Adventure Novels for Older Children
Children between nine and twelve are a hard group to suggest books for. They are trapped in the middle of being young children and teens, … Read more
Children between nine and twelve are a hard group to suggest books for. They are trapped in the middle of being young children and teens, … Read more
Number The Stars is about a girl named Annemarie Johansen. Annemarie lives in city of Copenhagen, Denmark, and in September 1943, the third year since … Read more
You read “The Hunger Games”,”Catching Fire” and “Mockingjay.” You saw “The Hunger Games” movie–six times. Until Suzanne Collins writes another book or the “Catching Fire” … Read more
In The Giver, a novel by Lois Lowry, 12-year old Jonas lives in an alternate community where there is no pain, no grief, and no … Read more
Lois Lowry wrote “The Giver” in 1993, immediately winning the John Newberry Medal award for excellence in children’s literature. Her novel was banned in several … Read more
Helping students make connections between literature and life is sometimes difficult. This unit is designed to do just that Each activity has a way that … Read more
I’ve read and enjoyed every last one of these books when I was in elementary school. I even have several of them in my personal … Read more