P.D. Workman
That’s a really tough one! There are a lot of books that I really love. These are just a few:
Call of the Wild by Jack London - The Call of the Wild enthralled me as a child, took me into another world, full of danger and violence.
Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien - I loved the Hobbit, and the Lord of the Rings was so much deeper and fuller. I have read everything I could by Tolkien, including those published after his death. Unlike many authors who write a language for the world they have built, Tolkien built a world for the languages he had created.
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton - The Call of the Wild took me into the Yukon, The Lord of the Rings took me into Middle Earth, and The Outsiders took me into a different social strata for the first time. I was shocked and enthralled.
Breaking Rank by Kristen D. Randle - While I didn’t read this one as a youth, Breaking Rank has many similarities to The Outsiders. Like The Outsiders, it grabbed me by the heart and squeezed.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas - Who could not love The Count of Monte Cristo? The complex plot and subplots, the action, and the justice and mercy of the Count.
Call of the Wild by Jack London - The Call of the Wild enthralled me as a child, took me into another world, full of danger and violence.
Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien - I loved the Hobbit, and the Lord of the Rings was so much deeper and fuller. I have read everything I could by Tolkien, including those published after his death. Unlike many authors who write a language for the world they have built, Tolkien built a world for the languages he had created.
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton - The Call of the Wild took me into the Yukon, The Lord of the Rings took me into Middle Earth, and The Outsiders took me into a different social strata for the first time. I was shocked and enthralled.
Breaking Rank by Kristen D. Randle - While I didn’t read this one as a youth, Breaking Rank has many similarities to The Outsiders. Like The Outsiders, it grabbed me by the heart and squeezed.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas - Who could not love The Count of Monte Cristo? The complex plot and subplots, the action, and the justice and mercy of the Count.
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In By-Pass, does Bobby have a stutter or a stammer? For example of stammer see Colin Firth in The King's Speech. Whereas in a stutter, the person can utter the first letter of a word but cannot seem to get the rest out and in a stammer, the entire word seems to be lodged in the throat.
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