Favorites from High School

Ak1412 · Post by **Ak1412** » 17 Mar 2019, 13:03

What is everyone's favorite book they read for class in high school?
Mine was Huck Finn.

EllieLieberman · Post by **EllieLieberman** » 18 Mar 2019, 01:29

I was homeschooled during high school so I had a little more freedom with my books and I loved them all more than books I had to read for class in public education. We did a section on short stories, where I was introduced to Kurt Vonnegut through books such as Welcome to the Monkey House. I also greatly remember The Lottery. We did a sections on plays where I read A Raisin in the Sun, The Heidi Chronicles, Antigone, Our Town, and For Colored Girls Who Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Wasn't Enough, just to name a few. For history, I read books like Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States (a favorite of mind, both book and author/historian). I remember having a lot of fun with books those years.

Eanderson531 · Post by **Eanderson531** » 18 Mar 2019, 03:32

My favorite book I read in high school oddly enough was my one of my least favorite when I read it. I remember struggling through 1984 by George Orwell and rolling my eyes often. Now when I reread it as an adult, I can't figure out why I hated it so much. High school is also where I found my love of Shakespeare. My favorite character out of any book is still Iago from Othello. I have also read every Edgar Allan Poe book and poem he has ever written after being introduced to The Fall of the House of Usher.

Fazzier · Post by **Fazzier** » 18 Mar 2019, 05:37

My favorite book in high school was The River and the Source by Margaret Ogolla. This also happened to be a compulsory literature set book by that time.

ayomie · Post by **ayomie** » 26 Mar 2019, 14:57

Treasure Island was a great read for me while in high school.

Cassandra Parker · Post by **Cassandra Parker** » 28 Mar 2019, 10:33

My favorite was Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury. His portrayal of summer really grabbed me visually and emotionally.

thacarra · Post by **thacarra** » 28 Mar 2019, 17:45

I really enjoyed Grapes of Wrath and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

ChaosLibrarian · Post by **ChaosLibrarian** » 30 Mar 2019, 19:29

1984 by George Orwell. Anything dystopian will usually keep my attention.

melel_jo · Post by **melel_jo** » 10 Apr 2019, 10:54

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

colorsparkle · Post by **colorsparkle** » 04 May 2019, 12:23

My favorite was The Joy Luck Club. I loved hearing the different stories of Chinese immigrant families and their experiences in the changing environment.

KL9999 · Post by **KL9999** » 07 May 2019, 12:56

I loved Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. I remember being so heartbroken about the end, but I loved this book nonetheless.

DATo · Post by **DATo** » 14 May 2019, 02:16

Very very strange!

It just occurred to me for the first time that I really did not particularly like ANY of the books we covered in high school literature. This despite the fact that the teacher I had for both freshman literature as well as English Lit when I was a senior was my favorite teacher of all time and happened to be the head of the high school's English department. It was a "mutual admiration society", as it were, because she also thought highly of me and wanted me to pursue a career in literary criticism. She was crushed when I told her I was getting into engineering after high school.

I suppose it was because I was more interested in her analysis of the books we covered that I took a more clinical view of the books rather than just reading them for pleasure.

But my favorite book of my high school era was Lord Of The Flies which I did a term paper (my choice of book) analysis of which earned me an A-.

Nicole_Boyd · Post by **Nicole_Boyd** » 29 May 2019, 18:42

I also loved reading Huck Finn.

amalhaseeb · Post by **amalhaseeb** » 29 May 2019, 23:28

I'm between The Chosen and the Book Thief. I didn't love the Book Thief the first time I read it, but I think it's one of those books that gets better with each reread.