| Read to a Thirteen Year Old Keep reading for as long as you can. |
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| Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt “Uh oh.” |
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| The Vacation by Polly Horvath “A children’s book with adult humor.” |
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| The Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady by L. A. Meyer “Skirts the edge … but never goes over.” This is not true of books one and three of the Bloody Jack series. |
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| Read to a Twelve Year Old Don’t stop. |
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| The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt “Chrysanthemum.” |
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| To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee “We like the chapter about reading aloud best. Note: For a while, we thought it might have been better if the child was a little older to better understand the tough subjects in this book. But we’re pleased we made it through. We just might reread this one every year for a few years. What would Atticus do?” |
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| So B. It by Sarah Weeks “Bought this one by mistake. Search it out.” |
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| Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry “Which blue thing are they talking about?” |
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| Read to an Eleven Year Old Even an eleven year old can be captivated by a read aloud story. Many of these deal with complex issues. |
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| Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements “See.” |
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| The Giver by Lois Lowry “Give back.” |
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| Good Night Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian “Good night Dad.” |
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| Tangerine by Edward Bloor “This is a tough story.” |
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| Read to a Ten Year Old Yes, you can still read to a ten year old. If you never have … try it … Now. |
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| Ida B by Katherine Hannigan “It’s tough to say ‘I’m sorry.’” |
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| Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech “A journey.” |
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| The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Alton Raible (Illustrator) “Do you pick your friends, or do they pick you?” |
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| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain “A great story from the past.” Caution: Tough to read aloud … don’t read it first. |
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| Circle of Doom by Tim Kennemore “Magic potions. But who’s in charge?” |
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| Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi The 2003 Newbery Winner. “Evokes an era.” |
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| Number the Stars by Lois Lowry “A story of friendship.” |
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| A Week in the Woods by Andrew Clements “Our school actually has these weeks.” |
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| Read to a Nine Year Old Many of these titles will spark interesting conversations. |
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| The Young Man and the Sea by Rodman Philbrick “The best part about this book is all the stuff they left out. It isn’t needed.” |
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| The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E. L. Konigsburg “Another one of those books that just sounds good while reading aloud.” |
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| Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath “Make the recipes … the potatoes are truly the best.” |
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| Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan A 2003 Newbery Honor Book. “Who do you want to be?” |
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| The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi “To see.” |
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| Maniac McGee by Jerry Spinelli “We have rules against much of that behavior in our home.” |
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| Regarding the Fountain by Kate Klise “Tough to read aloud, but worth it.” |
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| Hatchet by Gary Paulsen “Survive.” |
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| A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears by Jules Feiffer “A tall tale.” |
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| Loser by Jerry Spinelli “It sounds good when reading it aloud.” |
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| Oh, The Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss “Read it the night before the big competition … or give it as a college graduation gift.” |
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| There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom by Louis Sachar (one for Banned Book Week) “The animals talk.” |
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| Wringer by Jerry Spinelli “Read it just before the tenth birthday.” |
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| Read to an 8 Year Old There is no reason to stop reading to them when they are old enough to read on their own. Besides, you’d miss some really great books. |
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| The Landry News by Andrew Clements “The truth can hurt.” |
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| A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck “Go grandma.” |
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| Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo “Quite the party.” |
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| The Man in the Ceiling by Jules Feiffer “One of our favorites.” |
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| Mean Margaret by Tor Seidler, Jon Agee (Illustrator) “Sometimes it’s hard to love.” |
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| Harry Potter Book and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling “Amazon sent it FedEx to arrive on the release date.” |
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| Love that Dog by Sharon Creech “Poetry. Very sad. Very good.” |
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| The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg “The same story … over and over… good over tea.” |
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| Harry Potter Book and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling “Long … but good enough to read ahead.” |
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| The School Story by Andrew Clements “A how-to for publishing.” |
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| Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary “Is anyone listening?” |
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| The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson “We read it in June. But Christmas works, too.” |
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