The Reading List is by Sara Nisha Adams. A charming realistic fiction novel about the power of books. A series of people in West London find a reading list in various strange places. The list is titled, "Just In Case You Need It" and lists seven books beginning with To Kill A Mockingbird. The story centers around Aleisha, a seventeen-year-old who is working, for the summer, in a small branch library in danger of being closed due to budget cuts. She is not a reader and has an overworked brother and a mother who suffers from mental illness and requires constant care. When an elderly widower named Mukesh asks her for a book recommendation, the two of them become linked through the "reading list." The story also includes others in the neighborhood who have mysteriously found the list and they are all drawn together by the power of stories to connect us all. A very enjoyable, if tragic in places, read.
Ratings: 10th grade - 8 out of 10 - P (profanity) - AC (mature thematic content).
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