[LM_NET] Hit: Book Titles needed for high ability 6th and 7th graders

[Dale Ledgerwood <ledger@CAPITAL.NET>]

Here is my original request:

 

A fifth grade teacher in my building is going to work with 6th and 7th grade gifted 
students next year in the Middle School.

Here is her request:

"I am looking for books for high ability 6th and 7th graders.  I would love to use 
some contemporary authors and some more classical ones too. I would probably be 
using it for examining symbolism as well as how the author's time period effected 
what was written.  I know that 6th grade social studies is going to be focusing on 
the Eastern Hemisphere- so ties to Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia would probably 
be done at some time as well.  I have heard them talk specifically about Asia-- 
it's being written this summer."

                        

These are the replies:

 

1)   I suggest including a book by Pearl Buck

 

2)  You might try these: 



Laurence Yep, Dragon's Gate

Ji-li Jiang, Red Scarf Girl

Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

Madeleine L'Engle, A Swiftly Tilting Planet

Tanith Lee, Claidi series

Joseph Bruchac, Code Talker 

Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins

Bryce Courtenay, The Power of One

 

3)       Have you looked at the ALA YASLA award winners?  I always use them, and 
think that they are wonderful.  I have copied the awards that are listed on the 
site -- go to 
www.ala.org, and then to the YASLA site.  I have found a wealth of good 
books, great resources, and a wide variety of reads.  Right now, I am 
reading all of the Margaret A Edwards Award winners for the past few years. 
The Edwards award is for a collection of work by one author.

 

Alex Awards
        Best Books for Young Adults
        Great Graphic Novels for Teens
        Margaret A. Edwards Award
        Printz, Michael L. Award
        Outstanding Books for the College Bound
        Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
        Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

 



Thanks for your suggestions.



Dale Ledgerwood

Librarian

Canandaigua Elementary School

Canandaigua, NY 14424

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