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Cant remember the title
Im looking for the title of a book I read as required reading in 6th or 7th grade in the US. The book was about a nuclear war I think that had virtually killed off the human race, and there are maybe two characters ( I think kids or teenagers) and they are roaming the distroyed world looking for other people. I think they are siblings. I remember at one point they find a radio with a distant signal and someone who is talking and he thinks he is the only one left too... its in my far mind, I can't remember it all. It was around the time we read Fahrenheit 451, the Giver, and of Mice and Men... any help would be appreciated.. IM trying to collect all of these books I loved so much for my sons to read one day. Anyone know of a list anywhere? I can't remember them all, and most of these books they don't read in schools anymore... thanks:)
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No, that's not it, although it looks very interesting... lol
I want to say it had numbers in the title, because I originally thought it was Fahrenheit 451 before I realized I had the title confused with another book I read then... or maybe it had a letter... something like that... |
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Well, I tried. If you can snag a copy of Swan Song, I guarantee that you will enjoy it. It was a pretty fat book, and I read it in about 1 1/2 days; it was that good. As long as books are the topic, another one that I highly recommend is: Carrion Comfort, by Dan Simmons. It was about 900 pages with small print and tiny margins. I would go to used book stores and buy up any copies they had, and pass them out to my friends. I love to share. Good luck in your quest.
PS- I just got your last post. I will check out Z for Zacharia |
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Ha! I have been looking all over the web for you to find this book, and I come back and refresh the page, and you thought of it yourself! The first thought that came to my mind when reading your post, is that if you like that book you should read The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Also Lois Lowry has came out with "sequels" to The Giver. One is Gathering Blue and the other is Messenger.
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The Giver is definitely on the top of my list. I too am trying to collect all the classics and read them. I read some in high school, but I don't remember much of them, probably too many other things were on my mind at that time! I just bought and read The Handmaid's Tale, which was very good, though I don't recommend that one for your sons. Oh and another very popular book when I was in middle school was a mystery called The Westing Game.
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I love the westing game. I remember idolizing Turtle...
I have on my list right now: The Giver Animal Farm Fahrenheit 451 Witch of Blackbird pond Where the red fern grows Charlie and the chocolate factory Phantom Tollbooth Wrinkle in Time Last of the Really Great Wangdoodles Chronicles of Narnia Wizard of OZ Bridge to Terabithia My Brother Sam is dead Tuck Everlasting The Hatchet The Cay Moon Bridge Number the Stars Treasure Island Manic Magee Matilda The Pearl 1984 Around the world in 80 days Great gatsby My side of the mountain From the Mixed up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankleweiler Z for Zachariah Of Mice and Men Flowers for Algernon Call of the Wild White Fang One flew over he cuckoos nest Catcher in the rye Im still looking for more.. lol. |
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