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 […]
PAJAMA SCHOOL – stories from the life of a homeschool graduate Do you get to wear your pajamas to school? Do you have recess or snow days? What about socialization? Like many homeschoolers, Natalie Wickham has heard dozens of questions like these – from curious bystanders, parents considering homeschooling their children, and even homeschool parents. […]
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, […]
Writing from the Home, by Cherise Ryan At 18, Cati Gerwitz from Rochester, New York, just published her first novel. Home With You is a story about the friendship of two girls, their experiences, and the lessons they learn together. Homeschoolers are moving into the publishing world one step at a time. Cati is one […]
New Book by a Homeschool Graduate! The Homeschoolers Guide To College, by Chris Backe What happens to a homeschooler after they finish homeschooling? I have just finished writing a book called The Homeschoolers Guide To College. As a homeschool graduate (2000) and a recent college graduate (2004), I’m well aware of how different things are […]
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 […]