Some  to try might be:  (based on liking Harry)
 
Anything by Alice Hoffman - her books are shorter and are fast reads, 
interesting, usually have a twist to them
 
The Hero and the Crown   also fantasy and the protagonist is a female
The Blue Sword   These are by Robin McKinley...she also rewrites Fairy tales 
and those are very good
Deerskin
 
A Great and Terrible Beauty  by Libba Bray
 
One of my favorite authors is Nancy Farmer.  Your daughters may think these 
look too young for them but the stories are intriguing.  The Sea of Trolls is 
on the lines of Harry.  There is a new sequel out to this also that I have read 
yet.  Her Science fiction books The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm  + The House of 
the Scropion are also very good.
 
A different flavor would be Holocaust books.  I just read The Book Thief  
(Markus Zusak) and it is excellent.  
Also a good science fiction with some romance mixed in is The Barcode Tattoo 
(Suzanne Weyn)
 
 
 
 
Kay Kuenzl-Stenerson
 Literacy Coach
 Merrill Middle School 
 
 
In reading, there is a sort of half-and half mixture.  the book must be good, 
but the reader must also be active.  Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Thunder Rolling in the Mountains, maybe.
Rebecca
On Dec 7, 2007, at 8:21 PM, Diane Baker wrote:

> Does anyone know of any high level novels to compliment a Native 
> American unit of study for grade 5 students?
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> How about The Golden Compass?
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> Lori
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>> Hello everyone,As a teacher, I am very upset that my 16 year old twin
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>> reads
>> (and rereads) Harry Potter.Can anyone suggest an author who writes a 
>> similar
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The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich and Guests by
Michael Dorris.

On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 10:01:01 -0500
  Rebecca Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thunder Rolling in the Mountains, maybe.
> Rebecca
> On Dec 7, 2007, at 8:21 PM, Diane Baker wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know of any high level novels to compliment
>>a Native 
>> American unit of study for grade 5 students?
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of
>>ljackson
>> Sent: Fri 12/7/2007 9:08 PM
>> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email 
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED],
>> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Book suggestions OT
>>
>>
>>
>> How about The Golden Compass?
>>
>> Lori
>>
>>
>> On 12/7/07 4:46 PM, "Denise Dole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello everyone,As a teacher, I am very upset that my 16
>>>year old twin
>>> daughters do not read for pleasure very often. One in
>>>particular only 
>>> reads
>>> (and rereads) Harry Potter.Can anyone suggest an author
>>>who writes a 
>>> similar
>>> genre and or style as her favorite HP books. I was
>>>hoping I could find
>>> something that she would be interested in reading.Thank
>>>you, Denise
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> --
>> Lori Jackson
>> District Literacy Coach & Mentor
>> Todd County School District
>> Box 87
>> Mission SD  57555
>>
>> http:www.tcsdk12.org
>> ph. 605.856.2211
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