Do you know any good books that are at a 4th-5th grade reading level but still appeal to ppl older than that?

Question

or things that amazon.com says are for ages 9-12. i can't read at grade level cause i'm dyslexic, but i'm pretty smart otherwise so i get bored with books that are too simple. i really like harry potter, and i just finished reading holes, which i really liked.

Answer 1

Have you read anything by Cornelia Funke?
Inkheart and Inkspell in particular are great books.

Answer 2

Six Months to Live by Lurlene McDaniel
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Because of Wynn Dixie
The Great Brain
Shiloh
The Lion,the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Anne of Green Gables
The PInk Motel
A Long Way From Chicago
Elizabeth Gail series by Stahl
Babysitters Club series by Martin
Where the Red Fern Grows
Pollyanna
Helen Keller's teacher
Hail, Hail Camp Timberwood by Conford
Henry Reed Inc.
Blue Willow by Doris Gates
Caddie Woodlawn by Brink
Fifteen by Beverly Cleary
The SEcret Garden
The Little Princess

Answer 3

Holes and the Harry Potter books are some of my favorites too, and I am much older than 5th grade!

I am thinking of books... but I wanted to say this; first of all, congratulations on reading and challenging yourself. Both my boyfriend and his brother are dyslexic. It really humbles me when I see how much his brother (he's 13 now, I've known him for 3 yrs) struggles with what came to me so easily. reading is one of the greatest pleasures of my life and I can't imagine how tough it would have been for me growing up if the letters suddenly reversed themselves everytime I looked at them.

Another thing is that from the way you wrote your sentence and what you like it sounds like you are reading at a pretty average grade level to me. 7th graders get assigned holes and plenty of 9-10 yr olds find Harry Potter too long, or difficult to get through.

One more thing; it gets easier. My boyfriend and most other people I know who are dyslexic have had the symptoms recede when they become adults. He reads somewhat slowly, but he can read complex adult literature just fine, and he says he only has trouble now with reversing b's and d's.

there are so many good, thoughtful books written at that reading and age level. I love to read 9-12 age range books so I hardly know where to start. I second the vote for all the Narnia books. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin is twisty and complex aka Holes. I also like other books by Lois Sachar (Holes author) - especially "There's a boy in the girl's bathroom" and "Dogs don't tell jokes." Another author that I love to recommend is Lloyd Alexander, especially if you like Harry Potter type books. You can read all of the Prydain Chronicles (there are 5) and I also really like "The first two lives of Lukas-Kasha." (ask your librarian or teacher about others because he wrote a lot of books and some are better than others.)

I also just read a good book called "double dutch" by Sharon Draper, which is about a girl who is dyslexic, if you are interested.

Answer 4

Try James and the Giant Peach and Chronicles of Narnia.

The three books from EB White are good: Charlottes Web, The Trumpet of the Swan, and Stuart Little.

"Little Women", "The Secret Garden, and "The Little Princess" are good books too.

You can probably get through most Stephen King novels or the "Hitchiker's Guide" stories by Douglas Adams at that level. If you can get through Harry Potter, then you are probably reading better than you think.

If you liked holes, Louis Sachar wrote other books that are good, like "the Wayside Stories" and "There's a Boy in the Girls Bathroom"

I like to listen to books on audiobook that I want to read but then want to stab my eyeballs out with when I try. You don't have to buy them off Amazon either, you can go to your local library and get them there for free. Yay libraries!

Answer 5

Try certain authors instead of just individual books.

If you like horses, read Walter Farley. (Start with The Black Stallion.)

Anything by Marguerite Henry (Misty of Chincoteague.) There's
a series of books about pony penning day.

Laura Engles Wilder series (you know the tv series--
read the books written by Laura. They are about her
actual life as a pioneer.)

Anything by Sid Fleischman. Start with the book Jim Ugly.

Roald Dahl. Everything he writes is a hoot. Some of his books you're probably familar with: Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach.

C.S. Lewis: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Jean Craig George, My Side of the Mountain. (I loved this particularly.)

Books by Daniel Pinkwater. Check these out at the library
first; they are a range of grade levels. While they may have a simple premise, they always have deeper meaning. Here's a link of a bibliography with book summeries:

http://www.pinkwater.com/pzone/books/list.html

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Good luck and happy reading!!!

(oh...go to the library and ask the children's librarian to see the grade level reading lists. Various schools usually send their reading lists to the libraries, so that is another way of seeing what is out there.)

Answer 6

She may or may not level off. I went through the same thing with my daughter, who is now 19. She excelled well beyond her grade in reading since she was 5 as well. By the time she was in the third grade, she was reading and comprehending at a high school level. During grammar school things were fine. But once she hit middle school her advanced reading caused her problems. She felt no longer challenged and was bored. If a reading assignment was to read one paragraph for homework, she would read the entire book. Once she entered high school she ended up dropping out of school and got her GED. She is now in college and 2-3 years ahead of her friends the same age.

Answer 7

Try Maxium Ride by James Patterson is is really geared for 12-16 age but it is easier reading and you will love it! I am a mom and I read it! Maxium Ride is now a book series like the Harry Potter and if you can master that you can read this!

Answer 8

Rifles for Wattie. Chronicles of Narnia. Across Five Aprils. Where the Red Fern Grows.

And, since you are dyslexic, could you get books on tape for free? There's all sorts of top-notch literature out there. My suggestion? The Crossing, by Cormac McCarthy read by Brad Pitt. No joke. Check it out.

Answer 9

Two authors that I read when I was in 4th & 5th grade were Louise Fitzhugh (Harriet the Spy, Sport) and Ellen Raskin (The Mysterious Dissappearane of Leon, I Mean Noel and The Westing Game). As an adult, I have reread these authors and enjoyed them.

Answer 10

Try the Narnia Chronicles (7 books in all) by CS Lewis. I found this even better than Harry Potter.
Also, The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein.
Not sure, but what about authors Roald Dahl and Judy Blume? Are they too easy for you?

Answer 11

The Giver is a great book. Artemis Fowl is kinda similar to HP. A Series of Unfortunate Events. Daughters of the Moon.