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#1 2010-11-11 15:23:46

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Best books you've had to read in school

OK, in school, they often make us read old books we probably wouldn't choose to read on our own. However, sometimes, they are actually really good. What are some of your favorite books (or plays) that you've been forced to read as an assignment?

My favorites:
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
The Crucible by  Arthur Miller

EDIT: Extra question: what books have you read on your own that you think should be taught in school? I think The Book Thief by Markus Zusak should be  a requirement.

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#2 2010-11-11 15:28:47

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Re: Best books you've had to read in school

I haven't had to read much yet, since I'm only in sixth grade
But I liked The Giver by Lois Lowry. We had to read that this year
Uhh.. I had to read Ramona The Pest by Beverly Cleary in second grade  tongue  I really liked that too
But I probably would have read those books on my own eventually if we hadn't been assigned to

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#3 2010-11-11 15:31:06

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Re: Best books you've had to read in school

The Giver is an awesome book. Surprisingly, I've never actually had to read it in school...

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#4 2010-11-11 15:54:56

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Re: Best books you've had to read in school

To Kill A Mockingbird is my absolute favorite  smile  I think Eragon or Pendragon should be taught in schools. We are reading the Cruible right now... not my favorite at all

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#5 2010-11-11 15:56:19

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Re: Best books you've had to read in school

scmb1 wrote:

The Giver is an awesome book. Surprisingly, I've never actually had to read it in school...

I read it in school and i also read the other books. i forget the names of the others  tongue

arg 60-second rule  tongue

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#6 2010-11-11 15:57:36

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Re: Best books you've had to read in school

I've never read a good book in school. They all sucked. I don't feel like listing them, but there are at least 15.

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#7 2010-11-11 16:00:50

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#8 2010-11-11 19:47:57

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Re: Best books you've had to read in school

The Book Thief

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#9 2010-11-11 19:59:58

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Re: Best books you've had to read in school

I liked the outsiders sorta
To kill a mockingbird too

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#10 2010-11-11 20:03:50

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On my Honor.

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#11 2010-11-11 20:06:38

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Re: Best books you've had to read in school

Foundation by Isaac Asimov.

One of my favorite books ever, and Asimov is one of my favorite writers (though I did read one of his novels before reading this book for school).

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#12 2010-11-11 20:06:44

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Re: Best books you've had to read in school

lilacfuzz101 wrote:

To Kill A Mockingbird is my absolute favorite  smile  I think Eragon or Pendragon should be taught in schools. We are reading the Cruible right now... not my favorite at all

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#13 2010-11-11 20:09:59

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Re: Best books you've had to read in school

Um, that It's Bud, Not Buddy was good I guess. I hate almost all books they make you read. Actually, I hate a lot of books even though I'm one of the best readers in the school. One I loved though I wasn't forced to read was......



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#14 2010-11-11 20:15:26

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Re: Best books you've had to read in school

The Westing Game
Tuck Everlasting
Found

All awesome books  big_smile

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#15 2010-11-11 20:18:18

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Re: Best books you've had to read in school

samurai768 wrote:

Tuck Everlasting

I liked it and we read it last year.

Apparently the ending was emotional, am I heartless?

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#16 2010-11-11 20:23:02

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Re: Best books you've had to read in school

Oh yeah, other good books we had to read were 1984, Animal Farm, Night, and The Princess Bride.

Unlike the guy above me I liked The Crucible (even though it was summer reading for us, along with Huck Finn, The Great Gatsby, and some other book I forget...still haven't read the last two yet)

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#17 2010-11-11 20:25:23

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Re: Best books you've had to read in school

scmb1 wrote:

The Giver is an awesome book. Surprisingly, I've never actually had to read it in school...

Oh man. That book was.......RADICAL! A-doodilie-doodilie-doo-do   lol

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#18 2010-11-11 20:27:13

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Re: Best books you've had to read in school

S65 wrote:

Oh yeah, other good books we had to read were 1984, Animal Farm, Night, and The Princess Bride.

Unlike the guy above me I liked The Crucible (even though it was summer reading for us, along with Huck Finn, The Great Gatsby, and some other book I forget...still haven't read the last two yet)

Oh yeah, the Crucible was rather good. Maybe I'll add that...

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#19 2010-11-11 20:40:42

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Re: Best books you've had to read in school

soupoftomato wrote:

samurai768 wrote:

Tuck Everlasting

I liked it and we read it last year.

Apparently the ending was emotional, am I heartless?

Yes xD

I read it on the bus on the way to school, and I cried while walking to class  sad

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#20 2010-11-11 20:48:29

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Re: Best books you've had to read in school

samurai768 wrote:

The Westing Game

Thats one of my favorite books ever
I have the first paragraph memorized, because that used to be the only book I ever read. I ended up rereading it like fifty times. Heh

Uhhh.. What else...
The Whipping Boy. Good book...
Mr Popper's Penguins. I loved that book  tongue
And thats all I remember. But yeah, we didn't have to read many books in elementary school, just some ten-paged cheesy books that were made to be discussed with classes :( (So yeah they were boring)

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#21 2010-11-11 20:50:41

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Re: Best books you've had to read in school

Freak the Mighty was kind of stupid but the ending was pretty sad.


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#22 2010-11-11 21:29:47

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Re: Best books you've had to read in school

rufflebee wrote:

samurai768 wrote:

The Westing Game

Thats one of my favorite books ever
I have the first paragraph memorized, because that used to be the only book I ever read. I ended up rereading it like fifty times. Heh

Uhhh.. What else...
The Whipping Boy. Good book...
Mr Popper's Penguins. I loved that book  tongue
And thats all I remember. But yeah, we didn't have to read many books in elementary school, just some ten-paged cheesy books that were made to be discussed with classes :( (So yeah they were boring)

Oh, like this one that was about a guy who meets a witch who's scared of witches. It was interesting up until she met the guy. THen it was:

They flew on her broom.
They saw the moon.
"Wow!" she said.
"Wow!" he said.
The moon was big.
"Wow!" they both said.

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#23 2010-11-11 21:31:48

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Re: Best books you've had to read in school

We haven't really read one good book at all in middle school so far. The only one remotely good that we read was Tom Sawyer.

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#24 2010-11-11 23:29:06

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gettysburg11 wrote:

We haven't really read one good book at all in middle school so far. The only one remotely good that we read was Tom Sawyer.

Oh yeah, that's a good one.

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#25 2010-11-12 00:14:40

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1984

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