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BACK TO SCHOOL 101

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A Classic Booklist

Friday, August 13, 2010

Ten classics for children and young adults For Children: “Charlotte’s Web” by E.B. White “The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett “The Lorax” by Dr. Suess “James and the Giant Peach” by Roald Dahl “The Phantom Tollbooth” by Norton Juster “Walk Two Moons” by Sharon Creech “The Indian in the Cupboard” by Lynne Reid Banks “The Boxcar Children” by Gertrude Chandler Warner “A Light in the Attic” by Shel Silverstein “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine L’Engle

For Young Adults: “Les Miserables” by Victor Hugo “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck “Crime and Punishment” by Fyodor Dostoevsky “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare Collected poems of John Keats “War and Peace” by Leo Tolstoy “Paradise Lost” by John Milton “The Trial” by Franz Kafka “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau

Things to do before leaving for college:

✔ Register for classes ✔ Buy books ✔ Learn social security number ✔ Break up with high school boyfriend/girlfriend ✔ Padlock bedroom door to keep younger siblings out while you’re away ✔ Meet new roommates ✔ “Borrow” basement TV for dorm room ✔ Sign up for FREE text alerts to stay connected www.AlbertLeaTribune.com

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