Reading Groups

Reading books in your new language can be fun and help you develop your language skills. Reading and discussing a book with other people is even better!

Here are some resources to help you with your reading. There are also separate pages in this wiki for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The Giver, and The Whale Rider.

I've made a Quizlet set of some of the words that will be useful for you as you read and talk about your novel.

If you have read and enjoyed one of these books, there are other young adult books that you might enjoy. Young adult books are generally shorter than books written for adults. Young adult fiction often has interesting themes like how we treat each other as people (like The Boy in the Striped Pajamas), what our world would be like if we had no pain and no conflict (like The Giver), or the importance of tradition and gender roles (like The Whale Rider).

These are some of my favourites:

• Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt. This book asks what would life be like if we lived forever.
• Number the Stars, By Lois Lowry