madteaparty Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 DS informs me he needs to have 3 books going at a time (eyeroll). He just finished To Kill a Mockingbird and Where the Red Fern Grows this week. Also a short retelling of the Oddisey. So maybe something light next? :) He wants to read Animal Farm next. And he is reading Doctor Dolittle. Any other recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel Mertz Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 DS just finished the Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes. He also read Hatchett by Gary Paulsen, The Green Ember – S.D. Smith, Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars: The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas. Other books on his list include: By the Great Horn Spoon Island of the Blue Dolphins – Scott O’Dell The Pepins and Their Problems – Polly Horvath Life of Davey Crockett – Davey Crockett The Book of Dragons – E. Nesbit Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe Wolves of Willoughby Chase – Joan Aiken Tik-Tok of Oz – L. Frank Baum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Thank you! We've read already a few of these but do you believe he found Sherlock too hard last we tried it a few months ago. Will check out the rest, thank you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Currently: Through Fairy Halls from My Book House, the second volume of The Sister's Grimm series, and Math Doesn't Suck. I'm reading The Game of Silence aloud. Some lighter things: The Phantom Tollbooth Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes Bambi The View from Saturday A Wrinkle in Time Gentle Ben Lassie, Come Home The Neverending Story A little heavier: The Sword in the Stone The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Oliver Twist Treasure Island Robinson Crusoe The Yearling Captains Courageous The Wizard of Earthsea series Rosemary Sutcliff books - The Eagle of the Ninth trilogy, The Mark of the Horse Lord, etc. Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages The Children of Odin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targhee Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I have kids going into 5th and 8th reading: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Tales from the Perilous Realm Robot Wars (series) Hatchet When You Reach Me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sillymommy Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 This summer DS who is 12 is reading the last of the Star Wars X-Wing series for fun. We just finished Tom Sawyer, and we've started Huck Finn as a family audio book. DH wants him to read The Great Brain. We live in Rhode Island, so I'll have him read Swim that Rock since it's by a local author about the local quahog fishing community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 DD 12 is currently reading Eragon, The Rangers Apprentice (she's on book 3), Harry Potter(book 3 or 4), Artemis Fowl (book 2, we have kindle she likes the real thing), Manga books from several series, and a ton of fan fic. Pretty much all at the same time, skipping from book to book then back again. DS is reading D&D books. I have "better" stuff planned for them come August, right now I'm just happy that they're reading. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Dd is reading Redwall books, lots of them! Also some dog and horse stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinyhappypeople Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 An encyclopedia of Marvel characters, cookbooks, and lots of websites about the Mexican axolotl salamander she wants us to buy her for her birthday. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottonwood Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 DS: Huck Finn and The Midwife's Apprentice is all that is lined up for now but he is working his way through the Ranger's Apprentice series somewhat as well. DD: The Lunar Chronicles...over and over and over and over again. lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Shannon is re-reading David Eddings The Belgariad and The Mallorean. She has absolutely loved those series, they displaced Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and pretty much everything else she's ever read at the very top of her book-love list. She just finished the Tapestry series by Henry Neff and started the Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica series by James Owen. Pretty much all fantasy, all the time around here. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebunny Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Terry Pratchet- discworld series and nome/bromeliad trilogy. Gerald Durrell- corfu trilogy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Terry Pratchet- discworld series and nome/bromeliad trilogy. Gerald Durrell- corfu trilogy I wish I could get mine to read Discworld, I own all the books but no interest, not even in Tiffany :crying: . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 7th grader: every Lego and Arduino book he can get his hands on 5th grader: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loesje22000 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 French books, with an exam in september she has to keep her french up-to-date Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 My 7th grader is not my reader. So far it's mostly Harry Potter re-reads. I have assigned her Treasure Island for summer reading and have also strongly suggested that she read The Hobbit or My Family and Other Animals to make her school life easier this year (all three are for Lightning Lit 8 and she has some difficulty reading with a deadline--we'll be working on it this year). