Books to Read--a List from Shihjen

Shihjen (張世仁), a student in Class 209 who came in second place in last year's Taipei High School English Speech Contest (see http://www.tiec.tp.edu.tw/lifetype/post/1130/33122), emailed me on Jan. 25 a list of some of the books she had read. There are altogether 38 titles on the list, including literature, teenage pleasures, poems, novels, etc. As she mentioned in the mail, her point of listing the books is that reading really matters in language learning. Click on the link, and you can download the list. It's a good reference.

Books Shih Jen Chang has read.doc

Here I'd like to thank Shihjen for generously sharing the list. It must have taken her quite a long time to recall all these titles. Dear Shihjen, a big hug from me.

P.S. On second thought, I'd like to show the list of the books here in case something is wrong with the link.

Books Shih Jen Chang has read, though she probably wouldn’t remember what they were about, since she read them quite long ago.

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson

Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson

Island Of The Blue Dolphins by Scot O’ Dell

Lord Of The Flies by William Golding

The Wind In The Willows, Oxford Publishing

The Crown Of Violet, Oxford Publishing

 

The Railway Children, Oxford Publishing

 

Gulliver’s Travels, Oxford Publishing

 

The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Oxford Publishing

 

Little Women, Oxford Publishing

 

A to Z Mysteries series (yes, A to Z, so that’s 26 books.)

 

Graduation Summer series (3 books)

Mary-Kate and Ashley series (about uh 20-ish books?)

Judy Blume series (11 books)

Darren Shan series (7, if I remember correctly)

Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson

Bad Girls by Jacqueline Wilson

The Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson

The Tempest by William Shakespeare

 

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

 

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

 

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

 

The Merchant Of Venice by William Shakespeare

 

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

 

Hoot by Garl Hiaasen

Tangerine by Edward Bloor

New York Minute

 

The Giver by Luis Lowry

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult

Holes

 

Harry Potter series

The Babysitter’s Club series

Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom

Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom