Choosing the Right Books Part 2
The books in our HIP Senior series have a range of topics and appeal to students at different levels of maturity. While they can often be read by quite young students, their real appeal is to students from age 10 to 16, grades 4 and higher.
Since teachers have asked, here are various ways to sort the books...
The simplest sorting is by age appeal. The books for younger students have simpler problems and younger characters; the books for older students often involve family problems, breaking the law or rebellion against parents. Of course, all HIP Junior novels are written for students in grades 4-6. HIP Senior titles have a greater degree of variation:
|
For younger students |
For older students |
|---|---|
|
Ghost House |
Street Scene |
|
Tag Team |
Show Off |
|
The Kid is Lost |
Juvie |
|
Dark Ryder |
Scarface |
|
Foul Shot |
Playing Chicken |
|
Caught in the Blizzard |
Hitting the Road |
|
My Broken Family |
Student Narc |
Some teachers like to assemble books on a theme. Here is one approach to that grouping.
|
Theme |
Titles |
|---|---|
|
Sports |
Tag Team, Dark Ryder, Stealing Home, Foul Shot |
|
Survival |
Our Plane is Down, Against All Odds, Terror 911, Caught in the Blizzard |
|
Family issues |
My Broken Family, The Kid is Lost, Against All Odds, Stealing Home |
|
Teen Issues |
Student Narc, Against All Odds, Caught in the Blizzard, Playing Chicken, Street Scene, Show Off, Hitting the Road |
|
Adventure |
Ghost House, Against All Odds, Our Plane is Down, Caught in the Blizzard, Scarface, Terror 9/11 |
For other ways to match readers to books, click here.
