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Name: GONE
Author: Michael Grant
About: What if everyone over the age of 15 disappeared? How long would food last? How long would the children survive?
Name: The Body
Author: Stephen King
About: It's 1960 in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine. Ray Brower, a boy from a nearby town, has disappeared, and twelve-year-old Gordie Lachance and his three friends set out on a quest to find his body along the railroad tracks.
Name: The Outsiders
Author: S.E Hinton
About: It tells the story of 14-year-old, Ponyboy Curtis, and his two older brothers. The boys are orphans and struggle to stick together in their lower-class neighborhood. They and their friends are part of a gang of working class tough street boys called the Greasers.
Name: Being Lolita
Author: Alison Wood
About: Being Lolita is about coming-of-age memoir that shines a light on our shifting perceptions of consent, grooming, vulnerability, and power. This is the story of what happens when a young woman realizes her entire narrative must be rewritten—and then takes back the pen to rewrite it.
Name: Memoir of the Craft On Writing
Author: Stephen King
About: This book describes Stephen Kings experiences as a writer and the journey he took to get to where he is today.
Name: Home
Author: Whitney Hanson
About: This is a easy read for people who enjoy poetry. I usually don't read poetry but this book is an exception. Most of the poems in this book are about heartbreak and healing from a young women's perspective.
Overall
You will noticed that most of these books are Y/A fiction and that is because I believe that it the best way to build creativity. And -lets face it- fiction has to be one of the best types of literacy to read. And, in my opinion, to write.
Being Lolita focuses on quite serious topics throughout the book but I think it is a read that will help educate young women and men for the better. My mother believes I wasn't old enough to read it but I think if you can read words on a page or screen then it is up to you what you read or don't read.
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