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The Hunger Games Book

I'll be honest. I really didn't want to read this book. Reluctantly, when there was nothing else on my reading list, I picked it up. Then I couldn't put it down. The narrator, Arnold Spirit, says it like he means it. Being poor sucks. Life on the reservation sucks. Yet when he tries to make it on his own in a white school, he doesn't fit in either school. Ya Books, Great Books, Books To Read, Teen Books, Reading Lists, Book Lists, Book Worth Reading, Family Reading, Reading Journal

Book Worth Reading

Reading Journal

I'll be honest. I really didn't want to read this book. Reluctantly, when there was nothing else on my reading list, I picked it up. Then I couldn't put it down. The narrator, Arnold Spirit, says it like he means it. Being poor sucks. Life on the reservation sucks. Yet when he tries to make it on his own in a white school, he doesn't fit in either school.

A book that made me a reader again. So good. The voice is amazing. It's like your inside the protagonist's head. Highly recommend. Teaching Interview, Student Teaching, Laurie Anderson, Ya Literature, Movies Worth Watching, Books For Teens

Teaching Interview

Student Teaching

Laurie Anderson

Movies Worth Watching

Books For Teens

A book that made me a reader again. So good. The voice is amazing. It's like your inside the protagonist's head. Highly recommend.

The concept for this book is the hook that pulls you through the narrative. Imagine if the Earth started to slow its rotation. Days grow longer. Temperatures spike. Pretty soon, at 30 or 40 hour days, plants start to die off. How will we survive as a race, much less one shy teen girl named Julia. Reading Corner, Reading Room, Relaxing Reading, Reading Time, New Books

Relaxing Reading

The concept for this book is the hook that pulls you through the narrative. Imagine if the Earth started to slow its rotation. Days grow longer. Temperatures spike. Pretty soon, at 30 or 40 hour days, plants start to die off. How will we survive as a race, much less one shy teen girl named Julia.

Astounding book by Jay Asher. It documents a girl's suicide via 13 audio cassettes. In these tapes she documents the 13 people that caused her suicide. The novel follows Clay Jensen, who received the tapes because he's on them. Book Club Books, Book Nerd, Music Books, Film Books

Book Club Books

Astounding book by Jay Asher. It documents a girl's suicide via 13 audio cassettes. In these tapes she documents the 13 people that caused her suicide. The novel follows Clay Jensen, who received the tapes because he's on them.

Crystal is queen of compelling characters. Read How Lamar's Bad Prank Won a Bubba Sized Trophy and you won't want to put it down. School Library Books, African American History Month, Reluctant Readers, Middle Grades, Books Young Adult, Lamar, Social Skills

School Library Books

African American History Month

Reluctant Readers

Books Young Adult

Crystal is queen of compelling characters. Read How Lamar's Bad Prank Won a Bubba Sized Trophy and you won't want to put it down.

A Monster Calls gripped right from the start. The writing is captivating. It will truly steal your heart. I Love Books, Fall Reading, Reading Log

A Monster Calls gripped right from the start. The writing is captivating. It will truly steal your heart.

I admit. I fought reading this book. After all, it seemed like a rehash of The Running Man. However, Collins delivers a remarkably tight story and the romance takes second stage to the action. Well worth reading. Suzanne Collins, Love Reading, Summer Reading, Easy Reading, Kids Reading, Reading Strategies

Suzanne Collins

Reading Strategies

The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Series #1)

This book (and it’s sequel) are awesome. Madame Octa, the giant trained spider, doesn’t get the credit it deserves. Books 2014, Book Series, Book 1, The Book, Book Club

A Living Nightmare (Cirque Du Freak Series #1)

This is actually two different books fused into one. The beginning is a religious comparison. The second is the boy’s survival in a boat with a man-eating tiger. There’s a great twist at the end. Life Of Pi Book, Time Life, Oscar Wilde, Found Out

Life Of Pi Book

This is actually two different books fused into one. The beginning is a religious comparison. The second is the boy’s survival in a boat with a man-eating tiger. There’s a great twist at the end.

A little known books, but well worth the read. I mean it has an evil-demon-snot creature. What more could you want? Evil Demons, Snot, Buckingham, Read Books, Royce, Creatures, Book Cover

A little known books, but well worth the read. I mean it has an evil-demon-snot creature. What more could you want?

If you haven’t heard about Riordan’s series of books, you need to wake up and smell the Greek mythos. So far I’ve only read the first in the series, but I plan to read more once I get the time. The Heroes Of Olympus, Percabeth, The Lightning Thief Book, Lightning Bolt, Roman Jeunesse, Ya Fantasy Books, Fantasy Series, Fantasy Reads, Fantasy Fiction

The Heroes Of Olympus

The Lightning Thief Book

Ya Fantasy Books

Fantasy Fiction

If you haven’t heard about Riordan’s series of books, you need to wake up and smell the Greek mythos. So far I’ve only read the first in the series, but I plan to read more once I get the time.

