Member: StaceyKern

You seem to have a "best of the best" youth collection. Very cool! I'll have to check out the ones that I haven't heard of. Harry Potter movie release in 4 days...

posted by BradleyJohnston at 9:43 pm (EST) on Nov 15, 2010

I like your library. You picked a variety of literature. I discussed books with an older woman at church yesterday. She mentioned that [The Catcher in the Rye] is one of the best books her son has read. I told her that my high school English teacher made [The Catcher in the Rye] one of the three books anybody should read before graduating from high school. I read it the summer after I graduated from high school, and I remember I enjoyed reading the book about rebellion. The woman from church also told me that some people do not care for the book because it is about a spoiled rich kid. I believe [To Kill a Mockingbird] is one of the two other must-read-before graduation books. I read it the summer after seventh grade, but I honestly don't remember much of it because I did not understand the theme and the overall meaning of the book then.

You picked some great kiddie lit. [Love You Forever] is one of my daughter's favorites in early childhood. I can relate to this book as she is now closer to the age of the nine-year-old who tracks in muddy footsteps in the house and swears at his grandma. Her version would be playing computer games instead of studying for the test or practicing piano, not picking up her messes, and talking to her friends too long on the phone. (If they can say children longer.)

I also included [Charlotte's Web] in my library. You probably remember my review in my wiki.

posted by librarianista76 at 6:16 pm (EST) on Nov 15, 2010

Rules is about a kid with autism. And Cynthia Lord has a new book out called Touch Blue- it's also very good!

posted by e.miller at 10:29 am (EST) on Nov 12, 2010