Rating+literature

Thanks to all those who posted a reply to my answer re rating literature for mature readers years 6 / 7. Here is a summary of the answers I received: Premier Reading Challenge site – there is an entry for mature readers @http://www.premiersreadingchallenge.sa.edu.au/prc/pages/books/Homepages/?reFlag=1 have a year 6/7 section in the library have a parental permission shelf ask parents’ permission for students to read mature reads / loan restrictions on catalogue Wheelers website @http://www.wheelersbooks.com.au/ Inside a dog @http://www.insideadog.com.au/great reviews! Good reading website @http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/ Publishing sites Fiction Focus Western Australia @http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/publications/FictionFocus/index.htm Commonsense media for reviews @http://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews Pat Pledger’s Read Plus @http://www.readplus.com.au/index.php I like this one as it contains IB learner profile recommendations Scholastic And a rule of thumb: “If characters in books are no more than two years older than the readers the book fits the reader well” Regards Uta Enneking-McQuillan Navigator College Port Lincoln


 * Middle (7+)** - Overall, the protagonist is a child, the antagonists are adult, but these deal with deeper issues that are not at all childlike. I might call them baby steps to growing up as a reader.

Ness - //The Knife of Never Letting Go// Anderson - //Feed// Pearson - //The Adoration of Genna Fox// Hautman - //Rash// Card - //Ender's Game// Philbrick - //The Last Book in the Universe// Bradbury - //Fahrenheit 451// Golding - //Lord of the Flies// (not really dystopia, but so like one...) Pratchett - //Nation// (not really dystopia, but so like one...)


 * Higher:** //**-**// Overall, the protagonists are adults in adult worlds. Overall, the books are long. These are for kids who are ready for the autonomy of growing up and thinking at the same time.

Orwell - //1984// and //Animal Farm// Wells - //The Time Machine// McCarthy - //The Road// Miller - //A Canticle for Leibowitz// Atwood - //The Handmaiden's Tale// Gibson - //Neuromancer// James - //The Children of Men// Clifford - //The Book// Wyndham - //The Chrysalids// Moore - //V for Vandetta (graphic novel)// Brooks - //World War Z// Dick - //Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?//

Best reads wiki http://australian-best-reads.wikispaces.com/