SEMESTER 2 English 11H Period 3 Outside Reading by Alexandra Tighe https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8 Curious titles, books to explore... en-us 2018-01-08 16:35:28 UTC 2025-12-24 17:54:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png Origin by Dan Brown https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219483601  
Origin is a thriller regarding the origin and destiny of mankind. Brilliant computer scientist Edmond Kirsch is an extreme advocate of science over religion, and discovers the fantastic secret of where humans come from and where they are going. He plans on revealing this information and crushing religion once for all, by eliminating the human need to fill in the holes of existence which can't be explained. Before he is able to do so however, he is shot dead, and his friend and teacher Robert Langdon embarks on a perilous journey to reveal this groundbreaking discovery to the world, before he too is silenced.]]> 2018-01-08 18:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219483601 Daeun Lee https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219483798 Looking for Alaska
By John Green
Page number: 223
Miles Halter is off to a boarding school and is in search of the "Great Perhaps". Out of his comfort zone, Miles is the opposite of being safe and guarded. He soon meets Alaska Young who is a beautiful, funny, and weird girl who invites Miles into her world. As Miles falls in love with her, many events occur that he didn't except before his departure from home.
]]> 2018-01-08 18:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219483798 Turtles All the Way Down https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219483886 John Green

A 16 year old girl named Aza  intended to pursue the mystery of a billionaire named Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her best friend, Daisy, and is eager to investigate. They navigate together which separates them from Russel Pickett's son, Davis.
   
 ]]> 2018-01-08 18:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219483886 Catch-22 michaeln2503 https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219484559 Joseph Heller

Captain John Yossarian, a pilot of a B-25 Bombardier, and his men are stationed in a small island off the coast of Italy during World War II. They are repeatedly thrown into life threatening missions and do whatever they can to get out of it
. Catch-22 refers to a paradoxical situation, keeping the victim locked in their conflict as the airmen are deemed to be too insane to continue flying, but deemed sane enough to fly if they ask for leave for mental illness. Can they bravely break free from this death impending cycle, allowing them to return to the welcoming arms of their family? Or will their struggle be fruitless, leaving them shot out of the sky, injured or even dead in a land thousands of miles from any friendly faces?]]> 2018-01-08 18:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219484559 Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219485497 This book, similar to The Fault In Our Stars and Eleanor and & Park, focuses on the idea of heartbreak and sadness until one is discovered by someone  with the same intentions, to fall in love. It shows how everyone can feel lost, out of place, and scared, but when someone learns to love us for our faults, not in spite of them, we begin to love ourselves. A young girl with Cerebral Palsy, meets someone who she is forced to trust with her life. This relationship soon turns from a friendship into something unexpected and out of the ordinary. ]]> 2018-01-08 18:28:19 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219485497 One Of Us is Lying by Karen McCanus https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219485764 This book is a mix of The Breakfast Club as well as mystery. Five students enter detention one day, but only four of them come out alive. These students range from brainiacs to rebels, but  they all have secrets. The novel explores the death of one of the students in detention and the efforts taken by his peers to protect their secrets. His death may have been ruled an accident, but who killed him, read and see.  

]]> 2018-01-08 18:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219485764 Red Dragon https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219485845 Thomas Harris

The novel follows FBI profiler, Will Graham, who comes out of retirement to catch a serial killer nicknamed The Tooth Fairy, who murders entire families. In order to catch him, Graham turns to Dr. Hannibal Lecter, an ingenious, cannibalistic serial killer for advice. ]]> 2018-01-08 18:28:56 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219485845 The Man in the High Castle https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219485863 Philip K. Dick
An alternative history book that explores what would have happened in America if the Axis Powers had won the war. Set in 1962, the US is divided between Germany and Japan, with the East Coast belonging to the Third Reich and the West Coast belonging to Japan. There is a resistance movement against these powers, however, it is weak due to the dangers involved and the possibility of betrayal. Hitler is still alive in this version of events, though incapacitated by illness, causing German leaders to anticipate a power vacuum. 

The book has spawned a critically acclaimed series on Amazon Prime which expands upon the story and is about to enter its third season. 

