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The
LITTLE BOOK
BOOK
Quotations from no one in particular
(Just many good books)
Edict to the owner of this book:
1.
The Little Book Book serves as a companion to
the two reading lists you will receive this year.
2.
Reading is not boring. You just have not found
the right books.
3.
Read books that make sense to you. Never mind
the classics until you are ready.
4.
Reading is a co-creative process, requiring you
to be more than mere passive observers. In
other words: don’t just read. Use this book to be
creative and fill the pages with your own stories!
WARNING
This Little Book Book has huge potential to convert anyone
into a full-time reader. The National Library Board will not be
held responsible for readers suffering from obsessive reading
disorder, sleep deprivation, dark circles or under-eye bags
resulting from reading.
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Write down the most
memorable phrases that you
have come across in books.
Books can teach YOU
how to be INCREDIBLY
INTERESTING AND
CHARMING WITH WORDS.
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“It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.”
- Augustus Waters, The Fault in Our Stars. (Green 176)
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READING LIST
The Shadow
Prince (Into the
Dark, Book 1)
Author: Holly Bodger
Call no.: Y BOD
(This book is also available on eReads
at www.nlb.gov.sg.)
Author: Bree Despain
Call no.: Y DES
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Upper
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(This book is also available on eReads
at www.nlb.gov.sg.)
NOTES
A man is measured
not by the answers he finds
but the questions he asks.
Find an answer
and you stand still.
Stop asking questions
and you die.
NOTES
READING LIST
5 to 1
All the little things will
build on each other. Like
that song you’re playing. It
works because you let the
tune build as you go. You
don’t try to play all the
notes at once.
(Page 275)
(Page 150)
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The A-HA! moment when
you can identify with the
author’s words – words
that describe your unique,
hidden and sometimes
fragile inner lives!
Write down three things
you recently discovered
about yourself…
A-HA! I love
The need to
be treated
like an adult!
A-HA! I found out about
The pressure to
meet everyone’s
expectations!
A-HA! I did not realise
Or more charmingly:
“In every work of genius we recognize our own
rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a
certain alienated majesty.”
(Emerson and Ziff 176)
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Teaching Cats
to Jump Hoops
(Cultural
Medallion)
Author: Suzanne Weyn
Call no.: Y WEY
READING LIST
READING LIST
Empty
Author: You Jin
Call no.: SING YOU
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(This book is recommended for mature readers.)
NOTES
“You’re an optimist.”
“I don’t believe in worrying,
if that’s what you mean.”
“I believe in Murphy’s
Law – whatever can go
wrong, will go wrong.”
“Well, in a couple of miles
we’ll find out who’s right.”
(Page 18)
NOTES
After reading your reply, I felt as
if someone had slapped me to
wake me up. I tried to rationally
analyse this relationship that had
yet to really begin and surely had
no future, and I realised that you
were absolutely right. I was not
enjoying the sweetness of love.
I was merely being a love fool.
(Page 108)
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READING LIST
Positively
Beautiful
Author: Jessica Khoury
Call no.: Y KHO
READING LIST
Vitro
Author: Wendy Mills
Call no.: Y MIL
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NOTES
NOTES
But I believe if I stay
positive the good vibes
will zap at least some
of those creepy-crawly
cancer cells that just ache
to pack up their wagons
and set off for new,
unexplored territory.
(Page 298)
“They say psychopathy is a
‘condition,’ a handicap, a thing
to be cured and treated. But
it’s so much more than that,
Sophie. It’s a gift! It’s ultimate
freedom – freedom from
the stupid conventions of
conscience and guilt.”
(Page 241)
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Proof we need to read
(Boucher)
Before reading…
Reading gives you an
INTUITIVE grasp of
GRAMMAR
and
helps you EXPRESS
YOURSELF with greater
precision.
Or would you rather study a grammar textbook?
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Why must
we read?
After reading…
We, the students, are often instructed
on the importance of reading, and are
habitually encouraged to read more.