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Mushroom is reading Half a Chance and Out of My Mind. He also just read El Deafo. He has The Hunger Games sitting on his book pile because he asked for it, but he keeps looking askance at it like he's not sure he trusts it. BalletBoy is reading The Terrible Thing that Happened to Barnaby Brocket. And rereading Wimpy Kids and Big Nates and so forth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacefully Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 From our last trip to the library, ds finished The Thief Lord (Funke), The Thickety: The Whispering Trees (White), and Gabriel Finley and the Raven's Riddle (Hagen). He's been rereading Ender's Game and Red Dragon Codex, but recently he has dropped everything to read The Count of Monte Cristo. He's really into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Eldest who is 11 is finishing off the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. After that I'm not sure which direction he will go. He is also reading most of the books that Youngest is reading. So he is slowly making his way through, "Captain Underpants" "Heroes in Training" and "Dragon Masters" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 DS12 is reading Frankenstein and lots of Marvel comics. DD10 is reading Anne of Green Gables. Eldest who is 11 is finishing off the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. After that I'm not sure which direction he will go. If he's still into cats, my kids highly recommend Varjak Paw and its sequel. My DD, who has read every single Warriors book, says she liked the Varjak books even better. She made me read them and I thought they were great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Wolves of Willoughby Chase – Joan Aiken This was a huge favorite of DS12's. He couldn't put it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 So far, Detectives in Togas and The Call of the Wild. I don't have a list. It's a book at a time decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 DS 12 read all 4 books in the Brixton Brothers series. He then got them all on audiobook and is listening through them now. He also read The Case of the Missing Moonstone. He is now looking for some more mysteries to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneezyone Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 DD (10) is tackling some fun reads this summer, like Are You There God? It's Me Margaret and The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. She chooses her summer reads from her 5th grade reading list so I have no idea what's next. This is such a fun reading stage tho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddlemomma Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Well, DD is going into 7th, and I usually require 10 books over the summer, plus her big summer project and math. However, this year, since she is reading quite a bit anyway, I'm only requiring 4: Phantastes by George MacDonald The Odyssey for Boys and Girls The Iliad for Boys and Girls The Aeneid for Boys and Girls I chose these because we will be doing a combined Bible/Lit study on The Chronicles of Narnia next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc26 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 12 year old: Theodore Boone series, Sidekicked, just finished Under the Egg 10 year old: Harry Potter-just finished 1 and started 2 as read alouds, Going to start The Genius Files on his own. I hope. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebunny Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I wish I could get mine to read Discworld, I own all the books but no interest, not even in Tiffany :crying: . I think it's writer-reader chemistry - my dd likes quirky books with homour that borders on the dark.- terry pratchett, lemony snickett, neil gaiman, alexander McCall Smith, Eva Ibbotson et al. fwiw, dd hasn't shown any interest in Harry Potter or Percy Jackson despite my repeated attempts to get her to read them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Um...the Twilight series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdobis Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 The Hunger Games, Stone Rider, and Moby Sick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 I think it's writer-reader chemistry - my dd likes quirky books with homour that borders on the dark.- terry pratchett, lemony snickett, neil gaiman, alexander McCall Smith, Eva Ibbotson et al. fwiw, dd hasn't shown any interest in Harry Potter or Percy Jackson despite my repeated attempts to get her to read them.My DS is the same except he is enamoured of Harry Potter (read multiple times) but Percy Jackson never really stuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Shannon is re-reading David Eddings The Belgariad and The Mallorean. She has absolutely loved those series, they displaced Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and pretty much everything else she's ever read at the very top of her book-love list. She just finished the Tapestry series by Henry Neff and started the Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica series by James Owen. Pretty much all fantasy, all the time around here. My oldest loved those! I once drove 40 miles on busy evening freeways so he could meet James A. Owen... lol. James drew the cover dragon by hand on the title pages of all 7 of DS's books before he autographed them. DS swooned. It was awesome. The whole series is absolutely loaded with literary allusions. JAO is working on an annotations volume that will cover the whole series. If you think you'd enjoy chasing some of those rabbit trails, collect the hardcover editions as you go, since their page numbers will be keyed into the annotations volume. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 My oldest loved those! I once drove 40 miles on busy evening freeways so he could meet James A. Owen... lol. James drew the cover dragon by hand on the title pages of all 7 of DS's books before he autographed them. DS swooned. It was awesome. The whole series is absolutely loaded with literary allusions. JAO is working on an annotations volume that will cover the whole series. If you think you'd enjoy chasing some of those rabbit trails, collect the hardcover editions as you go, since their page numbers will be keyed into the annotations volume. Oh, that's cool! It's also the book the 8filltheheart used as an example of creating your own curriculum in her new homeschooling book: http://www.treasuredconversations.com/homeschooling-at-the-helm-within-the-usa-only/ Looks like there is a lot in there to explore! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Fun! I have Helm printed, but just haven't had time to sit down with it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I love to answer these questions on days ds is walking around reading Swiss Family Robinson. I'm more of a lurker on days when he is reading a 2nd grade Lego Chima graphic novel. Haha. Soon I'll start assigning reading related to ancients, like Warrior Scarlet, but none of us are ready for anything that sounds "official" right now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeekingHim77 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 My 13 year old daughter is reading: Ivanhoe-Sir Walter Scott The White Company-Arthur Conan Doyle The Hobbit-Tolkien Harry Potter books 4 &5-Rowling The Mysterious Benedict Society-? That's all we've got so far. We school year round and Ivanhoe and The White Company are part of her required reading list. The rest are her choices. