TOP MUST READ for Pre-AP ’ s and AP ’ s by Boonie Yang education
Books , are a different vision in life with the power to show the imaginations of human-beings . As you begin your journey as a new Pre-AP student , the facing of deeper reading and understanding would be required to read some of the best books ever written in history . Here are a list of recent popular books and series recommended for Middle and High schoolers attending Pre-APs and APs . Challenging yourself with any of the following books are also recommended .
1- Educated by Tara Westover Recommended for : Pre-AP 8th graders
and AP English classes up
Educated is an amazing story with a theme on education , identity , memory , uncertainty , power and independence . The story was written in a memoir form of Tara ’ s childhood from the mountains of Idaho to the halls of Cambridge University .
Tara was raised in a Mormon survivalist home in rural Idaho . Her dad had a strange view in the government and believed in Christianity so deeply that made him mad . Tara could not attend school from the restriction her dad gives her , so she had to self-study for the ACT which she did well enough for an admission to the Brigham Young University . Eventually , in many problems to overcome , she managed to earn her doctorate in intellectual history from Cambridge University . The author has expressed the situation deeply making readers shudder as we read the book .
The childhood situations Tara has been overcoming are not problems everyone could overcome in . Tara ’ s process of self-discovery is beautifully captured in “ Educated .” I believe this book can be enjoyed by everyone , no matter what genre you usually pick .
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" Reading is important . If you know how to read , than the whole world opens up to you " - Barack Obama