Anne/Ankara Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 I've got a very eager reader who goes through lots of books, classics and contemporary fiction, and so I'm always looking for new authors for her to read. Any good reads to recommend from your kids' book lists? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue G in PA Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 My dd11 devours books like they are candy, too. For pleasure, she tends to read books that I consider below her level, but that is okay. Some she has enjoyed lately: The Great Gilly Hopkins Katherine Peterson (sp?) same author as Bridge to Terabithia Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snickett...some don't like this series b/c of the "dark" humor and references to death in each book. I don't find it a problem and dd certainly isn't effected by it...NOT great lit. but a fun series The Westing Game Raskin is the author, I think American girl books (way below her level, but she loves them) Anything historical fiction esp. the My America or Dear America series Anything mystery. My Friend Flicka she's just starting this one HTH a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieAir Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 My 11 1/2yodd has been more of a reluctant reader, but she is getting into it more this year and has begun reading for enjoyment rather than just because I'm making her:D She's been enjoying series like Nancy Drew, The Royal Diaries, and some animal series I can't remember the name of. She won't touch American Girl--has never liked them. She has read a few of the My America and Dear America books and liked them okay. We've been reading the Little House series for school reading this year (following The Prairie Primer somewhat) and she loves these books. I can't believe how excited she is to read together each day and she frequently does not want to stop with the chapters assigned for the day. I never read the Little House books when I was a kid and I had no idea what I was missing. I'd second The Westing Game. I read it when I was 10 or 11 and it was one of my favorites. Last year the younger two kids and I read it with our book club and all the kids loved it. My two older kids picked up on the excitement and read it when we weren't using the book. Of course it was well below their reading level and not exactly geared to their ages, but they really enjoyed it as well. Has she read Heidi? That's another classic that I missed as a child but enjoyed as an adult. Other books I remember enjoying at that age were Where the Red Fern Grows, Where the Lilies Bloom, The Three Musketeers, Black Beauty, The Secret Garden, Fahrenheit 451, and Agatha Christie books. 13yods just read And Then There Were None in one of his classes, and I think he's hooked on Agatha Christie now as well. I know there were many other books I read at that age, but many of them were popular teen/preteen fiction, and though I finished every book I ever started, I remember not liking quite a few. The one that stands out in my mind that I absolutely hated at that age was Are You There God? It's Me Margaret. Ick. I was also hooked on Mary Stewart novels at that age, but I'm not sure I'd recommend them. The details are fuzzy in my mind, but it seems there may be some things that might not be entirely appropriate. Some other favorites from our book club: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Once I got into this book and got used to the author's unusual style, I really enjoyed it.) Eragon The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place Summer of the Monkeys Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy The Martian Chronicles My Side of the Mountain trilogy Hatchet/Brian trilogy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
at the beach Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 My dd is 11. For free reading, she recently read Princess Academy and liked it very much. She loved Wheel on the School, which she read at the beginning of the school year. She enjoys Nancy Drew. A Little Princess. Oh, Princess and the Goblin. Thimble Summer. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. Ronnia, The Robber's Daughter. I remember when I was 12, I read Death on the Nile and LOVED it. I don't recall if there are any mature themes in it, so I haven't given it to her. Just some ideas... Anita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutmeg Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 My 12dd is currently reading Peter Pan, plus the prequels by Dave Barry. Another favorite is The Penderwicks. Yesterday I picked up the sequel The Penderwicks of Gardam Street. I haven't seen much of her since I brought it home. ;) She's also been reading the later books in the Betsy-Tacy series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 My dd12 reads a lot... This is what she has on her side table. The Nature of Monsters by C. Clark The Scapegoat by Daphne Du Maurier Minion by L.A. Banks Godless by Pete Hautman The Wish House by C. Rees Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 All of the books written by Lucy Maud Montgomery (author of Anne of Green Gables). Elizabeth Enright is a great author for this age - Gone-Away Lake, Return to Gone Away, The Melendy Family series. The Pink Motel by Carol Ryrie Brink. The Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome. These were popular at my house! Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 My DD has enjoyed: James Patterson's Maximum Ride series Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's Alice series books by Margaret Peterson Haddix and Caroline B. Cooney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieAir Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Oldest dd like The Two Princesses of Bamarre and other stories by the same author. I haven't read them though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne/Ankara Posted May 4, 2008 Author Share Posted May 4, 2008 Thanks! Quite a few new titles recommended that I will want to check out for her. Great! I know she loved the Penderwicks, Maximum Ride, and Agatha Christie (all 60 titles!) so I will look into the other great suggestions. The Westing Game, Eragon, and Ray Bradbury's books are also among her favorites. Also, here are a few of her recommendations from the past few months (hope it helps someone): Patel: Life of Pi Zusak: The Book Thief Buck: The Good Earth Marshall: Christie Hinton: That Was then, This is Now Dhami: Bollywood Babes, and sequels Gliori: Pure Dead Brilliant, and sequels Ferris: Once Upon a Marygold Colfer: Wish List (all all Artemis Fowl books) Karon: These High Green Hills, and sequels of Mitford books Murdock: Dairy Queen Cabot: Princess Diaries, and sequels Mass: A Mango-Shaped Space Cormer: Chocolate War Kindl: Goose Chase Bloor: Story Time Pedersen: Beginner's Luck, and sequels Stewart: Mysterious Benedict Society Brashares: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and sequels King: Christine Hoeye: Time to Smell the Roses, and sequels Riordan: Lightning Thief Goldman: Bee Season Wolff: Mozart Season Shull: Skye's the Limit Tolan: Surviving the Applewaits Brown: Rope Walk Bradbury: Illustrated Man Edwards: Last of the Really Great Whang-doodles Limb: Girl, 15, Charming but Insane Zevin: Elsewhere Lenhard: Chicks with Sticks, It's a Purl Thing, and sequels Nesbitt: Phoenix and the Carpet Card: Ender's Game Spnellis: Love, Stargirl Park: The Mulberry Tree Buckley: Sisters Grimm, and sequels Rolvaag: Giants in the Earth Hinton: Goodbye, Mr. Chips Steinbeck: The Pearl Huxley: Brave New World Fleischmann: Escape! The Great Houdini Yee: Milicent Minn, Girl Genius, and sequels Mowat: Never Cry Wolf, and sequels Beck: The Secret History of Tom Trueheart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieAir Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Mowat: Never Cry Wolf, and sequels OMG! I saw the movie when I was in middle school and LOVED it. It never occurred to me that it was based on a book. And I never realized the author of Owls in the Family was the main character. I'm going to look for the book now:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 I have a list of most of the books my 12 yo dd has read since January (or is assigned to read soon) on the sidebar of my blog, near the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 My 12yo dd just got home from a weekend trip with a group of middle school students, during which she discovered that pretty much everyone had read or was currently reading Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness series (dd and another girl both took it along to read, as a matter of fact). Percy Jackson was also incredibly popular with the crowd -- dd had just purchased Titan's Curse, another girl had brought it along on the bus, and many other kids had read it already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mull-berry-ish Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Your dd might enjoy The Squire Tales series by Gerald Morris. The sequence of books are below and it helps to read them in order since they build on one another. Set in England during the middle ages and King Arthur's time, these books are about knight, squires and ladies. My 12yo ds enjoyed them and wanted me to read them. I noticed that half the books focus on a brave lady either being escorted somewhere or having a quest of her own. Even though there is war, jousting and some beheading ... it is not the focus of the books ... it is more about honor and relationships. The books explain alot about life in that time , for instance, parts of an armor, the intricacies of having dinner with king in a castle, etc. If she likes the first one, she will like them all. When we were reading these books, I found a little difficulty in finding the order of books. Since his first book was published in '98, and another one almost every year hence ... it has turned into a series of eight books. The first book originally was called "The Squire's Tale," but now the entire series is called "The Squire's Tales" with the first book being renamed, "Squire Terence and the Maiden's Knight." The first four books have been re-released as a trade paperback just last month with this new designation. He is now working on "The Knight Series." Squire's Tales 1. The Squire's Tale (1998) aka Squire Terence and the Maiden's Knight 2. The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady (1999) 3. The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf (2000) 4. Parsifal's Page (2001) 5. The Ballad of Sir Dinadan (2003) 6. The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight (2004) aka Lady Sarah and the Dung-cart Knight 7. The Lioness and Her Knight (2005) 8. The Quest of the Fair Unknown (2006) Knights' Tales 1. The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great (2008) 2. The Adventures of Givret the Short (2008) Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 One of our favorite fantasy authors is Sherwood Smith; she has quite a range of books from adult down to younger chapter books, but they are all greatly loved here. Vivian Vande Velde has written many books, of varying quality, our favorites are: Heir Apparent (far and away her best), These are also favorites of my teen. Another favorite author is Tamora Pierce who has written a number of overlapping series. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Angel Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 My dd13 has been reading books by Shannon Hale and has finished this year the "Dragons in our Midst" series by Bryan Davis. Her friends have like the "Viking Quest" series (she is getting ready to start them). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabrams755 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Do any of you proof your daughter's books before letting them read them? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2bhome Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 My 12dd just slipped me this list through the door: Cheaper by the Dozen To Kill a Mockingbird Pride and Predjudice Gone with the Wind The Witch of Blackbird Pond Calico Captive The Bronze Bow Holes ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4arrows Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Winnie the Horse Gentler series. She loves them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaMere Academy Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Ten Kids, No Pets Eleven Kids, One Summer Hoot Nim's Island Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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