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So in celebration/whateve...
So in celebration/whatever/something of school starting, what are the best books/stories you've ever read for school? What grade were you in and if it was historical fiction what time period were you studying? Tell all about it here!
My favorites are:
1. Mara, Daughter of the Nile (obviously, since I just made a thread about it)
Set in Ancient Egypt. I think I was in sixth grade or so.
2. The Sherwood Ring
New Hampshire, revolutionary war era. This book is SO AWESOME. Read it. I think I was in 6th or 7th grade.
3. The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
Colonial Era, 5th grade. My mom read it out loud to us.
4. Follow My Leader
The 80's. 2nd grade. My mom read it to us.
5. My Side of the Mountain.
1950's or so, but it's irrellevant because it's a wilderness survival book. Second grade. My mom read it to us.
6. And then there were those silly Pathway Mennonite readers that I had through like 5th grade... well I read them through the 7th grade reader but I was always way ahead. :P They were quaint and strange, and always contained an Aesop about honesty or something. And the characters were really bland, but nostaligia can do wonders. Anyway. You?
submitted by Emily L., age 17, WA
(September 11, 2012 - 4:49 pm)
(September 11, 2012 - 4:49 pm)
Flowers for Algernon was in my textbook last year, but I never got to read it in class.:(
(September 14, 2012 - 2:30 pm)
Maybe it's just me, but I didn't like that all that much.
Animal Farm by George Orwell. We read it last year, and I have to say, my English teacher was MASTER of "beat". "It's about lots of cute little dogs and pigs and sheep and chickens. (beat) Killing each other."
The Scarlet Ibis by... James Hurst? Soemthing along those lines. It's in our Lit books. So. Sad.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. EVERYONE should read this book. EVERYONE.
(September 16, 2012 - 2:28 pm)
Animal Farm is an easy read. I read it when I was like ten. And no, it did not go over my head. I used to think it was just because I was a genius or something, but really, it's not that hard.
At the time when I read it, I was actually waiting in the emergency room (LONG story) (Not really a long story, but I just don't want to tell it) and the nurse looked at me and was like, "what are you reading?" and I showed her and her mouth dropped open.
(September 16, 2012 - 5:57 pm)
I'm either reading Animal Farm or Fahrenheit 451 in English. I'm hoping it's Fahrenheit 451 because Bradbury was (so sad we have to say was) a genius. I just read The Sound of Thunder for that class, and I want to read more of his work. I'm going to get some of his work from the library if we do end up reading Animal Farm. Oh, and the dude helped design Epcot. He deserves some recognition. We have to research him for English and I'm literally going to print out Disney's tribute to him for it.
(September 18, 2012 - 4:33 pm)
I meant the full novel version.
(September 14, 2012 - 6:13 pm)
Grr. Not many good books going around in my school district. Two I enjoyed were:
A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass. Sixth-grade summer reading book. It's a story about a girl with synesthesia.
The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick. Seventh-grade summer reading book. A science fiction story based in a post-apocalyptic world.
(September 15, 2012 - 10:59 am)
@Zach L.
Wendy Mass is one of my favorite authors! If you liked that one, you should read Every Soul a Star.
(September 15, 2012 - 6:28 pm)
1. Catherine, Called Birdy
Set in England, Medieval-ish times? Really good book, Historical Fiction. 7th grade
2. The Cay
Either World War 1 or 2, always get them mixed up. 5th grade, then 7th grade again.
3. A Midsummer's Night Dream
6th grade, Shakespearean (sp?) times
(September 15, 2012 - 1:56 pm)
I read The Cay in sixth grade. I liked it.
(September 23, 2012 - 12:03 pm)