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maddie_mo: 3 months ago via iPhone

Looking for a very high reading level book. that is challenging.

I'm in 9th grade, I love to read but I want a harder book to read. I really want a book that will challenge me.

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Happy2BeHere2: 3 months ago

If you focus on the quality, not the difficulty of the vocabulary, the sky is the limit! Go to your Public Library. They have more adult books from which to choose. Speak with the librarian. They'll talk with you to discover your interests. They can make suggestions custom fit to you! There are so many excellent books. I'd be guessing to list any here. Have fun! This is like a treasure hunt! And, what treasure you'll find!

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FunnyLittleFrog: 3 months ago

Happy, you kill me...haha!

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MrJohnWayne: 3 months ago

I just put two adult books that are really good ! Have you ever read any of the Repairman Jack Novels ? By F. Paul Wilson .

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Happy2BeHere2: 3 months ago

Never heard of them. I take it their pretty good?

Mr. Happy is a smart aleck! "A new genre! Adventures in the care and maintenance of HVAC!" You two would get along great!

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Happy2BeHere2: 3 months ago

Now he's picturing Repairman Jack with his rear half-exposed.

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MrJohnWayne: 3 months ago

Actually "Repairman Jack" helps people with problems , bad problems ! He's almost a paid killer ! Hence the "Repairman" title ! He repairs peoples problems !

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Happy2BeHere2: 3 months ago

Ooh! "Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap." That could be fun.

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Happy2BeHere2: 3 months ago

My comment got pulled. I'll try again.
It sounds like the AC/DC song, "D!rty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap." It sounds fun! Mr. Happy loves Tom Clancy. One of these could be a great gift for him. Thanks big brother!

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MrJohnWayne: 3 months ago

There is a whole series ! F. Paul Wilson writes other types of books too . Repairman Jack is great ! If he likes Tom Clancy , tell him to read "Memorial Day" by Vince Flynn ! Great book !

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Estelle08: 3 months ago

Who do you read already? Jane Austen can be rather time-consuming to get through. All the classics. Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde. The list is endless. Charles Dickens' imagery is great also.

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MrJohnWayne: 3 months ago

Two Graves by Preston and Child or The Third Bullet by Stephen Hunter , these books will give you a challenge and are great reads !

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yummyinmytummy.: 3 months ago

Look for old books they are harder to read. Plus they have lots of vocabulary.

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me_again: 3 months ago

look up the Eragon seires

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stuffandjunk: 3 months ago

Fiction or Non? How about some Shakespeare or grab some university textbooks on astronomy or physics.

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maddie_mo: 3 months ago via iPhone

Shakespeare is to easy.

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bubalu: 3 months ago

1984 by George Orwell or Catch 22 by Joseph Heller if you haven't read those already for school.

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FunnyLittleFrog: 3 months ago

A classic of any kind...in 9th grade we read "Romeo and Juliet" and the Odyssey and I loved them both.

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wickedpissah: 3 months ago

"The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck.

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Whinzer: 3 months ago | Last edited at 11:04AM on 2/14/2013

Since I don't know exactly what you are looking for, I'm going to give you a huge list!

The Silmarillion, Crispin: The Cross of Lead,Billy Budd (super hard to read), Johnny Tremain, Captain Blood, Les Miserables, Crime and Punishment, Jane Eyre, The Scarlett Letter, Prince Otto, Persuasion, Sense and Sensebility, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Hard Times, Robinson Crusoe, Treasure Island, Little Men, Stolen Treasure (Howard Pyle), Gulliver's Travels, The Red Badge of Courage,The People of the Mist, How to Kill A Mockingbird, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,the Lord of the Rings series, the autobiography of Frederick Douglass, Sophie's World, Born Again (by Chuck Colson; about Nixon Scandal), The Pit and the Pendulum,The Sign of the Beaver, The Witch of Blackbird's pond, Star Ship Troopers (the movie is rated R, but the book is not.) and Somewhere in Time (I suggest watching the movie first for that one, it was Christopher Reeve's last movie).

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