Halsted - Best Friends
The reading recommended at the back of Judith Wynn Halsted's award-winning guide for gifted readers, Some of My Best Friends Are Books — her own bibliography, marked by age.
239 books in the catalog stand on this list.
A reader aged
2 of these books cover age 18. The 3 that name no age at all are left off rather than guessed at — choose any age to bring them back.
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Anthem
by Ayn Rand, 1938 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 880L · AR 9.1 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
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Narrative on the Life of Frederick Douglass
by Frederick Douglass, 1845 · ages 15–18 · Lexile 920L