Touch Children (or, recommend books to kids)

[garcia1000]

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In other words, what would be your recommendation for the kid who doesn't yet enjoy reading, who says that all the books in the library suck?

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Illustrate with many pictures of Hermione as shown on the silver screen

[tyler_cracker]

The Phantom Tollbooth - i read it as a (smart) middle schooler, so it might be a little young for some kids. however, an entertaining story about a young protagonist struggling to understand a very strange universe. there is a lot of miscommunication (coming at the theme of communication from the backside, if you will, mr. naked).

Tom Sawyer - more comical/adventure story than _huck finn_, but serves as a nice intro for reading that book later on (i encountered it 3 different times during my highschool and college career).

To Kill a Mockingbird - read this for an English class in 9th grade. i'm sure it's pretty standard curriculum for this level, but it hits on a lot of your themes, is very readable, and has a great film version with Gregory Peck. also, the protagonist is a cool, strong girl, which should help draw in female readers.

[21times20]

wow for some reason all night i thought the title of this thread was tough children, it didn't really make any sense to me, but at least it wasn't as disturbing as a guy calling himself MikeNaked asking for advice on touching children

[Fonkey123]

Watership Down is my favorite book of all time

[dlk9s]

I was actually going to recommend Phantom Tollbooth until I realized this was for high schoolers.

I really liked Black Boy when I read it in high school.

[marchron]

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wow for some reason all night i thought the title of this thread was tough children, it didn't really make any sense to me, but at least it wasn't as disturbing as a guy calling himself MikeNaked asking for advice on touching children

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I can't believe all someone named "MikeNaked" can start a thread with "Touch Children" in OOT, and all the replies have been serious.

Talk about getting levelled.

[Kimbell175113]

WE ALL GOT IT, THAT'S WHY HE PUT THE PARENTHETICAL IN THE THREAD TITLE

[mbillie1]

It's kind of a tough read (I guess?) for 9th or 10th grade, but Kafka - The Trial would be my pick

[mrkilla]

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Touch Children (or, recommend books to kids)

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