I loved the books: Looking For Alaska (John Green), The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter (Iain Lawrence), and White Oleander (Janet Fitch).
-- Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson) and Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold [I think]).
Along similar lines, I loved the movie "Life as a House"
(and I have seen and liked very much the movie version of "Speak" and one of these day's I'll get around to purchasing "White Oleander" [movie]."
They kind of focus on the meaning of life and the purpose of death in that way. "Speak" and "Lovely Bones" (well, LB focuses on both subjects) are more of fictional tales of dealing with rape and sexual harassment, but the idea of a person changing through some serious event was very present on all the books listed.
I prefer young adult books (I'm a teenager & proud! Well, 13 but still. XD), but I'm fine with adult books as well. I don't find them that hard to comprehend.
Anyway, I really admired the beauty of the stories, and the character development and such. Know any books or movies like these?
-- Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson) and Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold [I think]).
Along similar lines, I loved the movie "Life as a House"
(and I have seen and liked very much the movie version of "Speak" and one of these day's I'll get around to purchasing "White Oleander" [movie]."
They kind of focus on the meaning of life and the purpose of death in that way. "Speak" and "Lovely Bones" (well, LB focuses on both subjects) are more of fictional tales of dealing with rape and sexual harassment, but the idea of a person changing through some serious event was very present on all the books listed.
I prefer young adult books (I'm a teenager & proud! Well, 13 but still. XD), but I'm fine with adult books as well. I don't find them that hard to comprehend.
Anyway, I really admired the beauty of the stories, and the character development and such. Know any books or movies like these?