K-12 Reading Poll

[author_by_night]

Okay. I'm going to attempt a cut yet again.

This poll is on what books you read between preschool and grade twelve - if you're unfamiliar with the American School system, that's age three through age seventeen/eighteen.

I didn't include grade level. Well, they are in order with some grade level/age in mind, but truthfully, everyone reads books at a different rate, and everyone's version of "grade level" differs. I know people who thought I was very mature for reading Baby-Sitter's club at eight years old; I know others who stopped reading them at seven years old. Same with Harry Potter - I've seen reading lists with Harry Potter for third graders and lists with Harry Potter for sixth graders.

I got some of these books out of memory, and some from lists. I tried to keep it as not-exclusively-American as possible, but some of these books are not too specific with their location (such as The Giver), and others, I have no idea what they are about, let alone where they come from. Plus, I used to live in Europe, and I read a lot of these American books.

Please do share other books you've read - my aim is to see what books kids read, and when. I was well read when I was younger, yet I never once touched most of the books I see on the book lists. (I keep seeing books that I've never heard of, and don't know if I don't remember them, or if they were never read to me, or if they were published when I'd outgrown that level).

ETA: You can pick a book you read then, or one you've read recently.

Okay, pray the cut works.


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Comments

[parsimonia.livejournal.com]

OH! And another book, which I had to read in grade five AND six (much to my annoyance) was Luke Baldwin's Vow. It was set in Collingwood, Ontario, so it may not be on any American curriculums...I'm not sure. All I know is that it was about a kid whose parents died and he had to go live with his uncle who was no fun and insisted that everything in life be 'practical' and 'sensible', and blah blah blah, the kid just wanted to play with his dog and pretend to be a pirate. Can you sense the bitterness I have about that book? lol

[parsimonia.livejournal.com]

(last comment, I swear)

I should also mention that a lot of the books I checked off on the list aren't necessarily books I had to read for school.

[author-by-night.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's fine. :)

And I was born in '85 too, so there's probably books I read and don't remember.