Orson Scott Card is an American author of science fiction and fantasy novels. Born in Richland, Washington in 1951, Card began writing at a young age and was published for the first time at the age of 26...

"The Handmaid's Tale" is a scary and powerful book that talks about what can happen when extreme ideas take over and hurt women's rights and choices. Margaret Atwood wrote it in 1985 and tells a sad story about a society called Gilead that took over the United States after having very few babies born...

"The Outsiders" is a classic young adult novel written by S.E. Hinton and first published in 1967. Set in the 1960s in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the story follows the Greasers, a gang of working-class boys from the wrong side of the tracks, as they navigate their turbulent relationships with their rival gang,...

"The Pearl" is a novella written by American author John Steinbeck and published in 1947. Set in a small village in Baja California, the story follows Kino, a poor pearl diver, and his wife, Juana, as they discover a valuable pearl that they believe will provide them with a better life...

Louis Sachar's "Holes" is a young adult novel that tells the story of Stanley Yelnats, a boy falsely accused of stealing a pair of shoes and sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention center in the desert. The camp requires the boys to dig large holes every day, and Stanley discovers that the warden has a hidden agenda for digging...