Re: Way OT: Need book suggestions: adventure and fantasy for 6th grader

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Lowis Lowry : The Giver, Gathering Blue, Messenger -- Not quite fantasy, but

close enough. The Giver is an extraordinary work.

Madaline Le Engle . Anything and I mean anything by this author. A Wrinkle in

Time, Swiftly Turning Planet, A Wind in the Door, Endless Light. Ms. Engle is a

Christian. There is the adventure, but the ideas and the need for

interpersonal connections are the meaningful parts of the stories.

TA Barron: Heartlight (which does a good job of quantam mechanics without ever

mentioning science): The Ancient One. His Merlin series is a bit weak, at

least I think so.

But none of these books will truly appeal to a child who would prefer to read

non-fiction. Would she tolerate the classical tales like Homer or Gilgamesh if

she knew she was reading them for the " facts " any well educated individual

would need?

Miriam

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sotosyndrome

From: sdb2956@...

Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:47:54 -0700

Subject: Way OT: Need book suggestions: adventure and fantasy for 6th

grader

Hi,

Our daughter is in 6th grade this year and they're doing fantasy, adventure, and

folk tales in English class. She's prefers nonfiction, so we're already at a

disadvantage, but the bigger issues are that she gets upset when there's

" adventure " in the usual sense for kids her age and we're a conservative

Christian family so much of the " fantasy " stuff that's out there is not exactly

what we want her reading. I mentioned the latter of these facts to her language

arts teacher at open house last night and he said he'd work with me if I could

get him some suggestions (she attends public school).

Can anyone suggest appropriate titles in the Adventure and Fantasy areas for

this age with these specifications?

Thanks for your help.

[Guest guest]

Can anyone suggest appropriate titles in the Adventure and Fantasy areas for

this age with these specifications?

Hi

The Narnia series I think are good - I loved them at that age having been

introduced to them by our grade 4 teacher at a Christian school. The later

books (particularly) have strong biblical parallels.

Good luck

:-)

[Guest guest]

i loved the Choose Your Own Adventure books in 6th grade. browsing Amazon may

give you some more ideas

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From: Haks <cathy@...>

Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 8:47:20 PM

Subject: RE: Way OT: Need book suggestions: adventure and fantasy for

6th grader

Can anyone suggest appropriate titles in the Adventure and Fantasy areas for

this age with these specifications?

Hi

The Narnia series I think are good - I loved them at that age having been

introduced to them by our grade 4 teacher at a Christian school. The later

books (particularly) have strong biblical parallels.

Good luck

:-)

[Guest guest]

Any CS books would be good. We are in Wyoming and have a local author

who wrote true stories of Native American adventures. The most popular one

is Naya Nuki - Shoshoni Girl Who Ran by . He has other ones,

but this is a good one for a girl. I think the reading level may be 5-6th

grade??? My 5th grader likes the Magic Tree house books. Typically we stay

away from " magic " , but these are pretty good. Most of the stories are about

two kids that travel to a historical event or a geological place. Some of

the books also have a companion book that expounds on the topic of the

book. Those may be too easy for her depending on her level. I would also

see if true life missionary stories or heroes of the faith would count like

Corry Tamboone or others who lived a real adventure . Or you could read a

Left Behind book. Here are more

http://www.librarything.com/tag/Christian,+adventure,+fantasy

Tama

Mom to C-ACC age 10 and 3 more kiddos