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re: Great books you read in Middle/Jr High School?
Posted on 9/16/16 at 3:20 pm to sms151t
Posted on 9/16/16 at 3:20 pm to sms151t
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Nothing if I thought these kids were able to translate the lack of conformity and rebellion into looking to their strengths. These kids also have been abused sexually, emotionally, and physically. I just do not think that is a book they should read, at this time.
The archetypal fantasy works are geared towards this I think. Common people discovering strength in themselves and going on to achieve great things.
LOTR series is the best place to start but there are definitely some other gems in the genre.
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Posted on 9/16/16 at 3:56 pm to sms151t
Lord of the Flies and my all time favorite "Hatchet."
Posted on 9/16/16 at 4:10 pm to JamalSanders
Hatchet is about the young man who is in a plane crash and uses the hatchet for his survival in Canada correct?
If that is the one, I have a copy of that at home I think.
If that is the one, I have a copy of that at home I think.
Posted on 9/16/16 at 4:13 pm to sms151t
White Fang
Posted on 9/16/16 at 4:23 pm to Riseupfromtherubble
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Animal Farm
I still read this on occasion. It helps put things in perspective sometimes.
Posted on 9/16/16 at 5:51 pm to sms151t
1984
Posted on 9/16/16 at 5:51 pm to sms151t
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne.
Last of the Mohicans.
Great Expectations.
Moby Dick, Herman Melville.
A Separate Peace, Everett Knowles, read that one in high school, loved it.
1984.
Animal Farm.
Last of the Mohicans.
Great Expectations.
Moby Dick, Herman Melville.
A Separate Peace, Everett Knowles, read that one in high school, loved it.
1984.
Animal Farm.
This post was edited on 9/16/16 at 5:54 pm
Posted on 9/16/16 at 6:01 pm to sms151t
Lord of the Flies should be required reading for eighth graders. Riveting.
Posted on 9/16/16 at 7:09 pm to Kentucker
I honestly can't remember what I read in middle school.
In high school we read a lot of Greek Tragedies & Shakespeare.
In high school we read a lot of Greek Tragedies & Shakespeare.
Posted on 9/16/16 at 7:54 pm to JRoweMDN
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Huckleberry Finn
Alas Babylon
Great Expectations
Three excellent books. I just gave my ten year old granddaughter The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Alas Babylon: required reading when I was in High School.
Great Expectations: Unforgettably good.
Posted on 9/16/16 at 7:56 pm to Tidemeister
Last of the Mohicans is great but these kids wouldn't get invested in it.
I'm thinking of having them watch the movie (older the better) after they read it to see if their emotions feelings meshed with screen portrayals.
I'm thinking of having them watch the movie (older the better) after they read it to see if their emotions feelings meshed with screen portrayals.
Posted on 9/16/16 at 7:59 pm to sms151t
Bleachers
The Princess Bride
Artemis Fowl
Fahrenheit 451
Animal Farm
Alas Babylon
Locked In Time
Pendragon
The Once And Future King
Robinson Crusoe
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hobbit
The Princess Bride
Artemis Fowl
Fahrenheit 451
Animal Farm
Alas Babylon
Locked In Time
Pendragon
The Once And Future King
Robinson Crusoe
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hobbit
Posted on 9/16/16 at 8:01 pm to sms151t
Just a few ideas...
A Walk in the Woods
The Last Season (The one about the back country ranger...not the one about football)
Born to Run
Into the Wild
A Walk in the Woods
The Last Season (The one about the back country ranger...not the one about football)
Born to Run
Into the Wild
Posted on 9/16/16 at 8:36 pm to sms151t
Junkie by William Burroughs; Pimp: The Story of My Life and Trick Baby: The Biography of a Con Man, both by Iceberg Slim.
I lobbied to invite Iceberg to lecture at our school, but the powers that be ... they shat their undies when I read them a passage from Pimp.
I fricking hated high school.
I lobbied to invite Iceberg to lecture at our school, but the powers that be ... they shat their undies when I read them a passage from Pimp.
I fricking hated high school.
Posted on 9/16/16 at 8:48 pm to sms151t
The Red Badge of Courage.
Posted on 9/16/16 at 9:55 pm to sms151t
My Side of the Mountain was a good one.
Posted on 9/16/16 at 11:36 pm to sms151t
The Eye, the Ear, and the Arm!
Posted on 9/16/16 at 11:49 pm to sms151t
Not "classic" as several other suggestions here, but I was a James Michener fanatic as a kid. "The Source", "Centennial", "The Covenant" I thought were all outstanding. Warning: Dude didn't think a story was worth writing if it didn't take 1000+ pages to tell it.
Posted on 9/17/16 at 6:04 am to sms151t
The Kite Runner was my favorite book from high school although I wouldn't recommend it to people who had been abused sexually
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