7 Most Influential Books

1. Kite Runner: This was a very powerful novel for me because it really gave me a feel for what modern Afghanistan is really like.
2. My Sister’s Keeper: Even though it left me crying at the end of the story, it is still one of my favorite books. It shows the difficult choices a family must make when a child is diagnosed with a serious disease, and makes me think about the many families that have to go through this.
3. Secret Life of Bees: I fell in love with this novel this past summer because of the moving effect it had on me as a reader. The underlying themes of love, family, and friendship are shown throughout this book; which are three very important things in my life.
4. Nineteen Minutes: This is one of my favorite novels because it is a murder mystery that always had me turning the pages. A school shooting is the main focus in this novel; after reading it, it made me more aware of what might occur at other schools, that one would never imagine to occur at PCDS.
5. The Tenth Circle: Jodi Picoult does an outstanding job of getting the reader engaged in the novel. This book was written about a young girl who had been raped. After reading this, it has made me more aware of the trauma that one endures during this awful experience.
6. The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime: I read this book in one day; I could not put it down! The realistic difficulties it shows that an autistic child has to go through every day created a very powerful effect on me.
7. The Other Boleyn Girl: I love this novel because it really depicts what life was like during the Victorian time period.