Other thoughts:
Diary of Anne Frank (the play or the book)
A Raisin in the Sun
Our Town
The Importance of Being Earnest
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Lord of the Flies
Flowers for Algernon
The Joy Luck Club
Night
Spike: Lots of fuss over one girl. Other things to do around here--important things. Angel: You know that whoosh thing you do when you're suddenly not there anymore? I love that.
'Unleashed'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
ChiKat - May 16, 2012 7:18:22 am PDT #18721 of 28326
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
DavidS - May 16, 2012 7:24:41 am PDT #18722 of 28326
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Other thoughts:
These are all the books that Emmett considers to be Incessantly Depressing, for the record.
Polter-Cow - May 16, 2012 7:27:44 am PDT #18723 of 28326
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The Importance of Being Earnest is depressing?
Burrell - May 16, 2012 7:30:23 am PDT #18724 of 28326
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
These are all the books that Emmett considers to be Incessantly Depressing, for the record.
Well not The Importance of Being Earnest I assume?
Kat - May 16, 2012 8:07:19 am PDT #18725 of 28326
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian?
Fun book, but appropriateness for an entire class of 7th graders? Questionable.
If you are doing trade fiction, consider Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli.
The Importance of Being Earnest would be a stretch for most 7th graders. It's a stretch for many 11th graders (difficulty with richness of language as well as the different type of reading a play requires).
DavidS - May 16, 2012 8:09:50 am PDT #18726 of 28326
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The Importance of Being Earnest is depressing?
No, not that one. I don't think he'd appreciate Oscar Wilde though.
But the Diary of Ann Frank, and Lord of the Flies both bummed him out and now he dreads his English class.
Hil R. - May 16, 2012 8:14:01 am PDT #18727 of 28326
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Fun book, but appropriateness for an entire class of 7th graders? Questionable.
Good point.
Polter-Cow - May 16, 2012 8:21:16 am PDT #18728 of 28326
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm listening to The Dark Is Rising (people weren't kidding about Over Sea, Under Stone not being a good place to start, how boring was that?), and people keep referring to Will as an "Old One," so I am expecting him to sprout tentacles at some point.
§ ita § - May 16, 2012 8:23:06 am PDT #18729 of 28326
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
B&N has a really long sample from Night Circus available in ebook, and I kinda forgot I hadn't bought the whole thing yet, I was enjoying myself so much.
Well played, teaser, well played.
Does Amazon let you get samples, or does it just do the "look inside this book" thing? It occurs to me (d'oh!) that you don't need to have an e-book to take advantage of this--you just need to set up an account and install the app on your computer. Then you can read the first few pages of, well, just about anything that's also sold as an ebook if you want more info to make up your mind. It's not like you can't go buy the paper version afterwards.
Dana - May 16, 2012 8:24:28 am PDT #18730 of 28326
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I love Over Sea, Under Stone. Classic quest book.