Speaking of books, ya'll oughta see the book list my 16 year old daughter brought home. She has to pick a book to do a report on and the list is a might grown-up, imo. They are all downers, a list obviously chosen by liberals. A sampling of the books I've read or seen movies. Oh, and she said if you chose a book off the list, it has to be about "typical American culture."
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
The Lovely Bones
Fight Club
Bastard Out of Carolina
The World According to Garp
The Cider House Rules
Where The Heart Is
A Thousand Acres
Cold Mountain
Fried Green Tomatoes
The Handmaid's Tale
The Joy Luck Club
Sophie's Choice
Deliverance
There are a few good, more age appropriate books on the list:
The Red Badge of Courage
On The Road
Housekeeping
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Age of Innocence
The Bell Jar
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Puddinhead Wilson
The Catcher in the Rye
We picked out a book not on the list, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
Good morning! : )
Emma has just read the teenager Left Behind Series, Little one maid of Israel and In His Steps. She is now reading a bokk that I just finished that she was interested in which is Family friendly farming by Joel Salatin.
First thought I had was no wonder so many kids don't like to read - the school doesn't assign any really good books :)
Well, some of them are, but the majority are books I wouldn't read unless forced to.