Archive for the ‘History’ Category
Friday, May 19th, 2006
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| Author: | Jane Austen |
| Reading Level (Conceptual): | Sophisticated readers |
| Reading Level (Vocabulary): | Sophisticated readers |
| Genre: | fiction, historical |
| Year of publication: | 1813 |
It is amazing how a book that was written nearly two centuries ago can ring so true to this day.
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It's an age-old story, obviously. A teenage girl is mortified by her family and lack of money and feels that they adversely affect her romantic prospects.
And, the young man she favors agrees.
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Posted in Conceptual: highly sophisticated, Culture, Female protagonist, Fiction, History, Reading level: Sophisticated reader | Comments Closed
Friday, May 19th, 2006
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| Author: | Sigrid Undset |
| Reading Level (Conceptual): | For grown-ups
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| Reading Level (Vocabulary): | For grown-ups
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| Genre: | fiction |
| Year of publication: | 1923 |
Undset won the Nobel Prize in literature for this work set in 14th century Norway.
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Involving for an adult reading it, but very difficult to read, perhaps because the translation is old. The theme of the book: struggling to avoid pre-marital sex is difficult, even among church-loving people. Fascinating, detailed depictions of life on the farms, and in villages, towns and convents of medieval Norway. |
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Posted in Conceptual: for grown ups, Conceptual: highly sophisticated, Culture, Death is a central theme, Female protagonist, Fiction, History, Reading level: Grown up | Comments Closed
Saturday, May 13th, 2006
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| Author: | Sue Monk Kidd |
| Reading Level (Conceptual): | Sophisticated readers |
| Reading Level (Vocabulary): | Sophisticated readers |
| Genre: | fiction |
| Year of publication: | 2003 |
Huckleberry Finn in the 1960s and with all girls and the Goddess. I would have liked to have felt more Joy but my friends tell me that the 14 year old narrator is still in shock from all that she's learned. Anyway, the bees and the Sisters June, May, & August make this book well worth reading.
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Posted in Animals, Conceptual: age 12 and up, Culture, Dealing with bullies, Dickensian, Female protagonist, Fiction, Gifted, History, Reading level: age 12 and up | 1 Comment »
Saturday, April 15th, 2006
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| Author: | Tracy Kidder |
| Reading Level (Conceptual): | Children 12 and up |
| Reading Level (Vocabulary): | Children 12 and up |
| Genre: | Non-fiction |
| Year of publication: | 1981 |
Kidder is a great non-fiction writer. This is a true story about how a company manipulated its most talented employees into creating a great computer, without regard to what the work environment would do to them or their families. |
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Posted in Biography, Computers in society, Conceptual: age 12 and up, Culture, Dealing with bullies, Gifted, History, Reading level: age 12 and up, Science | Comments Closed
Monday, April 3rd, 2006
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| Author: | Cristina Bjork |
| Illustrator: | Lena Anderson |
| Reading Level (Conceptual): | Children 8 and up |
| Reading Level (Vocabulary): | Children 8 and up |
| Genre: | fiction, historical/art |
| Year of publication: | 1987 |
Young girl visits the places Monet lived and learns about how he translated his life into his paintings. |
(This is technically fiction, but the fiction provides lots of information about Monet and about how an artist lives and works.) |
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Posted in Biography, Conceptual: 8 and up, Culture, Female protagonist, Fiction, Gifted, History, Reading level: age 8 and up | Comments Closed
Saturday, April 1st, 2006
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| Author: | John Galsworthy |
| Reading Level (Conceptual): | Sophisticated readers |
| Reading Level (Vocabulary): | Sophisticated readers |
| Genre: | fiction, historical |
| Year of publication: | 1918 |
Makes the case for either marriage for love or marriage for convenience, but that it's necessary to decide up front which it's going to be. Still relevant after all these years.
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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
