I read this book in 3rd grade and it was the first chapter book that I loved, and what got me into reading other books. I read it probably 7-8 times, and it was strangely more interesting every time. It was my favorite book because it had such a good story line, but yet as a 3rd grader I was able to comprehend it and enjoy reading a 250 page book.
2. Ripper, By Stefan Petrucha
I read this book in 8th grade, and it has been important to me because it opened my eyes to a new difficulty to the books that I like to read. This has been my first action novel that is interesting, and I've read on a regular basis, that has taken so long to read.
3. Weapons of World War 2
This was the book that opened me up to violent books. I read it in 4th grade and learned about all the weapons, including armored cars and tanks, that where used in the war. It brought me to read books about zombies or first person stories about war. In the book, it explains all about the components of the Nuclear bomb and where they where dropped in japan.
4. Huckleberry Finn, By Mark Twain
Huckleberry Finn was the first piece of Old english literature that I ever read with the original
language still intact. I read this book in 7th grade, and it taught me a lot about the vocabulary of someone who lived in the 1800's. It also showed me how violent a person could get if they are fighting to survive. In the book, when a character gets bitten by a rattle snake, he drinks 2 bottles of whisky and somehow fights the poison off.
5. The Old man and the Sea
The first time that I read this book (not completely read, I was on page 20/100) I found the literature sub-par and much of the book very redundant. So, I waited a year and when I read it again, I felt I understood much more of the vocabulary used in the book at that point, allowing me to enjoy it. I think that this book marked my passage into being a mature reader.
6. Quarantine By Lex Thomas
If the stakes for life where not so high, I would actually love to be in this book. It is about a school that was quarantined when a patient from a lab not far away escaped with a disease that would infect teenagers going through puberty, but would instantly kill adults or children.
7. The Outsiders, Hinton S.E.
This book got me interested in books about the crime life, stealing, murder, hideouts, disguises, etc. It's what got me hooked on books like what I have listed for #2 (Ripper). Only this was the only book that had a character above the age of 10 named something like "Pony-boy".
8. Of mice and Men By John Steinbeck
This was my first Steinbeck book, I read it in fith grade. This made me like Steinbeck as an author and read more classic novels. The only thing I didn't like was how the story would set you up. It took these two characters, very close together and practically brothers, and they have a dream to get their own land. Right as their about to have enough money to buy the place, one of them gets in trouble and the other one kills him for his own good. That was kind of depressing.
9.The Fear By Charlie Higson
This has been my favorite horror book for quite a while now. I've read it at least 3 times and I'm still not bored with it. Each time I read it I get something different out of it. Last time I really picked up on details, the time before that I noticed more connections to things happening at different times in the story, picked up by different people, but that where all related. The first time I read the book, I was simply drawn in by the heroic scenes and their systems to survive the zombie apocalypse.
10. Charlotte's Web By E.B. White
This was my favorite chapter book as a child and it made me much more interested in reading, and in talking animals. I was in kindergarden when my mom first read this book to me, and it opened me up to loving stories in general, especially verbal.
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