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Question: I need a book for my AP english class!?
it's an outside reading novel for second quarter and she said that we could choose off the following page:
http://homepage!.mac!.com/mseffie/AP/APtit!.!.!.

however, even books not on that website might be accepted if it's considered literature of national merit!.



i want something exciting that is going to hook me from the beginning, and that will keep me reading, because i really don't like to read!. anything similar to "the catcher in the rye", or "of mice and men", or just simply a book that makes me think!. maybe something about death, but preferably not historic!.

400 pages max, and a somewhat easy read!.!.!.so no Shakespeare! lol


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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
From the list you posted, I would suggest one of these three:

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan - The book contains childhood stories of immigrant Chinese women, and stories of their daughters growing up in America!.

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey - Life in a mental institution, with focus on McMurphy, a transfer from prison who fakes insanity to serve out his term in the hospital!. Similar to the movie if you've seen it, but different enough to keep it interesting!.

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee - The effects of small town life in the 1935s on a young girl growing up there!. Interesting read on growing up, prejudice, social relations, etc!.

All are fairly short, easy reads, and interesting/thought provoking!. also fairly new in comparison to a lot of the others listed!.

And as far as death goes - it is an important aspect in all of them, although each relates to the story differently!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch is a really good book!. I had to read a book for an assignment also, and I picked that one!. It is really interesting, and there is death related to it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Not Without My Daughter - Betty Mahmoody!

its about a woman and her daughter, when they go to her husbands home lond of Iran!. he holds them hostage, and its the story of her trying to escape with her daughter!. Www@QuestionHome@Com