However, at best, the value of the
book is vaguely articulated — it will
improve our language abilities, boost
creativity and promote tolerance. To
top it off, only some students have a
natural love for reading which affords
us the opportunity to be acquainted with
this multitudinous stranger called
The Book; for the rest of our peers, The
Book alienates them. They are then left
scratching their heads, wondering:
“What’s all the fuss about?”
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READING LIST
Author: Charles Dickens
Call no.: Y DIC
Author: Chloe Rhodes
Call no.: 422.4 RHO
Upper
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READING LIST
A Christmas
Carol
A Certain “Je Ne Sais
Quoi”: The Origin of
Foreign Words Used
in English
Upper
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(This book is recommended for mature readers.)
NOTES
NOTES
“Bah!” said Scrooge,
“Humbug!”
(Page 14)
Ad nauseam
to sickness (Latin)
‘Late again, Stevenson; don’t
try to explain, I’ve heard your
excuses ad nauseam.’
(Page 12)
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READING LIST
Talon
Author: Courtney Alameda
Call no.: Y ALA
Author: Julie Kagawa
Call no.: Y KAG
(This book is also available on eReads
at www.nlb.gov.sg.)
Upper
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READING LIST
Shutter
Upper
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NOTES
We are not defined by our lack
of fear – Dad had said, smiling
as Ethan let our four-year-old
brother tackle him – but rather
by what we choose to do when
facing the nightmare.
(Page 338)
NOTES
My whole life, I’d been trained to
fight; I knew guns and weapons and
combat, how to kill a man twenty
different ways, how to shoot a
dragon’s fire gland to cripple it. I even
had special training in infiltration:
blending in, being invisible. But
this was completely different.
Nothing had prepared me for
talking to a teenage girl in the
front seat of my car.
(Page 123)
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READING CURES ALL…
well, almost.
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Fun fact: Did you know that the idea of healing through books can
be traced back to the first libraries in ancient Greece?
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Reading, instead of being a
waste of time, helps us save
time! It is like an ULTIMATE
GAME GUIDE that allows you to
experience what it is like to…
Paste a photograph of your favourite
reading corner here. Draw in what else you
hope to have in your ideal reading corner.
So, pick up a book and expand your possibilities!
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READING LIST
Justice League.
Volume 1, Origin
(New 52)
Author: Frances Hardinge
Call no.: Y HAR
Author: Geoff Johns
Call no.: 741.5973 JOH —[ART]
Upper
SECONDARY
(This book is recommended for mature readers.)
NOTES
There was a hunger in her, and girls
were not supposed to be hungry.
They were supposed to nibble
sparingly when at table, and their
minds were supposed to be satisfied
with a slim diet too. A few stale
lessons from tired governesses, dull
walks, unthinking pastimes. But it was
not enough. All knowledge – any
knowledge – called to Faith, and
there was a delicious, poisonous
pleasure in stealing it unseen.
NOTES
READING LIST
The Lie Tree
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“You’re supposed to
be on my side, Flash.
We’ve already got
one wannabe superhuman trying to boss
us around, we don’t
need another.”
(Page 87)
(Page 8)
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Fiction, non-fiction, and
comic books all have
their merits.
FIND OUT WHICH FICTION GENRE
SUITS YOU BEST by attempting the
Reading Interest Profile on
www.nlb.gov.sg/discovereads.
“What’s your story, morning glory?”
(Fitzgerald)
Favourite Genre
But reading fiction books can only make you a
better storyteller — be it the narratives you tell
others, or yourself.
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Decorate this page with characters,
backdrops, and elements commonly
found in that genre!
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But we understand that
books can be difficult to
appreciate without the
proper guidance.
Call No.: J 808 FOS
Your super-smart guide
book to reading!
Remember: Good
books are usually
a multi-layered
experience. You do not
need to understand
everything as long as
you gain something
out of it.
Phone a friend.
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READING LIST
The Cry of the
Icemark
Author: J. C. Carleson
Call no.: Y CAR
Author: Stuart Hill
Call no.: Y HIL
(This book is also available on eReads
at www.nlb.gov.sg.)
Upper
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NOTES
Surely the same thought
would occur to her as the one
that now pulsates and throbs
in my head like a malignant
tumor, and I couldn’t bear
the doubled weight of our
combined question: What
kind of person doesn’t know
whether her father was a
king or a monster?
