Books That Changed Our Lives

Fourth and fifth grade ASG Reading students have begun writing letters to authors of books that changed their lives.  This work is part of a contest sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Center for the Book.

Students have been brainstorming which books about which to write. Here's a list of their choices:

Walk Two Moons  Sharon Creech

Hope for the Flowers      Trina Paulus

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone     J.K. Rowling

Pie     Sarah Weeks

Where the Wild Things Are   Maurice Sendak

Popular   Maya Van Wagenen

Wonderstruck   David Selznik

Will Grayson, Will Grayson    John Green / David Levithan

The Blood of Olympus    Rick Riordan

Walk Two Moons   Sharon Creech

Hope for the Flowers      Trina Paulus

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone     J.K. Rowling

Pie          Sarah Weeks

Where the Wild Things Are  Maurice Sendak

Popular         Maya Van Wagenen

Wonderstruck   David Selznik

Will Grayson, Will Grayson     John Green / David Levithan

The Blood of Olympus    Rick Riordan

Deep and Dark and Dangerous  Mary Downing Hahn

Never Say Die    Will Hobbs

Red River Stallion    Troon Harrison

Captain Underpants    Dav Pilkey

My Life as a Book     Janet Tashjian

Doll Bones  Holly Black

The Maze Runner   James Dashner

Dork Diaries     Rachel Renee Russell

I think it's interesting to think about these choices. I've only read a few of them, so it also gives me ideas for my own reading.