book ideas for 9 year old reading at 9th grade level

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Anonymous wrote:Just because she can read at a 9th grade level does not mean she is absorbing the information at that level. Many 9th grade level books are not linguistically difficult to read but will contain concepts she just won't get.

If she's tested at ninth grade level then that includes comprehension.

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Anonymous wrote:Forgot to mention, try the Little House series. They increase in difficulty as Laura ages.

Oh come on. My advanced six year old has read those. And most of the other books suggested here. This is a nine year old who reads like a 15 year old. I'm sure she read the little house books years ago. And Harry potter and Percy Jackson etc.

Possibly, not not necessarily.

Some kids get really fixed on a particular genre and don't stray far from that lane, epecially at ages 7-9.

Or they stick closely with what their friends are reading, even if it's not especially challenging.

And/or they're turned off by the covers of some books or even the titles.

No harm in listing all ideas here. Even if your well-read six year old has covered them already.

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Anonymous wrote:Forgot to mention, try the Little House series. They increase in difficulty as Laura ages.

Oh come on. My advanced six year old has read those. And most of the other books suggested here. This is a nine year old who reads like a 15 year old. I'm sure she read the little house books years ago. And Harry potter and Percy Jackson etc.

Completely agree, PP. The issue here is that standards are so low these days, "reading like a 9th grader" could literally mean anything!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Forgot to mention, try the Little House series. They increase in difficulty as Laura ages.

Oh come on. My advanced six year old has read those. And most of the other books suggested here. This is a nine year old who reads like a 15 year old. I'm sure she read the little house books years ago. And Harry potter and Percy Jackson etc.

She said her child is reading Dork Diaries...so I think suggesting some real literature is a great start. Her daughter is certainly not willingly picking books that are advanced or even well written. She's apparently picking extremely easy books with lots of drawings and very simple sentences. As for the Little House series, there is a lot in those books a child could get even if she read them at 6, that she didn't get when reading the first time. Open your mind a little...

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I stressed over this for awhile, and finally a teacher told me that the most important thing is that my son reads, not that he is constantly being challenged. We found it helpful to have a variety of books around ( a lot of the suggestions on this post) and let him try them a few times. Sometimes he reads mature books, sometimes easy books for interest.

it does seem like there is a calling for more challenging books with g rated material.

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The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates!

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Have her read Coraline and The Graveyard Book by Neal Gaiman. I love him and have bought the books for my 9 year old. When I was 10 after finishing all of Judy Blume's books, I started reading trashy romance novels like Danielle Steele and Sidney Sheldon. I then moved into Agatha Christie books. My parents never monitored what I read, they were just happy I was reading. There seems to be a ton of young adult books these days so I am shocked she can't find something.

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Take her to the library and let her browse. She can also talk to the librarians maybe get good recs that way, too.

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PS and don't forget the nonfiction section, too. At that age, I really liked biographies. Lots of other good recs here.

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Anonymous wrote:Just because she can read at a 9th grade level does not mean she is absorbing the information at that level. Many 9th grade level books are not linguistically difficult to read but will contain concepts she just won't get.

That's the beauty of books; you can read them multiple times and get something different out of them at each stage in your life.

Just take her to the library and let her pick what she wants or what she seems interested in. Everyone's tastes are different so it's hard to do a good job of picking books for someone else. I just got my kids a library card and told them to enjoy.

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Lord of the Rings

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El Deafo
Roller Girl
Reina Telegmaier books

Maybe not 9th grade level but fun

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What does her teacher recommend? How about your local librarian? My 10 yr old reads well ahead of grade level and we have a great relationship with our independent bookstore. The staff there know her and always have something to suggest.

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Please list examples of the books that challenge her that she classifies as boring. Sounds like you should try to focus on getting her to read better literature than her "9th grade level," which, to me, is irrelevant insofar as picking books for pleasure if she's reading things like Dork Diaries.

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The Dear America series was one of my favorites as a kid and I, like your DD, was reading well above my grade level at that age (we didn't test then...).