Ages 10-13 – Guest Review by 10-year-old Phoebeīread and Jam for Frances, by Russell Hoban I would of course recommend any book in the Frances series to young readers (especially those who are just growing out of shorter picture books) but this one seems especially right for the DALS reader. If you liked Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom, you’ll probably really like this. It’s kind of complicated but it’s about a 13-year-old who lives on a land with lots of pirates then escapes to a beautiful fantasy land called Sunrise where his family disappears and then he finds out someone’s trying to kill him.
It reads like a movie, filled with non-stop action and adventure. For the kid who likes pirates and adventures. She’s read it three times since.ĭeadweather and Sunrise, by Geoff Rodkey. If I was a better mom, I might have waited for her to turn 12 (which is the recommended age) before handing it to her - there is a story about a six-year-old who dies from E.Coli and graphic description of animal cruelty that upset her briefly. It’s been shortened a bit and the tone is a little more kid-friendly, but the effect is the same as it is for adults: When 9-year-old Phoebe found it in my shelf and devoured it, she said she would never walk in to McDonald’s - or eat any fast food - ever again. One of the books he recommended for kids was Chew on This, which is Eric Schlosser’s children’s version of Fast Food Nation. Chew on This, by Eric Schlosser Back in my magazine editing days, I used to work on a column called “What the Writers are Reading,” and we were lucky enough to feature Michael Pollan in one of them.
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