Here is a link to a nice collection of advanced readers (With boys in mind):
Scholastic
Suggestions about books for advanced readers:
- Accentuate
the positive.
Redirect your child’s focus onto more appropriate books for kids. Say,
“That's a good book, but knowing you, you'd like this other one
better." This tactic raises your child's curiosity and also shows how
much you care about him.
- Zero
in on what he likes.
Figuring that out is both easier and harder than it sounds. It's not
always the author or the overall subject; it’s often the emotional content
of a book that attracts kids’ attention. Once you identify the emotional
hook, you can find other books about that issue.
- Check
out the books.
Check out reviews, book covers, and publishers' Web sites for information
on reading levels, as well as the age level for the content, and see our
advice on choosing
books for kids. The reading level cues you in to the vocabulary
and language issues; the age level gives you the experts' rating on how
old kids should be before they tackle the content. For suggestions on
books for kids, see our collection of booklists.
- Know the authors. Once your child finds a favorite author, she'll probably want to read every volume that writer ever penned. That makes the search for new books for kids easier for a time, but keep a watchful eye on the titles he chooses. Some writers cross over into adult material. Elementary-school favorite Judy Blume, for example, also wrote Wifey, definitely adult material.
What if she still
wants to read Wifey instead of more appropriate books for kids? Then
there are only two choices left. First you can exercise your right to set
limits and say, "I'm sorry, but I don't want you reading that book at your
age.” Or treat it as one of those rare opportunities to explore values and
issues that you didn't know, up until this very moment, your child was ready
for.
12 Kid-Approved Books for Advanced Fourth and Fifth Grade Readers
Gifted
World Reading Lists
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Title / Series
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Author
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Comments...
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•Star
Wars Junior Jedi Knights series
|
Nancy
Ann Richardson
|
science
fiction
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J.K.
Rowling
|
wonderful,
magical tales...
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Lloyd
Alexander
|
Time
travel...
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C.
S. Lewis
|
fantasy
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Madeleine
L'Engle
|
Newberry
winner
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E.
B. White
|
classics
|
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Raold
Dahl
|
classics
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Louise
Fitzhugh
|
a
story of a gifted girl
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•The
Gizmo
•Unreal •Unbelievable •Uncanny •Undone |
Paul
Jennings
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•Anastasia
Krupnik
|
Lois
Lowry
|
The
ups and downs of a precocious ten-year-old girl...
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|
Judy
Blume
|
Summer
is fun for ten-year-old Sheila, even though her friends make her face up to
some self-truths she doesn't want to admit...
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|
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•Oz
series
|
Frank
L. Baum
|
The
timeless adventure of the Wizard, Dorothy...
|
|
•The
Voyages of Dr. Doolittle
|
N.
H. Kleinbaum
|
Chronicles
of the delightful voyages of Doctor Dolittle...
|
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•Babe
The Gallant Pig
•Sophie's Tom |
Dick
King-Smith
|
Horn
Book Honor Book
|
|
Lynne
Reid Banks
|
A
magic cupboard that turns small toys into living creatures...
|
|
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Susan
Beth Pfeffer
|
An
introduction to the characters and lives of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women
|
|
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•Henry
and the Donut shop
•Henry Rigsby •Henry and Beezus •The Mouse and the Motorcycle |
Beverly
Cleary
|
The
gang on Klickitat Street is at it again...
|
|
•Magic
By the Lake series
|
Edward
Eager
|
Four
children find themselves with an entire lake full of magic...
|
|
•Trailblazer
Books
|
various
authors
published by Bethany House Publishers |
Adventures
introduce young readers to Christian heroes
|
|
•Little
House on the Prairie books
|
Laura
Ingalls Wilder
|
Homesteading
in the 1880s...
|
|
•There's
a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
|
Louis
Sacher
|
He
may be the weirdest kid in school, but he's not completely hopeless!
|
|
•Nekomah
Creek
|
Linda
Crew
|
Some
kids at school think it's weird that Robby's father stays home to take care
of the twins while his mother works...
|
|
Marguerite
Henry
|
classic
horse story
|
|
|
•The
Forgotten Door
|
Alexander
Key
|
adventure
|
|
Jean
Craighead George
|
A
boy lives in a hollow tree in the mountains and learns to live entirely by
his wits
|
|
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Helen
Keller
|
Inspirational
story of courage
|
|
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•Karen
•With Love From Karen |
Marie
Killilea
|
About
her daughter with cerebral palsy...
|
|
•Wings
|
Bill
Brittain
|
a
story about growing up, accepting families, discovering oneself and true
friendship
|
|
•Dragons
in the Cliffs
|
Elizabeth
Annenberg
|
fictionalized
history
science, women, and history |
|
•The
Hobbit
|
J.
R. R. Tolkien
|
fantasy
classic
|
|
•In
the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
|
Bette
Bao Lord
|
In
1947, a Chinese child comes to Brooklyn...
|
|
•The
Phantom Tollbooth
|
Norton
Juster
|
Milo,
a bored ten-year-old, comes home to find a large toy tollbooth sitting in his
room...
|
|
•Weather
•Crystals and Gems, etc. |
Eyewitness
Books
|
lots
of science topics
|
|
Scott
O'Dell
|
Newbery
Medal winner
|
|
|
•Hardy
Boys series
|
Franklin
W. Dixon
|
detective
series
|
|
•DragonSong
•DragonSinger •DragonDrums |
Anne
McCaffrey
|
Pern
series for younger readers
|
|
Jon
Scieszka
|
Visit
Mrs. Fibonacci's math class and become obsessed
|
|
|
by
Douglas Downing
|
Real
algebra, real fun!
|
|
|
•Robot
Zoo (A Mechanical Guide to the Way Animals Work)
|
John
Kelly, Obin, and Dr Philip Whitfield
|
illustrations
of unusual real animals drawn as if they were composed of mechanical parts
|
|
•The
Terrible Tudors
•The Awesome Egyptians •The Vile Victorians •The Rotten Romans |
Terry
Deary
|
Horrible
Histories - Read-aloud books that appeal to younger children, teenagers, AND
their parents!
|
|
Katherine
Paterson
|
Newbery
Honor Book
|
|
|
•Anne of
Green Gables series
|
Lucy
Maud Montgomery
|
Classic
story of a girl with determination, guts and brains
|
|
•Rebecca
of Sunnybrook Farm
|
Kate
Douglas Wiggen
|
strong
female characters, set in another time and place
|
|
Judy
Galbraith
|
This
is THE BOOK on such aspects of giftedness
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