teen lit

[Anonymous No.14949936]

my brother who's in the 8th grade (U.S.) is kinda becoming retarded and my family has put it upon me to get him on the right track, i keep up with his grades and assignments which is pretty hard because of the NIGOVID-19 virus but i also want him to start reading a lot more, i already gave him catcher in the rye... any other good books i should give him?

[Anonymous No.14949947]

>>14949936
I don’t know buddy 8th grade is when I started becoming retarded too and there was no stopping that train once it was put in motion .... you can’t make a kid read a book so maybe you can try other outlets of enrichment

[Anonymous No.14949949]

At that age you just want him to read something. I'd recommend Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy just to keep him occupied

[Anonymous No.14949963]

I've been reading since I'm 4, reading classics like Hugo and Dumas by 8 yet I didn't pick up a book between age 13-18.

[Anonymous No.14949979]

>>14949936
If by 8th grade you haven't read Homer, Hesiod, and Aeschylus at least, you're never going to make it. You could start now, but what's the point? It's like trying to learn your first language at 14, you'll never do it properly. Just let him smoke weed and get a girl pregnant at this point.

Does he at least have reading proficiency in three languages?

[Anonymous No.14950000]

>>14949936
give him the hobbit, enders game or other fantasy sci shit to have him get used to reading. Then any easy enough popular classic like 1984 etc.
Maybe even that sapiens book chapter by chapter then question him on it .

[Anonymous No.14950062]

>>14949936
As someone who teaches students the high schoolers, you will need to do a lot of work, and be really patient.

Ultimately, you have to find out what he likes the most and the least. Have him explore the things he likes (whether or not its history or cars or some other field), and something he does not (such a mathematics). You need to encourage his passion in the former field, and be able to use that as a reward for something in the latter category. While it is possible to let him defer something challenging in his domain over something simple that is not in his domain, only do so with caution. The important thing is to keep things interesting to him, and to keep him challenged.

It is less about the content of the work than the discipline that surrounds it.

Little steps: read 5 pages and then you get a candy, or 10 minutes of video games; the next day its 6 pages.etc Slow and steady.

[Anonymous No.14950074]

>>14949936
infinite jest, ulysses, and gravity’s rainbow

[Anonymous No.14950081]

>>14949936
Hunter x Hunter.

[Anonymous No.14950123]

If he is truly retarded just give him great illustrated classics and call it a day

[Anonymous No.14950132]

>>14949936
maybe The Outsiders or The Basketball Diaries?

[Anonymous No.14950220]

You can't force someone to read. Reading is not a pop hobby. If he wants to read he will read, the best you can do is shill the virtues and cultivate his intrest with discussion

[Anonymous No.14950239]

>>14949936
Siege
Industrial Society and Its Future
Turner Diaries
Culture of Critique

[Anonymous No.14950362]

>>14949947
>>14950220
reading really helped me, my parents forced me to because i was also rarted back then and idk... maybe it didnt help me at all but i enjoyed it
>>14949949
>>14949963
>>14950132
interesting,ty.
i think he's already read outsiders but ill bring it up, i also just remembered a book called tears of a tiger that was very good

[Anonymous No.14950396]

>>14950062
interesting, his interests change so much so idk what he really likes... he says he likes english right now but his writing is awful, hopefully just because he's so early in the writing path; i also dont want to seem like his parent, i know how much i resented my parents for not letting me play vidya but it helped me a lot in the long run

[Anonymous No.14950490]

>>14949936
The Name of the Wind.

Hear me out: it's a middling-quality high-fantasy novel that has been fairly popular for some time.
1. It will be easy for a tween to read, but it's long enough to make him feel smart.
2. The main character's whole shtick is how great he is at everything, but mostly reading, study, and academic discipline. It will make the kid want to be smart.
3. It's not a terrible book on its own, and will impart some sensible real-world wisdom.

[Anonymous No.14950503]

>>14950490
i fucking hated these types of books, rangers apprentice, tom clancy, etc... i will give this one a try just to see if he likes it

[Anonymous No.14950630]

>>14950074
wtf ulysses, finnegans wake is the one he should be going for.