Thanks to Shepherd.com for inviting me to participate in their new website!
They asked me for five book recommendations relating to my book, Edna in the Desert .
It was tough!
After narrowing it down to my category, The Best Books About Young People Finding Themselves Without A Phone, the number of books I love is still overwhelming.
I might have alternatively called this category “books you must read someday if you haven’t.”
Here’s my five:
Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer
Emma, by Jane Austen
The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger
Anne of Green Gables, by L. M. Montgomery
The Psychology of Making Life Interesting by Wendell White.
The final rec is an out-of-print self-help book. I was attracted to the title, and it relates to certain things Edna discovers during her phone-less summer.
You can see more about why I made my these recs here, and there’s other great lists on the site!
The assignment was fun and showed how stories about growing up are universal and timeless.
Everyone does it, if we’re lucky, and even when we’re done, we can keep growing!
For more stories I love, you can check out Maddy’s Must-See Movies here.