Books that shape my life

Submitted by moonunit on Sat, 03/13/2004 - 13:42
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  1. On the Road - Jack Kerouac
  2. Siddartha- Herman Hesse
  3. Jitterbug Perfume, Still life with woodpecker - Tom Robbins
  4. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe- C.S. Lewis
  5. Dandelion Wine, Farenheit 451- Ray Bradbury
  6. The Giver - Lois Lowry
  7. Going Nowhere Soon - Brian Andreas
  8. Golden Compass, Amber Spyglass, Subtle Knife- Philip Pullman
  9. Prometheus Rising - Robert Anton Wilson
  10. Sark Books
  11. "This Book Will Change Your Life"
  12. Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
  13. Animalia - Graeme Base
  14. Scary Stories to tell in the Dark - Illustrations by Stephen Gamell
  15. The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy- Douglas Adams
  16. Celestine Prophecy - James Redfield
  17. Transfigurations - Alex Grey
  18. Atlas of the World
jokow1103/15/2004

I've wanted to ask someone who's read the Philip Pullman books what they thought about them. I find it hard to believe they are classified as "young adult" books. While the hero is a young girl, the issues, plot, and occurances are very adult. I liked the first book but the anti-religious view started to wear on me a bit. For all the nonsense about Harry Potter books turning kids to the evil black arts of sorcery, I found these books to be much worse in that they question the validity of God and the basis of faith. Pretty heady stuff for children to swallow.