I like American Girl books! and Nancy Drew
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Nancy Drew Classics
Chasing Redbird
Extra Credit
Hatchet
The Westing Game
Where I'd Like to Be
The Shakespeare Stealer
The Secret Language
Anne of Green Gables
The Fast and the Furriest
A Corner of the Universe
Little House On the Prairie (and others from that series)
A Little Princess
The Secret Garden
I could go on and on and on. (but I won't)
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Animal Farm
Fahrenheit 451
Ender's Game
Harry Potter series
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy (five books)
Roald Dahl's work
and uh
more that I can't specifically name right now
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I am presently reading a book named "veronica decides to die". I like the storyline and language. Awesome book.
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Great Expectations. It has, in my opinion, one of the best stories ever.
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Somehow I think there's a topic for this...
I'll look later
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My side of the Mountain trilogy
Tuck Everlasting
Roahl Dahl books
Big Nate series (once in a while)
Where The Red Fern Grows
The boy in the Striped Pajamas
Tale of Desperaux
Great Brain series
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CheckItNow12 wrote:
My side of the Mountain trilogy
Tuck Everlasting
Roahl Dahl books
Big Nate series (once in a while)
Where The Red Fern Grows
The boy in the Striped Pajamas
Tale of Desperaux
Great Brain series
Ah, the Great Brain! I loved those! I also liked the Hardy Boys, the Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings, the list goes on.
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Calvin and Hobbes and Private Peaceful.
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I like Jaqueline Wilson books, they're really good. She's a British author
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The Hunger Games Trilogy
Harry Potter
Percy Jackson
and the Kane Chronicles(the same author who wrote Percy.)
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scmb1 wrote:
I used to love American Girl books! Who are your favorites? I liked Kit and Addy best, if I remember correctly.
(I liked Kit's, Kirsten's and Molly's admittedly)
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Wickimen wrote:
scmb1 wrote:
I used to love American Girl books! Who are your favorites? I liked Kit and Addy best, if I remember correctly.
(I liked Kit's, Kirsten's, and Molly's admittedly)
I thought something seemed wrong!
At first I was like "Is Kirsten's And Molly's all one book?"
That silly ambiguity
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soupoftomato wrote:
Wickimen wrote:
scmb1 wrote:
I used to love American Girl books! Who are your favorites? I liked Kit and Addy best, if I remember correctly.
(I liked Kit's, Kirsten's, and Molly's admittedly)
I thought something seemed wrong!
At first I was like "Is Kirsten's And Molly's all one book?"
That silly ambiguity
It's because you never grew up with American Girl as a child
The informed would be able to tell the difference!
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The Hunger Games,
Warrior Cats,
The Chronicles of Narnia,
Nancy Drew,
and I liked A Wrinkle in Time
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One's with deep, interesting messages/hidden meanings. Some of these include The Hunger Games and Harry Potter.
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stevetheipad wrote:
One's with deep, interesting messages/hidden meanings. Some of these include The Hunger Games and Harry Potter.
The Hunger Games could have gone so much further with the concept, though, but instead resorted to romance and violence.
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soupoftomato wrote:
stevetheipad wrote:
One's with deep, interesting messages/hidden meanings. Some of these include The Hunger Games and Harry Potter.
The Hunger Games could have gone so much further with the concept, though, but instead resorted to romance and violence.
Yeah, but it may have been worth it; attracting a much larger audience because of it.
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stevetheipad wrote:
soupoftomato wrote:
stevetheipad wrote:
One's with deep, interesting messages/hidden meanings. Some of these include The Hunger Games and Harry Potter.
The Hunger Games could have gone so much further with the concept, though, but instead resorted to romance and violence.
Yeah, but it may have been worth it; attracting a much larger audience because of it.
Marketing and moneymaking-yes
Conveying a message-no
I saw this thing that said something like "Perhaps the main reason for The Hunger Game's success is that it allows teenagers to feel both victimized and important"
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soupoftomato wrote:
I saw this thing that said something like "Perhaps the main reason for The Hunger Game's success is that it allows teenagers to feel both victimized and important"
Teens like drama and "exciting" feelings like these; so it wouldn't surprise me.
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"the plague dogs"
"watership down"
the first what 12 warriors books
"the hobbit"
"the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy"
"the phantom tollbooth"
various comic collections including some garfield books, "life in hell," and classic 1940s superhero comics
"dracula"
most books by theodor geisel
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