College Bound Reading List Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations “Do Hard Things” is a book that should be required reading for all teens. It was written by Alex and Brett Harris, twin 19-year-old homeschooled boys from Oregon. These young men started a website, and an entire movement, called The Rebelution. Their […]
College Bound Reading List A WALK ACROSS AMERICA, by Peter Jenkins A Walk Across America spent three months on the New York Times bestseller list when it was first published in January of 1979. Still popular over 30 years later, this book remains one of the best selling backlist titles in the United States. Now […]
College Bound Reading List American Mania: When More Is Not Enough Modern America is known as a consumer-oriented society, and the holiday season never fails to inspire an even greater amount of unrestrained consumption than normal. In the book American Mania: When More Is Not Enough, author Peter Whybrow explores the stress, obesity, anxiety and […]
The Screwtape Letters is a brilliant and satirical look at spiritual warfare and the dynamics of temptation.
College Bound Reading List Teen Read Week 2009 will be celebrated October 18-24! This year’s theme is “Read Beyond Reality @ Your Library,” which encourages teens to read something out of this world, just for the fun of it. The following books in the genre of science fiction, fantasy, and alternate realities are recommended reading […]
College Bound Reading List Colleges That Encourage Character Development: A Resource for Parents, Students, and Educators Recent national studies suggest that the vast majority of Americans share a respect for a common set of core values: honesty, compassion, and personal responsibility. While those positive traits are developed over a lifetime, the college experience is critical […]
College Bound Reading List Have you read “Walden,” the book that Henry David Thoreau wrote while living at Walden’s Pond in Massachusetts? If you haven’t, you should! “Walden” is a great book to read in high school, college, and throughout one’s life, because like all good literature, with each subsequent reading new depths of understanding […]
College Bound Reading List Remember E.B. White’s birthday on July 11 (1899) and Henry Thoreau’s birthday on July 12 (1817) with these classic books! E.B. White is best known for his three children’s books: Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte’s Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970). White was noted for his crisp, graceful style, […]
College Bound Reading List Books for Summer Relax and be inspired with these books about sailing and the sea, nature, travel, adventure, and more. Dana, Richard Henry. Two Years Before the Mast. (A detailed autobiographical account of a two-year trip out of Boston and around Cape Horn to California circa 1834. For an extra touch […]
This review was originally published at http://www.knowledgehouse.info/review_SaintNick.html Josh Burk, a homeschool graduate, wrote his first book after finishing college. The goal was to create a novella for young teen readers that would be both entertaining and educational, seeking to improve the readers’ vocabulary while delivering a captivating story. The end result was The Summer of […]
College Bound Reading List A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare is one of my favorite Shakespearean dramas. It’s a romantic comedy that features three interlocking plots connected by a wedding celebration, a woodland rendezvous under the light of the moon, and a nighttime realm inhabited by fairies. To get the most enjoyment out of […]
College Bound Reading List THE CHILDREN’S STORY, by James Clavell The Children’s Story is an obscure little book written by James Clavell in 1963, but it’s an important one that deserves to be re-discovered by a new generation. Despite its title, The Children’s Story is really for teens and adults. The situation posed in this […]
College Bound Reading List ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell “All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.” ANIMAL FARM is considered to be one of the 100 best English-language novels and one of the best 20th-century novels. This short novella is an allegory of early 20th-century Russia and Soviet totalitarianism in […]
I’m a big Eragon fan, having read the book eleven times. Christopher Paolini’s second book, Eldest, wasn’t quite as good but I still liked it. Book three in the Inheritance series is titled Brisingr. I was looking forward to the third book ever since Eldest came out. I wanted to be one of the first […]