 | Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Buy new: $9.60 / Used from: $5.96 The thing that got me the most about this is how I could really sympathize with Charlie. This has become my new favorite book.
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 | The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 Can be considered a prequel to The Blue Sword, but like its counterpart, it can be read alone.
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 | Ender's Game Gift Edition (Ender Quartet) by Orson Scott Card
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $10.48 I personally do not like the author himself, but I do love the stories he weaves. You might be skeptical of the whole genius-child thing, but I tended to overlook that and still get a kick out of the book!
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 | Songmaster by Orson Scott Card
Buy new: $11.21 / Used from: $2.99 I recommend this with a smidgen less enthusiasm than Ender's Game, but mostly due to my personal preferences.
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 | The Dark Is Rising (The Dark Is Rising Sequence) by Susan Cooper
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $1.00 I've read this series out of order, but still managed to make sense of it. Quite good.
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 | The Grey King (The Dark Is Rising Sequence) by Susan Cooper
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $1.03 First book I read out of Cooper's The Dark Is Rising series, and I still enjoyed it even though I didn't quite understand it (mostly because I read it out of order--don't recommend doing that)
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 | The Goose Girl (Bank Street College of Education Josette Frank Award (Awards)) by Shannon Hale
Buy used from: $8.78 I've reread this book a million times and have yet to tire from it. Two thumbs up.
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 | The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn (The Samurai Mysteries) by Dorothy Hoobler
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.77 Found this book in my middle school library and, I admit, I only read it because it had an interesting cover. Tsk Tsk. Glad I picked it up though. Very enjoyable.
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 | The Samurai's Tale by Erik C. Haugaard
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $2.20 I'm ashamed to say I've misplaced this book, but I still have fond memories of it.
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 | Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery (Bunnicula) by Deborah Howe
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $1.85 Again, I have fond memories of this book which is how it qualifies to be in my list.
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 | Deerskin by Robin McKinley
Buy new: $12.60 / Used from: $2.08 My utter love for this story has no bounds. It begins with an almost retelling of a fairytale, but deviates from there and onto its own story.
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 | The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Very popular book, and I'm sure many have already read it. Just wanted to include it though!
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 | The Persian Boy by Mary Renault
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01 Do not ignore this book just because of its homoerotic themes. If you are worried about reading something "gay", then do not pick up this book, for its focus is on the relationship between Bagaos and Alexander the Great. Not explicit.
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 | The Giver by Lois Lowry
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $2.41 I think just about everyone has read this book, but here it is in case you missed it!
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 | The Little Prince (Wordsworth Children's Classics) (Wordsworth Collection) by de Saint-Exupery
Buy new: $4.99 / Used from: $0.01 A children's story, but still very touching for adults alike.
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 | Eragon (Inheritance) by Christopher Paolini
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $4.26 Loved the first book, but not necessarily its sequels.
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 | Frankenstein (Enriched Classics) by Mary Shelley
Buy new: $4.95 / Used from: $1.67 Read it as an assignment, but having to write an essay on it did not take away its magic.
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 | Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.89 Truthfully, I've never gotten around to reading this book on my own, but it was read to me by my elementary school teacher. Left quite an impression, I'd say.
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