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

[Anonymous]

Apparently... according to the teacher she's at a 9th grade level. She loves to read, and she's complained that the books that challenge her are "boring," presumably because she's not mature enough or at the right developmental stage to read what 14 year olds are. Are there specific books out there? She likes series books, like Dork Diaries, etc., and getting her to read "real literature" isn't her thing.

[Anonymous]

If she is reading that well, you don't need to worry about increasing her reading level.

Just focus on helping her learn to love reading and becoming a life long reader.

Her reading now and in the next couple of years should be reading for pleasure, not reading for challenge.

Let her read well written classics, and simple, melodic books for young kids. Let her read silly, third grade kid frivolous books with little redeeming value. At that age my very advanced reader devoured the Wimpy Kid books and read them over and over from cover to cover.

When she is ready intellectually and emotionally for older books, she will know.

Right now, just let her read whatever she wants.

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

Anne of Green Gables and the rest.

[Anonymous]

Similar DD here. Benedict Society, Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, Lemnony Snicker, Penderwicks, incorrigible children Aston place. Bunch of threads on this. Also check out common sense media website for recommendation. We have ha good luck with newberry honor winners, like mighty miss malone and bridge to terebithia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apparently... according to the teacher she's at a 9th grade level. She loves to read, and she's complained that the books that challenge her are "boring," presumably because she's not mature enough or at the right developmental stage to read what 14 year olds are. Are there specific books out there? She likes series books, like Dork Diaries, etc., and getting her to read "real literature" isn't her thing.

Just curious, what is her lexile level?

[Anonymous]

Ursula K. Leguin books

[Anonymous]

I have two kids like this. You really need to zero in on the topics they like, otherwise they won't stretch.

My son has no problem reading adult books, as long as there's no sex: he likes warfare, sci-fi and tech, so read The Longest Day (about the second world war) and Jurassic Park and books by Isaac Azimov and things like that. He occasionally reads my New Yorker.

The other is a bit more problematic because she can't tolerate mean things happening in her books - so I've gone to some trouble identifying classic (usually British) literature for children with more complex sentences than modern kids' lit yet which stick to child themes.

[Anonymous]

I started reading SF/F at that point. Given that most recent stuff has a romance cross-over angle, stick with older books.

Anne McCaffrey
Andre Norton
Ursula K. LeGuin
Lois McMaster Bujold (the earlier Miles Vorkosigan books. Her other series and later Vorkosigan books have a stronger romance angle so would probably be boring.)

Some of these will have a minor romance angle but don't rely on that for story interest, so while that element will go over her head, the stories shouldn't be boring.

[Anonymous]

Has she tried the Percy Jackson books and the other series by the same author (Kane Chronicles etc.)? Not sure of the reading level, but I was surprised by how much DD liked them. She's not usually into fantasy/adventure quite like that, but took to them immediately.

Next up on our/her list is The Mysterious Benedict Society and the rest of the series if she likes it. She tried it last year, but got pulled into other series instead. But I've read good reviews. Fun and challenging without social drama (which very much turns off my DD, too.)

And of course, Harry Potter. She's read the series twice and still goes back for more in between other books and series.

[Anonymous]

PP here. I did a quick google serach for books at the eighth grade reading level, and found the serachable Scholastic site.

http://www.scholastic.com/tbw/quickSearch.do?Ntx=mode+matchany&Ntk=TBW_CustomBook_SI&Ne=1314&N=0+1964+1965+1966+1967+1968+1969+1970+1971+1972+1973+1974#cart/cleanup

You can search by reading level (7-8th grade), and then scroll through for books that are at a lower interest level (3rd-5th grade). There's a lot to wade through, but some new ideas DD and I hadn't considered before.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP here. I did a quick google serach for books at the eighth grade reading level, and found the serachable Scholastic site.

http://www.scholastic.com/tbw/quickSearch.do?Ntx=mode+matchany&Ntk=TBW_CustomBook_SI&Ne=1314&N=0+1964+1965+1966+1967+1968+1969+1970+1971+1972+1973+1974#cart/cleanup

You can search by reading level (7-8th grade), and then scroll through for books that are at a lower interest level (3rd-5th grade). There's a lot to wade through, but some new ideas DD and I hadn't considered before.

DD likes action/adventure books -- basically, any variation of kids on a quest to solve a mystery or figure out a secret.

Here's one I hadn't seen before but might grab from the library for her to try:

http://www.scholastic.com/tbw/quickSearch.do?N=0+$&fq=Series:^Tunnels^&Ntk=TBW_QuickSearch_SI&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial#cart/cleanup

[Anonymous]

When i was nine i loved Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Still do!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apparently... according to the teacher she's at a 9th grade level. She loves to read, and she's complained that the books that challenge her are "boring," presumably because she's not mature enough or at the right developmental stage to read what 14 year olds are. Are there specific books out there? She likes series books, like Dork Diaries, etc., and getting her to read "real literature" isn't her thing.

Another teacher may reassess. If she's not into challenging books, or literature, she's not truly at the 9th grade level. Sure, she can read anything, but she's not enjoying or ready for the issues in YA books.

What are her interests? I have a reader who loves the Percy Jackson series, and another one who reads Chloe by Design series about a fashion designer. Both girls, with 180 degree differences in what they enjoy.

[Anonymous]

The Land of Stories books are good. My 10 year old wanted Maze Runner, and the book store recommended them as an alternative (content in Maze Runner was too mature for us). Percy Jackson is another good series for that age (and I like that there are strong female characters).