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Teen Thoughts

Thoughts for you....by you!

"I have some advice. I may sound crazy, but here goes.....

At some point, you're going to have to read Shakespeare, Dickens, Hemingway or Twain.  And while you're defining vocabulary words, filling in worksheets and writing essays about various symbolic interpretations, you might be forgetting something.  That is to read for the pleasure of it!  That's right - I said read to enjoy classic literature.  All you really might care about is that upcoming test, but these works were written to entertain.  The characters want you to join them - they want you to laugh with them and cry with them.  They want you to use the words on the page as a portal to enter their three-dimensional world and be there next to them throughout their journeys.  Don't let you analysis crush the magic of literature or your love of reading."

Thoughts by Jeanelle W.

age 15

Book Talk

The Alchemyst: the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel

By Michael Scott

Sophie and Josh expect to spend their summer working and hanging out.  Neither expected to spend their summer running from magical evils, befriending a 700 year old Alchemyst, while chasing a book.  This is an action packed mystical adventure you can't miss.