Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Book List for 3rd Quarter Project

P.S. All books can be found at The Egyptian American Book Center; unless you find a note stating otherwise.

Non Fiction: Self Help Books

Who Moved My Cheese? : Dr. Spencer
(There are two versions of the book. You can either choose the one especially written for teens or the original one for adults.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Stephen Covey

Novels that are available as a photocopy which you can get from me (unfortunately they cannot be found in Egypt)

The Day They Came to Arrest the Book
White Oleander

Plays:
Arms and the Man : Bernard Shaw: (ILB or ACML) (comedy)
Pygmalion : Bernard Shaw (ILB or ACML) (comedy)
She Stoops to Conquer: William Goldsmith (ILB or ACML) (comedy)
The Importance of Being Ernest: Oscar Wilde (ILB or ACML)

Book Series
Any of the seven Harry Potter novels: J.K. Rowling (If you have never read any of them, you must choose Part One: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone)

The Twilight Saga: Stephanie Meyers (If you have never read any of them, you can either choose Part One,Twilight, or Part Three, Eclipse.)

The BFG + Mathilda: Roald Dahl (two very short novellas)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory + Charlie and the Glass Elevator (two very short novellas)

Short Story Collection

Tales of Mystery and Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe (We are studying two of his short stories in the third quarter anyway)

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Oscar Wilde (might not be available; you can borrow my book)

10 Things I Hate About Me: Randa Rezkallah (it's an awesome modern novel; recommended for girls)

My Sister's Keeper: Jodi Piccoult (it's a modern melodramatic novel; recommended for girls)

Christmas Carol: Charles Dickens

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

is 10 things i hate about me the same as 10 things i hate about you?

cherryziady said...

sort of yes your project will be to compare the movie with the book