(Page 25)
READING LIST
The Tyrant’s
Daughter
Upper
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NOTES
“You are about to enter the
realms of human beings. Be
prepared for cruelty and kindness,
for friendship and hatred.
People are made of all possibilities and
conditions.”
“Warlock, your words are no comfort.”
“No. But they are a warning.”
(Page 319)
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A ki a s
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Next, approach your
Literature teacher to find
out his or her favourite
book, and character.
1. To be is to do.
- Socrates
To be, or
not to be?
2. To do is to be.
– Jean Paul Satre
3. Do Be Do Be Do.
– Frank Sinatra
Sketch him or her here!
Find out why your teacher chose that character.
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READING LIST
Extraordinary People:
A Semi-Comprehensive
Guide to Some of
the World’s Most
Fascinating Individuals
Authors: Jake Halpern and
Peter Kujawinski
Call no.: Y HAL
Author: Michael Hearst
Call no.: Y 920 HEA
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READING LIST
Nightfall
Upper
SECONDARY
(This book is also available on eReads
at www.nlb.gov.sg.)
NOTES
Only children entertain
the fantasy that adults
know how and why
everything works. Being
an adult is accepting the
not knowing.
NOTES
Don’t mess with Bruce!
Many people did – and
many paid the price.
Not just on film, but
also in real life.
(Page 70)
(Page 74)
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And just to remind
ourselves what a world
without books – or without
reading – could be like,
pick up Fahrenheit 451 by
Ray Bradbury.
First question of the day:
At what temperature
does paper burn?
Do you take us for fools? Give us
something more challenging!
Second question of the day:
To which genre does
this book belong?
Er... any hints?
(It belongs to the
same genre as
The Hunger Games!)
Call No.: BRA
(This book is recommended for mature readers.)
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READING LIST
The Industry
(Industry, Book 1)
Author: Emily Carroll
Call no.: Y CAR
Author: Rose Foster
Call no.: Y FOS
(This book is also available on eReads
at www.nlb.gov.sg.)
NOTES
When I was little I used to read
before I slept at night.
And I read by the light of a lamp
clipped to my headboard.
Stark white, and bright, against the
darkness of my room. I dreaded
turning it off. What if I reached
out… just past the edge of the bed
and SOMETHING, waiting there,
GRABBED ME and pulled me
down, into the DARK
READING LIST
Upper
SECONDARY
Through the
Woods
Upper
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NOTES
The injustice of Lena’s death, combined
with her own guilt, festered within Kirra
like a disease. It never relented and
it never eased. It was the kind of thing
someone might be admitted to hospital
for, where they’d be administered a
constant supply of pain relief, because no
one could be expected to function in this
kind of agony.
(Page 63)
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Advanced Readers Alert
What do you think this lady
should look like?
Why are the books and tips recommended so simple?
I want something that blows my mind!
MMMppphhhh…
Then, imagination
is key.
“She was dressed in rich materials — satins, and lace and silks —
all of white… she had a long white veil dependent from her hair,
and she had bridal flowers in her hair, but her hair was white…
and had no brightness left but the brightness of her sunken eyes…
and that the figure had shrunk to skin and bone.”
- Description of Miss Havisham (Dickens 62-63)
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READING LIST
Beware the Wild
Author: Joseph Monninger
Call no.: Y MON
Author: Natalie C. Parker
Call no.: Y PAR
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READING LIST
Whippoorwill
Upper
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NOTES
NOTES
Every
memory is
a wound.
(Page 72)
A dog is a social
animal. Tying a dog
out on a pole by
himself is about the
cruelest thing you
can do to a canine.
(Page 3)
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Reading allows us to partake in
the author’s creative process; it is
a work in progress. The author,
with his or her words, invites us to
draw upon our unique memories
to form vague and fragmented
images. We are willing to forgo a
little concreteness — on the small
screen — because this experience
is invariably more intimate,
because it is ours.
(Mendelsund 198, 207, 403)
In other words, you are movie director, costume
designer, make-up artist, stunt coordinator, and
audience all at once.
