Recommendations for 9th Graders
Reading is truly an amazing experience, and by this
time of our school life, it is time to broaden our horizons and open ourselves
to new types of literature, this is why today we bring you 3 different choices
that we firmly believe are just right for 9th grades and will help them
continue their journey reading.
I’ll Give you the Sun by Jandy Nelson
This is a beautiful but complicated story, it talks
about friendship, family and the challenges of becoming an adult. This is a
really touching story told from the perspective of two brothers, living their
own lives, their own problems, without realizing how much their actions can
hurt the other and how little do they actually know about each other.
It will make you deeply reflect about your actions,
the way you affect others, and at the end, you will feel your heart so full of
love you will not know what to do with all of it.
“In one split second I saw everything I could be,
everything I want to be. And all that I’m not.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun
Sherlock Holmes by Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle
These stories are just something else, Sherlock Holmes
is definitely one of the greatest and most complex literary characters ever
written. To go into Sherlock’s mind is an amazing experience that no one should
miss. Besides, it is a really nice approach to classics, due to the fact that
different from others, this stories are not dense at all and will entertain you
and keep you on the verge from the very beginning to the end.
“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but
talent instantly recognizes genius.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the
Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
This story is beautiful in every aspect, it is written
in a marvelous way, with amazing characters, a great story about friendship,
love and discovering your true self and your identity. It leaves behind a
lovely message that everyone needs to see. Besides, it has a nice book cover.
“I live in an ecotone. Employment must coexist with
goofing off. Responsibility must coexist with irresponsibility.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover
the Secrets of the Universe
