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Reid's Top Ten Lists
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Mrs Reid: Top Ten Lists
Top 10 Young Adult Books according to Mrs Reid
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Title
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Author |
Brief Description |
| 1 |
The Killer's Tears
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Anne-Laure Bondoux |
A murderer and a small boy become the focus of a unique friendship.
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| 2 |
The Book Thief
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Markus Zusak |
Narrated by Death, this story is about a young girl, Liesel, and her family hiding a Jew in their basement in Nazi Germany. |
| 3 |
Twilight
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Stephenie Meyer |
A new take on vampire myths and legends, this is a romance for the modern young adult reader. |
| 4 |
Anahita's Woven Riddle
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Meghan Nuttall Sayres |
A story about Anahita, a young nomad girl in early 20th century Persia, who creates a riddle competition to determine her future husband. |
| 5 |
Chew on This
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Eric Schlosser |
A young adult version of Fast Food Nation that makes you think twice about snacking at McDonald's or KFC. |
| 6 |
Uglies/Pretties/Specials
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Scott Westerfield |
A futuristic trilogy that explores the potential consequences of vanity and too much technology. Everyone is beautiful - but what has been lost? |
| 7 |
Maximum Ride series
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James Patterson |
Max is the fearless leader of a band of mutant children who are being stalked by some truly terrifying creatures. Great stuff! |
| 8 |
The Witch's Boy
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Michael Gruber |
This story is a tale spun out of numerous and well-known fairy tales. The masked and ugly witch's boy will win you over! |
| 9 |
World's Afire |
Paul Janeczko |
A series of poems that focuses on the before, during, and after the Connecticut circus fire of 1941. A gruesome read in places, but fabulous. |
| 10 |
Mortal Engines |
Philip Reeve |
A wonderful futuristic novel set in a world where cities move along tracks and mercillessly eat the other traction cities that get in their way. Tom is a great hero, and Hester is an original and unique heroine. |
Top 10 Literary Classics according to Mrs Reid
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Title
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Author |
Brief Description |
| 1 |
Richard III |
William Shakespeare |
Richard III is a man who will stop at nothing to become King of England. Even if it means killing brothers, nephews, friends, and wives, he will do it. Great opening speech. Great character - villainous, yet charming! |
| 2 |
Paradise Lost |
John Milton |
The story of Adam and Eve re-told from a new perspective. |
| 3 |
The Canterbury Tales |
Geoffrey Chaucer: |
A group of pilgrims set out on a journey to the shrine of THomas Beckett in Canterbury. Along the way, the pilgrims share tales of death, loyalty, honor, and betrayal. The gap-toothed Wife of Bath is very memorable, as is the Miller's Tale. The Cook has some interesting hygiene issues. |
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1984 |
George Orwell |
A futuristic warning about the dangers of dictatorships and ignorance. This is a world where your every thought and action can be detected and uncovered. There is no privacy and no freedom. |
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The Mayor of Casterbridge |
Thomas Hardy |
The rise and fall of the Mayor of Casterbridge is a moving and tragic tale that begins with the dramatic auctioning of his wife at the fair. |
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The Oresteia |
Aeschylus |
A dramatic trilogy of tragedies that comprises of The Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides. Murder and revenge and justice are key themes as mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters choose sides, commit murder, and make choices that will change their lives forever. |
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Hard Times |
Charles Dickens |
Classic take on the Industrial Revolution in England. Men become machines, and humans are seen as no more than 'hands' and are valued only for the work they can do. Children rebel, fathers despair, and a man and a woman realize their love too late. |
| 8 |
The Great Gatsby |
F. Scott Fitzgerald: |
Gatsby seems to have everything - looks, wealth, and social power. But he doesn't have Daisy Buchanan, and this is where the trouble begins. As events unfold, tragedy beckons. |
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The Age of Innocence |
Edith Wharton |
A tragic love story about a love that cannot survive within a society that is governed by rules of social etiquette and precise expectations. May Welland and Madame Olenska are both in love with Newland Archer. Who wins? |
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Frankenstein |
Mary Shelley |
A play on the Prometheus legend, Shelley's Frankenstein is a monster that raises questions about the human right to create, and about what truly separates a monster from a man. |
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Comments (1)
Kait said
at 4:04 pm on Oct 23, 2007
You have someone wanting to be a KIG... not a KING...
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