Personal Note: I have watched the series and I highly recommend it — I really want to read the book! 
]]> 2018-01-08 18:28:57 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219485863 It by Stephen King https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219485999
During a heavy rainstorm in Derry, Maine, six-year-old George "Georgie" Denbrough is chasing a paper boat down a gutter. The boat is washed down a storm drain to the dismay of Georgie, who had received the boat as a gift from his older brother Bill. Peering into the drain, Georgie sees a pair of glowing yellow eyes. Startled, Georgie is suddenly confronted by a man dressed in a silver clown suit who introduces himself as "Mr. Bob Gray", a.k.a. "Pennywise the Dancing Clown". Pennywise offers Georgie a balloon which he cautiously refuses; however, the clown entices Georgie to reach into the drain to retrieve his boat and then severs his arm, leaving the boy severely injured. The novel discusses the primary fears of children that still impact teenagers and possibly adults. 
]]> 2018-01-08 18:29:11 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219485999 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219486436 Mikael Blomvist is an investigative reporter living in Stockholm Sweden who has been accused of defaming Hans-Erik Wennerstorm, a huge businessman. Determined to regain his credibility Mikael takes on a case involving the disappearance of of Harriet Vagner a 16 year old girl from a powerful Swedish family. Throughout the case Mikael meets Lisbith Salanger (the girl with the dragon tattoo). Lisbith comes from a rough childhood and ignored the country's medical help which caused her health to spiral and her money to be handled by Sweden. The man in charge of her money, Nils Bjurgman, takes advantage of her and abuses her. Lisbeth uses her photographic memory to escape her guardian's torture which allows her to start working again. After meeting Mikael and sympathizing to the victim of his case she decides to join. Together they are able to find more clues and discover dark secrets about the Vagner family.]]> 2018-01-08 18:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219486436 Wolf of Wall Street maxwellg1957 https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219486734
This book was written by Jordan Belfort. He ran a popular investment firm called Stratton Oakmont in Wall Street. In many aspects, this is an autobiography of his life and how he ran the firm. Jordan, literally made thousands of dollars every minute. So, this book is a sneak peak into the life of someone who knew how to make huge sums of money and also knew how to spend it. This book was eventually turned into a movie with Leonardo DiCaprio starring as Jordan. If you have seen the movie, the book should be just as good or even better. ]]> 2018-01-08 18:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219486734 Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219487085 This novel is about a man named Billy Pilgrim who travels through time reliving events that have occurred throughout his lifetime. Most of the places he travels to revolve around his time fighting in World War 2 and the near death experiences that he had along the way. He also tells of his time as an American soldier being captured and sent to a German prisoner of war camp. One of the main events that occurred in his lifetime was the bombing of Dresden, where he was forced to hideout in a slaughterhouse to survive . Other experiences the main character recalls include being abducted and his plane crash with his wife and daughter.
]]> 2018-01-08 18:31:28 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219487085 Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally ethanj1079 https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219487583 This book is about a German man who lived in near Cracow who became a hero to the Jews under Nazi control. He was not an outstanding man until the war and the holocaust began. He drank a lot, was a womanizer, and lived as extravagant as possible. However, when the war and holocaust began, the man gave himself purpose and he began to help the Jews as much as he could. Schindler's list is a real thing and it saved many Jews from death or torture.]]> 2018-01-08 18:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219487583 Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219487662 Years ago, Rachel used to have a crush on Henry Jones. She tucked a love letter into his favorite book the day she moved away. She waited a long while but Henry never replied. Rachel later returns to the city to work in a bookshop after the death of her brother. Everything worked out until she realized that she has been working alongside with her 'once called' crush. As the two work side by side in the bookshop, they start to find hope, trust and love in one another.  ]]> 2018-01-08 18:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219487662 Tortilla Curtain justinem0849 https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219487810 This novel is centered around the relationship between LA locals Delaney and Kyra and illegal immigrants America and Candido. It delves into the harsh contrasts between their lifestyles and versions of the "American Dream", while also critiquing human prejudices and societal norms in the American community. From what my friends who have read it have told me, It's sad, but honest and would challenge the reader by presenting them with two different points of views on each other's lifestyles, and with what's going on in society right now, it would be an even better read. ]]> 2018-01-08 18:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219487810 Go ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219488489 After you've had it, there isn't even life without drugs....

It started when she was served a soft drink laced with LSD in a dangerous party game. Within months, she was hooked, trapped in a downward spiral that took her from her comfortable home and loving family to the mean streets of an unforgiving city. It was a journey that would rob her of her innocence, her youth -- and ultimately her life.
Read her diary.

