Loupelou Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 We are using SL 7 World History this year and I could really use some book ideas for my 10th grader. The readers are either not demanding enough or she has read them already. I did the same thing for her last year for SL 6. However, I seem to be finding a lot more books with just too much of a romance edge to them, which neither she or I are interested in, actually a lot of them aren't just a little bit-the romances are the core of the plot! They just don't seem to have an underlying lesson. Right now she is reading The Scarlet Letter, and I have a few more classics set aside for later periods. I am looking for books from the 18th to 20th century. I would welcome any suggestions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Here are some books my daughter read as a 9th grader studying the period 1700 to 2000. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy I Will Repay by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Eldorado by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Sir Percy Hits Back by Baroness Emmuska Orczy [Can you tell my daughter loved the Scarlet Pimpernel??] Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (translated by Norman Denny) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Botchan by Soseki Natsume (translated by Umeji Sasaki) All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw Maus I and Maus II by Art Spiegelman Diary of Anne Frank The Little World of Don Camillo by Giovanni Guareschi The Mouse that Roared by Leonard Wibberley Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Fax from Sarajevo by Joe Kubert Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 1500s - a comedy by Shakespeare -- the Parallel Text guides have full text & translation - The Samurai's Tale (Haugaard) -- historical fiction 1600s - Robinson Crusoe (Defoe) - Don Quixote (Cervantes) -- use an abridged version - Paradise Lost (Milton) 1700s - Gulliver's Travels (Swift) - Treasure Island -- set in the 1700s (Stevenson) 1800s - Pride & Prejudice (or other work by Jane Austen) - Rip Van Winkle (Irving) - Fall of the House of Usher (or short story by Edgar Allen Poe) - Count of Monte Cristo (Dumas) - The Time Machine (or other work by HG Wells) - Around the World in 80 Days (Verne) - Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Twain) - Billy Budd (Melville) - A Christmas Carol (Dickens) 1900s - The Good Earth (Buck) - A Day of Pleasure (Singer) - The Hiding Place (tenBoom) - Kon Tiki (Heyerberg) - Animal Farm (Orwell) Timeless - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Carroll) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loupelou Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Thank you ladies, I see some great books!:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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