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Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Classic kid's books from the '90s resonate with many young adults and children alike as their tones and themes make them worth reading today. The best of children's literature is enjoyable for both kids and adults because the story’s importance has not diminished in the years since its publication.
9 Frindle Written by Andrew Clements Few books capture the unbridled imagination of childhood the way that Frindle does. The novel tells the story of a young boy, Nicholas Allen, who decides to invent a new word for a pen and calls it a frindle. Nicholas is in fifth grade and just beginning to think critically about what adults tell him, and what he has to take as fact. Though Nick initially invents the word to make his strict teacher, Mrs.
The relationship between Stanley, the protagonist, and his friend Zero is one of the most important aspects of the story, as Zero's struggle with illiteracy and the boys' relationship is vital to the overall message. Interweaving the stories of different people across many generations, Holes is a complex piece of writing that asks of its young readers, but this led to its many accolades.
6 The Giver Written by Lois Lowry Close For all the flack that the 2014 YA dystopian movie version of The Giver got from critics and audiences, it should not overshadow the power and importance of the book. Written by Lois Lowry in 1993, the book could be credited with starting the craze of YA dystopian fiction that hit its peak in the 2010s.
Due to the longevity and cultural relevance of A Series of Unfortunate Events, there will doubtlessly be many more children of the Lemony Snicket generation. The A Series of Unfortunate Events Netflix show and Jim Carrey movie couldn't be more different in their approach to the material, but neither got it quite right.
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