Michelle My Bell Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I want to assign a few really excellent literature books for my daughter next year aside from her History literature. What are your top picks for middle school girls? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Can you give a sense of what she's read? I think this can go a lot of directions... On ds's list for 7th grade... The Time Machine Tuck Everlasting Crash Wednesday Wars Call of the Wild A Long Walk to Water Sounder But... ds is an average reader. And I picked a lot more boy books for him. He also has short stories to read by a variety of authors... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndOfOrdinary Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Do you want fun books or classic books? Classics can be fun, but many very worthwhile books are definitely not "literarure." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle My Bell Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 My daughter is an average reader and she hasn't read a ton of good books unfortunately. Since she has been in school the last two years, it seems reading is not something that is done or assigned. The last curriculum she did was Heart of Dakota but that was 3 years ago. I am bringing her home next year so I want some fun and classic titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinivanMom Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Books my 13 yr-old daughter has loved: Little Women Anne of Green Gables series Olive's Ocean Jacob Have I Loved Hunger Games series A Long Walk to Water Children of the River Diary of Anne Frank To Kill a Mockingbird Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility Jane Eyre 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Well, let's see. I think, if she hasn't read much in school and doesn't read much for pleasure, then the first thing you want to do is get her to enjoy reading. So I'll focus on enjoyable books - no death march through literature here! (Though if your daughter really enjoys a good cry when she reads, I can come up with a different list of books, no problem.) I'm going to organize this list loosely by reading level (but don't take that too seriously! a high reading level, however that's measured, is no guarantee of literary quality, and vice versa.) When books are part of a series, I will probably only list one of them. All these books are written for middle grade or YA. The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond The Jumbies My Basmati Bat Mitzvah A Time to Dance Vodnik The Thing About Luck Hammer of Witches Salvage The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm Blackbird Fly Ambassador House of the Scorpion Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer The Moorchild Starry River of the Sky Mars Evacuees Princess Academy Zahrah, the Windseeker Not Your Sidekick Summer of the Mariposas Savvy Runemarks Ink and Ashes Under the Mesquite The Earthsea Cycle A Face Like Glass Historical fiction (I know you said not to include this, but there's a lot that's pretty good, and something might catch your eye! These books are also loosely sorted by reading level.) Stella by Starlight Flygirl Home Is With Our Family Full Cicada Moon Echo One Crazy Summer The Mighty Miss Malone Celeste's Harlem Renaissance The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate The Golden Mountain Chronicles Out of Many Waters Heart of a Samurai Chains If I Ever Get Out of Here Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Midwife's Apprentice Code Talker A Single Shard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meganrussell Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 My 7th grade son read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory several years ago. He found The Glass Elevator at the library last week, checked it out, read it and loved it. It picks up right where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory left off. It was a fun read, which I think our kids need more of. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0142410322/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1488282843&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=the+glass+elevator&dpPl=1&dpID=517iuJrajoL&ref=plSrch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAtoVA Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 My reluctant reader 7th grade son loved Tuck Everlasting and is now reading Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Other titles I have in mind for him (some may be more "boy" books): Number the Stars, Hatchet, The Shakespeare Stealer, The Westing Game, The Giver, The Mysterious Benedict Society, Fever 1793, Because of Mr. Terupt, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. I read aloud The Wednesday Wars and The Candymakers to him and he loved both. Currently I am reading the sequel to The Candymakers to him. He could have read these himself but they were/are our read alouds. I had similar goals to yours when I brought my son back home this year—to help him love reading and give him exposure to "good" literature. He had been in school for the last three years and in his 6th grade honors Language Arts class he had only had one assigned novel all year!! Needless to say, my ds did not cultivate a love of reading from his school work, or the literary analysis skills I would have expected him to have by now, so I am playing a bit of "catch-up" and trying to keep the interest level and quality high without overwhelming him with way too much complexity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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