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Books for young advanced readers?
Posted on 12/9/17 at 9:01 am
Posted on 12/9/17 at 9:01 am
Looking for xmas gift for my goddaughter who is 8 and loves to read. She reads "at 6th grade level" which I guess is a fancy way of saying she's a bit ahead. Any of yall with kids have some suggestions?
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Posted on 12/9/17 at 9:07 am to S
Posted on 12/9/17 at 5:53 pm to S
If she hasn't already:
Harry Potter
Chronicles of Narnia
The Hobbie
Lord of the Rings
Watership Down (I read it at that age, I believe... and didn't really understand the allegory until later).
Chronicles of Prydain
Anne of Green Gables
All the Laura Ingles Wilder stuff (no idea if this still has appeal).
Secret of Nimh
Percy Jackson series
Harry Potter
Chronicles of Narnia
The Hobbie
Lord of the Rings
Watership Down (I read it at that age, I believe... and didn't really understand the allegory until later).
Chronicles of Prydain
Anne of Green Gables
All the Laura Ingles Wilder stuff (no idea if this still has appeal).
Secret of Nimh
Percy Jackson series
This post was edited on 12/9/17 at 5:54 pm
Posted on 12/9/17 at 7:38 pm to S
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Sherlock Holmes
The Secret Garden
The Red Badge of Courage
The Picture of Dorian Grey
Sherlock Holmes
The Secret Garden
The Red Badge of Courage
The Picture of Dorian Grey
Posted on 12/10/17 at 12:13 am to S
I don't know what an answer appropriate to current releases would be, but I have this story ...
After four sons, my parents had a daughter. She received a disproportionate amount of attention from my father. Admittedly, she was more intelligent and better looking than her brothers, but as a child myself, I didn't recognize this at the time.
One night at a party at our home, my father was bragging that my sister "could read anything". She was three. She could definitely read, but it burned my ten year old arse that my father was bragging about her. We were all able to read before we started Kindergarten, so this wasn't some miraculous development.
At the time, I was reading Ted Lawson's "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo". So I went to my room, retrieved my book, returned to the living room and handed it to my sister in the sincere hope I'd humiliate her. A three year old, in her yellow jammies. I'm such a dick...
It went about like this:
She cracked open the book in front of a roomful of people and started reading ... "Doolittle revved the engines of his B-25. The deck of the Hornet heaved in the violent seas. At full throttle, Doolittle released the brakes and rolled down the deck into uncertainty. His aircraft lept off the deck of the Hornet and headed towards its target - Tokyo!"
Needless to say, she won that round and has won many others since then.
So, in summation, if the kid is truly "advanced", you might be surprised by what she can read and comprehend. Try to find her interests and challenge her.
After four sons, my parents had a daughter. She received a disproportionate amount of attention from my father. Admittedly, she was more intelligent and better looking than her brothers, but as a child myself, I didn't recognize this at the time.
One night at a party at our home, my father was bragging that my sister "could read anything". She was three. She could definitely read, but it burned my ten year old arse that my father was bragging about her. We were all able to read before we started Kindergarten, so this wasn't some miraculous development.
At the time, I was reading Ted Lawson's "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo". So I went to my room, retrieved my book, returned to the living room and handed it to my sister in the sincere hope I'd humiliate her. A three year old, in her yellow jammies. I'm such a dick...
It went about like this:
She cracked open the book in front of a roomful of people and started reading ... "Doolittle revved the engines of his B-25. The deck of the Hornet heaved in the violent seas. At full throttle, Doolittle released the brakes and rolled down the deck into uncertainty. His aircraft lept off the deck of the Hornet and headed towards its target - Tokyo!"
Needless to say, she won that round and has won many others since then.
So, in summation, if the kid is truly "advanced", you might be surprised by what she can read and comprehend. Try to find her interests and challenge her.
Posted on 12/13/17 at 10:27 am to S
Ender's game is great if they are into scifi.
I'd get them Ender's game and then the Shadow series which follows the original novel chronologically and is about the aftermath of the 3rd Formic war.
The Ender series was technically written first but it jumps ahead several decades and follows ender as an adult. They are much more philosophical and may be a little slow and complex for a younder person.
The Shadw series, on the other hand, is fast paced and action packed like the original novel.
Plus if they do enjoy those books, there are like 20 novels in the ender universe and there are still more being written today. One was just release a month ago.
I'd get them Ender's game and then the Shadow series which follows the original novel chronologically and is about the aftermath of the 3rd Formic war.
The Ender series was technically written first but it jumps ahead several decades and follows ender as an adult. They are much more philosophical and may be a little slow and complex for a younder person.
The Shadw series, on the other hand, is fast paced and action packed like the original novel.
Plus if they do enjoy those books, there are like 20 novels in the ender universe and there are still more being written today. One was just release a month ago.
This post was edited on 12/13/17 at 10:28 am
Posted on 12/13/17 at 2:17 pm to S
Pendragon! I loved those books back in the day
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