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Hey guys, welcome to Top 5 Wednesday! If you don’t know what Top 5 Wednesday is then click HERE , if not stay! This week’s topic is (ironically) top 5 required reading books! *In no particular order…* The Pearl I read The Peal back in 8 th grade and despite its dark ending I actually loved the novel. I was really interested with the way that my teacher explained the symbolism and overall it was just much better than I expected! To Kill a Mockingbird Yet another book that I read in 8 th and 9 th grade— I LOVE To Kill a Mockingbird ! This was the book that made me realize that I enjoy coming of age novels and I’m glad I read it! The Book Thief I knew going into 10 th grade that I was going to reread The Book Thief because it was my English teacher’s favorite book and I actually enjoyed it more the second time! I understood more and now I’m more of a fan of coming of age stories. I Am the Messenger Another great Markus Zuzak book— I had to read this one ...

Hello readers and welcome to this week’s releases! Where once a week I talk about all the new books coming out that week! This week I’m covering the books that have been released from July 8 th until July 14 th !   Alive by Scott Sigler A young woman awakes trapped in an enclosed space. She has no idea who she is or how she got there. With only her instincts to guide her, she escapes her own confinement—and finds she’s not alone. She frees the others in the room and leads them into a corridor filled with the remains of a war long past. The farther these survivors travel, the worse are the horrors they confront. And as they slowly come to understand what this prison is, they realize that the worst and strangest possibilities they could have imagined don’t even come close to the truth. Coming out on July 14 th Goodreads! Go set a Watchmen by Harper Lee Go Set a Watchman features many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some twenty years later. Returning h...