What book should I read for school? (9th grade)?

Question

I'm in ninth grade, and I need a book by October 24...

- It has to be 250 pages long, or more.
- It must be "PG Rated" or below.
- I don't want to read a romance novel.
- Our teacher suggested that we should read a fictional novel.
- I like comedy, some fantasy, friendship, adventure, and I'm open to other types of books, as long as they're not difficult to read.
- I don't want the book to be really long like a harry potter book.

I CAN ONLY READ THE BOOK IF IT HAS NOT BEEN MADE INTO A MOVIE.

I forgot to say that, sorry.

I CAN ONLY READ THE BOOK IF IT HAS NOT BEEN MADE INTO A MOVIE.

I forgot to say that, sorry.
And I've read To Kill A Mockingbird.

Astrid W, our teacher just said it had to be PG or less, lol.

Answer 1

The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn. It's a classic but also short, entertaining and a good, light read. You'll like it, I promise.

Answer 2

SO many great answers here. If you are looking for something that will draw you in, captivate you, keep you turning the pages...and not too long. Read The Golden Compass. It has been made into a movie, but won't be released until DEC. It's wonderful! Adventure, fantasy, friendship, and more. You'll want to read everything Phillip Pullman has written.

Other greats by him, short and sweet- NOT made into a movie... mysteries, but not hard to read... any one of the Sally Lockhart series...

This is from www.phillippullman.com: The Sally Lockhart quartet
Historical thrillers, that's what these books are. Old-fashioned Victorian blood-and-thunder. Actually, I wrote each one with a genuine cliché of melodrama right at the heart of it, on purpose: the priceless jewel with a curse on it – the madman with a weapon that could destroy the world – the situation of being trapped in a cellar with the water rising – the little illiterate servant girl from the slums of London who becomes a princess … And I set the stories up so that each of those stock situations, when they arose, would do so naturally and with the most convincing realism I could manage.

There are many more such hackneyed situations awaiting my attention.

Answer 3

My favorite books that I read in your grade where:

Also, what the hell with the PG books? Great literature is not based on a rating. Ratings are subjective.

Flowers for Algernon-Daniel Keyes
Of Mice & Men by John Steinbeck (great friendship novel)
A Brave New World -Alodus Huxley
Great Expectations-Charles Dickens
Cry, The Beloved Country-Alan Paton
The Diary of Ann Frank-Ann Frank (probably rated R by your teacher)
The Great Gatsby-F. Scott Fitzgerald
David Copperfield-Charles Dickens

All of these are classics.

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Try reading: Eveything that Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Conner, Atlas Shrugged-Ayn Rand, Anything Earnest Hemingway and The Optimists Daughter by Eudora Welty or my fave...I know why the cages bird sing by Maya Angelou or Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

Answer 4

Have you read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'engle ?
It has 256 pages. I think I read it when I was in the 8th grade. Really good book I loved it. And I would even read it again and I have been out of school alot of years. It's NOT a romance. It's fictional and it has adventure and friendship. It's a really good book. Or you could always read the classic Charollett's Web. I can't believe your teacher didn't give you a list to choose from!! Good Luck!!

Was this book made into a movie?? I didn't know that it was.

Answer 5

You could start with Stephen Conrad's The Red Badge of Courage, Willa Cather's My Antonia and Death Comes for the Archbishop, Richard Adams' Watership Down, Charles Dickens' Great Expectations and David Copperfield, Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey, Golding's Lord of the Flies, Carson McCullers' The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Thoreau's Walden and Civil Disobedience, any/all of Emerson's essays, any of Walt Whitman's poetry, and Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five (my personal favorite book) and Galapagos. In my opinion DON'T read To Kill a Mockingbird. I just personally thought it was awful and shallow. Hope that helps! Have a great freshman year!

Answer 6

A Room of My Own by Ann Tatlock
Julie by Catherine Marshall
No Promises in the Wind by Irene Hunt
Dreaming Water by Gail Tsukiyama

Answer 7

Ender's Game is a GREAT book. Written by Orson Scott Card, a novel about a young boy named Ender called a "third" child. The world is in tremendous danger as the enemy of humans, "bugs" are poised to destroy the world. How does ender get involved in the fate of the world, read it and find out!!
This book is 324 pages and is an awesome read :)

Answer 8

A TIME TO KILL by John Grisham is a great book!
However, it is about 400 to 500 pages long.
It is worth the read though. I read it in 2 days.
Once I began reading it, I couldn't put it down.

Answer 9

The Grapes of Wrath is an excellent read. So is To Kill a Mockingbird.

Answer 10

The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
His Dark Material by Phillip Pullman
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