/lit/ - Literature

About to read this

did anyone else read this as a kid? I think I just bought it because of the badass scorpion and the medals. weeeeird book.

This book blew my mind when I first read it. Got it on a whim at one of those Scholastic Book Fairs.

Do they even have those anymore?

And Nancy Drew. Kicked the shit out of the Hardy Boys, and she was able to get out of situations half the time without needing to be rescued.

>>7227497
So Frankenstein is autobiographical?

My favorite novel growing up was autobiographical?

Yes a large majority of women writers are as shallow as you said, as are many men who whore themselves out for attention on them by name.

>>7162027

Yes it can.

>>5059983

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

I don't know how popular hence how easy it would be to find this book. I read it when I was a little older but it was easy enough to read. The language is simple because it is a young adult book but it does leave you with a little to think about. I read it pretty quick and I read slow.

If you can add comic books you could also put The Watchmen in there.

I read the stranger in high school but I wish I would have read it earlier. I just connected personally with that book because the main character felt so much like myself. Even without all the philosophical exploration it is a good read.

You just want books that get kids hooked on reading.