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Wonder. I like that! 😊

Adventure. I’m down for that!

You guys are AWESOME for doing this! Here are some recommendations from my son: 1.) El Deafo 2.) White Bird 3.) The Christmas Pig 4.) MOO 5.) This Was Our Pact 6.) Fish in a Tree

Have you read The Vanderbeekers of 141st street by karina yan glaser. its a great book

I got create.

Let me know which word you got or what word you will be using in your homeschool this year!

Thanks for sharing. I’ve been so curious about using this for some of my children. I’ll definitely look into it more.

I love the diversity in your family!❤

How you would homeschool high school or middle school?

Wow! All of this is so helpful! I’m excited to look for these books! And all of this is about math! Love this!

Thanks for these recommendations, must check them out if can get them here in Ireland.

I love Reikas recommendations. My channel has more ideas for younger readers.

I'm looking for books for my 10 year old who reads at an 11th grade level. It's so very hard to meet her reading level and give her something worthy of her ability...without it being far too mature. Can anyone advise me?

Learn Math Fast! It’s a game changer. It’s to the point and short lessons are easy for kids to understand. Our lesson time went from 1-3 hour math to 20-30 minute math in 7th grade!!!

I have Understood Betsy’s on my shelf, it has a different cover though, it has a fall tree and two girls.

I love that he seems to enjoy sharing. I don't know if you include books with faith in it but I have found Frank Peretti has a good series, The Cooper kids adventures. The Wingfeather Saga is funny and adventurous too!

WHAT BOOKS ARE BEHIND YOU

We need Reika to talk about her book recommendations/favorites

SUPER

Would love opinions on Toby's Tale by Jennifer Freedman. I'm not sure if its aimed towards 9th grade but it might still be worth a shot?

Has your daughter read " The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" , " The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate " and the Calpurnia Tate Girl vet series ? They are very good . I recommand " The Neverending story " and "Momo " by Michael Ende , " The dollmaker of Krakow" by R. M Romero , " The bookshop of Dust and Dreams" by Mindy Thompson .

I recommand " Number the stars " by Lois Lowry , " On the Blue Comet" by Rosemary Wells , " Kenzuke's kingdom " by Michael Morpurgo , " Waiting for Anya" by Michael Morpurgo , " Flamingo boy " by Michael Morpurgo .

She looks so much like her mom❤

*giggling as I was a at 7th grade reading level in 3rd grade*

❤🎉🤩🥰😍😄😁

Sixth grader you say? Fantasy fan? Restless reader? Hmmm...

You’ve picked some great books! You might consider pre-reading the No Fear Shakespeare modern retelling. A lot of Shakespeare has innuendo that goes over kids heads, but the modern retelling spells it all out. Also, check out the Shakespeare Arkangel audiobooks - I’m listening to them with my 10th grader this year, while following along in the book (Folger Shakespeare edition). Salt to the Sea was one of my favorite summer reads this year. 😊

I am seriously debating doing this with my daughter who hates math. We are struggling so hard through Saxon 8/7 and she's going into 9th grade. Is your 8th grader just doing 1 lesson/day?

Can you share what you use to listen to audio books? Which gadget and which app?

I have gotten so many great recommendations for my early readers after watching these videos. Thank you!

4:50 from Paddington was my first Agatha Christie and therefore also my favorite. It was wonderful 😊

I just recently found out there are TWO more books after When Hitler Stole the Pink Rabbit! I can’t wait to read them!

My girls also will not pick up What Katy Did though I've suggested several times. Every Woman Theologian is on my desk currently! My 9th grader is very into mysteries and historical fictions, but she doesn't like murder mystery. Any suggestions? I have StoryGirl on her list for this year and she's reading her first Austen novel for her historical fiction, she also is reading lots of biographies- our family book weakness. ;)

Thank you both for the great recommendations!

I'm revisiting these old ones to make a list for my son!

I loved this! Thank you for sharing. We just printed Level 3 of theirs for Dani (9). That's basically South Africa's Gr 4 (if not 5 and 6, considering the shoddy school standards here these days). It is SO much colour! But with shipping fees here, getting the printed versions really isn't worth it. So we just print and bind. I still need to make a reading list for him so I'm going to search through some of your old videos for age 9 and 10 books, you have some great recs!

The no fear book looks really cool!

Wormwood abbey is fantastic!

I wish my reading list in 9th grade had looked this fun! The Giver is another one I know is popular to assign around that age, if she hasn't already read it.

Like how you give her options vs just assigning. I have been doing a little more of that each year.

I, too, had to read Romeo & Juliette in 9th grade.

Great book list!

I read that Jen Wilkin book this year....soooo good!

I read Romeo and Juliet in grade 11. I didn’t read Shakespeare until grade 10 English - merchant of Venice

Love it! I was an avid reader at that age, and my mom was trying to widen my reading horizons. I think she’s going to love Christie - I loved Poirot first. She introduced me to classics like Jane Eyre and Dorian Grey. And I loved Janette Oke.

I got my teen boys Graphic Shakespeare this year but I'll check out No Fear that looks awesome. Salt to the Sea looks awesome!

i love agggtm, they both die at the end, one of us is lying and the folk of air series. Same age btw

My 6th grader is currently reading the Vanderbeekers series (she is on book 2), a "Dear America" book, Nancy Drew (I don't remember which one), Marie Antoinette (the Royal Diaries), a non-fiction on Marie Antoinette, and "Freedom Crossing". These are her Free Reads