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[achimongus]

Such, such, SUCH a good topic.

I'm going to double-recommend Ender's Game and The Time Traveller's Wife. These are my TOP TWOOO favorite books.

Title: I Am The Messenger
Author: Markus Zusack
Genre: GOOD.
About: I'm copying and pasting the back for this, I can't even begin to describe it: "When hapless cabdriver Ed Kennedy offhandedly stops a bank robbery, someone takes notice. The Ace of Diamonds appears in his mailbox with three addresses written on it. Ed is supposed to deliver a message to these addresses, but no one is telling him what that message is. All he is told is that his life depends on it...." ...just look it up C=
Recommended For: Any age, anyone C=


Title: Postcards from No Man's Land
Author: Aidan Chambers
Genre: err...I'm bad with genres...teen? kinda?
About: This book explores a young male teen and his trip overseas to Holland. He is trying to explore his grandparent's histories, and to visit their grave. Along the way he meets several new people and they challenge him to explore his sexuality and the way he views life. Very interesting read.
Recommended For: Anyone who isn't afraid to read things about homosexuality.

Title: Tamar
Author: Mal Peet
Genre: WWII =P
About: Intricate plot...this book takes place both during World War II and in the present. A girl's grandfather dies, and she begins to unearth secrets and his past. He was involved in a special secret agent operation, and had to live on a farm undercover with his best friend...and the love of his life happened to live on this farm, and they hide their love....
Recommended For: Anyone interested in World War II. I personally love to read books during this time period. Also, it's a good love story.


Title: Go Figure
Author: Jo Edwards
Genre: Teen
About: A girl struggling with her weight. She learns to navigate life loving the body she has.
Recommended For: Girls of all shapes and sizes. Guys would definately not like...


Title: Gossip Girl (any of them)
Author: er...Cecily something...google it.
Genre: Teen
About: These girls are rich and have the city as their own personal playground. Follow Blair, Serena, and Nate through their high school years as they explore eating disorders, drugs, drinking, sex, and life. A fun and shallow read, honestly, but good if you're bored and looking for drama.
Recommended For: anyone looking for dramaa and a good, quick, shallow read.


I have lots more, if anyone is interested in anything else. And I love to discuss books, especially Ender's Game and Time Traveler's Wife.

[lkajsfklajskds]

TITLE: Sold
AUTHOR: Patricia McCormick
GENRE: Realistic Fiction
ABOUT: Lakshmi is a 13-year old Nepali girl who lives in a small village in the Himalayas. Her family is just as poor, maybe less, than her other friends in the village. The other girls of the other families in the village are being sent to the city to work for a rich maid. When it doesn't rain for days and then suddenly rains non-stop, Lakshmi tells her parents if she may also go to work for the rich maid. Unfortunately, she doesn't know that she was being sold into prostitution.
RECOMMENDED FOR: Teens and Adults. Anyone who won't squirm and say "Eww, she did what?!"

[Teesa]

TITLE: Eat, Pray, Love
AUTHOR: Elizabeth Gilbert
GENRE: Non-fiction
ABOUT: A woman finds that she is unhappy with her life and decides to travel to three countries to discover herself.
RECOMMENDED FOR: adult women

And two of my most favorite books ever:

TITLE: The Kite Runner
AUTHOR: Khaled Hosseini
GENRE: Realistic fiction
ABOUT: The incredibly written story of a young boy who grows up in Afghanistan, while facing great struggles.
RECOMMENDED FOR: Anyone!

TITLE: A Thousand Splendid Suns
AUTHOR: Khaled Hosseini
GENRE: Realistic fiction
ABOUT: A heart-breaking story about the relationship of two women struggling to overcome unbelievable obstacles
RECOMMENDED FOR: Anyone, but I think it would especially affect women.

[ForgiveTheSinner]

Title: The Wheel of Time [series]
Author: Robert Jordan
Genre: fantasy
About: The Creator imprisoned Shai'tan, known as the Dark One, a powerful, evil being, at the moment of creation, sealing him away from the Wheel. At some point, however, the Dark One was given purchase in the world through the machinations of people who opened his prison, and began his efforts to conquer the world, creation, and even the Wheel itself. In response to this, the Wheel spun out the Dragon, a channeler of immense power, to be a champion for the Light. Due to the cyclical nature of the Wheel, there has been no definitive victory for the forces of the Light; the war has been fought innumerable times since the dawn of Creation. The Dragon would defeat Shai'tan and seal him from the Wheel, only to have him break out (or be released) several millennia later, forcing the Dragon to be reborn and repeat the entire process.
Recommended For: Fantasy lovers that like long books.

[Comptine]

Title:speak
Author: laurie halse anderson
Genre: fiction.
About: [cause the other person didn't write about it]

There's a reason. You don't find out what happens to the girl until the end. That's why it's called Speak. Because she refuses to tell people why she called the cops to the party.

[chrislagace]

battle royale for real this book is rad

[Teesa]

TITLE: Love in the Time of Cholera
AUTHOR: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
GENRE: romance
ABOUT: a girl and a boy fall in love when they are young, but the boy still reserves his heart for the girl even though she decides to marry a prominent doctor
RECOMMENDED FOR: anyone who is a fan of marquez's writing style and for any romantics :)

NOT RECOMMENDED FOR: anyone who cannot handle long-winded descriptions (think hemingway, but 10X more intense) and anyone who does not have a large vocabulary. lol.

[freeridefight]

Title:Night
Author:Elie Wiesel
Genre:Non-fiction
About: Elie's struggles as he overcomes the Nazi invasion of his home and the invasion of his life and how it is crushed and reborn. He and his family go through Auschwitz, one of Germany's most grueling concentration camps.
Recommended for: Anyone really. All of my friends have read it and say it is one of the best books they have read. Also, some parents have, and say it is amazing.
*also if you don't like reading alot, its barely over 100 pages I think, or even 92.

[vintage-toile]

Title: LUCAS
Author: Kevin Brooks
Genre: Not sure.
About: Caitlin's life changes from the moment she sees Lucas walking across the causeway one hot summer's day. He is the strangest, most beautiful boy she has ever seen - and when she meets him, her world comes alive. But to others, he quickly becomes an object of jealousy, prejudice and hatred. Caitlin tries to make sense of the injustice that lurks at every unexpected twist and turn, until she realises that she must do what she knows in her heart is right.
Recommended For: both guys and girls who like gripping books.


this is honestly my favourite book and author, his books are incredible.

[LoveToMySilas]

Title:Night
Author:Elie Wiesel
Genre:Non-fiction
About: Elie's struggles as he overcomes the Nazi invasion of his home and the invasion of his life and how it is crushed and reborn. He and his family go through Auschwitz, one of Germany's most grueling concentration camps.
Recommended for: Anyone really. All of my friends have read it and say it is one of the best books they have read. Also, some parents have, and say it is amazing.
*also if you don't like reading alot, its barely over 100 pages I think, or even 92.[/font]

My classmate did a report on this book today. It seemed pretty interesting. I think I might do it for my next report.