“Books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside them.”If you have any recommendations for me, please comment below!
― Cornelia Funke, Inkheart
If you want my opinion on any of the books, let me know!
Younger Age Books
(This is elementary school to high school, please read book descriptions before giving to your kid)
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
BFG by Roald Dahl
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
The Outsiders by SE Hinton
Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The Giver by Lowis Lowry
Zel by Donna Jo Napoli
Sirena by Donna Jo Napoli
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Song of the Lioness quartet, The Immortals quartet, and Protector of the Small quartet by Tamora Pierce
Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling
Holes by Louis Sachar
Sci Fi/Fantasy/Dystopia
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Watership Down by Richard Adams
The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Sabriel/Lirael/Abhorsan by Garth Nix (Trilogy)
1984 by George Orwell
The Golden Compass/The Subtle Knife/The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman (His Dark Materials Trilogy)
Strandia by Susan Lynn Reynolds
Adventure/Travel/Personal Growth
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Historical Fiction
The Painted Girls: A Novel by Cathy Marie Bucchanan
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
The House Girl (P.S.) by Tara Conklin
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Outlander (series) by Diana Gabaldon
The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arther Golden
Winter Sea/The Shadowy Horses/The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley (Trilogy)
The Orphan Train: A Novel by Christina Baker Kline
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Rosetti Letter by Christi Phillips'
Murder/Thriller/Mystery
Prey by Michael Crichton
Lincoln Rhyme novels by Jeffrey Deaver
Educational
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by Michael Braungart and William McDonough
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff by Richard Carlson
Good to Great by Jim Collins
Collapse by Jared Diamond
The Power of Now by Ekhart Tolles
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