Touch Children (or, recommend books to kids)

[MikeNaked]

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Great Gatsby
Separate Peace
1984
Brave New World
Lord of the Flies
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Farenheit 451
Of Mice and Men
The Scarlet Letter


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It's good to know that you enjoyed these selections, but what I'm looking for is outside the canon - supplementary reading materials that enlightened or inspired you.

In other words, what would be your recommendation for the kid who doesn't yet enjoy reading, who says that all the books in the library suck?

[CalledDownLight]

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Great Gatsby
Separate Peace
1984
Brave New World
Lord of the Flies
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Farenheit 451
Of Mice and Men
The Scarlet Letter


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It's good to know that you enjoyed these selections, but what I'm looking for is outside the canon - supplementary reading materials that enlightened or inspired you.

In other words, what would be your recommendation for the kid who doesn't yet enjoy reading, who says that all the books in the library suck?

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Honestly, I'm not sure. All I've really read outside of this is Harry Potter, Bringing Down the House, Busting Vegas, and some nonfiction stuff. I'd say Harry Potter in all honesty, but there have been all kinds of problems with that in the school systems and I think you'd have a hard time getting by with telling the kids to read Busting Vegas or One of a Kind.