Enter her world.
You will never forget her.
For thirty-five years, the acclaimed, bestselling first-person account of a teenage girl's harrowing decent into the nightmarish world of drugs has left an indelible mark on generations of teen readers. As powerful -- and as timely -- today as ever, Go Ask Alice remains the definitive book on the horrors of addiction.]]> 2018-01-08 18:34:40 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219488489 This is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijkamp deniset3195 https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219489278 The novel is set within a high school where the principal of Opportunity in Alabama, finishes her speech, welcoming the students to a new semester. As the students leave the auditorium, the doors wont open and someone starts shooting. ]]> 2018-01-08 18:36:18 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219489278 No Such Person by Caroline B. Cooney annettep4542 https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219489602 Two sisters with a strong friendship encounter something unthinkable. While one is accused of murder and sent to jail, the other tries to find evidence to prove her sister's evidence, but the more she finds out, she realizes the signs all point back to none other than her own sister. ]]> 2018-01-08 18:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219489602 Pachinko by Min Jin Lee https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219489719 Four generations of a Korean family endure Japanese imperialism, relocating to Japan, the Korean War, and the split of their homeland. Sunja, the proud daughter of a poor but prideful family, is deserted and fooled by her lover when she discovers her unplanned pregnancy. When a minister promises to bring her to a better life in Japan, she agrees but faces how ruthless history is when she is discriminated as a Korean mother. Pachinko is a Japanese arcade game in which many Koreans at the time had to work at, and was viewed as one of the worst jobs at the time. ]]> 2018-01-08 18:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219489719 Dark Places by Gillian Flynn https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219490761 The novel surrounds Libby Day, who survived a Satanical Sacrifice where her mother and sister where murdered. Following the killings, she testified that her brother, Ben was the murderer. 25 years later,  Libby tries to find proof that her brother might be innocent. In doing so, she must revisit people from that horrific night and eventually finds herself once again, running from a killer. This book is said to be gory, violent, disturbing, and extremely dark.
 ]]> 2018-01-08 18:39:58 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219490761 Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blak annaf4084 https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219491026 This novel takes place on the island of Fennbirn. In this fantasy world there are a set of triplets of girls born in each generations to be queen. All three queens are heir to the throne and each are possessor of a coveted magic. MIrabella has the ability to control the element of fire she can spark flames and any vicious storm. Katharine can ingest the deadliest of poisons and kill anybody without blinking. Then last of the sister Arsinoe she is a naturalist who can bloom the reddest of roses and can control the fiercest of lions.But when all three sister on there sixteen birthday they must battle against each other in a game of life or death. The last sister standing becomes the crowned Queen.
 
 ]]> 2018-01-08 18:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219491026 Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219491314 The novel focuses on the life of an African American women in her twenties named Janie Crawford attempting to make a happy life for herself in the thirties. She challenges the social standards of her time. ]]> 2018-01-08 18:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219491314 Paper Towns - by John Green https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219491439 Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificent Margo Roth Spiegelman from far away. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life he follows. When their all-nighter ends and a new day begins, Margo has disappeared. But Quentin soon learns that there are clues for him. Embarking on an exhilarating adventure to find her, the closer Quentin gets, the less he sees the girl he thought he knew. ]]> 2018-01-08 18:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219491439 To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han trinityv1299 https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219491638 This novel is about at 16 year old girl named Lara Jean who writes love letters to all the boys she has loved in her past, specifically 5 boys. She keeps these letters in a hatbox that her mother gave to her before she died. In these love letters, Lara Jean expresses all her emotions and pours her heart and soul into them. She writes things in the letters that she would never say to them in real life. One day, the letters are mysteriously sent out to all of the boys. Lara Jean's love life suddenly becomes out of control and she tries to fix her situation with all of the boys. 
 ]]> 2018-01-08 18:41:58 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219491638 Love and Luck by Jenna Evans Welch https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219491806 Addie is traveling to Europe for her aunt's wedding in Ireland and to visit her friend in Italy. She can't wait to leave, so she can leave her problem - her brother behind.
Although, thing was not did not turn out the way she expected. She discovers a unusual guidebook that changed their travel plan. Addie finds herself touring into the Emerald Isle, with her brother and his friend. As they journey, Addie travel through beautiful scenery and hope of distract her from all the problems.
BUT, that is the case if they don't get lost along the way.]]> 2018-01-08 18:42:21 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219491806 The Tomorrow Code by Brian Falkner https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219492124 Tane and Rebecca receive a message --a sequence of binary digits--from themselves in the future. After decoding the code, they discover that the message contains lottery numbers that would win the next random draw. However, more and more messages follow, and soon they figure out that human beings will encounter a crisis that would endanger the world.
 
