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Harry Potter. :)

Capt. Lookatmy Broadside
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Posted at 4:07 pm on May 15, 2012

I'm actually only half joking... Harry was a big, big deal culturally, and IMHO the books really are good lit, with some good life lessons. If not read earlier, I think they should be read in high school.

Ditto Chronicles of Narnia, though I never read them until I was an adult.

Other messages in this thread:

Must read books for high school? - Little Leni Sunshine - 8:53:26 PM on 05/12/2012 (17)

Harry Potter. :) - Patticom - 4:07:31 PM on 05/15/2012

Oh, and at least one book by - Patticom - 4:13:14 PM on 05/15/2012

How to be Your Own Selfish Pig [NT] - Sherry (Bowlsby) - 6:41:25 PM on 05/13/2012
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom or Things We Couldn't Say by Diet Eman. - dutchgirl - 10:55:37 PM on 05/12/2012

I was just thinking yesterday that I need to start rereading The Hiding Place...When I first read it a few yrs ago... - Greta Lea:) - 10:11:03 AM on 05/13/2012

I agree. I have a few of her phrases that come to mind quite often. [NT] - cellomom - 11:20:25 AM on 05/13/2012

I just read another holocaust book that I really, really liked. - cellomom - 12:10:50 AM on 05/13/2012

Old Friends by Tracy Kidder [NT] - Holly - 10:41:10 PM on 05/12/2012
The Pine Barrens by John McPhee [NT] - Holly - 10:40:46 PM on 05/12/2012
Truman by David McCullough [NT] - Holly - 10:38:31 PM on 05/12/2012
Walden by Henry David Thoreau [NT] - Holly - 10:37:22 PM on 05/12/2012
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow [NT] - Holly - 10:32:55 PM on 05/12/2012

I and Thou by Martin Buber [NT] - Holly - 10:36:41 PM on 05/12/2012

That's pretty heavy for H.S.!! - Patticom - 4:03:12 PM on 05/15/2012

Longitude by Dava Sobel [NT] - Holly - 10:31:48 PM on 05/12/2012
Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow, both by Orson Scott Card [NT] - Holly - 10:28:12 PM on 05/12/2012

*Like* [NT] - dutchgirl - 10:46:58 PM on 05/12/2012