[CALIBK12] Roadtrip with a 4th grade boy recommendation?

[pamanddoug]

Dear Karen,

Kids at my school in 4th-5th grades seem to love the Pendragon series by D.
J. MacHale.  The first book in the series is Merchant of Death.  It is a
fantasy novel.  The series website can be found online:

http://www.thependragonadventure.com/

Good luck.

Pam Carrie
Chapman Hills Elementary
Orange Unified S.D.


On 7/8/08 1:57 PM, "KZNadalin at aol.com" <KZNadalin at aol.com> wrote:

> Hey, folks,
> 
> We frequently take a friend's little boy with us when we travel - we have no
> kids of our own, so his parents generously "loan" him to us; he's our
> "rent-a-kid."   I'm doing my best to nurture in him a love of reading, so past
> road trips have found us reading Charlotte's Web and several of the Narnia
> books (The Magician's Nephew was AWESOME on the road from Denali back to
> Anchorage!). Now we're looking at a pretty big trip in a few weeks throughout
> New York and Michigan, and Shorty will probably be along for the ride.   He's
> a pretty tough kid, very action-oriented and athletic, and a wonderful
> traveler.   
> 
> I'm looking for suggestions on good age-appropriate novels to read on the road
> trip.   I thought of Tangerine by Edward Bloor as a possible choice, but it
> might be a little creepy for a soon-to-be 5th grader.   Any ideas?   Hmm,
> titles that would address fun, adventure, imagination, maybe with a good
> message underneath that doesn't hit you over the head?   I will post a list to
> the group.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Karen
> 
> 
> 
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