School is out, there are no papers to write, and you finally have down time. There’s nothing better than curling up in a hammock, on a towel at the beach, or in your own air conditioned bedroom, with a really good book. You won’t be bored with these sizzling hot stories!
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Chronicles the journeys, notions, and acquaintances of reluctant galactic travelers, Arthur Dent.
True Notebooks by Mark Salzman. Bestselling author, Mark Salzman paid a reluctant visit to a writing class at L.A.’s Central Juvenile Hall, a lockup for violent teenage offenders, many of them charged with murder. What he found so moved and astonished him that he began to teach there regularly. In voices of indelible emotional presence, the boys write about what led them to crime and about the lives that stretch ahead of them behind bars. We see them coming to terms with their crime-ridden pasts and searching for a reason to believe in their future selves.
The Princess Bride by William Goldman. William Goldman's modern fantasy classic is a simple, exceptional story about quests--for riches, revenge, power, and, of course, true love--that's thrilling and timeless.
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. The story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance--until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie?
-KF
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