Excluding any Magic books (Harry Potter etc...)
Please help me! I need to start reading for school and I need something to read!!!
2006-08-29 15:42:45 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
"Enders Game" by Orson Scott Card
"The Diamond Age" by Neal Stephenson
Aloha
2006-08-29 15:50:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not sure if you're reading for pleasure or to get a head start on the school year.
If for school you might search the web for lists of advanced reading for your grade. There are several websites with such recommendations. And you might even check the site for your own school or district. Perhaps there is a list already for the program you'll be starting.
My general recommendations based on what I found interesting at your grade level would include:
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
The many Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Horatio Hornblower stories by C.S. Forrester
Those are more "classic" and might be a little challenging in terms of dialect but are worth the effort.
On a different track:
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
They are Science Fiction and very readable.
2006-08-29 18:24:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never was good at reading for my 'age level'.
I can recommend books, but I don't know if you'll like them.
-'1984'
-'The Left Hand of Darkness' or any other books by Ursula K. LeGuin
-'Dragonriders of Pern' series
-'Siddartha' There are some other good books by Herman Hesse out there as well.
-'Good Earth' (or 'The Good Earth' I can't remember exactly).
-'Lord of the Flies'
I would also reccomend a lot of other dystopic/utopic novels. If nothin else you can go to the unabridged classics, which are much nicer to read than the abriged versions. If you haven't read it yet 'Where the Red Fern Grows' is a really good book, although it is extremly sad as well.
I hope this helps.
2006-08-29 17:05:15 · answer #3 · answered by kxaltli 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure if you are a girl or boy but try reading the Shadow Children series by Margaret Peterson Haddix, very good for a mature 7th grade reader, boy or girl. No magic. Also read The Tale of Despereaux, So B. It, Kira Kira, Surviving the Applewhites, Al Capone Does my Shirts, Fat Kid Rules the World, The Redwall series by Brian Jacques, gosh there are so many. If you email me at tbishop@deemack.org and tell me whether you are a boy or girl, I will send more. Happy reading!!!
2006-08-29 15:52:51 · answer #4 · answered by thrill88 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I concur with whoever suggested "The Giver," and I also recommend starting to read the classics of English and American literature: "Jane Eyre," Jane Austen, Shakespeare (the comedies, and read them aloud), Gulliver's Travels, Robinson Crusoe, Le Morte d'Arthur (by Thomas Malory, but get an edition with modernized spelling), Mark Twain, "Lord of the Flies," etc.
2006-08-29 22:37:42 · answer #5 · answered by maureen g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you like any of the classics like Of Mice and Men or Catcher in the Rye?
John Grisham books are not hard to read, if you like legal stories, his are very good.
When I was your age, I read all of Stephen King's books.
The Lord of the Rings are really good, better than the movies, but that is magic stuff.
2006-08-29 15:50:07 · answer #6 · answered by sistermoon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Separate Peace
To Kill a Mockingbird
Gone With The Wind
The Little Prince
The Great Gatsby
Mysteries (i.e., -Agatha Christie)
to name a few.... Happy reading.
2006-08-29 16:02:03 · answer #7 · answered by Rhonda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the genuine Confessions of Charlotte Doyle I had to study it in seventh grade and it grew to become into super suprisingly. This woman who's shipped off to u . s . of america has to holiday this boat for like a month and becames between the group ..i recognize sound boring inspite of the undeniable fact that it truly is no longer...may well be no longer uncomplicated to understand in the journey that your youthful... the a number of youngsters have been having a no longer uncomplicated time with it like it grew to become into Shakespear or something...yet i did no longer... although i did no longer have worry with Shakespear the two so i may well be and unusual duck Sorry if stuff is spelled incorrect i'm an undesirable speller and the stupid spell verify wasn't working *sigh*
2016-11-06 01:52:59 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catch-22 was a good one, albeit confusing. Also check out Fahrenheit 451, that was excellent.
2006-08-29 15:49:37 · answer #9 · answered by Joel 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
gone with the wind that was a funny book lol... gullivers travels by johnathan swift that was another funny book... forrest gump lol... there are a lot bu i forgot them all i didn't like the giver. it wasn't that great for a book a lot of ppl like.
2006-08-29 15:53:43 · answer #10 · answered by Shhhhh! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