A short book, but hilarious to read. Imagine going from mowing one lawn to earning six-figures and having your own bodyguard. Yeah, that’s what I thought. You have to read this. Books For Boys, Childrens Books, Reading Ideas, Guided Reading, Lamb Book, Teaching Economics, Economics Lessons, Gary Paulsen

Childrens Books

Teaching Economics

Economics Lessons

This is easily the most accessible and best plotted of King’s books. Not only have I read this book at least 6 or 7 times, but I also wrote a thesis paper on it for my masters degree. Stephen King (books), Steven King, Silent Reading, Reading Library

Stephen King (books)

Reading Library

This is easily the most accessible and best plotted of King’s books. Not only have I read this book at least 6 or 7 times, but I also wrote a thesis paper on it for my masters degree.

This might be so good because it’s so short (novella length). A great primer on Norse mythology with some excellent insights on what it means to be a god. I only wish it had been longer. Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology Book, The Graveyard Book, Illustrator, Newbery Medal, Tree Felling, Thing 1, Weird Stories, Chapter Books

Norse Mythology Book

The Graveyard Book

Odd and the Frost Giants

Try the whole series: Pretties, Specials, and Extras. They’re all great. One of the best series I’ve ever read. I mean it, I keep thinking about the hoverboarding and the Specials. “I don’t want to hurt you, but I will if I have to.” Coraline by Neil Gaiman  I have trouble getting through a Gaiman book. He has awesome ideas, but I often find myself losing interest. Not so with this book. It held me captive till the bitter end. Also, it’s much much better than the movie version. Read this first. Uglies Book, Uglies Series, Teen Series

Try the whole series: Pretties, Specials, and Extras. They’re all great. One of the best series I’ve ever read. I mean it, I keep thinking about the hoverboarding and the Specials. “I don’t want to hurt you, but I will if I have to.” Coraline by Neil Gaiman I have trouble getting through a Gaiman book. He has awesome ideas, but I often find myself losing interest. Not so with this book. It held me captive till the bitter end. Also, it’s much much better than the movie version. Read this first.

I read this book in about two hours, straight through. Amazing. It’s based on a real even in the late 1960s. A high school teacher wanted to instruct his class on why Germans were swept up by the Nazi movement, so he started a propaganda campaign in his class. Soon the whole school is involved and the experiment is out of control. The Wave, High School History, History Class, Wave Book, Leaf Book, Contemporary Fiction

High School History

Contemporary Fiction

Although the selling point for this novel is the bizarre (and authentic) photos of freaks, the book doesn’t need them. That’s how captivating the prose is. I started reading it on my Nook and eventually sneaked away from my family to finish it. It has time travel, freaks, and monsters. Who could want more. Plus it has the most realistic young romance I’ve read in years. I actually want to buy another copy in print, just to appreciate the pictures. Scary Books, Horror Books, Scary Novels, Comic Shop, Miss Peregrine Libro

Miss Peregrine Libro

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

A series as good as Uglies. What Westerfeld’s done that I haven’t seen elsewhere is create machines out of genetically altered animals. He has lizards that deliver messages like talking telegrams. Fabricated elephants pull carts through London. And, the big daddy of them all, the Leviathan—an airship composed of a hydrogen-filled sperm whale. Young Adult Fiction, Leviathan Scott Westerfeld, Thriller, Science Fiction, Steampunk Book, Steampunk Theme, Learn To Fly, Alternate History

Young Adult Fiction

Leviathan Scott Westerfeld

Science Fiction

Steampunk Theme

Alternate History

A series as good as Uglies. What Westerfeld’s done that I haven’t seen elsewhere is create machines out of genetically altered animals. He has lizards that deliver messages like talking telegrams. Fabricated elephants pull carts through London. And, the big daddy of them all, the Leviathan—an airship composed of a hydrogen-filled sperm whale.

This book is insanely good. Every few paragraphs I need to stop to underline a bit of wisdom. “As all mothers know, children travel faster than kisses.” “In Autumn, trees sleep like bears. The whole world snuggles in to sleep through all of winter.” “Death is not a checkmate … it is more like a carnival trick.” Fairy Tale Books, Fairy Tales, This Is A Book, Best Fantasy Series, Fantasy Books

Fairy Tale Books

Best Fantasy Series

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Fairyland Series #1)

I am addicted to the Nicolas Flamel series. It combines everything I love about Harry Potter and Percy Jackson, and it has mythology up the wazoo. Everywhere you look, you have a Celtic warrior, and Egyptian goddess, a centuries old alchemist. I could not put this book down. Nicolas Flamel, Michael Scott, Roman Initiatique, Roman Gods

Roman Initiatique

I am addicted to the Nicolas Flamel series. It combines everything I love about Harry Potter and Percy Jackson, and it has mythology up the wazoo. Everywhere you look, you have a Celtic warrior, and Egyptian goddess, a centuries old alchemist. I could not put this book down.