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Fiction

GreatGazoo

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2. I don't think we read novels in high school

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 02:43 PM

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if novels means fiction and over 60,000 words

5th grade -- Charlotte's Web, read aloud, passed around
7th grade - The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
8th grade - Flowers for Algernon
9th grade - Future Shock (nonfiction)
10th grade - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
11th grade - The Outsiders by SE Hinton

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Many schools don't think students can read full novels any more. That's a tragedy [View all] douglas9 Tuesday OP

I can't read one without falling asleep. RandySF Tuesday #1

I don't think we read novels in high school GreatGazoo Tuesday #2

Breaks my heart too. Reading has always been my joy. Many books now banned in schools, txwhitedove Tuesday #3