Several years ago our local library published a list of "must read" books for college-bound students.  Supposedly, people who had read the books fared better in school than those who hadn't read them.  The only one I remember was "Catcher in the Rye".   Does anyone know what books were on this list?  Or have any suggestions of books that should be on the list?  I think there were about 20 books.
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I also have a list given to me by a college bound program I attended. I'll name several (it has more than 20):\n\nAnimal Farm, George Orwell\nBrave New World, Aldous Huxley\nFahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury\nLord of the Flies, William Golding\nGreat Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald\nScarlet Letter, Nathaniel Harthorne\nSiddhartha, Herman Hesse\nTo Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee\nPride and Prejudice, Jane Austen\n\nI also provided a link in sources where there are many others. Enjoy :]
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In high school you have more responsibilities and thus reading becomes yet another responsibility. I don't think you're lazy or  lack motivation I just think you're busy and therefore tired. To recreate your youth you'd need to have less responsibilities, and since that probably is next to impossible I don't think you can read as much as you did when you were younger. You can however set aside time to read after your day to day tasks are seen to, and then you can reward yourself with a new page turner. Anyway, in order to enjoy a good book it needs to be for just that -- enjoyment not lumped in with all your other chores. Happy reading.
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I actually have three favorites.\n\nThe first book is Shogun by James Clavell.  I've read it so many times it fell apart, and I had to buy a new one. It's about an explorer whose ship runs aground in "The Japans."  He has heard about fabulous riches there.  He finds himself in a strange place where he can't speak the language at all and where the customs are completely alien to anything in his experience.  Worst of all, the samurai can kill him for the slightest of affronts.  Fascinating book actually based on the life of a real person (Will Adams), someone who was the ancestor of a man my family knew in Japan.  He moored his boat next to ours.  \n\nThe second is Watchers by Dean Koontz. It's about a genetically enhanced golden retriever, the man who finds him in the woods, and the Other, a creepy creature. \n\nThe third is The Stand by Stephen King.  This one is basically about a Super Flu which escapes from the lab and proceeds to decimate the country.  There are very few survivors, and they are drawn to one of two places - to an old woman (the good) or to the Walking Dude in Vegas (the bad).  Basically, it's about the battle between good and evil for control of the remaining people.  M-O-O-N that spells great book!!
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OH MI GOSH I COULD LIST HUNDREDS!!!!!  (but ill only list some...!\nHarry Potter\nDarren Shan Sega\nThe Silver Crown\nDear Dumb Diary\nMidnight for Charlie Bone\nThe Series of Unfortunate Events\n(anythin by Gail Carson Leveine)i think that is how you spell it\nThe United Tates of America(dont worry it is spelled rite!)\nGregor the Overlander\n\ni REALLY hope you enjoy these books as much as I did when I read them!!!! (IF YOU DO READ THEM!!!!!  which youd betta cuz their FREAKING GOOD!!!!!)
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ok. i read it for my gt class too. it was stupid, but its about some boy named gene and his best friend finney. finney broke his leg and gene feels that he let finney broke it. they live in the same dorm and go to a school named Devon. they had to go to war. i dont noe the rest. didnt read the rest. didnt matter though cuz my english class didnt ask too many questions about it.
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" is pretty good; there is some under-stated humor and lots of juicy stuff for essays. It has the best definition of courage I've ever read, too.
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This list is taken from the table of contents of Banned in the U.S.A. by Herbert N. Foerstel. It shows the fifty books that were most frequently challenged in schools and public libraries in the United States between 1990 and 1992. Banned in the U.S.A. has more information about the efforts to keep each title out of schools. (Here's the publisher's information on the book.) \nThe list is reprinted here with permission from the publisher. Most of the books in this list are still copyrighted, and not available online at this time. Those that are available have hyperlinks to the text. There may also be links to pages with more information about certain authors. \n\nImpressions Edited by Jack Booth et al. \nOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck \nThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger \nThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) \nThe Chocolate War by Robert Cormier \nBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson \nScary Stories in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz \nMore Scary Stories in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz \nThe Witches by Roald Dahl \nDaddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite \nCurses, Hexes, and Spells by Daniel Cohen \nA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle \nHow to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell \nBlubber by Judy Blume \nRevolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl \nHalloween ABC by Eve Merriam \nA Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Peck \nHeather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman \nChristine by Stephen King \nI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou \nFallen Angels by Walter Myers \nThe New Teenage Body Book by Kathy McCoy and Charles Wibbelsman \nLittle Red Riding Hood by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm \nThe Headless Cupid by Zilpha Snyder \nNight Chills by Dean Koontz \nLord of the Flies by William Golding \nA Separate Peace by John Knowles \nSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut \nThe Color Purple by Alice Walker \nJames and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl \nThe Learning Tree by Gordon Parks \nThe Witches of Worm by Zilpha Snyder \nMy Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier \nThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck \nCujo by Stephen King \nThe Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson \nThe Figure in the Shadows by John Bellairs \nOn My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer \nIn the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak \nGrendel by John Champlin Gardner \nI Have to Go by Robert Munsch \nAnnie on My Mind by Nancy Garden \nThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain \nThe Pigman by Paul Zindel \nMy House by Nikki Giovanni \nThen Again, Maybe I Won't by Judy Blume \nThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood \nWitches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts: The Story of the Halloween Symbols by Edna Barth \nOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez \nScary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones by Alvin Schwartz
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I love the one that is a poem about the monster under the bed and hobbes saves the day by just being there (cause the monster didn't know there was a tiger in the bed).  Best Line: "Hey wake up you stupid cretin! Are you gonna sleep while I get eaten!?!?!?"  I'll check my collection books and see if I can find page number for the rest of ya.
