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As I work on this quarantine project of posting lists of the books we’ve read over the years, I have put off this particular collection. Fantasy, and those other similar genres like science fiction and dystopian, is such a huge category in children’s and young adult literature these days and so much of it is so bad. But fantasy itself is something I support. Books which take us to other, completely fictional worlds with different rules than our own often have a lot to say about the real world. I am trying to edit this list as I go and to give you only that best, or at least to provide honest assessments. I am sure there are many more which could be added to this list but here are some of our favorite fantasy and dystopian books.
To keep things as simple as possible, I divide the books into four ages ranges: preschool to early elementary; elementary; middle years (roughly 5th-8th grades); and teens. Keep in mind that many harder books can be read aloud to younger children and that older ones can still enjoy and get a lot out of easier books.
Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Dystopian Books
Adams, Douglas. Hitchhiker’s Guide (series) and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (series). We love these books. They are a bit atheistic. Dirk Gently is probably less
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A book that uses the word “retarded” has been allowed to stay in the libraries of nine Minnesota schools despite a parent’s complaint.
Jenna Boutain of Farmington, Minn., requested in April that the book “Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You” by Barthe DeClements be removed because it uses a derogatory term for students with special needs.
On Wednesday, a panel of parents, teachers and officials from the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district voted unanimously to keep the book.
Boutain is a district employee who works with special needs students as well as the mother of a student.
“As a whole, I feel the book is outdated and uses language that is no longer acceptable,” Boutain wrote in her request. “This book serves no educational purpose besides keeping words and behaviors in the minds of our students.”
Boutain’s child was given the book as part of an accelerated-reader program. A district official offered to restrict the child’s access to the book, and the mother agreed, but decided to move forward with her request to have it removed from schools.
The book was first published in 1985 and tells the story of Helen, a sixth-grader with a learning disability.
Lori Torseth, media specialist at Westvie
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Werstein, Irving. This Wounded Turmoil. Middle years-teens.
California Gold Rush
deClements, Barthe. Bite pursuit the Golden Bug. Elementary.
Roop, Connie. California Metallic Rush. Elementary.
The Pony Pronounce (1860-1861)
Bulla, Clyde Robert. Sport the Glass Express. Elementary.
Coerr, Eleanor. Metropolis Bill discipline the Version Express. Elementary.
Great Chicago Very strong (1871)
Hoffer, Shaft Charles. Sevener Fires: Description Urban Infernos that Reshaped America. Teens.
Quackenbush, Robert. They’ll snigger a tremble time… Elementary.
NYC Blizzard love 1888
Stevens, Carla. Anna Grandpa status the Great Storm. Elementary.
Chicago World’s Dissimilar (1893)
Lawson, Parliamentarian. The Unreserved Wheel. Elementary.
Peck, Richard. Fair Out of sorts. Middle years.
Blizzard of 1896
Bird, E.J. Storm of 1896. Middle period (?)