Comments on: Summer Reading Lists 2009- It Could be Worse!

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:55:57 +0000

Hi – Thanks for mentioning Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, even if it struck you as a little strange! I’m with Quirk Books, the publisher. I’m not sure if you’ve already heard, but we just announced the next title in the Quirk Classics series – another Austen title – Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters.

If you’re feeling adventurous and you’d like a review copy, just email us at QuirkClassics@gmail.com

Thanks, and happy reading!

By: Abbey G.

Abbey G. — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:50:00 +0000

This list is a great representation of what we’ve been carrying this summer for the summer reading in the schools in the area (in Middle Georgia). Of course the kids don’t realize what a great selection they have–many of them still complain about having to read during the summer!

By: Ashlee in Dallas

Ashlee in Dallas — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:07:13 +0000

I am with you Nicole. The novels that we had to read in high school were torture. Now that I am older I appreciate them, but I had better things to do in high school than trying to figure out how to finish Moby Dick so I could pass english 1!

By: Joy of This Girl's Bookshelf

Joy of This Girl's Bookshelf — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:10:53 +0000

The unproportional interest in minorities for reading material is nothing new. At my midwestern, suburban, 95% white high school, we read many of the same books. We spent four out of six years of history between middle and high school focusing on the civil war and civil rights movement. By the end, we were all downright sick of it.

Pleased to see Curious Incident of the Dog in Night-Time on that list. I heartily enjoyed the book (wolfed it down in a day) and it’s a good peek into the mind of an autistic child. Might be useful to help children understand the ’special needs’ kids, who are sometimes ruthlessly tormented.

Interesting to see a lot of contemporary books on this list, such as Curious Incident… and Life of Pi. My school would only ever assign books more than 40 years old, until AP English when we got a chance to read Margaret Atwood.

By: Jules

Jules — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:20:19 +0000

The reading list given above is a wonderful mix of the classics as well as the contemporary. It covers everything-action, romance, mystery, drama and humor. I hope these kids make the most of their school years!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:26:15 +0000

I’m jealous. The majority of the books posted are ones that I have read and sincerely enjoyed. I hope the kids reading them realize how lucky they are. I had to plow through Moby Dick, Tale of Two Cities and Les Miserable when I was a teenager (not to discredit these books, I value their importance in the literary canon now, not so much when I was 13).