Barbara Desai - Welcome to My Classroom: Diction, Mood, and Tone

Mrs. Desai's favorites

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

tagged: deep-poignant-and-literary, gorgeous-writing, and era-encompassing

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

tagged: gorgeous-writing

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain

tagged: deep-poignant-and-literary, era-encompassing, gorgeous-writing, and...

Animal Farm

by George Orwell

tagged: era-encompassing and gorgeous-writing

The Plague

by Albert Camus

tagged: gorgeous-writing

Swamplandia!

by Karen Russell

tagged: deep-poignant-and-literary, gorgeous-writing, and quirky-weird

The Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of a Lady

by Henry James

tagged: gorgeous-writing and deep-poignant-and-literary

Infinite Jest

by David Foster Wallace

tagged: deep-poignant-and-literary, era-encompassing, gorgeous-writing, qui...

It Chooses You

by Miranda July

tagged: quirky-humorous, quirky-weird, gorgeous-writing, and deep-poignant-...

Watership Down

by Richard Adams

tagged: gorgeous-writing and deep-poignant-and-literary

Moo

by Jane Smiley

tagged: quirky-humorous and gorgeous-writing

Carter Beats the Devil

Carter Beats the Devil

by Glen David Gold

tagged: era-encompassing, gorgeous-writing, and quirky-weird

Bee Season

by Myla Goldberg

tagged: deep-poignant-and-literary and gorgeous-writing

Tabloid Dreams: Stories

Tabloid Dreams: Stories

by Robert Olen Butler

Of these lovely, poignant stories, "Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot" is my favorite; it's a portrait of human foibles, of the desire in all of us to truly connect with others and to be free of ourselves. In all of the stories, ...

tagged: quirky-humorous, gorgeous-writing, deep-poignant-and-literary, and ...

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

by Michael Chabon

tagged: era-encompassing, deep-poignant-and-literary, and gorgeous-writing

A Slight Trick Of The Mind

A Slight Trick Of The Mind

by Mitch Cullin

tagged: deep-poignant-and-literary, era-encompassing, and gorgeous-writing

Einstein's dreams

Einstein's Dreams

by Alan Lightman

tagged: gorgeous-writing

The God of Small Things

The God of Small Things

by Arundhati Roy

tagged: deep-poignant-and-literary and gorgeous-writing

Everything is Illuminated

Everything is Illuminated

by Jonathan Safran Foer

tagged: deep-poignant-and-literary, era-encompassing, gorgeous-writing, qui...

The Tin Drum

by Günter Grass

tagged: era-encompassing and gorgeous-writing