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Rosemary Sutcliff's retelling of King Arthur (three books, I think the 1st was The Light in the Forest) Dealing with Dragons random science fiction (I think there as been some David Weber and some Bolo books) I'm about to add some more middle ages fiction. I'm thinking of The King's Shadow or Ramsey Scallop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 10 yo is plowing through tons of books that I jotted down from Newbery Award winners. She has to have read 10 already. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Ella Enchanted, Bud, Not Buddy... She also read Dork Diaries 9. 12 yo is a slower reader; she did finish DD 9 in hours though. Right now she's reading The Witch of Blackbird Pond, as she'll be doing a PP guide on it in the fall. She's reading a chapter of Beautiful Girlhood every night too. She also re-read Phantom Tollbooth for fun. DH is reading Two Towers to the girls as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targhee Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Thank you! We've read already a few of these but do you believe he found Sherlock too hard last we tried it a few months ago. Will check out the rest, thank you! My kids got eased into Sherlock through listening to a few cases on audiobook - it helps with hearing someone read the language with proper pauses and emphasis and what not. That also set a pretty good hook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyler Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 My dd is currently plowing through the Pseudonymous Bosch series. She also enjoyed: The Candymakers, Wendy Mass The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, Jacqueline Kelly (There is a sequel coming out July 7th!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 My dd is currently plowing through the Pseudonymous Bosch series. She also enjoyed: The Candymakers, Wendy Mass The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, Jacqueline Kelly (There is a sequel coming out July 7th!) Dd12 just found The Candymakers on my kindle and read it again. We're so excited about the sequel to Calpurnia! We enjoyed the first book so much when it first came out. I'm looking forward to reading it with little dd too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaChicken Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Harry Potter. Yes, I know everyone else read it years ago, but he's thoroughly enjoying them, and since I read them as an adult, I think it's great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsoil Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 So far this summer DS 11 has read: Old Yeller How to Train Your Dragon Dear Mr. Henshaw The Black Stallion Bud, Not Buddy Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Twenty-One Balloons Swiss Family Robinson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted July 3, 2015 Author Share Posted July 3, 2015 Harry Potter. Yes, I know everyone else read it years ago, but he's thoroughly enjoying them, and since I read them as an adult, I think it's great. There are worse thing ;) DS is re reading them. I've ruined so many books by assigning them too soon. So happy not to have messed this one up. We are listening to Magyk in the car and I'm loving that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvonne Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 French books, with an exam in september she has to keep her french up-to-date What books is your dd reading? I'd love to find more French titles that might appeal to my kids. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J&JMom Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Family read alouds so far this summer: Lawn Boy Returns (Paulsen), Series Unfortunate Events 1, Harry Potter 1 & 2 (will probably continue the series though I want to read other books - this is my 3rd time through). DS12/7th Ender's Game DS10/5th Diary Wimpy Kid 1 & 2 ETA 7/10 Read Aloud- Harry Potter 3 DS 12/7th Finished Ender's Game. Will start on King Arthur by Green after he finishes "Cool Careers in Video Games" DS 10/5th Diary Wimpy Kid 3 and starting on 4. Love watching the movies of all the books we read as we finish them :) ETA 9/1 Read Alouds for summer: Lawn Boy Returns, Harry Potter 1-4, Series Unfortunate Events 1-3 DS 12/7th Grade summer: Ender's Game, Gathering Blue, Eye of Minds DS 10/5th Grader summer: Diary Wimpy Kid 1-7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 My 11 year old boys are reading The Fire Within by Chris d'Lacey, and The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appett. We just finished The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathon Stroud as a read aloud, and are currently reading Okay For Now by Gary D. Schmidt. I'm making it a priority for the rest of the summer to have an hour of reading every afternoon. ETA: One boy reading The Fire Within and the other is reading The True Blue Scouts. Not both books at the same time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingmama Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Dd is reading the Julie of the Wolves series. She loves them. She's also reading Sherwood Ring right now. I can't remember what else she's read. She goes through a book a day or two. She's also really into superhero comics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Since YDD has shown interest in me watching Little House, I gave her the Donald Zochert LIW bio to read. Then she said she wants to re-read all the LH books too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunshineMom Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Dd12 is reading the Book Thief, Grave Mercy and an assigned book, Fahrenheit 451. She is reading off a teen booklist generated from our library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ofus Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 11 yo - Eragon 12 yo - I, Robot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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