Archive for April, 2006
Saturday, April 1st, 2006
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| Author: | C. S. Lewis |
| Reading Level (Conceptual): | Sophisticated readers |
| Reading Level (Vocabulary): | Sophisticated readers |
| Genre: | fiction, myths |
| Year of publication: | 1956 |
The legend of Cupid and Psyche is revisited in this beautiful but extremely sad consideration of the necessarily stressful interactions between humanity and its deities.
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Posted in Conceptual: highly sophisticated, Culture, Dragons and/or mythological beasts, Fairy tales, Female protagonist, Fiction, History, Reading level: age 12 and up | Comments Closed
Saturday, April 1st, 2006
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| Author: | Lauren Belfer |
| Reading Level (Conceptual): | Sophisticated readers |
| Reading Level (Vocabulary): | Sophisticated readers |
| Genre: | fiction, historical |
| Year of publication: | 1999 |
Kind of a Handmaid's Tale (without the explicit sex) that takes place in Buffalo, NY at the dawn of the 20th century.
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Posted in Conceptual: highly sophisticated, Culture, Dealing with bullies, Dickensian, Female protagonist, Fiction, History, Reading level: Sophisticated reader | Comments Closed
Saturday, April 1st, 2006
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| Author: | John Irving |
| Reading Level (Conceptual): | Sophisticated readers |
| Reading Level (Vocabulary): | Sophisticated readers |
| Genre: | fiction, historical |
| Year of publication: | 1999 |
Complex, heavily plotted, John Irving disquisition on how official rules/laws and unwritten norms are unequally enforced based on gender, social status, and other factors. In other words, it's about the politics and the realities of Making Hard Choices. |
Unlike Jane Eyre and David Copperfield, orphans in The Cider House Rules are routinely well cared for and frequently give in to temptation (for good causes, of course). Irving bravely compares himself to these two, and to Dickens, and bravely proclaims the utility and necessity of lying (aka creation of fiction) in the face of unfair rules.
Once you finish reading The Cider House Rules, you will feel compelled to (re)read David Copperfield and Jane Eyre.
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Posted in Conceptual: for grown ups, Culture, Death is a central theme, Female protagonist, Fiction, Gifted, Reading level: Sophisticated reader | Comments Closed
Saturday, April 1st, 2006
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| Author: | Richard Feynman |
| Reading Level (Conceptual): | Sophisticated readers |
| Reading Level (Vocabulary): | Children 12 and up |
| Genre: | Non-fiction, autobiography |
| Year of publication: | 1985 |
First volume in inspiring autobiography of physicist (and all-around extremely intelligent and charming guy), Richard Feynman.
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Posted in Biography, Conceptual: age 12 and up, Death is a central theme, Gifted, History, Reading level: age 8 and up, Science | Comments Closed
