Thinking back on my school days, I read a lot of books. Some that I loved, and others that seemed like torture! Since the new school year is approaching, this week’s Top Ten Tuesday from the marvelous The Broke and The Bookish is a Back to School Freebie. I’ve decided to share my 10 favorite books (and a few honorable mentions) from elementary school through high school!
Elementary School:
1. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
2. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
Middle School:
3. The Giver by Lois Lowry
4. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
High School:
5. Slaughter-House-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
6. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
7. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
8. The Crucible by Arthur Miller
9. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
10. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Honorable Mentions:
Reading In The Wings 
I haven’t read any of these, haha!
I really have to catch up on some of the more classic books.. [*Writes that down as a 2018 goal..*]
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You definitely should! They’re so great!
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Where the Red Fern Grows!!! 😭😭😭 That book destroyed me. I was NOT warned before reading it and I’ll never forget the epic heartbreak that book gave me. I was PISSED. Also, I LOVED The Outsiders. I read The Catcher in the Rye on my own because I wanted to see what all the fuss was about and I was shocked at how much I hated it. I’m glad I didn’t end up having it in an English class, because the paper I would have written about it would have been scathing. 🙂
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I KNOW! I remember finishing Where the Red Fern Grows on a plane and I was a mess! I loved Catcher in the Rye but I also had a really amazing teacher that year, so that could have been a big part of it.
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I would’ve loved to have read The Giver in school. I’m so grateful that I have now read it.
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It’s so amazing. I would love to reread it now.
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“To Kill a Mockingbird” is my all-time favourite book. I also loved “The Outsiders” and “The Road”.
Carmen / Carmen`s Reading Corner
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They’re so good! Glad you liked them too 🙂
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I remembered reading the Outsiders and Tuck Everlasting in school. Such good reads!
Here’s my list:
https://rabbitearsblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/23/top-ten-tuesday-8-top-10-rabbit-ears-books-you-should-read-to-kids-at-school/
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Glad you enjoyed them too! Happy Top Ten Tuesday!
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Thanks!
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The Giver and The Crucible made my list also. Such a great books. Number the Stars is wonderful as well. Here is my TTT
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They’re so great! I would love to see The Crucible done live! Happy TTT!
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To Kill A Mockingbird was pretty much the only book I was made to read for school that I actually liked!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/top-ten-tuesday-121/
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It really is so good.
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ooh great choices!! I loved the giver, even though I read it recently. And I read the crucible and to kill a mockingbird in school and loved them!! And Holes, Catcher in the rye, the road and mice and men are all amazing books!!
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They’re all so good! Of Mice and Men is one of my favorite books of all time!
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The Crucible and To Kill a Mockingbird were fantastic…Great reads in high school 🙂 I also loved reading Pride and Prejudice and Twelfth Night.
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I’m not a huge Shakespeare fan, but I did enjoy Twelfth Night!
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