Deniseibase Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Here's the story - DD is a great reader - NOW! :-) A few years ago she hated it and only did it under duress. But she reads for pleasure daily, and most importantly, she considers herself a good reader. She reads a lot of fantasy and some historical fiction, but not much beyond that. She's currently reading The Lord of the Rings, and has read several other adult reading level books, mostly fantasy novels. The past several months she has started showing a lot more maturity in her academic work, and we've talked about how in 7th grade she needs to start expanding the types of reading she is doing, and she seems ok with that. So with that in mind, how does this look as a reading list that will gradually increase in difficulty, and at the same time introduce her to some other genres. My thought is to start with fairly easy books that are similar to what she already likes and gradually expand, so these are listed in the order I intend to use them. I could use a few more suggestions!! :-) The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry A Wrinkle in Time The Railway Children Charlotte's Web Coraline The Sword in the Stone The Martian Chronicles Flowers for Algernon Tom Sawyer The Hound of the Baskervilles Murder on the Orient Express Treasure Island Thank You, Jeeves All Creatures Great and Small A Christmas Carol Watership Down A Tree Grows in Brooklyn To Kill a Mockingbird Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Red Scarf Girl Great Expectations (then a drama unit) Arsenic and Old Lace The Crucible The Tempest (her choice, she LOVES the Helen Mirrin version of this movie) Any additional titles that seem to fit in this mess of a list would be appreciated! :-) We're not following WTM history, so I'm not concerned about a particular era. Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Maybe a Jane Austin( Pride and Prejudice) and Lewis Carroll (Alice and through the looking glass). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloggermom Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 I don't have a 7th grade list completed yet, but this is our 6th grade list - Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia by Esther Hautzig The Winged Watchman by Hilda Van Stockum Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen The Von Trapp Family Singers by Maria Von Trapp Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew and John Sherrill Mysterious Island by Jules Verne Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkein Yearling by Majorie Kinnan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 I think it is a fantastic list! I wonder if The Railway Children might feel a little babyish to her? You are the best judge of course! But we listened to that last summer and I remember thinking it was younger than some of the other Nesbit books I'd read. What about Anne of Green Gables? That is often a big hit with that age group. Maybe Little Women? The Phillip Pullman His Dark Materials series? the Anne McCafferty Dragonriders series? And I know this might sound corny, but I attribute my own large vocabulary to reading lots and lots of Georgette Heyer novels in jr. high school! They are "Regency Romances" but in the Jane Austen school, rather than the bodice-ripper school ;). They are really great books, very clever, strong heroines, you pick up some regency england history, and lots of great SAT words. Ahh, what a fun age, when you can start to share some of your favorite books with your daughter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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