What does your 4th or 5th grader like to read that isn’t complete crap?

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I know I know, the crap isn’t crap, kids should read whatever they like.

What does your 4th or 5th grader read? Please share any books that have some literary merit.

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My 4th grader loved Harry Potter

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Lost Cities

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My third grader likes Wings of Fire. Read the entire series.

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My 4th grader likes Michael Morpugo books, particularly War Horse - big topics but very easy to read.

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Anonymous wrote:Lost Cities

+1, 9 YO currently devouring these after finishing all the Percy Jackson books.

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Also, the crap is crap. I was at the library recently and the dad specifically told his kids, no graphic novels, and I wish I had known to do the same when my kids were younger.

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All of the Alan Gratz and Jennifer Nielsen historic fiction
Eragon series
Lord of the Rings trilogy + the Hobbit
Redwall series
Swiss Family Robinson
Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler
Holes series
Maze Runner series
Number the Stars
Diary of Anne Frank
Fablehaven Series
Gregor the Underlander series

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Anonymous wrote:Also, the crap is crap. I was at the library recently and the dad specifically told his kids, no graphic novels, and I wish I had known to do the same when my kids were younger.

Why?

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Anonymous wrote:All of the Alan Gratz and Jennifer Nielsen historic fiction
Eragon series
Lord of the Rings trilogy + the Hobbit
Redwall series
Swiss Family Robinson
Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler
Holes series
Maze Runner series
Number the Stars
Diary of Anne Frank
Fablehaven Series
Gregor the Underlander series

Also, she was really into Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain, Julie of the Wolves, and Island of the Blue Dolphins

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Redwall
Chronicles of Narnia
Little House on the Prarie

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Anonymous wrote:I know I know, the crap isn’t crap, kids should read whatever they like.

What does your 4th or 5th grader read? Please share any books that have some literary merit.

You’re crao

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Anonymous wrote:My third grader likes Wings of Fire. Read the entire series.

Do they need a cookie?

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Anonymous wrote:Also, the crap is crap. I was at the library recently and the dad specifically told his kids, no graphic novels, and I wish I had known to do the same when my kids were younger.

Seriously? There’s literally no reason to limit.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, the crap is crap. I was at the library recently and the dad specifically told his kids, no graphic novels, and I wish I had known to do the same when my kids were younger.

Seriously? There’s literally no reason to limit.

Yes, there is. Graphic novels don't require the same level of focus as novels do. It's that whole Lucy Calkin thing - "just look at the pictures!" When you try to make the leap into reading books that require sustained focus, have longer sentences and no pictures to explain the plot, it's hard, particularly for older children.