Archive for the ‘Gifted’ Category
Monday, March 13th, 2006
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| Author: | Orson Scott Card |
| Reading Level (Conceptual): | Sophisticated readers |
| Reading Level (Vocabulary): | Children 12 and up |
| Genre: | Science fiction |
| Year of publication: | 1977 |
Story of a boy who is raised (some would say, manipulated) to use his gifts to save humanity, and the thanks he gets. Easy to read, but not appropriate for young readers. |
Caution: Lots of violence, some racial stereotyping.
The only answer to bullying, per Orson Scott Card, is to beat the ringleader to a pulp, if not worse.
(It might not sound like it, but we did enjoy this book, when we were not wincing...)
Other books for about ages 12 and up
Other books about/for gifted children |
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If you found this review helpful and/or interesting, consider supporting our book habit: Buy this book!: Ender's Game |
Posted in Conceptual: age 12 and up, Dealing with bullies, Fiction, Gifted, Reading level: age 8 and up, Science Fiction | 2 Comments »
Monday, March 13th, 2006
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| Author: | Dick King-Smith |
| Reading Level (Conceptual): | Children 8 and up |
| Reading Level (Vocabulary): | Children 8 and up |
| Genre: | fiction, magic |
| Year of publication: | 1983 |
Involving contemporary account of a girl who is granted seven! wishes, more or less. |
Don't you always wonder why the person who gets the wishes doesn't just wish for extra wishes as the FIRST wish? Yes, Robin William's genii did rule that out in his statement of pre-conditions as announced to Aladin, but most other wish-granters don't bother. |
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If you found this review helpful and/or interesting, consider supporting our book habit: Buy this book!: Queen's Nose |
Posted in Animals, Conceptual: 8 and up, Female protagonist, Fiction, Gifted, Reading level: age 8 and up | Comments Closed
Monday, March 13th, 2006
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| Author: | Kenneth Oppel |
| Reading Level (Conceptual): | Children 8 and up |
| Reading Level (Vocabulary): | Children 8 and up |
| Genre: | fiction |
| Year of publication: | 1997 |
A precocious bat and his adventures during a war between the bats and the birds. |
Kind of bleak and inconsistent -- the owls are allowed to kill birds but the bats aren't? But my 8 year old gets out of bed early on weekend mornings to keep on reading. |
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If you found this review helpful and/or interesting, consider supporting our book habit: Buy this book!: Silverwing |
Posted in Animals, Conceptual: 8 and up, Fiction, Gifted, Reading level: age 8 and up | Comments Closed
Monday, March 13th, 2006
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| Author: | Anne McCaffrey |
| Reading Level (Conceptual): | Children 12 and up |
| Reading Level (Vocabulary): | Children 8 and up |
| Genre: | fiction, dragons |
| Year of publication: | 1979 |
Menolly's friend Piemur (a boy) comes of age (confronts bullying and anti-intellectualism). |
Not as compelling as the previous two in the series, and Dragonsinger, and beware the love scene at around page 238. |
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If you found this review helpful and/or interesting, consider supporting our book habit: Buy this book!: Dragondrums |
Posted in Conceptual: age 12 and up, Dealing with bullies, Dragons and/or mythological beasts, Fiction, Gifted, Music, Reading level: age 12 and up, Science Fiction | Comments Closed
Monday, March 13th, 2006
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| Author: | Astrid Ericsson Lindgren |
| Illustrator: | Louis S. Glanzman |
| Reading Level (Conceptual): | Children 8 and up |
| Reading Level (Vocabulary): | Children 8 and up |
| Genre: | fiction |
| Year of publication: | 1950 |
My daughter was hooked the moment Pippi started explaining about how everyone in Egypt walks backwards all the time. |
Can't believe that my daughter was 9 years old before I remembered to remind her to read Pippi Longstocking. And then, she saw the cover and almost refused. So, cover the cover with its broadly comic, ugly picture of Pippi and just start them reading. |
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If you found this review helpful and/or interesting, consider supporting our book habit: Buy this book!: Pippi Longstocking |
Posted in Conceptual: 8 and up, Culture, Female protagonist, Fiction, Gifted, Homeschool, Reading level: age 8 and up | Comments Closed
Monday, March 13th, 2006
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| Author: | Richard Dawkins |
| Reading Level (Conceptual): | Sophisticated readers |
| Reading Level (Vocabulary): | Sophisticated readers |
| Genre: | Non-fiction: Science |
| Year of publication: | 1990 |
Richard Dawkins' take-no-prisoners-style riff on how evolution has made all of us. |
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If you found this review helpful and/or interesting, consider supporting our book habit: Buy this book!: Selfish Gene, The |
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Posted in Animals, Conceptual: age 12 and up, Conceptual: highly sophisticated, Culture, Dealing with bullies, Gifted, History, Reading level, Reading level: age 12 and up, Reading level: Sophisticated reader, Science | Comments Closed
