Good books as in not just for entertainment, like those weird girl journal books, or the clique etc. Books that don't neccesarily need to be very educational, nor by Shakespeare, or Dickens etc. but, you know, just good, classic, books.
2007-01-02 01:45:01 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I would definitely recommend Gone With The Wind. I read it at that age and absolutely loved it. I also loved practically everything by L.M. Montgomery. She is best known for her Anne of Green Gables series, but she wrote many other books as well. It sounds like you're looking for books that have some substance. But you don't have to turn just to classics. There are some great YA books that go a little bit deeper than the clique that you might enjoy. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson was great. The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen. Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman.
2007-01-02 03:48:32 · answer #1 · answered by laney_po 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try all of the "Little House" series. They are fictionalzed accounts of the childhood of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Each book was written for the age group that Laura was during the book. So, for example, the first book, "Little House in the Big Woods" is written for 5 and 6 year olds. But the whole series is worth reading.
2007-01-02 07:33:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll throw out a few suggestions for different kinds of books you may like.
Animals:
White Fang
Call of the Wild : Both by Jack London
Julie of the Wolves : Sorry, forgot the author
Fantasy:
Inkheart : By Cordelia Funke
Prophacy of the Stones: Flavia Bujor (I liked this one because it was wrote by a fourteen year old)
Maybe look into a series or two. Despite my utter hate of cats I quite liked the Warriors series by Hunter. Or Faerie Wars by Brennan.
Heh, sorry for giving out mostly fantasy titles. I admit to it being my favorite genre. School was always stressful so I loved just going to a whole new world every now and then.
2007-01-02 01:57:30 · answer #3 · answered by Brandy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know how old 7th grade is, but I loved all the narnia books when I was a kid. Also the Box of Delights, the Land of Green Ginger and The Talking Parcel. Oh yeah, and the Swallows and Amazons series as well.
2007-01-02 01:52:22 · answer #4 · answered by Alex 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My personal preferences during that age group, for entertainment only, where Judy Blume books! I loved them!! They were like a right of passage for me. I also loved the Sweet Valley High series. But Judy Blume books have some sentimenal messages in them. How to deal with differences in people, tragedy, teasing and the changing of your body. I still get a small twinge and want to touch them when I walk through the teen section of the book store. Loving them fondly. Ok, I am weird!! But, they were so special to me!! I hope your daughter or tween in your life loves them too!
2007-01-02 01:54:50 · answer #5 · answered by thelaundryfairy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have read some young adults books that were really good Heres what i would suggest you looke into:
Eragon and Eldest (two different books) by Christopher Paolini
Harry Potter by JK Rowling
The Artimis Fowl books by Eoin Colfer
Endymion Spring by Mathew Skelton
Ella Enchanted (it was later made into a movie) i forget the author
You can look the titles up on amazon.com to read their summaries and Amazon has search features that let you look for similar books, and they have suggested reading lists that might give you other ideas.
Good luck!
2007-01-02 02:20:10 · answer #6 · answered by Courtney C 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This isn't a classic, but I really liked a book called Peeling the Onion, by Wendy Orr. It's about a girl that gets into a car wreck and has to learn to walk again.
2007-01-02 01:57:37 · answer #7 · answered by hevs55 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Lovely Bones.
Or,
Speak (by Laurie Halse Anderson).
Both great for grad 7-8
2007-01-02 02:53:25 · answer #8 · answered by P-nuts and Hair-dos 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
witch child-celia rees. true story about moving to the new found land(america) and being a witch.
a series would be amelia atwater rhodes if you like scifi. start with the first book hawksong, then snakecharm, then i think falcondance. i don't remember the fourth really good series and not too thick of books. if you really love to read and enjoy big time fantasy scifi. check out laurell k hamilton..first book guilty pleasures. and doesn't matter what grade or how old you are. just read what's interesting. expand your imagination
2007-01-02 03:44:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try nancy drew. Novels by Jeffery Archer like As the crow flies. The book Little Women is very nice suitable for all ages.
2007-01-02 02:25:13 · answer #10 · answered by butterfly_asd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