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Lighten the Back to School Reading list with some pleasure reading.
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Bleachers by John Grisham
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Once-great high school quarterback, Neely Crenshaw, returns to the bleachers of his high school field and grapples with his mixed feelings about his coach and high school glory.
Updated Aug 25, 2007
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Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
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It's the darker side of high school football. This is a gripping book about a town's obsession. While it isn't necessarily a pretty picture, a little drama may make back to school seem more bearable.
Quick book description: This is a true account by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist of how a town's single-minded devotion to a football team shapes the community and affects the players.
Updated Aug 25, 2007
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How to Be Popular
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For anyone who has ever felt like an outsider, Meg Cabot's How to Be Popular is something to relate to.
Quick book description: High school junior Steph Landry is on a mission to be popular with the help of a 1950s popularity guide. Of course, nothing ever goes according to plan. Can Steph find love, friendship and popularity?
Updated Aug 25, 2007
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A Separate Peace
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Gene & Phineas are roommates at Devon, and exclusive New England prep school. Their friendship brings out the best and worst in the boys and leads to a situation that changes them forever.
P.S. This is the book that the kids are reading from at the end of the movie, Sideways. (via About.com)
Updated Aug 25, 2007
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Book
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Kids going back to school? "Lighten" their reading load by adding a few books they can read for pleasure, including the first book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Personally, this one is my favorite of all of them - th original. (via About.com)
Updated Aug 25, 2007
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