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Anne of Green Gables
When I was about 8 years old, my mom read Anne of Green Gables with me. This book inspired me to want to be like the heroine, Anne, strong, independent, smart, funny. -
Little House on the Prarie
I was probably around 7, when we read the Little House on the Prarie series. I loved reading these with my mom and hearing her talk of what kind of person she wanted me to become. My mom had the pioneer spirit and she passed that on to me through the books she read to us as kids. -
Nancy Drew
In my pre-teen years, I loved Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden books. The strong female characters and their adventures were exactly what I wanted for myself -
Downriver
Met Author Will Hobbs in MS -
Princess Diaries
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:( Red Badge of Courage :(
The book that almost broke my love of reading, I hated it so much... -
In the Time of the Butterflies
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Pride and Prejudice
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Slaughterhouse Five
This is the book that got me through my grandfather's death. It's a book about WWII, on the surface, but deeper it is a book about life and death, memories, and time. Reading it during a hard time in my life, forever changed me. -
Out of My Mind
The book that made me change from becoming an Editor in a publishing house to being a teacher... -
Harry Potter 7
Working at Border's Books for the HP7 release -
Savage Inequalities
The book that opened my eyes to inner-city teaching -
Hope Was Here
The book I was teaching when I finally felt like I was figuring it out and was becoming the teacher I wanted to be. -
Bossypants
The book I was reading when I came to Panama. I was terrifyed. I had left my family, my friends, my job, my country, everything that I knew and this was the book that distracted me from that terror!
