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i have to read a book for english and i cant decide on what to do.
the only main requirements are that it has to be atleast 200 pages (no more than 300 please) and at our reading leve (10th grade)
my favorite book is the giver but i cannot read that because it is too short and i like books along that line.
i like more true to life kind of books with relatable characters and i dislike things like harry potter and lord of the rings
any suggestions? please if you name a book give me a little background info on it!
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First of all, Gathering Blue was excellent so that would be a very good choice.
Last year, (9th grade) I read Boy's Life and it is more than 300 pages, but it is such an easy read. It is sooo interesting. It is in the point of view of a young boy, in a small town, where a muder happens. I personally LOVEDDD IT!!
This year, (10th grade) I really enjoyed All Quiet on the Western Front. It is about 20 year-olds fighting in WWI. It's a lot of pages, but it is also an easy read.
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I strongly suggest anything by Michael Crichton. He writes absolutely brilliant sci fi/thriller books(he wrote Jurassic Park, for example). His books are packed with information(he went to Harvard Medical school, so he has a lot to say) and usually longer than what you want, but they are very fast-paced and hard to put down so they seem shorter. Although his books may be a little more hard to swallow than what you usually like, he's really an amazing author and you should give him a chance.
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I strongly suggest nicholas sparks books like a walk to remember. It's about a girl with cancer who falls in love with a guy who you would never think would be together. It's sad, but you get so into you cant put it down. I dont normally like reading but this book was an exeption. It is my absolute favorite book. If you already read that try another one of his books he is an amazing writer and his stories could actually happen.
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A book that I found to be astounding and brilliant was "Crank". It is based on real life and is very easy to relate to. It is a teenage girl, who's parents are divorced. She goes to visit her father in New Mexico for the summer, while she is there her father doesn't spend any time with her. So she makes up an alter ego Bree so she can feel more wild. She then meets a boy named Adam who turns her on too drugs, cigarettes, and sex. She goes home a completely different person and her mother nows. She makes 2 new guy friends at home one loves her and the other rapes her and gets her pregnant. It ends with her leaving her baby with her mother so she can go do more drugs. I finished this 536 page book in a little bit over a day. It isn't really even that long. There are 2 page chapters, and the writing doesn't even fill up the entire page. I enjoyed reading this book a lot I think you would like it too. Hope I helped!
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My friend did a report on it for school and got an A on the project. Is your school strict about stuff like that? If not then I would say that it is a great book to do.
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Catcher in the Rye.
Its an awesome book i read it this year for school. and loved it.
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"Homecoming" by Cynthia Void. I don't remember how many pages it has but I think it is a long book but it's worth it. It probably has between 200 and 300 though (maybe, just maybe even 320 or 350). It's really interesting and you won't be able to put it down. It's definitely at a high school level. It's a series but Homecoming is the first one and by itself its a really onteresting story. Its sooo interesting that it was made into a TV series (I never saw it but the books were awesome).
"Homecoming" is about four brothers and sisters (two boys and two girls) that are left abandoned in their car in a srange city by their mom who is mentally ill. The story is basically about their journey to their aunt's house (they dont want the police to find them and seperate them) and then to their grandmother's house on their own. But they have to walk and take boat rides and car rides across the country and it's not those boring journey geographic crap books. It's really interesting and I loved it! The four brothers and sisters are the mai characters but along the way they meet many characters and make realizations about their mom, why she abadnonded them, their estranged father, and themselves.
I HIGHLY recommend "Homecoming". You'll love it!
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Ohhh books! My favourite topic :D
Some of my personal favourites, although you might not want to report on these:
White Oleander for a general fiction; it's about a girl who goes through foster care after her mother is imprisoned for murder.
Nightfall by Isaac Asimov for sci fi; it's about a world where there are several suns, so they live in perpetual light, and what happens when the inhabitants experience darkness for the first time.
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy is a great classic, very sad... I think it surpasses your length restrictions.
Another good sci fi is Ender's Game... I think it would be perfect for your purposes. It's about a boy who is sent to a military academy in space. Really not as lame as it sounds :P I was riveted to the book till I finished it!
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Catcher In the Rye
By: J.D. Salinger
This is a classic, and it is a very good book.
It is about a teenage boy who gets kicked out of school, and doesn't tell his parents and goes to NYC. And he is basically struggling with depression....
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Well, in the 10th grade I read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Scarlett Letter, "The Crucible," One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, "Death of a Salesman," and The Great Gatsby. (I can't italicize book titles here, so assume the ones not in quotes are.)
The two in quotes are plays, and still too short. I wouldn't really recommend The Scarlett Letter, because I sort of hated that one. Huck Finn wasn't bad, but if you're looking for a solider book, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is your book.
The setting is in an asylum, and it follows the battles between the ward patients (led by the rowdy new patient McMurphy) and the head nurse.
It's about 250 pages, but I (someone who doesn't really like to read that much) can certainly say that it's a captivating novel. You might not be able to relate to the characters exactly (since they're adults in a mental ward), but it provokes feelings of empathy for them, and from what I've experienced in reading it has roughly the same effect.
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You should read Go Ask Alice if you never read it before.
It is a very good book based on a true story.
I don't remember how much pages it has though. I think it might be more than 200.
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