What was your favorite book that you had to read in school?

[supercarrie]

The Giver...I had to read it in 5th grade, and it is still my favorite book today.

 

[one_cat]

Believe it or not - The Lord of the Flies. I was totally enthrawled. I read it a second time after we were done in class.

 

[shortbun]

We spent a whole year on the Odyssey and the Iliad by
Homer. It was rough going for 14-15 year olds but our
teacher made me love it. I really liked Canterbuy Tales
by Chaucer too!

 

[ahutton]

My favorites from junior high were The Pigman and Z is for Zachariah... In high school I loved The Great Gatsby and Brighton Rock.

 

[Serena]

I don't remember which one was my favorite that I had to read.

 

[snoopy]

To Kill A Mockingbird, 10th grade.

Its still my favorite all time book.

 

[abaldacci]

I really liked pigman. It was the first book I was interested in school

 

[glo]

The Grapes of Wrath...another book that was banned..thought to be Communist propoganda...and Anti American. Still my fave book.

 

[lindamg]

Since I'm technically still "in" school my favorite books to read aloud with my classes include:
Skinnybones by Barbara Park (laugh out loud funny)
Bridge to Terabithia (very serious, but very engaging)
The 21 Balloons (a fanciful book about Krakatoa with a government based on restaurants and diamonds)
AND
Tuck Everlasting (Just saw that Disney is making a movie of this - take your kids to see this one! It is a wonderful book!)

 

[CarolG]

Originally posted by Planogirl
...Speaking of threatened books, I bought To Kill A Mockingbird today and intend to let my son read it when he's a bit older.

Good for you! This is one of the things the sponsors of "Banned Book Week" are encouraging. Did you notice how many others listed To Kill a Mockingbird as one of their favorites?

Among my favorites from high school (long ago -- they were written on papyrus, I think) are Flowers for Algernon and A Tale of Two Cities. I also discovered The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in the high school library, but they weren't required.

 

[honeywolf7]

1. Portrait of a Lady
2. Jane Eyre
3. The Great Gatsby

 

[beccab]

I guess they would have to be
1) Jane Eyre

2) Gone with the Wind.

These are the only two books I have read more than once, actually have read each one several times.

There are so many. One book I really enjoyed & to this day do not know why I choose to read it, Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat (sp?).