sheryl Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Please contribute your ideas for good, solid literature....books for my 10 yo dd/5th grade. Reading up to advanced 7th grade or 8th (strong phonics base) and comprehending at only upper 6th level or so. However, I'd also like to go a tad beyond to stretch her, so.......... suggestions for grades 5-9, yes siree that's what I'd like ;) Fiction/non-fiction and their subcategories, biographies, autobiographies, classics, ancient classic, mystery, romance, poetry, history fiction, science fiction, folk tales, etc. What else is there? KINDLY SEND ME YOUR SUGGESTIONS with title and author! I WOULD BE SO GRATEFUL!!!! Thanks. Sheryl <>< PS....Did I say I'd be grateful! Please keep this post "up" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Well, they're not exactly great literature, but when I was that age, I read every single Trixie Belden mystery. My mom bought them all for me from about 4th-6th grade. I saved them all and gave them to my 10 yo goddaughter this spring and she loves them, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ma23peas Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Anything by Rudyard Kipling Anne of Green Gables (Christian fiction....Donita K. Paul books and Bryan Davis) Redwall series (Brian Jacques) Linda Sue Park books (A Single Shard) The Princess and the Goblin Princess Academy The Hobbit Sword in the Stone (White) The Penderwicks Pearl Maiden (a bit romantic but well written) Calico Captive (anything by Elizabeth Speare) Enjoy! Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheryl Posted September 3, 2009 Author Share Posted September 3, 2009 Thanks to your replies! Keep 'em coming! Sheryl <>< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 I thought of another one. My goddaughter was really into the Three Musketeers for a while. They read the unabridged original (in translation) together as a family, and she read an abridged children's version herself. She told all her friends about it and forced them to play it with her. She was always D'Artagnan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferB Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 This is the list of books my daughter will be choosing from this year. She is also 10yo and going into 5th grade. 750 - 950 is considered 5th grade (Lexile rating) The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis.......940 Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis....950 White Fang, by Jack London.......970 Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery....990 The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli......990 Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O’Dell....1000 Ben and Me, by Robert Lawson......1010 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne..1030 Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle...1090 Across Five Aprils, by Irene Hunt....1100 Catherine, Called Birdy, by Karen Cushman...1170 War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells....1170 Swiss Family Robinson, by Johann Wyss....1260 The Incredible Journey, by Sheila Burnford..1320 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Here's my son's reading list for the year. He's probably roughly her level or just a bit above. We're doing Middle Ages this year, so a number of the titles are related to that, though not all. Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children (excerpts) Harold Bloom The Door in the Wall Marguerite de Angeli 0440227798 Tom Sawyer Mark Twain The Trumpeter of Krakow Eric P. Kelly 0689715714 Beowulf: a new telling Robert Nye 0440905605 The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow Allen French 1604595221 King Arthur and His Knights (retelling of Malory) Elizabeth Lodor Merchant The Sword in the Stone T.H. White 0399225021 The Adventures of Robin Hood Roger Lancelyn Green 0140367004 Adam of the Road Elizabeth Gray 0142406597 Catherine Called Birdy Karen Cushman 0064405842 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll Master Cornhill Eloise Jarvis McGraw 1887840001 Crispin: Cross of Lead Avi The Canterbury Tales Chaucer / retold by McCaughrean 0140380531 One Thousand and One Nights Geraldine McCaughrean 0192750135 The Story of My Life Helen Keller 1416500324 The White Stag Kate Seredy 0140312587 Tales From Japan Helen and William McAlpine 0192751751 The Samurai's Tale Erik Haugaard 0618615121 A Single Shard Linda Sue Park 0440418518 All Creatures Great and Small James Herriot 0312330855 Secret of the Andes Ann Nolan Clark 0140309268 Around the World in 100 Years Jean Fritz 0698116380 The Playmaker J. B. Cheaney 0440417104 King of Shadows Susan Cooper 068984445X Dante's Divine Comedy as Told for Young People (excerpts) Joseph Tusiani 1881901297 The Second Mrs. Giaconda E. L. Konigsburg 0689821212 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 We are currently listening to Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin. It reminds me of Anne of Green Gables. Rebecca is a 10 yo girl who goes to live with her two spinster aunts. Fabulous writing, with an advanced vocabulary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheryl Posted September 3, 2009 Author Share Posted September 3, 2009 Thanks all! More please....up to 7/8 grades!!! Sheryl <>< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Oh, my goodness, Abbey. This is an awesome list. Printing it off now. We are in the middle of the Middle Ages, and quite a few of these books are on our shelves. Unfortunately, several will have to wait until the next round of history... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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i.love.lucy Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Mandy by Julie Andrews Edwards Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan A Wrinkle in Time by L'Engle Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw Gone Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright Gullivers Travels by Swift A Gathering of Days by Blos Little Women by Alcott Eagle of the Ninth by Sutcliff The Phantom Tollbooth by Juster Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by O'Brien The Great Good Thing by Townley Ella Enchanted by Levine Stories of Charlemagne by Westwood The Pushcart War by Merrill Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Taylor Christy by Marshall Jacob Have I Loved by Paterson :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 I like slightly older books to stretch children at that age. Books by Frances Hodgson Burnett and E. Nesbit are rich. For girls, I also like The Little White Horse, by Elizabeth Goudge. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheryl Posted September 4, 2009 Author Share Posted September 4, 2009 Thanks for the new posts. Yes, I definately like classics. She's been reading White Fang and similar books for 3+ years now and am needing slightly more challenging books which many times are found in those rich classics....I agree. Any one else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Great suggestions---I'd add (from current favorites of my 9yo daughter). I don't know if you would classify them all as "solid literature" but they were ones that either I enjoyed at that age or my daughter is currently enjoying: The Penderwicks series by Jeanne Birdsall The Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan anything by Eva Ibbotson anything by Avi Lucy and Stephen Hawkings books about George---"George's Secret Key to the Universe" and "George and the Cosmic Treasure Hunt". Be sure to get these as books, not audiobooks, because of the fabulous photos from the Hubble telescope and other sources. I, Coriander by Sally Gardner Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene (not classic, but my daughter loves them, as did I at that age, along with Trixie Belden and others of the same ilk) Black Beauty by Anna Sewell The Black Stallion series by Walter Farley Edgar Eager's Magic series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBM Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 So many good suggestions! Here are a few more we've liked. Some of these might have already been mentioned. The Wheel on the School -- odd name, lovely story! Meindert DeJong Li Lun, Lad of Courage -- short but good Carolyn Treffinger Call It Courage -- another short and good one Armstrong Sperry Carry on, Mr. Bowditch -- biography of an amazing man Jean Lee Latham Snow Treasure -- children help save Norway's gold in WWII Marie McSwigan The Bronze Bow -- one of our favorites (audiobook is good, too) Elizabeth George Speare The Celebrated Jumping Frog and Other Stories Mark Twain The Little Prince "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye." Anoine de Saint-Exupery Rascal -- a motherless boy who cares for a baby raccoon Sterling North Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 It might not be great old literature but my 10yo son is loving the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan mentioned above. This is the first series of books, well any books that he's ever read willing on his own. He'll actually sneak off and read them during the day, which he never did before. He's actually learned a lot about Greek mythology and the Greek gods etc from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sheryl Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 :001_smile: You bet...thanks! :001_smile: I'm sending this forward one more time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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