. And then he tries to explain to us what's so funny--also entertaining, but not for the reasons he intends.
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« Reply #24 on: November 23, 2011, 08:37:17 AM » |
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Enjoying the suggestions. I loved revisiting the Patricia Wrede books!
My daughter recently really enjoyed a new book called Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu -- it's based on Anderson's The Snow Queen.
She also worked her way through the complete Calvin and Hobbes, and I think absorbed way too much Calvin-ness (is that a word?) along the way...
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« Reply #25 on: November 23, 2011, 10:17:52 AM » |
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My daughter recently really enjoyed a new book called Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu -- it's based on Anderson's The Snow Queen.
I'm glad to hear this! I've already picked this up for my son for Christmas. My daughter is getting Wonderstruck, the new book by David Selznick. |
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« Reply #26 on: November 23, 2011, 02:06:12 PM » |
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This book, The Book of Indians: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Indians-Holling-Clancy/dp/B0007F1R5K/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1322074716&sr=1-7Was given to me when I was in about the third grade. I have treasured it for nearly sixty years, and own it yet. Gorgeously illustrated, with appealing and even somewhat disturbing (battles and deaths) stories with youthful girls and boys as heroines and heroes in various "Indian" groups all across North America. It does not condescend to Native Americans. |
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« Reply #27 on: November 23, 2011, 07:04:03 PM » |
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Funny you mentioned Garfield books. I just had to finally take all of the Garfield books out of my house. They were definitely a fun phase but since I'm getting rid of so much stuff these days, they had to go. However, there are other books that hold incredible memories for both my kids and myself. I just have a difficult time getting rid of childrens books, but thinking of another child enjoying them as much as we did makes it a little bit easier.
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« Reply #28 on: December 13, 2011, 07:16:40 PM » |
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Bookmarking and noting suggestions so far. Niece is now in third grade.
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« Reply #29 on: December 13, 2011, 07:47:45 PM » |
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How the about Judy Blume series Tales of the Fouth Grade Nothing.
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