Last Tuesday, the topic for Top Ten Tuesday was to make up a reading list of a pretend class you'll be teaching.  Since I was away on vacation-- went to Salem, MA-- I wanted to be given the chance to do it.  Instead of ten books, I only have five.  How many books can you finish in the semester?

Back to school is fast approaching.  My brother is already getting in the school mode-- going to sleep earlier, spending time with friends less.  For me, I feel weird since the summer is finally coming to an end and just having recently graduated, I stay back instead of going to school.

However, today I'll be sharing my pretend-reading-list with you from my History 101 syllabus.  A little fact: History was one of my worst subjects in high school.  I'm not that good at remembering dates.  However, if my class had an awesome reading list like this one, I would have probably gotten better grades.
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly (my review): This one is a little different from the rest.  Our protagonist time travels, starting the story in New York.  Students would get the most out of the book when they reach the travels back in time.  Let's learn about the French Revolution.  Also, with the time traveling aspect, readers get a modern perspective on the time period and will be much more likely to understand.  Plus, if this was a real reading list, I would bring in a health teacher to lecture about some of the other themes in the book like suicide and drug abuse.
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray: We could have a whole section on society and school systems in different time periods.  Gemma, this protagonist, is subjected to British boarding school.  Let's have a class where we discuss the book over tea time.