While your tween or teen is old enough to pick up a book and read it independently, reading with them can create an opportunity for meaningful connection. It also helps expand their literacy skills, discuss sensitive or challenging topics, and connect over ideas or issues relevant to their lives. Luckily, the Brightly Family Book Club combines popular adult titles with young reader editions so you can share a story together.
From biographies of well-known figures to a deep dive into America’s food chain, these books are sure to pique the interest of both you and your child. Pair them with our reading guides full of themes and discussion questions to help engage with the book and further connect with kids.
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Becoming
Before she was First Lady, Michelle Obama was a girl growing up on the South Side Chicago, then an executive, and finally a wife and mother supporting a man making history. In this memoir, Obama writes about her life, and the challenges, highlights, and wisdom she’s learned along the way.
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Born a Crime
In this gripping memoir from the host of The Daily Show, readers are immersed in a truly compelling and (against all odds) hysterical story of a young mixed-race boy growing up in the last days of South Africa’s apartheid era.
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The Boys in the Boat
This suspenseful nonfiction read is perfect for sports fanatics, dreamers, and anyone who loves a good underdog story. Follow Joe Rantz and the lives of eight other young men from the Pacific Northwest as they train to become the American gold medal rowing team at the 1936 Olympics.
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
Pollan’s investigative deep dive into America’s food chain will leave readers seriously pondering their food choices. Though conversational and entertaining in tone, his work brings a greater understanding of what we eat, where it came from, and both the personal and global implications of the food we put in our bodies.
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Endurance
Among other remarkable accomplishments, Scott Kelly broke the record for the longest spaceflight by an American astronaut. In Endurance, Kelly writes about his childhood, the path to becoming an astronaut, and the trials and triumphs of his year-long mission in space.
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More Middle Grade Adaptations:
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Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Young Readers
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The Woman's Hour (Adapted for Young Readers)
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