Which book should I read for Summer Reading?
Which of the following (Theres a description beneath each title in case you haven’t heard of any of them):
Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult Fiction
In Sterling, New Hampshire, 17-year-old high school student Peter Houghton has endured years of verbal and physical abuse at the hands of classmates. One final incident of bullying sends Peter over the edge and leads him to commit an act of violence that forever changes the lives of Sterling’s residents.
The Fifth ChildDoris LessingFiction
In The Fifth Child, the Lovatt family, once idyllic, unified and happy, struggle when the fifth child, who is an outcast and disliked by his brothers and sisters, disrupts the family dynamics.
^I can relate a lot to that one, I’m like the fifth child, except that I was second.
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter Kim EdwardsFiction
A doctor, forced to deliver his own twins, makes a life-changing decision about the fate of one born with Down Syndrome that haunts him and his family.
My Sister’s Keeper Jodi PicoultFiction
Conceived to provide a bone marrow match for her leukemia-stricken sister, teenage Anna begins to question her moral obligations in light of countless medical procedures and decides to fight for the right to make decisions about her own body.
- The Party Scene
Tags: Brothers And Sisters, Classmates, Moral Obligations, Outcast, Summer Reading
October 29th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
The Fifth Child- Doris Lessing