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What are some books that would be appropriate for Grade 9 students in a school Book Club?

I plan to start up a book club for the Grade 9 students in my school this year; the majority of activities available for students in the school I teach is sports, and I would like to give those students with different passions and interests an opportunity to be a part of a group. Also, our school goes up to grade 9, should I start at a younger grade, I was thinking I would start at Grade 9 because they would likely be more mature. Any suggestions and ideas would be greatly appreciated!

I actually do recommend looking at the first Harry Potter book.... the kids will likely have already read them, but when I was in grade 9, my English teacher spent a bit of time looking at the following stuff in HP:
-the meaning of the names (a LOT of names have historical or mythological significance)
-archetypes, and archetypal characters in HP
-light/dark imagery
...stuff like that. I remember thinking it was actually pretty interesting. It gave me something else to look at in a book I thought I was already very familiar with.

Besides that, I would recommend...

-Call of the Wild by Jack London. It's a simple and easy book to read, but has much more complex and mature themes in it than most kids would likely recognize on their own. I actually looked at it in a 3rd-year college English class, and it was fascinating.
-Lord of the Flies. The reasons for this are pretty obvious... I loved that book in grade 9, almost entirely because I had a great teacher who explained significant parts and made it interesting. A Book Club would be a great opportunity for this.

If you're looking for less serious, less English-class stuff, I'd recommend maybe the first Artemis Fowl book by Eoin Colfer (talking about anti-heroes could be useful), any book by Diana Wynne Jones esp. Howl's Moving Castle (they're like Harry Potter but, in my opinion, a little more eclectic and sophisticated), you could even look at Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events where the narrator plays an unusual role in the stories... I don't recommend looking at Twilight unless you want to explain why Bella is NOT a role-model, especially to grade 9 girls. As a girl I honestly find Twilight's popularity offensive. On a personal level, and a literary one

Edit: It just occurred to me that two great books to look at would be The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis and The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. As you probably know, TLWW was written with a heavy religious influence, and TGC was written, I believe, as a rejection of the religious elements in C.S. Lewis's writing. Those are great and popular reads, and looking at the different way they deal with moral and religious issues could be interesting and useful.

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