♥ 6th-9th Grade

G.A. Henty wrote boys’ historical adventures at the end of the 19th century. The vocabulary, while challenging for the 5th grader, will easily build vocabulary for the 6-9th grader.

Two of my sons had great contempt for Charles Dickens, calling his writing, “Old English.” I had to inform them that Old English was practically another language that took training to read. D.Dickens’ books was actually Modern English.

Henty’s books are a great transition to reading the classics, developing both language and sentence reading skills. Many students come into college classes saying, “I’m not a good writer.” I ask, “Do you read?” Most say, “No.” If you do not read much, how do you know what good writing looks like, much less produce it?

To learn more about G.A. Henty, go to the following site: http://www.prestonspeed.com/About%20Henty.html