Summer is upon us and books recommendations are again in order :-)
Some of the books that have been recently "inhaled" by our family:
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (part one of a trilogy, it is about a girl but my DS LOVED it. It is followed by Pretties and then, i believe, Perfect.
Pirate's Passage by William Gilkerson . This book picked up Governor General's Literary Award (Canada)
Raven's Gate by Anthony Horowitz (Alex Rider author)
Robinson Cruzoe by Daniel Defoe - took DS a while to finish this one but he perserveered. I believe this to be one of the first, if not the first, novels to be written in English.
This school year I hosted a bookclub for grades K-4. Since this was totally my baby, I chose to do children's literature in translation. I picked the books that I knew and enjoed reading as a child:
Pipi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
The Book of Coupons by Susie Morgenstern
The Snow Queen By Andersen
Nicholas by Sempe
Finn Family Moomintrol by Tove Jansson
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
Children of Noisy Village again by Lindgren
My DD10 wants to host a booklub for her girl friends over the summer. The first read will be Ann of Green Gables.
Do you have any recommendations for other books that might be enjoyed by 10 year old girls (my daughter reads at 8 grade level but not all of her friends are). Something less main stream would be great!
Thanks, Ania