 ]]> 2018-01-08 18:43:08 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219492124 Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219492318 Simon is Gay, but he hasn't come out yet. He doesn't like drama and prefers to keep it to a minimum. Now when an email ends up with the wrong person his secret is a risk of being exposed. He has to go out of his comfort zone and do things naturally before it is ruined for him and ruins things with the cutest guy he's never met.                  ]]> 2018-01-08 18:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219492318 The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman alanw2722 https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219492539 This book is about a war veteran's story living with his wife in an isolated lighthouse along a coastal region. One day, Tom, the main character, finds a washed up boat on the shore of his lighthouse post and discovers a baby girl inside it next to a dead man. Without any clues as to who the baby girl is, the couple takes in the child and raises her as their own. After the girl grew up, her real parents arrived to take her back. This leads the girl, Lucy, to have complicated emotions about her foster parents and her actual parents. 
 
 
]]> 2018-01-08 18:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219492539 The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story by Richard Preston theodoret2337 https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219492941  The Hot Zone recounts the first emergence of the Ebola virus as it relives the dramatic story of true accounts of the appearance of these rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race. As the infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., secret military SWAT teams of soldiers and scientists try to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus. The Hot Zone truly proves that truth can be scarier than fiction.]]> 2018-01-08 18:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219492941 The Way I Used To Be by Amber Smith kaylanv0869 https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219493021  This book is about a girl named Eden who experiences a traumatic event that shapes her high school career. Prior to this event, Eden lived a simple, good life. She had people she loved and things she believed in. After the event occurs, Eden hates everything and nothing makes sense anymore. She deals with this by hiding the person she was before: the simple, good girl. This book is told in four parts, freshman through senior year, and it explores the pains of adolescence. It also presents the experiences of first love/heartbreak and losing friendships.   
 ]]> 2018-01-08 18:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219493021 Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219493593 Bradbury's novel presents a dystopian world in which all books have been outlawed, with the ban ruthlessly enforced by firemen who burn every book in sight. Montag, one of these firemen, decides to rebel against this world when he joins an underground resistance dedicated to preserving literature. 
]]> 2018-01-08 18:46:05 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219493593 The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219494328 As the Quinn family gets torn apart by a devastating attack at their home twenty-eight-years ago, the two daughters, Charlotte and Samantha, are forced into the woods at gunpoint. While Charlotte is able to escape and run for her life, Samantha is left behind. Twenty-eight years later, Charlie takes up in her father's past to become a lawyer. Yet, when another tradegy similar to her own in the past comes to light again in her town, all the memories from the past are brought up once again. ]]> 2018-01-08 18:47:33 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219494328 https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219537338 2018-01-08 20:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219537338 Ready Player One - Yael Alonso https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219564781 In the year 2044 the youth are lost and there is no more excitement in their modern reality. Thankfully there is the OASIS. In this virtual world everyone is given the opportunity to live the life they've wanted especially in this world created by a pop culture enthusiast. To entertain the people even more, players are given the opportunity to unlock clues and prizes in this game, but how far are people willing to take things to win these games]]> 2018-01-08 21:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219564781 The Street by Anne Petry https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219594740 (Valentina Bustos)

The Street tells the heartbreaking story of Lutie Johnson, a young black women and her struggle to raise her son in the streets of Harlem in the 1940s, where their is violence, poverty and racism prevalent. A genuine look at this time as the book was published in 1946 by an african american writer. The author comments on the social injustices that Lutie goes through to pursue the american dream for her and her son.

]]> 2018-01-09 02:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219594740 Turtles All the Way Down John Green athenap2325 https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219607540 The title itself is an expression of the infinite problem in cosmology represented by the "unmoved mover" paradox.
Aza and her best friend Daisy go to solve a mystery together with the intent of winning the prize. Aza herself is the struggling teen within her own thoughts trying to find herself in the world, and hopefully doing in through this adventure.
]]> 2018-01-09 04:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219607540 Dune by Frank Herbert https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219616194 Paul Atreides, a member of the family that owns the planet Arrakis, is thrust into a conflict over control over the planet, and begins an epic concerning politics, adventure, and war.

]]> 2018-01-09 06:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219616194 Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219622225 The novel takes place in a meticulously ordered suburb in Cleveland, Ohio, where its residents lead on successful lives. The living embodiment of this town's order and rules is Mrs. Richardson, who becomes challenged by her new mysterious tenant, Mia Warren. As a new family in this perfect town, the Warren family attract the Richardsons attention, with their unruly manner. They ultimately become opposites of each other when a custody battle of a town family trying to adopt a Chinese-American baby divides the town, leaving Mrs. Richardson to uncover Mia Warrens secrets in her unknown past.
]]> 2018-01-09 07:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/atighe/gcvhhz7ux3t8/wish/219622225