K in MI Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 My plans are for ds to read 12-14 books over 2 semesters (evenly split between American and British lit)), along with some short stories and poetry for each. He is not the reader that his older siblings are -- not that he can't understand, just that he doesn't enjoy classics unless read aloud, and even then, they are far from his favorites. These are some I'm thinking of: American To Kill a Mockingbird The Old Man and the Sea Adventures of Tom Sawyer British Frankenstein The Time Machine The Moonstone A Tale of Two Cities Animal Farm Any suggestions for books that are interesting yet challenging, but not too hard and heavy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Short stories by Jack London Thornton Wilder The Bridge of San Luis Rey, The 8th Day John Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (if you think it's too heavy, try Of Mice and Men) Oscar Wilde The Canterville Ghost, Importance of being Earnest For poetry, try some Tennyson and Robert Frost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K in MI Posted March 29, 2011 Author Share Posted March 29, 2011 Short stories by Jack LondonThornton Wilder The Bridge of San Luis Rey, The 8th Day John Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (if you think it's too heavy, try Of Mice and Men) Oscar Wilde The Canterville Ghost, Importance of being Earnest For poetry, try some Tennyson and Robert Frost Good suggestions. We read Call of The Wild and White Fang earlier this year and enjoyed them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April in CA Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Hi! Just off the cuff, I would add Huck Finn and Fahrenheit 451 to your American Lit list. Happy reading! Blessings, April Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memphispeg Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 We liked Poe and Hawthorne and Hemingway and some F. Scott Fitzgerald stories. For newer stuff we are reading Slaughterhouse 5 and The Interpreter of Maladies. Our latest big book has been "Invisible Man". My dd liked Dickens stories more than the novels. She loved Pride and Prejudice. She liked British plays from all eras (she says the comedy and tragedy in them feels more "real"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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