Favourite book you read in school? (1 Viewer)

[athenaaa]

Did you ever have to read books for school? I did, except I was notorious for never finishing them. Except once. The book was called Obasan. It was about the Japanese internment camps in Canada. The book made me cry serious tears. There had been plenty of books before where I read about half and then gave up and just looked up a summary. Here’s a quick summary of Obasan (thanks to google):


Obasan focuses on the experiences and memories of its Japanese Canadian narrator, Naomi Nakane. Naomi is a 36-year-old schoolteacher living in the small town of Cecil, in the province of Alberta, Canada. Upon learning of the death of her uncle, the man who raised her along with her aunt, or obasan, she returns to their house in Granton to support Obasan and help with the funeral. Her older brother Stephen and Aunt Emily, her mother's sister, will be joining her there. They are the only ones left of Naomi's immediate family. Her father and grandparents are dead, and Naomi has never been told what happened to her mother.

While at Obasan's house, Naomi begins to recall painful memories of her childhood during and after World War II. She has not wanted to deal with the past. But with Uncle's death, and the discovery of a package of journals, letters, and articles collected by her Aunt Emily, she is finally forced to confront what happened to her family.

Did you ever read any books in school you enjoyed? What were your favourites?

 

[Chilly]

The Outsiders

 

[PloryWinxyMYBlnk]

Honestly, I don't think I've ever had a favorite because reading them as homework assignments were boring.

 

[alo]

the war that saved my life - kimberly brubaker bradley. we did it in 6th, and i loved it

in 9th we did animal farm, and i enjoy that book too. orwell was a genius.

 

[athenaaa]

The Outsiders

I remember having the Outsiders read to us

 

[RockyGoose]

I can only think of "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini, which I read in college.

 

[athenaaa]

the war that saved my life - kimberly brubaker bradley. we did it in 6th, and i loved it

in 9th we did animal farm, and i enjoy that book too. orwell was a genius.

We did animal farm as well

 

[ChiaraStar169]

Animal Farm
1984
Of Mice and Men (kind of an easy read for a high school English class lol)
Romeo & Juliet
Hamlet (although I liked the movie better)
The Human Comedy
The Crucible
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Outsiders (and its spinoff that I can't remember the name of)

 

[ChiaraStar169]

the war that saved my life - kimberly brubaker bradley. we did it in 6th, and i loved it

in 9th we did animal farm, and i enjoy that book too. orwell was a genius.

he sure was! Have you read 1984?

 

[ChiaraStar169]

Oh! Also...
Phillip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe (5th grade)
The Kid in the Red Jacket (5th grade)
Number the Stars (6th grade)
A Separate Peace
That one book about a black girl who falls for a POW, but I can't remember the name of it

 

[Michael]

I hated all of them.

 

[daesuki]

The Outsiders (and its spinoff that I can't remember the name of)

That was then this is now

I remember nothing about that book except the title and there was a girl who looked good in yellow

 

[Soogi]

it's a dutch book, de kleine johannes by frederik van eeden but it was retitled as "the quest" for the english translation. still remains one of my favorite books of all time. it's a fairy tale that symbolizes life and death and growing up. i should read it again someday

 

[Day]

Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath were my favorite

 

[alo]

he sure was! Have you read 1984?

of course!

 

[Dreamer_of_Songs]

Midnight on the Moon [From the Magic Tree House book series]
The Lion, The Witch, and Wardrobe [Chronicles of Narnia series]
Macbeth
The Devil's Arithmetic
The Boy in Striped Pajamas
Esperanza Rising

Also what I liked the most were the short stories written by Edgar Alan Poe (my favorites include "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Masque of the Red Death", and "The Tell-Tale Heart")