Impactful Reads In Secondary Years
The Author: Lois Lowry
Genre: Fiction
Grades: 6-12
The Giver was read as a class my eighth grade year. I remember this being very challenging for me to grasp yet it peaked my interest. Everything was uniform and somewhat of a dreamlike situation. It was unfamiliar to any book I had read before. It seemed so futuristic, but not at the same time. It seemed also perfect, but not. I was torn between understanding if it were a utopian or dystopian world. Not that I knew how to describe that in the eighth grade. This would be a book that I would like to revisit for my unanswered questions. As well, for my future classroom. It was beyond it years when it was written and will be timeless and relevant as an interesting read for students today.
The Author: Lemony Snicket
Genre: Fiction, Mystery
Grades: 3-8
A Series of Unfortunate Events was an impactful adolescent chapter book for me. While other students picked it up in the fourth grade, I found myself becoming more interested in it in the sixth grade. My reading stamina posed as a challenge for me. It took me longer to read because I would set the book down after getting distracted. I would lose focus from not being motivated. I couldn't image the scenes as the author had written and clearly described them. But when I took a second look in the sixth grade and on, I grew to appreciate these books. I grew to enjoy the extension of the stories through a series.
The Author: Suzanne Collins
Genre: Science Fiction
Grades: 3-12
The Hunger Games trilogy was popularized my senior year of high school. This was the first time I had followed suit with my peers and read something that they had recommended. Before, I had never trusted their interests to match mine. Possibly because I was unaware of my own. With that to say, these books helped me identify my reading interests. I enjoy reading about dystopian worlds. I am fascinated by how out of this world opposite they are. I feel like they are a far escape from reality. I found myself becoming less and less distracted while reading these books. It had been so long since I had picked up any piece of literature for a leisure read that it came as a surprise at how quickly I finished the book and moved onto the next. It also helped that I had a reading goal to finish before the movie came out in theaters. I'm uncertain whether or not it is better to read the book before seeing the movie because I remember being very disappointed in the movie's depiction of the book. However, I suppose credit should be shed given that it was a dystopian world. My version and Collins' probably varies from the director.
Genre: Fiction, Mystery
Grades: 3-8
A Series of Unfortunate Events was an impactful adolescent chapter book for me. While other students picked it up in the fourth grade, I found myself becoming more interested in it in the sixth grade. My reading stamina posed as a challenge for me. It took me longer to read because I would set the book down after getting distracted. I would lose focus from not being motivated. I couldn't image the scenes as the author had written and clearly described them. But when I took a second look in the sixth grade and on, I grew to appreciate these books. I grew to enjoy the extension of the stories through a series.
Genre: Science Fiction
Grades: 3-12
The Hunger Games trilogy was popularized my senior year of high school. This was the first time I had followed suit with my peers and read something that they had recommended. Before, I had never trusted their interests to match mine. Possibly because I was unaware of my own. With that to say, these books helped me identify my reading interests. I enjoy reading about dystopian worlds. I am fascinated by how out of this world opposite they are. I feel like they are a far escape from reality. I found myself becoming less and less distracted while reading these books. It had been so long since I had picked up any piece of literature for a leisure read that it came as a surprise at how quickly I finished the book and moved onto the next. It also helped that I had a reading goal to finish before the movie came out in theaters. I'm uncertain whether or not it is better to read the book before seeing the movie because I remember being very disappointed in the movie's depiction of the book. However, I suppose credit should be shed given that it was a dystopian world. My version and Collins' probably varies from the director.
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