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YellowTerrace@... writes:


> Hi,
>
> I have a dd who is intensely into Harry Potter, and I understand that
> there are all kinds of literature from various countries woven throughout
> the Harry Potter books. Some are Norse legends. So, I was curious what
> your children are reading. My daughter is 9, and I'm looking for content
> that would be appropriate for a 9yo's sensibilities although lately she
> seems to be able to handle scary stuff, which most of history seems to
> be.
>
> Thanks, Ruth
>

Some of the Newberry Award winning authors are just incredible -- true
literature. E.L. Konigsberg (Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,
Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver, View From Saturday, etc.) and whoever wrote
Ella Enchanted come to mind. We read Louis Sacher's Holes out loud when dd was
nine or ten, and she loved it. (The movie is good, too, but the book really
is great on its own.) Also the Westing Game by Ellen Raskin is a smart, complex
but delightfully challenging and age-appropriate mystery we all enjoyed
figuring out together immensely. She also wrote the Egypt Game and some others very
popular with young female booklovers .

But watch out for the type of Newberry medal winner that is
politically correct these days. Many are rugged fare for ANY age (I won't read them!) --
urban nightmares about gangs and abuse and drug addiction, torturing animals,
suicide and despair.


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J. Stauffer

<<< But watch out for the type of Newberry medal winner that is
> politically correct these days. Many are rugged fare for ANY age (I won't
read them!) --
> urban nightmares about gangs and abuse and drug addiction, torturing
animals,
> suicide and despair>>>>


This is politically correct????

Julie S.
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From: <jrossedd@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Real Books Unschoolers Can Love was:
Harry Potter


> YellowTerrace@... writes:
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a dd who is intensely into Harry Potter, and I understand that
> > there are all kinds of literature from various countries woven
throughout
> > the Harry Potter books. Some are Norse legends. So, I was curious what
> > your children are reading. My daughter is 9, and I'm looking for
content
> > that would be appropriate for a 9yo's sensibilities although lately she
> > seems to be able to handle scary stuff, which most of history seems to
> > be.
> >
> > Thanks, Ruth
> >
>
> Some of the Newberry Award winning authors are just incredible --
true
> literature. E.L. Konigsberg (Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,
> Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver, View From Saturday, etc.) and whoever
wrote
> Ella Enchanted come to mind. We read Louis Sacher's Holes out loud when dd
was
> nine or ten, and she loved it. (The movie is good, too, but the book
really
> is great on its own.) Also the Westing Game by Ellen Raskin is a smart,
complex
> but delightfully challenging and age-appropriate mystery we all enjoyed
> figuring out together immensely. She also wrote the Egypt Game and some
others very
> popular with young female booklovers .
>
> .
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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