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They’re both excellent books, but I would worry that they’re simply too advanced content-wise for 5th graders.   Ender’s Game is so reliant on psychology and war strategies and Flowers for Algernon’s so dependent on the reader making inferences from the text; that I’d worry the teachers would be setting themselves up for an unsatisfactory experience, simply because children that age tend to do better with a straight forward narrative.

Maybe something like Phantom Tollbooth or A Wrinkle in Time with their simpler structure, but academically complex math and science content would be better choices?

Kathryn Spindler
Co-Library Media Center Director
Bolingbrook High School

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A couple of questions on some book choices: How do you feel about a 5th grade AT (academically talented) class reading either Ender's Game or Flowers for Algernon in their entirety ?

I was asked for input, which I gave, and also said I would ask my colleagues what their thinking was about those books for an upper elementary level class read.

Please email me off-list & I'll be glad to discuss with you further.
Thanks so much for any responses.

Pamela Huff
Teacher/Librarian
Learning Center Director
Johnsburg High School
2002 W. Ringwood Road
Johnsburg IL 60051
815-385-9233

phuff at johnsburg12.org<mailto:phuff at johnsburg12.org>




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