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Post by freecharlie on Jul 26, 2025 0:45:22 GMT
I am at a fortunate time in my career abd district where I can't think of anything I need and I partially have the Peas to thank for that.
One of my memories on Facebook for today was a picture from years past of the items that you all have gifted, so again thank you.
The post did bring an idea to mind as it contained quite a few books.
If there is a book or books that you think should be in my high school classroom library, I'd love to know about it. I try to keep up, but it's not easy.
Most of my kids have learning disabilities and don't like reading, so when I cam get them into a good book it is awesome.
So drop a book you think I should add to my classroom library.
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Post by Linda on Jul 26, 2025 1:19:47 GMT
What grade/age are your students? And what reading level?
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 26, 2025 19:18:46 GMT
So sorry
I teach high school. They mainly are 4th grade × in reading, but can muddle through most young adult books and even adult as long as they aren't too academic
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Post by flanz on Jul 26, 2025 19:43:00 GMT
Great idea.
Can you tell us some titles you already have and find appropriate?
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Post by pinkgreen on Jul 26, 2025 23:43:33 GMT
Do you have any of the books from the WhoHQ series?
Who Was/Who Is?
What Was/Is?
Where Was/Is?
They’re about 100ish pages long. Usually my students will read one and then go on to read more. They’re great for reluctant readers. My upper elementary readers like them, but they don’t look babyish.
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Post by mom on Jul 27, 2025 1:29:55 GMT
Harry Potter.
Wrinkle In Time
Charlottes Web
Percy Jackson
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Post by sweetpeasmom on Jul 27, 2025 3:04:31 GMT
When my son was in 3rd & 4th grade, he couldn't get enough of the Warriors series. It's a 6 book series about cats. I would say the reading level is a little bit higher than 4th grade.
My daughter and I read the first several in the Land of Stories series by Chris Colfer. It's a take on where fairy tales come from.
I remember liking Paper Towns by John Green.
One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus
Hunger Games series
Twilight series
Maze Runner series
My daughter started reading the Shatter Me series a few years back. She's 21 but I would say high schoolers would like it.
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Post by flanz on Jul 27, 2025 3:23:34 GMT
The Dear America historical fiction series for grades 3-9 is great. Written in the form of diaries by a young person.
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Post by snugglebutter on Jul 27, 2025 3:27:58 GMT
What about graphic novels? There are a number of graphic novel versions of classic books. My kids really like the Nathan Hale history books.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jul 27, 2025 21:16:55 GMT
I’ll second the Warriors series, but know that there are dozens of books in that series now. My kid read every single one. Some other similar series my kid really liked around that same level were Guardians of Ga’Hoole and Wolves of the Beyond by Kathryn Lasky. She also liked a lot of the books by Gordon Korman, all the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, many of the books by Kate DiCamillo and Katherine Applegate. She hasn’t been reading as much for pleasure since starting high school because she’s had a lot more assigned reading, but she has read all of the Twilight books a few times each.
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 28, 2025 3:09:27 GMT
When my son was in 3rd & 4th grade, he couldn't get enough of the Warriors series. It's a 6 book series about cats. I would say the reading level is a little bit higher than 4th grade. My daughter and I read the first several in the Land of Stories series by Chris Colfer. It's a take on where fairy tales come from. I remember liking Paper Towns by John Green. One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus Hunger Games series Twilight series Maze Runner series My daughter started reading the Shatter Me series a few years back. She's 21 but I would say high schoolers would like it. shatter me may be a great idea |
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 28, 2025 3:10:36 GMT
What about graphic novels? There are a number of graphic novel versions of classic books. My kids really like the Nathan Hale history books. Graphic novels are awesome. These kids have read classics as well as some contemporary books with graphic novels and it is great |
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Post by MerryMom on Jul 28, 2025 22:54:51 GMT
Books by Margaret Peterson Haddix were popular. She wrote the Shadow Children and The Missing series.
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Post by melanell on Jul 29, 2025 0:40:26 GMT
Books by Margaret Peterson Haddix were popular. She wrote the Shadow Children and The Missing series. I was going to suggest Margaret Peterson Haddix as well.  She also has several stand alone books in a variety of subjects, and she has a new series out now, I think, too. And one of my kids loved all of Gordon Korman's books, too. They also loved the kid books written by Carl Hiaasen -- Hoot, Flush, Scat, Chomp. (The author writes books for adults as well.) My eldest used to love to read/skim/browse though Guinness World Records books at that age. |
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Post by melanell on Jul 29, 2025 0:54:41 GMT
Some other favorites in our house at the 4th grade level were:
* The Bad Series by Pseudonymous Bosch (a favorite of my kids, but not me. For some reason I found them really tedious, LOL!)
* The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (These ones I liked as well.)
* Peter and the Starcatchers Series by Dave Barry: These were long, but my one son loved them.
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She also has several stand alone books in a variety of subjects, and she has a new series out now, I think, too.