Top 5 Favorite Books
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Harry Potter
It allows my imagination to take over.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher 's stone, because I love suspense
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Catcher
in the Rye
The way it's told in the first person and how Holden is so open and descriptive.
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Romeo and Juliet
I love the language and how it's so poetic
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1984
Scary book b/c what it describes could one day come true
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To Kill a Mockingbird
The book to me seemed like it was able to both talk about a serious time
and be incredibly funny
It has good life lessons.
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Other
favorites and recommendations
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Absolutely Normal
Chaos
It's a sort of funny book about a girl our age and it’s cool cuz I
can Identify with the girl that it is about.
It's very funny and I can relate to the main character of the book |
Annie's Baby. (Go Ask Alice)
I liked these books because they are all diaries of girls my age dealing
with problems and consequences that make people think twice when they say,
"It won't happen to me...", when it might. |
"Alive"
I love books of survival, and this does a great job of showing the courage
of humans. |
Along Came a Spider
It was a movie that I saw in Washington D.C. |
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Angela's Ashes |
Atlantis Found by Clive
Cussler
It is suspenseful, with the likely hood of happening. |
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The Beach |
Becoming Anna
It's interesting to see how she really is and what she's been through. |
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Black Boy |
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The Bluest Eye |
Cat Among the Pigeons
Because when I started I couldn't stop. |
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Catch 22
Very interesting and somewhat confusing.
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Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory
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A Christmas Carol
because of Dickens wonderful writing techniques
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The Compendium
Maleficarum
Its cool to see what people believed in the 17th century and before |
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Dear Mr. Henshaw!!!!!!!!
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Dove
Just like it
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Dune
A great book, very creative and interesting.
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray
Bradbury
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Fried Green Tomatoes at
the Whistle Stop Cafe
It's just such a great story and makes you feel good. It’s really
well written.
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"The Foundation"
It was a very good sci-fi
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The Gilly
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Girls Guide
of Fishing and Hunting
It is extremely realistic and hilarious |
| The Giver
by Lowis Lowry |
Go Ask Alice
It is deep and intense but very interesting. |
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The Greatest Generation
Inspired me to do more research on the topic of WW2
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Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Suess is a genius. I like all his books
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H is for Homicide
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Hand Carved Coffins
by Truman Capote
its a very good short story
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Helen Keller
It tells the life of a girl who is handicapped and over comes.
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I am the Cheese
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Happened to Nancy |
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I Know This Much Is True
Altogether (the writing, plot, description) was very good and interesting
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I know what you did last
summer
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J.R. Tolkien books
The Hobbit, Return of the King, The Fellowship of the Ring
They all were good books and they were also all from The Lord of the Rings.
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Jane Eyre
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K is for Killer
It is also scary and exciting
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L'assomoire
It's revelation to the hard lives of the poor during what most people
glorify as the Romantic Era. Society has chosen not to make movies about
the poor lower class and their dog like lives, but to glorify the Bourgeoisie.
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The Legend of
Sleepy Hollow
Irving is a cool writer he describes Ichobod’s personality very well
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Liars Club
… because it is interesting.
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Lolita
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Lord of the Flies
It taught me a lesson about human nature
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Matilda
I like Roald Dahl!
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Memoirs of a Geisha
because of its revelation to the Japanese culture
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Mystic Uncle and the Magical
Brigde by Jeffrey Winters
The author is a friend of my aunt's.
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Nancy Drew
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Next stop, Nowhere
Once again, I can really feel what the character is feeling.
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Nine stories
All of the stories have very good endings and a good story
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Not without my Daughter
It's true and really captivating!
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| Of Mice And
Men by John Steinbeck |
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The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemmingway
It has a lot of meaning in it.
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The Pearl
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"The Perfect Storm"
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The Phantom Tollbooth
It's so wacky. I love it.
It was extremely clever and funny
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The Poisonwood Bible
It is well written and incredibly good and informative
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Rainbow Six
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The Read Dragon
It's very interesting and I read it just for fun because it's so good
and enjoyable
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The Red Pony
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The Shining
… because it's scary and thrilling
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Shiva's Fire
You get into the mood of the story at the first page
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Silence Of The Lambs
( I like the characters, especially Hannibal Lector)
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Simulacra and Simulation
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Stuart Little
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Tuesdays with Morrie
It taught me a lot of life lessons
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The Umbrella Man by
Roahld Dahl
… because it is absurd
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Up Country
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| The Witches
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Witch Storm by James
Clemens
…because of its vivid descriptions of the settings.
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| Where the
HeART is |
| White
Oleander by Janet Fitch |
| Wuthering
Heights |
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