madteaparty Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Mine read whole bunch of manga and Skellig and Pig Heart Boy. Together we finished The Book Thief (completely overrated and badly written IMO) and are now reading animal farm and on the origin of species, young reader edition( 👍) , count of monte cristo is next as read aloud. looking for some more independent read ideas. Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookbard Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 1 minute ago, madteaparty said: Mine read whole bunch of manga and Skellig and Pig Heart Boy. Together we finished The Book Thief (completely overrated and badly written IMO) and are now reading animal farm and on the origin of species, young reader edition( 👍) , count of monte cristo is next as read aloud. Thank you! I read The Book Thief years ago, it's won all these awards, and I always thought it was crap and yet no one agreed with me! Not summer here, but my 12 yr old has got into Hamlet for obscure reasons, so I bought her a recently published Australian book called Hamlet is not OK, and have ordered the manga version of Hamlet (it's taking ages to arrive for some reason). She just finished the series 'Uglies' by a half-Australian half-American guy which is about a future world where everywhere gets plastic surgery at 16, so all about body image, social media etc. It's about 10 years old. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Not a Book Thief fan here, either. I was reading it aloud to dd and read as little as possible. We finally put it down and read Christie. I don’t know if we will finish it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Maus II (he read the first one last summer) The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind - Young Reader's Edition Ovidius Mus A Brandon Brown book Ready Player One & Two The Face On The Milk Carton I'm not sure what else he's reading at night. These are just what he reads during the day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Mine has been devouring the School of Good and Evil on his own time lately. He's even taken it to his studio to read between classes. This is super high praise for him. 😄 Otherwise, George's Secret Key, American Born Chinese, They Called Us Enemy, Every Soul a Star, and Third Chimpanzee for Young People. I have the young reader Braiding Sweetgrass on deck for him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countrymum Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 (edited) Currently The Man Who Never Was Earlier The Wright Brothers by Russell Freeman, We Were there at at the Opening of the Erie Canel by Meadowcroft, Childhood of Famous Americans Robert Fulton, By the Great Horn Spoon, The Pony Express by Ralph Moody....I think he reread Charlotte's Web when it was lying in the living room.... Aloud, I'm reading Laddie by Gene Stratton Porter Edited July 22, 2023 by countrymum Add our read aloud 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dove Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 My son is reading Man of the Family- Ralph Moody My daughter is reading the Dragon Slippers series for the 3rd time. She’s also rereading the Princess Juniper series. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted July 22, 2023 Author Share Posted July 22, 2023 9 hours ago, SilverMoon said: Mine has been devouring the School of Good and Evil on his own time lately. He's even taken it to his studio to read between classes. This is super high praise for him. 😄 Otherwise, George's Secret Key, American Born Chinese, They Called Us Enemy, Every Soul a Star, and Third Chimpanzee for Young People. I have the young reader Braiding Sweetgrass on deck for him. I ordered this box set (was cheaper than the hardcover single book?) , DD told me they watched a clip of the movie in school. Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 21 hours ago, madteaparty said: count of monte cristo is next as read aloud. Whoosh, that's a commitment. We did the audio book a couple of years ago and it was 40 hours. Enjoyed by all, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted July 22, 2023 Author Share Posted July 22, 2023 2 hours ago, Miss Tick said: Whoosh, that's a commitment. We did the audio book a couple of years ago and it was 40 hours. Enjoyed by all, though. I just happen to love that book, which is why I can cope. May consider the audio though. Did you like it (the narration)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 12 hours ago, madteaparty said: I just happen to love that book, which is why I can cope. May consider the audio though. Did you like it (the narration)? The narration was not a full-cast, but pretty good for a single reader. We finished it faster than if we had been counting on my personal read aloud stamina, and I was happy to also listen along. We used the version out library had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisha Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 Comics off of gocomics.com (garfield, baby blues, fox trot, etc) Ballpark mysteries series (yep, too young for him, but older mysteries are too climactic/scary/realistic) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keirin Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 My 12 year old son has read some hank the cowdog, assassin's apprentice by Robin Hobb, and some manga including a zelda one, and the explorer series by kazu kibuishi. My 12 year old daughter has read Pride and Prejudice (manga version), Emma (manga version), Coraline, and some Goosebumps (comic version) as well as Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. We have listened to Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdomandtreasures Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Lots of Brandon Sanderson books and, as always, plenty of Tolkien. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted July 24, 2023 Author Share Posted July 24, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, keirin said: My 12 year old son has read some hank the cowdog, assassin's apprentice by Robin Hobb, and some manga including a zelda one, and the explorer series by kazu kibuishi. My 12 year old daughter has read Pride and Prejudice (manga version), Emma (manga version), Coraline, and some Goosebumps (comic version) as well as Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. We have listened to Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. How was the hatchet audio? Always looking for audio for all of summer’s field trips. Jane Austen in comics huh? This is a revelation! Edited July 24, 2023 by madteaparty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keirin Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 I find the Hatchet narrator a little monotone, and I never noticed how often Paulsen repeats a phrase when reading Hatchet but I definitely do when listening. Nonetheless, my kids have enjoyed listening. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alysee Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 I gave my 13yo The Secret Diaries Trilogy to read and so far she is loving them. She's on the last one in the Trilogy. I read the trilogy when I was a young teen too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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