Monday
May212012
More Middle Grades Fiction ~ Win a Copy of SWIPE
Monday, May 21, 2012 at 2:50PM 
My 10 year old daughter has been enjoying the latest review from Thomas Nelson publishing.
This was something very different from what she normally reads. I liken it to the Left Behind series for adults. After she read the book we talked about it and she said it was "disturbing, but not in a scary way - in a good way". When I asked her to elaborate she simply said, "I loved it because it was such a thriller!... How come I have to wait until the fall for the next one to come out?"
Apocalyptic dystopian fiction at its best. Angler’s sharp wit and dexterity with political themes are matched only by the thrilling suspense on every page.—Lis Wiehl, New York Times bestselling author and FOX News correspondent
I love that Thomas Nelson is offering CHRISTIAN fiction for middle grades children. Finding good reading material for this age isn't always easy, and I'm thankful for these books we are getting because I am a Tommy Nelson Mommy.
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If you'd like to win a copy of this book, please leave me a comment answering this question:
Do you assign your middle grades student "required reading" in the summer, or do you let them read just for fun? I'm curious, because I'm on the fence for this summer.
This giveaway will be open until Sunday, May 27th at midnight.
Reader Comments (10)
Absolutely just reading for fun... though I'll "strew" things I think she might be interested in. Right now she's on a big kick to learn about Native Americans, so I can imagine that will take up a lot of our summer reading. I'm just happy she IS reading, though! :)
I do a little of both.
If they have left overs unread from the school year, then they get to read those books.
I usually assign 10 - 20 classics - but allow them to download from librivox and listen to the books.
Plus they can read anything from the library or on their Kindle.
But we usually take off in the winter and Spring, rather than the hot summer. With temps in the 100s daily, all we feel like doing is hiding inside. So I save our time off for our busy "make Christmas presents" and planting season.
I let them read for fun but they have to choose something. Good time to be a bit footloose and fancy free and let them continue to fall in love with reading.
Marklovessue@numail.org
I am always looking for a good book for my soon to be middle school age daughter. We read no matter what season it is at least one chapter of a book together aloud everyday. If my children choose not to read besides this time, it is alright with me. Reading together makes it so much fun. Thank you for this opportunity and for sharing.
I have done a bit of both. Usually we join in with the library summer reading program and I let her choose her own books to read. This year the teen reading program's big prize is a Kindle. Please enter us in the giveaway.
Blessings
Diane
Yes! They have more time so it's even better!
This sounds like something my teens would love, thanks for doing the give-away!
I let all my kids pick their own books. They all LOVE to read, and devour pretty much everything they can. Sometimes I do give suggestions, though.
I let my daughter choose what she wants to read over the summer months. There isn't any problems with it because she LOVES to read! I throw a few hints here and there about groovy non-fiction books though.
Hmmm, I don't think usually I assign reading for summer, but our 'summer' is so short. We school year round so summer is about 6 weeks long. Otherwise, I'd say, that no, I don't assign reading during summer. Even if we had a 'real summer' *wink*.
I would like to enter the giveaway :)
Because our daughter (6th grade) loves AND lives to read, no need to assign :) Truth be told - there will probably be more "taking away" as a consequence...LOL. Thanks for the chance to win!