Ninth grade reading??

Question

Can someone please tell me what would be a good book for a ninth grader to read? I don't want it to be too easy of a book.

Thank you for your time.

Answer 1

Into Thin Air by Jon Kakuer. (I think that's how you spell his last name) It was really good book and a true story about the Mt.Everest disaster in 1996. It's a 10th grade book so it shouldn't be easy. I'm sure you'll like it.

Answer 2

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Answer 3

Many of the classics are classics for a reason. The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins is good, as is anything by Jane Austen. Also, if you haven't read The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum or Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, these are a must (do not think you know the story just because you've seen the movie-the books are much better).

Answer 4

How about getting a head start on what you are going to be reading in High School....that way you can impress everyone with your vast knowledge :)

Lets see, Romeo and Juliette and Hamlet are two Shakespeare plays you will be reading. Then there is Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and you will also be studying about poetry so I suggest buying a book with random famous poems in it (think Poe, Frost and so forth..)

You will also more than likely be reading Beowulf and the Canterbury Tales (I like them allot). Oh, and another play that is very interesting but I can't think of the name of it for some reason.....it is about the witch trials. Well, when ever I think of it I'll get back to you.

Good luck!

Answer 5

Gee, they like to throw classics at you. For a good involving read, pick up books by Anne McCaffrey, Marion Zimmer Bradley, early Andre Norton (before 1976), and Lee Correy.

Those are all science fiction. They get you to thinking about new places and new predicaments.

Individual historical books that are excellent include:

The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey.
The Unwilling Vestal by White (available at Project Gutenberg)
Two Years in the Forbidden City by Princess Der Ling (Gutenberg)

Daughter of Time is a police detective's attempt to solve 2 400 year old murders. It's interesting and filled with facts. The Mystery Writers of America voted it #6 on the list of 100 Best Mysteries of All Time.

The Unwilling Vestal is about a ten year old girl who is drafted (yes, drafted) to become one of the famed Vestal Virgins of Rome. Tells you all about the Vestal Virgins without boring you.

Two Years in the Forbidden City is a first hand account of a Chinese noblewoman who served in the court of the Dowager Empress of China. Der Ling was educated in France and, even though she fulfilled her obligations to family and country, she was more than pleased to leave it. She married an American and wrote this account and one other book. Watch the movie "The Last Emperor" to find out what happened after. The Dowager Empress had the power, not the Emperor. Rumor has it that she had him killed in order to put her three-year-old great grandson on the throne. He was the baby in "The Last Emperor."

Answer 6

Harry Potter. The Belgariad by David Eddings has just been reprinted for younger readers. this is an amazing series. It is composed of Pawn of Prophesy, Queen of Sorcery, Magicians Gambit, Castle of wizardry and Enchanters End Game. I would also reccommend The Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan. As you can probibly guess these are all fantasy novels which truelly take you into another world. Happy Reading.
Amy
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Answer 7

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Watership Down by Richard Adams
King Rat by James Clavell
Jonathon Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach

Answer 8

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

Trust Me, every ninth grader will love it! i have to read it in ninth grade and i remember sitting with friends who hated reading everything else like Catcher in the Rye or To Kill... but this one we all talked about even after we had moved on in class.

it's a fantastic, but really simple style, coming of age book.

Answer 9

I love a trilogy by Scott Westerfeld. It's a futuristic adventure series. The books are Uglies, Pretties, and Specials. The first two are great. I haven't read the last one yet because I'm too cheap to buy it hardcover. They're books meant for teens, so they're not super easy books.

Answer 10

Not sure what "ninth grade" means, but assume it's for teenagers.

Read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, but only after you've watched the 2005 film of the book, starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfayden. The film will make you weep, the book will make you understand why. It is so beautiful.