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Experiment
1. Pick any book from the reading list and read a scene to your friends.
2. Describe the image(s) that come to mind. How is it different from what your friends had imagined?
3. Does everyone experience things the same way?
YES
NO
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Reading a novel requires us to break down a lot of
information into bite-sized pieces, so that we can
easily understand the storyline and characters
(although our versions might not be as intended
by the author). This act of breaking things down is
something we do every day and is also how humans
accord meaning in a complex, ever-changing world.
In other words, we read ourselves and people,
including our loved ones, in pieces too.
(Mendelsund 400, 415)
Could this be why we love to read: because it
strangely mirrors the haze of daily life?
Experiment
Write down what you think of yourself and of your
friends throughout the year. Have your thoughts
remained the same or changed?
At least I know who I WAS
when I got up this morning,
but I think I must have
been changed several times
since then.
- Alice, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
(Carroll 42-43)
So new to him,
so old to me,
so strange to
him, so familiar
to me; so
melancholy to
both of us!
- Miss Havisham,
Great Expectations.
(Dickens 64)
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To read or not to read?
Now that’s a silly question!
NOTES
Inspired by what you have
seen so far and have other
ideas on what reading
means to you? Then use
the next few pages to write
down your musings. Don’t
forget to share them with
your friends.
Stay tuned for December’s Reading List…
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NOTES
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NOTES
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Author: Kasie West
Call no.: Y WES
(This book is also available on eReads
at www.nlb.gov.sg.)
READING LIST
On the Fence
NOTES
Upper
SECONDARY
NOTES
I wasn’t sure why we’d
both decided to pretend
it didn’t happen, but I was
relieved he didn’t mention
the late-night chat by the
fence. It almost made it
seem like it took place
in a different reality.
(Page 55)
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READING LIST
Finding Audrey
Author: Natalie Whipple
Call no.: Y WHI
Author: Sophie Kinsella
Call no.: Y KIN
(This book is also available on eReads at
www.nlb.gov.sg.)
Upper
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READING LIST
Transparent
Upper
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NOTES
Any time I want to feel
alone, all I have to do is find
a desert. No one for miles.
Endless stars to remind
me how small I am.
Hidden beauties for those
who look hard enough.
NOTES
You look someone straight
in the eye and your whole
soul can be sucked out in a
nano-second. That’s what
it feels like. Other people’s
eyes are limitless and that’s
what scares me.
(Page 26)
(Page 195)
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READING LIST
The Earth is
Singing
Author: jennifer Lynn Barnes
Call no.: Y BAR
READING LIST
The Naturals
Author: Vanessa Curtis
Call no.: Y CUR
Upper
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NOTES
I don’t think he’s killing
them. I think he’s killing
her again. And I’m not just
some stupid kid anymore.
I’m a profiler. A Natural.
But even so – who’s going
to believe me?
(Page 181)
NOTES
The night before he was
taken away, [Papa] called
me into the spacious woodpanelled study that we had in
the villa. “My little dancing
daughter,” he said, his eyes
filling with water. “My
little songbird.”
(Page 27)
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READING LIST
In the After
Authors: Daniel and Dina Nayeri
Call no.: Y NAY
Author: Demitria Lunetta
Call no.: Y LUN
(This book is also available on eReads
at www.nlb.gov.sg.)
Upper
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READING LIST
Another Faust
Upper
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But that hatred was exactly
what drove her to try to win
– like a moth to a burning
lamp. Because for Victoria,
only one thing in life was
valuable: winning – at any
cost – and that she knew
how to do.
NOTES
NOTES
(Page 2)
I always liked
history; it was like
ancient gossip.
(Page 107)
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READING LIST
Nightmare City
Author: Andrew Klavan
Call no.: Y Kla
Author: Vicky Alvear Shecter
Call no.: Y 398.20938 SHE
Upper
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NOTES
Both the Greeks and the Romans
sometimes referred to me as
“He Who Must Not Be Named.”
READING LIST
Hades Speaks!
(Secrets of the
Ancient Gods)
Upper
SECONDARY
NOTES
Every soul was important,
sure – a unique work of
creation – but when it
came to the gifts of nature,
most people were kind
of ordinary. Only special
people were special.
