Books I Want to Read

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. This story is a coming of age tale of Charlie, a high school freshman who has a reputation for being a freak. He is socially awkward, cries easily, and his only friend just killed himself.Things turn around for Charlie when he meets seniors Sam and Patrick, who introduce him to their group of friends. They teach him about friendship, acceptance and love.
     

Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen. Jacob Jankowski is orphaned when his parents die and suddenly he finds himself adrift. He jumps onto a passing train and he enters in to a world of freaks, drifters, and misfits. He becomes a vet for a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression.

    
Fallen by Lauren Kate. The novel revolves around a young girl named Lucinda "Luce" Price who is sent to Sword & Cross Reform School in Savannah, Georgia, after she is accused of murdering a boy by starting a fire. At the reform school, she meets Daniel, a handsome boy whom she feels inexplicably drawn to, and believes she has met before.