Honors Lit Circle Choices! by Lindsay Hamilton https://padlet.com/lindsayhamilton/Bookmarks There are the four options for Honors books; ideally, all of you in one class will read the same book. en-us 2022-04-19 17:48:27 UTC 2025-05-06 17:18:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys lindsayhamilton https://padlet.com/lindsayhamilton/Bookmarks/wish/2152372318 Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyswtDUSKUI

"In 1945, World War II is drawing to a close in East Prussia and thousands of refugees are on a desperate trek toward freedom, almost all of them with something to hide. Among them are Joana, Emilia, and Florian, whose paths converge en route to the ship that promises salvation, the Wilhelm Gustloff. Forced by circumstance to unite, the three find their strength, courage, and trust in each other tested with each step closer toward safety. Just when it seems freedom is within their grasp, tragedy strikes. Not country, nor culture, nor status matter as all ten thousand people aboard must fight for the same thing: survival.
A tribute to the people of Lithuania, Poland, and East Prussia, Ruta Sepetys unearths a shockingly little-known casualty of a gruesome war, and proves that humanity can prevail, even in the darkest of hours" (rutasepetys.com)
]]> 2022-04-21 16:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayhamilton/Bookmarks/wish/2152372318 The Book Thief by Markus Zusak lindsayhamilton https://padlet.com/lindsayhamilton/Bookmarks/wish/2152468752 Book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KatsS8OqzA
 
"When Death has a story to tell, you listen.

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.

Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.

In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time" (amazon.com).]]> 2022-04-21 17:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayhamilton/Bookmarks/wish/2152468752 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini lindsayhamilton https://padlet.com/lindsayhamilton/Bookmarks/wish/2554648115 Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KBnYdE3bnM

“A vivid and engaging story that reminds us how long his people [of Afghanistan] have been struggling to triumph over the forces of violence—forces that continue to threaten them even today." –New York Times Book Review

The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, caught in the tragic sweep of history, The Kite Runner transports readers to Afghanistan at a tense and crucial moment of change and destruction. A powerful story of friendship, it is also about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love, their sacrifices, their lies.

Since its publication in 2003 Kite Runner has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic of contemporary literature, touching millions of readers, and launching the career of one of America's most treasured writers" (amazon.com).]]> 2023-04-14 14:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayhamilton/Bookmarks/wish/2554648115 The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood lindsayhamilton https://padlet.com/lindsayhamilton/Bookmarks/wish/2554655451 Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v-mfJMyBO0

"In Margaret Atwood’s dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead’s commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive. At once a scathing satire, an ominous warning, and a tour de force of narrative suspense, The Handmaid’s Tale is a modern classic" (amazon.com).

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