usually people read based on skill if it’s a reading comprehension situation. if you’re a beginner try doctor seuss, should be pretty good. or maybe the little prince for a level up from there
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What does beginner mean? Are you a child who just learned to read? Are you ESL? Low literacy level? Need uncomplicated plots due to limited comprehension?
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The first Harry Potter book is popular for a reason. Even if you’ve seen the movie, I bet you will enjoy the book.
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*The Tripods* series by the great John Christopher. It was the Gateway to SF for hundreds of thousands of young people. I remember reading it and going wow, I’m in love. I didn’t know the term “genre” or its meaning, but I knew I wanted to read stuff like this for the rest of my life.
And I have, and teach about it too!
Details: Please join the John Christopher fan club! I believe there are hundreds of thousands of us and I hope there will be more each generation.
I’ll repeat a comment I’ve made before when people were looking for “intelligent” (and clean) YA post-apoc fiction.
John Christopher (pen name for Samuel Youd) was a wonderful British writer, most active from the 1950s through the 1980s. He wrote a lot of mature science fiction (and other genres) but then in the 1960s pretty much devoted himself to Young Adult Science Fiction.
(His novel *No Blade of Grass*–Not YA!!!–is in my opinion, in the top five of classic apocalyptic/post apocalyptic fiction. It’s a tragedy that it was made into a pretty poor movie. I’d love to see a faithful adaptation.)
Anyway, the *Tripods* Trilogy (plus a prequel) was incredibly influential on almost every Hollywood movie you’ve ever seen about alien invasions.
Christopher, John. *The White Mountains.* New York: Collier Books, 1967.
Christopher, John. *The City of Gold and Lead.* New York: Collier Books, 1967.
Christopher, John. *The Pool of Fire.* New York: Collier Books, 1968.
[Prequel] Christopher, John. *When the Tripods Came.* New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988.
I would like to also mention *The Prince in Waiting* Trilogy, also post-apocalyptic.
Christopher, John. *The Prince in Waiting.* New York: Collier Books, 1970.
Christopher, John. *Beyond the Burning Lands.* New York: Collier Books, 1971.
Christopher, John. *The Sword of the Spirits.* New York: Collier Books, 1972.
Both are exciting, not condescending, inventive with some deep philosophy along the ways, and occasionally dark. They are “classic YA” in the sense of being, short, readable, clean, and clear. But always thoughtful and interesting as well as having driving plots to keep your attention. I still find them extremely readable and even poignant 40 years later.
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usually people read based on skill if it’s a reading comprehension situation. if you’re a beginner try doctor seuss, should be pretty good. or maybe the little prince for a level up from there
What does beginner mean? Are you a child who just learned to read? Are you ESL? Low literacy level? Need uncomplicated plots due to limited comprehension?
The first Harry Potter book is popular for a reason. Even if you’ve seen the movie, I bet you will enjoy the book.
*The Tripods* series by the great John Christopher. It was the Gateway to SF for hundreds of thousands of young people. I remember reading it and going wow, I’m in love. I didn’t know the term “genre” or its meaning, but I knew I wanted to read stuff like this for the rest of my life.
And I have, and teach about it too!
Details: Please join the John Christopher fan club! I believe there are hundreds of thousands of us and I hope there will be more each generation.
I’ll repeat a comment I’ve made before when people were looking for “intelligent” (and clean) YA post-apoc fiction.
John Christopher (pen name for Samuel Youd) was a wonderful British writer, most active from the 1950s through the 1980s. He wrote a lot of mature science fiction (and other genres) but then in the 1960s pretty much devoted himself to Young Adult Science Fiction.
(His novel *No Blade of Grass*–Not YA!!!–is in my opinion, in the top five of classic apocalyptic/post apocalyptic fiction. It’s a tragedy that it was made into a pretty poor movie. I’d love to see a faithful adaptation.)
Anyway, the *Tripods* Trilogy (plus a prequel) was incredibly influential on almost every Hollywood movie you’ve ever seen about alien invasions.
Christopher, John. *The White Mountains.* New York: Collier Books, 1967.
Christopher, John. *The City of Gold and Lead.* New York: Collier Books, 1967.
Christopher, John. *The Pool of Fire.* New York: Collier Books, 1968.
[Prequel] Christopher, John. *When the Tripods Came.* New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988.
I would like to also mention *The Prince in Waiting* Trilogy, also post-apocalyptic.
Christopher, John. *The Prince in Waiting.* New York: Collier Books, 1970.
Christopher, John. *Beyond the Burning Lands.* New York: Collier Books, 1971.
Christopher, John. *The Sword of the Spirits.* New York: Collier Books, 1972.
Both are exciting, not condescending, inventive with some deep philosophy along the ways, and occasionally dark. They are “classic YA” in the sense of being, short, readable, clean, and clear. But always thoughtful and interesting as well as having driving plots to keep your attention. I still find them extremely readable and even poignant 40 years later.