Novels your high schoolers are reading that you never read and are enjoying

[Anonymous]

Is anyone else enjoying reading some of the novels your high school children are reading that you have never read?

I'll start with two I had not heard about but really enjoyed:

Things Fall Apart written in 1958 by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. It's about a man and his Igbo community both before and after British missionaries and government officials arrive in his community.

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi. It is a graphic novel about the Iranian Revolution.

[Anonymous]

Fahrenheit 451- loved it !

The Grey King series by Susan Cooper- enjoyed reading it.

My DD read both these in MS though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else enjoying reading some of the novels your high school children are reading that you have never read?

I'll start with two I had not heard about but really enjoyed:

Things Fall Apart written in 1958 by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. It's about a man and his Igbo community both before and after British missionaries and government officials arrive in his community.

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi. It is a graphic novel about the Iranian Revolution.

Forgot to add - Sadly, while I was a voracious reader in high school, my sons tend to only read books that are assigned for school. So maybe I should have added "books assigned for high school".

[Anonymous]

I tried reading Things Fall Apart and hated it.

[Anonymous]

I liked Persepolis as well.

Through my middle schooler, I'm reading The Giver by Lois Lowry. It's been good for dinner conversations. I'm not sure if I'll read the series.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I liked Persepolis as well.

Through my middle schooler, I'm reading The Giver by Lois Lowry. It's been good for dinner conversations. I'm not sure if I'll read the series.

Don't read the series, you will be disappointed. The next three books are absolutely awful!

[Anonymous]

Dante's "Divina Commedia," there is just so much in there; it is fascinating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dante's "Divina Commedia," there is just so much in there; it is fascinating.

In the original Tuscan I presume

[Anonymous]

I enjoyed Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi.

But I agree... my kids read because they have to ... not for pleasure.

I literally go through 6 to 8 books every two weeks.. but I'm Gen X ; )

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dante's "Divina Commedia," there is just so much in there; it is fascinating.

In the original Tuscan I presume

Latin, actually. DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I enjoyed Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi.

But I agree... my kids read because they have to ... not for pleasure.

I literally go through 6 to 8 books every two weeks.. but I'm Gen X ; )

What is the Gen X brain rot that makes Gen X think being Gen X is a relevant fact at all times. People in all generations like to read books.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I liked Persepolis as well.

Through my middle schooler, I'm reading The Giver by Lois Lowry. It's been good for dinner conversations. I'm not sure if I'll read the series.

Don't read the series, you will be disappointed. The next three books are absolutely awful!

I thought Gathering Blue was fine but the books after that were not great. Should’ve left it at The Giver.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dante's "Divina Commedia," there is just so much in there; it is fascinating.

In the original Tuscan I presume

Latin, actually. DP

No, famously not written in Latin. Intentionally choosing the vernacular Tuscan language, much as Chaucer chose the language of the people for his most famous work. It was later translated into Latin.

It's also a narrative poem, not a novel, but I posted it anyway because I'm enjoying it. And I am reading a version that has English and modern Italian, bot not the original Tuscan.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I enjoyed Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi.

But I agree... my kids read because they have to ... not for pleasure.

I literally go through 6 to 8 books every two weeks.. but I'm Gen X ; )

What is the Gen X brain rot that makes Gen X think being Gen X is a relevant fact at all times. People in all generations like to read books.

Dp, but also GenX. We love ourselves. I think that’s a good thing .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I enjoyed Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi.

But I agree... my kids read because they have to ... not for pleasure.

I literally go through 6 to 8 books every two weeks.. but I'm Gen X ; )

What is the Gen X brain rot that makes Gen X think being Gen X is a relevant fact at all times. People in all generations like to read books.

Dp, but also GenX. We love ourselves. I think that’s a good thing .

We just like to remind Boomers and Millennials that we exist.