need recommendation

[Kelly]

I am a high school teacher planning on reading 1984 with some of my students. For lower readers and English Language Learners, we will be reading After. I'm looking for something at a reading level in between the two for middle level readers - anyone have any suggestions?

[Gryph]

Kelly wrote: "I am a high school teacher planning on reading 1984 with some of my students. For lower readers and English Language Learners, we will be reading After. I'm looking for something at a reading lev..."

Greetings Kelly,

I'm not familiar with "After". But, operating under the assumption (on my part) that you wanted a 3rd option in the "dystopian" genre, I searched for and found the following list. You'd likely be the best one to gauge the appropriateness to reading level for your students.

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/22...

[Michael]

I had to read animal farm in junior high and I felt like I really grasped that. And the concepts in animal farm are a little bit more apparent than in 1984. Both by George Orwell. Cant go wrong there.

[Kelly]

thanks for the suggestions!

[Jeni]

What about Watership Down? I know it's a kid's book, but its really got such a deeper meaning behind the rabbits. Just a thought.

[Gryph]

Jeni wrote: "What about Watership Down? I know it's a kid's book, but its really got such a deeper meaning behind the rabbits. Just a thought."

Greetings Jeni :)

*sigh* ... what a wonderful book that is!!!!

[Kelly]

i'm really looking for something that explores the ideas of privacy and technology - we are pairing this read with a study of the patriot act and the constitution. i'd like to find something that illustrates the balance between freedom and security - in a fictional, dystopian way - to help students think about how those issues exist in our own lives.

[Jeni]

Not to belabor the point, but to a rabbit, isn't a fence technology? Is the warren not security and the field freedom?

Just a few explanations why the book leaped to my mind when you asked.

[Walter]

Have your students read "The Giver" yet? It does explore the issues of freedom and security in a paternalistic sort of way.

"Fahrenheit 451"? You can't talk about freedom without talking about censorship right?

[Linda]

Kelly wrote: "I am a high school teacher planning on reading 1984 with some of my students. For lower readers and English Language Learners, we will be reading After. I'm looking for something at a reading lev..."

Animal Farm would fit in nicely I think.

[Linda]

For more advanced readers "The Trial" by Franz Kafka is riveting.

[Zoran]

How about this? It's Young Adult, it's provocative and it fits great with 1984. And, it's free to download!
Little Brother

[Jane]

What about Don Delilo White Noise or Margaret Atwood?

[Mike]

Old man and the sea....short..direct..anddeep.