(Page 181)
Yes, that’s right. Way
before Voldemort and Harry
Potter, the ancients were
afraid to call my name out
loud. They feared that if I heard
them, I’d be compelled to drag
them down to the underworld.
(Page 8)
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READING LIST
Author: Edwidge Danticat
Call no.: Y DAN
Author: Rick Emmer
Call no.: Y 001.944 EMM
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Upper
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NOTES
The beast’s sudden
movement spooked the
horses, and Patterson’s horse
reared up, slipped, and fell
over, throwing Patterson
to the ground. He quickly
got up, grabbed his movie
camera, and started filming
the retreating Bigfoot.
(Page 39)
READING LIST
Untwine: A Novel
Bigfoot: Fact
or Fiction?
(Creature Scene
Investigation)
NOTES
Speaking out loud isn’t
always necessary.
A single touch, a glance
from Dad can always
calm Mom down.
(Page 74)
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The Third Eye
READING LIST
READING LIST
The Darkest
Minds
Author: Lois Duncan
Call no.: Y DUN
Author: Alexandra Bracken
Call no.: Y BRA
Upper
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Upper
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NOTES
I think maybe the most
frustrating feeling in the
world is to have something
to say but not know how to
put it into words. To have
lived through something but
not be able to get it out of
you before it festers.
NOTES
I am crazy, Karen
told herself with numb
acceptance. The hidden
strangeness had finally
surfaced, as she had
always feared in some
dark recess of her mind
that it someday would.
(Page 29)
(Page 210)
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READING LIST
Newt’s Emerald
Author: Stefanie Gaither
Call no.: Y GAI
Author: Garth Nix
Call no.: Y NIX
(This book is also available on eReads
at www.nlb.gov.sg.)
Upper
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READING LIST
Falls the Shadow
Upper
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NOTES
The body is just a
throwaway instrument
to them, one that can be
molded, altered, replaced
– whatever is needed to
ensure that the mind lives
on indefinitely.
NOTES
Truthful paused on the
stairs, hoping to achieve the
awed silence inspired by
all heroines as they stood
framed in sunlight on the
middle landing. But, as she had
misjudged the light and stopped
in shadow, no one noticed her.
(Page 5)
(Page 93)
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READING LIST
If Only
Author: Kiera Cass
Call no.: Y CAS
Author: Carole Geithner
Call no.: Y GEI
(This book is also available on eReads
at www.nlb.gov.sg.)
Upper
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READING LIST
The Selection
Upper
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NOTES
NOTES
No, I’m not choosing
him or you.
I’m choosing me.
(Page 325)
Then Clare stuns us all when she
tells us, “I think forgetting is worse
than remembering.”
In my head, I start listing
all the ways I can try to
remember Mom, especially
her voice. I really hope I
don’t forget Mom’s voice.
(Pages 155-156)
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READING LIST
Remembering
Raquel
Author: William Grill
Call no.: 919.89 GRI –[TRA]
Author: Vivian Vande Velde
Call no.: Y VAN
(This book is recommended
for mature readers.)
(This book is also available on eReads
at www.nlb.gov.sg.)
NOTES
NOTES
READING LIST
Upper
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Shackleton’s Journey
Upper
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But I seem to be the only
one around to blame.
Could I have stopped
whatever it was that
happened from happening?
(Page 37)
“I chose life over death for
myself and my friends…
I believe it is in our nature to
explore, to reach out into the
unknown. The only true failure
would be to not explore at all.”
– Ernest Shackleton
(Page 66)
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READING LIST
Mechanica
NOTES
Author: Betsy Cornwell
Call no.: Y COR
(This book is also available on eReads
at www.nlb.gov.sg.)
Upper
SECONDARY
NOTES
I winced. I’d spent so long
trying to make the world
think I was unremarkable; I
realized now that I needed
people to think of me that
way. If anyone really thought
I was special, they would ask
things of me, things I didn’t
think I could give.
(Page 161)
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NOTES
Let us periodically remember to celebrate good
books. Hail these books three times daily:
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