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Anonymous wrote:Fiction:
1984
Brave New World
Neuromancer
Dune

Nonfiction:
Manchild in the Promised Land
The Autobiography of Malcom X
Basketball Diaries

Agree with Autobiography of Malcolm X (this is coming from a white girl).

Same. Malcolm X book is phenomenal. Completely engrossing and readable.

Anonymous wrote:Oh - and The Women's Room - Marilyn French - but that's probably not going to resonate with a teen boy.

Yes, The Women's Room was the big book for me.

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Anonymous wrote:Stranger in a Strange Land and Time Enough for Love - Robert Heinlein. Lamb- The Gospel According to Biff, His Childhood Pal- Christopher Moore, The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff, Neuromancer - William Gibson, Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robbins. Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley.

Hated Catcher in the Rye.

Didn't read it as a teen, but that was one of the funniest books I've ever read.

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Wonder

Anonymous wrote:Stranger in a Strange Land and Time Enough for Love - Robert Heinlein. Lamb- The Gospel According to Biff, His Childhood Pal- Christopher Moore, The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff, Neuromancer - William Gibson, Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robbins. Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley.

Hated Catcher in the Rye.

Didn't read it as a teen, but that was one of the funniest books I've ever read.

Anonymous wrote:My side of the mountain.
I was probably about 12 when i read it. It's about a boy who has a swiss army knife and goes off to live in the wilderness. With his pocket knife, he builds a home, animal traps, fishing poles, etc. To this day, I think swiss army knives are awesome.

Oh my god, I loved that book. And he tamed a falcon.

Oh - and The Women's Room - Marilyn French - but that's probably not going to resonate with a teen boy.

Stranger in a Strange Land and Time Enough for Love - Robert Heinlein. Lamb- The Gospel According to Biff, His Childhood Pal- Christopher Moore, The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff, Neuromancer - William Gibson, Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robbins. Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley.

Hated Catcher in the Rye.

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Anonymous wrote:Rule of the Bone.

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I hadn't thought about this book in a long time. Now I can't stop thinking about if I'll recommend it to
my future teen. Are there positive messages? Lessons? Self-reliance? Friendship?

Or is it mostly about ugliness?

None of us would have read this as a teen (unless a teen is lurking on here), but Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is an excellent book for teens to read.

Island of the blue dolphins.

Gone With the Wind really resonated with me.

Vonnegut

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Anonymous wrote:The Bell Jar

I'll second I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, and all its sequels.

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

YES.

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Anonymous wrote:Rule of the Bone.

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