The Old Man And The Sea By Ernest Hemingway
In this tale of inward struggle and personal triumph, an old fisherman reaches within the depths of himself to fight the good fight and wrestle with the fish of his dreams alone on the ocean.
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Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
But then a better thought occurred, and this was the one I carried away with me that day: If my life was to be just a single note in an endless symphony, how could I not sound it out for as long and as loudly as I could?
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The Weight Of Salt by Sandra Montanino
“…Books can become worn and faded but never grow old. Miguel de Cervantes teaches that everyone, regardless of nobility or peasantry, is important. It’s a message of hope, and what is life without hope? Do you agree, Angelina?”
Angelina thought of all she wanted to accomplish in life. “Hope is everything,” she said.
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
How many feelings can one heart hold?… Infinite, Luna thought. The way the universe is infinite. It is light and dark and endless motion; it is space and time, and space within space, and time within time. And she knew: there is no limit to what the heart can carry.
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The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Nineteen years before she decided to die, Nora Seed sat in the warmth of the small library at Hazeldene School in the town of Bedford.
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The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
There was once a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself–not just sometimes, but always.
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Greenglass House by Kate Milford
There is a right way to do things and a wrong way, if you’re going to run a hotel in a smugglers’ town.
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A Christmas Melody by Anita Stansfield
Next time you’re afraid, honey, you just imagine one of these heroes standing guard at your bedroom door. I know that angels are real, child. I’ve felt their presence in my life.
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Code Name Verity by Elizabeth E. Wein
I am no longer afraid of getting old. Indeed I can’t believe I ever said anything so stupid. So childish. So offensive and arrogant.
But mainly, so very, very stupid. I desperately want to grow old. -
The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson
To love the journey is to accept no such end. I have found, through painful experience, that the most important step a person can take is always the next one.