finally gonna read those (or try my best) - hosted by morningtide

read it as a kid and really wanna come back to it now.
i read Animal Farm in the fifth grade. probably didn't quite get the nuance.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith

493 pages • first pub 1943 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Abracadagascar by Ménéas Marphil

Abracadagascar

La Fabuleuse Histoire des lunes de Pandor #1

Ménéas Marphil

438 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade emotional reflective slow-paced
The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-time by Mark Haddon

The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-time

Mark Haddon

268 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional medium-paced
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland #1

Lewis Carroll

130 pages • first pub 1865 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Tom and Huck #2

Mark Twain

327 pages • first pub 1884 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary adventurous funny medium-paced
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

277 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Fire by Kristin Cashore

Fire

Graceling Realm #2

Kristin Cashore

461 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous dark medium-paced
The Big Book for Our Planet by Natalie Babbitt, Jane Yolen, Jim Arnosky, Ann Durell, Jean Craighead George, Katherine Paterson, Aliki, Ruth Heller

The Big Book for Our Planet

Natalie Babbitt, Jane Yolen, Jim Arnosky, Ann Durell, Jean Craighead George, Katherine Paterson, Aliki, Ruth Heller

144 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction poetry adventurous lighthearted reflective medium-paced
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

The Golden Compass

His Dark Materials #1

Philip Pullman

416 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank

Anne Frank

182 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

nonfiction classics history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced