Anonymous
Post 12/09/2013 10:22     Subject: Re:Book recommendations for middle elementary school girls...
I love "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton
and
The Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Up the Down Staircase

Anonymous
Post 12/08/2013 09:38     Subject: Book recommendations for middle elementary school girls...
Wonder
DS63
Post 12/08/2013 08:17     Subject: Book recommendations for middle elementary school girls...
My DD loved the Warriors Series when she was 8-10; also Harry Potter.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2013 07:33     Subject: Book recommendations for middle elementary school girls...
And why won't autocorrect let me type "Newberry" without some major effort?!!
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2013 07:32     Subject: Book recommendations for middle elementary school girls...
Meant to say new berry folks DIDNT think it was a problem.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2013 07:28     Subject: Book recommendations for middle elementary school girls...
PP you are correct about that brief but very frank scene. That particular book is perhaps better for age 10+. But don't miss it, especially if you have a daughter. Themes of strength, independence, hardship, modernization vs traditional native ways are right on. I read it at 8 and that very brief scene was not an issue but if you're not comfortable with answering potential questions about it then wait. New berry medal folks did think it was a problem!
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2013 06:25     Subject: Book recommendations for middle elementary school girls...
Julie and The Wolves

Hmmmm...the attempted marital rape scene between 13 year olds in an arranged marriage would no pt be appropriate for a middle elementary aged kid
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2013 00:36     Subject: Book recommendations for middle elementary school girls...
Dolphin Diaries by Ben Baglio, who also wrote the Animal Ark books. At this age my daughter loved dolphins and just tore through this series.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2013 00:09     Subject: Book recommendations for middle elementary school girls...
Anything by Jean Craighead George such as Julie of the Wolves. Also Scott O'Dell!
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2013 22:18     Subject: Re:Book recommendations for middle elementary school girls...
Anonymous wrote:20:44 here. Most of the suggestions are on grade level. You can look them up on Scholastic. Holes & Hoot are slightly older--grades 5-8. Those I read as an adult. I did read To Kill a Mocking Bird and All Creatures Great and Small in 4th grade, but yes, "technically" their reading levels are h.s. Harry Potter is pretty graphic in nature, just not as well written so I guess people don't object to that suggestion.

Phantom Tollbooth Reading Level Grade Level 3-5
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/phantom-tollbooth

(And PP, stuff it about kids not getting the humor. You've repeated this comment ad nauseam. Some kids won't but lots do.)



Um..,huh? I've never said that comment before...what are you talking about? I did write it above, but not any other time...?