Bunny Talks: Reading Resources (1)

Hey you guys!

For a few years now, I have wanted to get some parents together and share some of the resources we use to help keep our kids reading.  As a mom of two advanced readers, I really struggle finding my kids material that is both challenging AND entertaining.

This is a tour of one of the sites we have been using this year.  School has been in session less than a month, and we have already used it twice!

Using www.arbookfind.com, we selected :

 

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Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce

Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Date:   (June 7, 2010)
ISBN-10: 0316068683
ATOS Book Level:  5.3
Interest Level:
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
AR Points:  12.0
Word Count:  79263
Fiction: Family; Horror/Thriller-Werewolves; Mysteries-Supernatural;

Scarlett March lives to hunt the Fenris–the werewolves that took her eye when she was defending her sister Rosie from a brutal attack. Armed with a razor-sharp hatchet and blood-red cloak, Scarlett is an expert at luring and slaying the wolves. She’s determined to protect other young girls from a grisly death, and her raging heart will not rest until every single wolf is dead.

Rosie March once felt her bond with her sister was unbreakable. Owing Scarlett her life, Rosie hunts ferociously alongside her. But even as more girls’ bodies pile up in the city and the Fenris seem to be gaining power, Rosie dreams of a life beyond the wolves. She finds herself drawn to Silas, a young woodsman who is deadly with an ax and Scarlett’s only friend–but does loving him mean betraying her sister and all that they’ve worked for?

 

This book was 12 AR points, which is the minimum for the semester for her at school.  So, in ONE book, she has met her minimum for the entire semester!  It was her first YA genre book and not only did she complete the book, but she LOVED IT!

She loves those tiny Dear Dumb Diary books, but knowing her reading level is a 10.2 and those books are only 5.6 (1 AR point), as her Mom I feel like its time to really force her to move on up into some more challenging reads.  The problem I have been having for the last year is finding books for her that will challenge her – BUT that she is also interested in.  Most of the books in YA have “relationships” as the main plot point, and she is just not into “boys” yet.  She also doesn’t like anything remotely scary. 

I would love to get a dialogue/support-group/community of other parents, like me, who are looking to challenge our kids and yet still instill a LOVE of reading.  So if you have any questions, comments, or resources – feel free to share them below!

Thanks for reading!