summer reading?

Question

i have to do summer reading for school.. we can read ANY 3 books we want..i want to read catcher in the rye, but what about the other 2 books? any suggestions?

I HATED TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD!!!

Answer 1

The Outsider by Camus
The Trial by Kafka

Answer 2

You look a little bummed out on your avatar pic... but that's beside the point. below are some books that were terrific for me when I was in HS and others I have since read that I think you would also enjoy:

- Education of Little Tree
- Diamond as Big as the Ritz (part of book of short stories by Fitzgerald)
- The Art of War (ancient writing by Zun Tsu)
- Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy, or anything else by JFK including his biography
- Bokotola, the story about founding of Habitat for Humanity
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- On the Road, Jack Karouac (entertaining but do NOT take example as this being the way real men behave)
- A Brief History in Time, Stephen Hawking

And Catcher in the Rye is fantastic -- enjoy!!

Answer 3

I just suggested this book to another asker, because it is my daughters new favorite. Ned Vizzini's Kind of a Funny Story. Read Catcher first, because it is the older book and gives the theme a beginning. Story is very similar but gives a modern insight and an optomistic ending. A Seperate Peace by Knowles would be a nice third read continuing the prep school, teen angst issues, or Ordinary People, a more modern classic.
Ned Vizzini also has a web site where you can chat with him, read about his other books, and see how cool he is.

Answer 4

To Kill A Mockingbird / Harper Lee
Great Expectations / Charles Dickens

Answer 5

Here are a number of books that I recommend people to read. Of course some of them are written for individuals under the age of eighteen due to their content and the intelligential level.

the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
the Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series by Laurell K. Hamilton
the DeVinci Code by by Dan Brown
To Kill A Mockingbird by by Harper Lee

Answer 6

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson is a journalist's recollection of an incredible psycho-hallucinogenic drug binge he went on with his lawyer while trying to cover a few stories in the heart of Las Vegas, but what he was really looking for the whole time was the American Dream.
East of Eden by John Steinbeck is a revamped story of Cain and Abel, which is actually only a few verses long, set in the time period that made Steinbeck famous (I read it before Oprah did).

You won't be disappointed in either of these books, believe me.

P.S. When i say it's only a few verses long, I mean the story in the Bible abut Cain and Abel, not the book.

Answer 7

1.One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a great epic novel that is wonderfully written and mythical.
2. 1984 by George Orwell or Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. so many things reference and allude to these books that no American student should be allowed to graduate from high school without reading them. It's depressing but an important read.

Answer 8

Depends on your age and what your into, but I LOVED Frankenstien by Mary Shelly. Crazy, but I wasn't required to read this until college but I loved it!

I also recommend Les Miserables by Victor Hugo if you have the time. I suggest reading the abridged version for your first time but it's a great book about hardship, love, and preserverence.

If you want something shorter try Pudd'n Head Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins by Mark Twain, it's comical, witty and displays a understanding for cultural diversity way above Twains time.

Answer 9

Depends on your age, honestly. 1984 by George Orwell was good, but I wouldn't suggest it unless you're in upper high school. The Count of Monte Cristo is an all-time favorite - it's longer, but worth it. Also, The Old Man and The Sea by Hemingway is excellent.

Answer 10

you might like jon steinbeck books like grapes of wrath or cannery row. Jack london books like the call of the wild are good to if you're more adventurous. A great, great one is to Kill a Mockingbird by Harper lee.