By Jennifer Trend, Staff Writer
Feeling nostalgic for the times when things were simpler? Or perhaps for a read that immerses you into a world that you call a second home? Here are some ideas… but there’s always “Harry Potter,” “Percy Jackson” and “Narnia” to go to!
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
Genre: Mystery, Comedy-drama, Gothic fiction
The Baudelaire children, Violet, Klaus and Sunny, are orphaned one day and sent to live with Count Olaf. Yet, multiple ‘unfortunate events’ and tragic incidents occur, making their lives miserable.
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Genre: Historical Fiction
An autobiography of her life from Wisconsin to South Dakota, Wilder reaccounts what her life was like in her child and teen years.
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Genre: Fable
A young boy leaves the comforts of his planet and explores the outside world and it’s injustices.
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Genre: Romance, Adventure
A retelling of S. Morgenstern, this book follows a whirlwind of romance, drama, betrayal, death and so much more as Buttercup gets engaged by a prince after a devastating loss.
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Genre: Dystopian, Science Fiction
In a seemingly utopian society, 12 year-old Jonas gets chosen as the future Receiver of Memory, and realizes how unperfect this “perfect” society really is.
