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Reluctant reader - former bookworm, suggestions for older girls please!

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stirling · 06/10/2023 09:54

Mumsnet recommendations really served my children well throughout primary and early secondary years. Then phones and lockdown wiped out their good reading habits.

DD is almost 16 and in y11. She's being urged to read (esp classics) by the teacher and tutor.
She hates, and has always hated classics. Is there a good modern day classic you'd suggest in terms of it being engaging? She loves a good non-put-downable.

Thanks

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Sgtmajormummy · 11/10/2023 14:28

Here’s a list of recommended reads at A Level. She’s sure to find something there.
I think Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination would be a good non-British classic text as a route back into reading. Suitable from 12 IMO.
DD read Pride and Prejudice at 15 and was caught up in the intrigue. At that age I thought JA was sooooo booooooring Grin
https://www.fortismere.haringey.sch.uk/_site/data/files/sixth%20form/bridging%20activities/CD419E4294377A6AEFCB0021614A4CE8.pdf

https://www.fortismere.haringey.sch.uk/_site/data/files/sixth%20form/bridging%20activities/CD419E4294377A6AEFCB0021614A4CE8.pdf

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