2006-08-16 16:26:41 · 9 answers · asked by one 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
I'm looking for more thought provoking type books..
Thanks a lot for helping me =D
2006-08-16 16:40:51 · update #1
My daughter loves to read, and these are a few of her favorite books. She was 13-18 years old when she read them.
To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Animal Farm by George Orwell
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
2006-08-16 22:35:50 · answer #1 · answered by Laurie V 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure exactly what you're into, but I'm 17 and I love:
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
You Don't Know Me by David Klass
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Like the Red Panda by Andrea Seigel
Any Sarah Dessen book
It's Kind of A Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
and a real vocab builder/Nobel Prize winner:
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
2006-08-16 16:33:12 · answer #2 · answered by Becky 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I suggest you do a Yahoo! or Google search for "book lists". You'll find several under different categories - classics, mysteries, sci-fi,...
Our library has a great list and my 6th grader is working his way through it, one book at a time. He finishes one, then picks the next.
Below is the link to their timeless classics list, but there are at least 50 other lists, just on their site. I'm sure the NY Public Library will have some, too. I've also seen books with booklists.
Find a list you like and then let your child start picking.
2006-08-17 01:57:04 · answer #3 · answered by homeschoolmom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
All are thought-provoking and could generate reflection, good dialogue, and debate. I read these when I was in highschool, so they are at the right level as well.
Good luck!
2006-08-16 18:06:32 · answer #4 · answered by sweet_leaf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
It Happened to Nancy
The Killer's Cousin
What Child is This (by Caroline Cooney)
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Stephen King's novels
The Child Called It series
2006-08-16 16:45:01 · answer #5 · answered by TeacherLady 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer, Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, Dreamhunter by Elizabeth Knox, All-American Girl by Meg Cabot, anything by Mary Higgins Clark, The Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket (but this series is really easy to read and it's really short... only takes an hour to read one of the books in the series), Lord of the Rings series by Tolkien, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants...
2006-08-16 16:32:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
well, it depends what they like and what types of books they like to read. You could look up some good stuff on Barnes & Noble's...or maybe Target/Walmart type of stores...
2006-08-16 16:33:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
choose any Plato's book. it´s much easier than you think it is!!!
I mean the original text not an analysis on it.
2006-08-17 00:34:56 · answer #8 · answered by ihato 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
any book by jack london, tolken,
gabriel garcia marquez.
2006-08-16 16:30:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