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I read a lot of children's literature before I put it on my shelf in my classroom library. Some good novels that fit your request are:\nDragon Rider Cornelia Funke...\n\nThe Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke  (Almost anything by her is terrific!)\nOh,some of my students are just loving "Inkheart" and "Inkspell" (one follows the other) These are tales of a dad who is able to 'read' people into or out of stories as he reads...interesting concept.\n\nI agree with the Narnia Series...great books.\nMy students also loved "City of Ember" and "People of Sparks"...again, Ember comes before Spark.. this is tale (kind of sci fi) where people live in this city where it is always dark, and the city is falling apart. These two kids, quite by accident, discover a way out.  Again, interesting concepts....\n\nLemony Snicket series my students love, (5th grade) but for a 12 year old, might be a bit predictable.  Story line repeats a bit by book 11 and 12.\n\nAlso, I agree with "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. She also wrote a sequal or 2 to that...One is "Gathering Blue" and the other is "The Messenger" \n\nAnother series, a trilogy, for Middle Schoolers that my son loved was "The Amber Spyglass," "The Subtle Knife" and "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman.\n\nHope this helps.
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There are sooo many books out there to choose from and so many different tastes that it would be hard to recommend something without knowing what you like.  Here's a good website where you can browse through book titles and get reviews by interest:\n http://www.barnesandnoble.com/bookbrowser/Welcome.asp?\n\nI am partial to a few classics that I have read more than once when I was a teenager and still love today (I'm 37).   All are fiction -\n To Kill A Mockingbird - by Harper Lee\n The Three Musketeers - by Alexander Dumas\n The Summer of My German Soldier - by Bette Greene\n The Outsiders - by S.E. Hinton\nDon't forget about going to the local library.  You can go through a lot of books without committing to buying one.\nEnjoy!
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a lot:\n\nLittle Women, Good Wives, Little Men & Joe’s Boys by L. M. Alcott\nHarry Potter by J. K Rowling\nSophie's World by Jostein Gaarder \nPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen\nJane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte\nWuthering Heights by Charlotte Bronte\nGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens\nAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy\nThe Overcoat, The Nose and Other Short Stories by Nikolai Gogol\n1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell\nCatch 22 by Joseph Heller\nOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez\nBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh\nAtonement by Ian McEwan\nThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahaeme\nOranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson\nHousekeeping by Marilynne Robinson\nThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood\nThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro\nCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky\nThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe\nTo Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee\nIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote\nThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger \nTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom \nLemony Snicket’s series of Unfortunate Events\nThe Catcher in The Rye\nA Clockwork Orange\nThe Lord of The Flies\nBrave New World\nThe Handmaid's Tale\nThe Old Man and The Sea\n\nI haven't read all of them yet, so I'm still waiting for sb to give me the rest!
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Too many people that didn't study in english class, I suppose. Way too many grammatical errors these days. But that seems to be the least of the problems now...its hard to find people who can actually spell! \nI think the book "Eats shoots, and leaves" should be required reading for EVERYONE!! \nSo, yes, I agree with you whole-heartedly! Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving!
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Best case is just do a google search. Worst case, get on down to a library, and check out some books......
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Depends on what kind of books they are. If they are popular books you might find people on a budget looking for used books. If they are used as college texts (you'd be surprised what college students are required to read...) then you'll have students getting ready for the next semester or quarter.\n\nCraigslist is an alternate. There's also ebay. There are also book archiving sites. Bibliophi.org is one. Librarything is another although I don't know if they allow you to sell. There's also bookswap.com, which is trading, rather than selling books.\n\nGood luck.
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What?  Do you need a poem about the book?  Does it have to be one that is made up or can you find one that relates to the topic?  \nMake that a little clearer please....
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That was actually one of my favorite books. You just sparked a memory! You have 2 days. It's not that big of a book. Read it, really!
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I'm not a high schooler, I'm a college goer but I SHAN'T BE EXCLUDED!! I'm studying psychology (I'm a FRESHMAN!!! :D...or should I say freshwoman?) so I read a lot of texts pertaining to that field. I also read many Psych-related books outside of school. I like self-help books and novel's centered around the mentally unsound...lol! I love psychological thrillers; forensic-based mysteries are also terrific reads :).