This is a list of books which were rated with 5 stars by my students. I hope this list will help you select books for your own pleasure or for your students in your classes.
-Yoko Morimoto
George's Marvellous Medicine
Roald Dahl
Penguin
112p
Great People of Our Time
Carol Christian
Macmillan
68p
Laura's Little House on the Prairie
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Shinozaki Shorin
91p
Running Out of Magic with Houdini
Elizabeth Levy
Knorp
119p
The Santa Clause
Daphne Skinner
Puffin
85p
Anne of Green Gables -- Screenplay
Sullivan and Wiesenfeld
Four-in Creative Products
87p
50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth**
The Earth Works Group
Spleere Books
211p
Harp of Burma®
Michio Takeyama
Tuttle
132p
The Journey Begins
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Harper Collins
138p
Jack
Beth Nadler
Puffin
109p
The Kids' Book of Questions
Gregory Stock
Workman
207p
Leonardo Dicaprio
Grace Catalano
Dell
116p
The Little Prince*****
Antonie de Saint-Exupery
Piccolo
93p
The Story of Doctor Dolittle®
Hugh Lofting
Red Fox
171p
The Sheep-Pig
Dick King-Smith
Puffin
118
The Townsman
Pearl S. Buck
Washington Square
Ladder edition at 2000 words
150p
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland®*
Lewis Carroll
Puffin/Penguin
138p/130p
Animal Farm®
George Orwell
Penguin
119p
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory**
Roald Dahl
Puffin
123p
Beverly Hills,902210-No Secrets
Mel Gilden
Harper
182p
Comet in Moominland®
Tove Jansson
Puffin
157p
Drippy _ The Runnaway Raindrop
Sidney Sheldon
Academy
393p
The Emperor Wears No Clothes
Jack Herer
Queen of Clubs
181p
The Graduate®
Charles Webb
Penguin
192p
Dead Poet Society
N.H. Kleinbaum
Bantam
166p
The Dolphin Experience
Lisa Tenzin-Dolma
Foulsham
120p
The House at Pooh Corner®
A.A.Milne
Magnet
176p
Lotte and Lisa
Erich Kastner
Puffin
140p
The Mezzainine
Nicholson Baker
Vintage
135p
My Story-Heart of a Champion
Michelle Kwan
Scholastic
169p
The Outsiders
Susan E.Hinton
Dell
156p
Papa, You're Crazy
William Saroyan
Kodansha English Library
195p
Rocky -- Screenplay
Sylvester Stallone
Four-in Creative
105p
When Someone You Know is Gay
Susan and Daniel Cohen
Laurel Leaf
165p
Winne-the-Pooh®
A.A.Miline
Yohan
Bad or the Dumbing of America
Paul Fussell
Simon & Shusster
201p
The Basketball Diaries
Jim Carrol
Penguin
210p
The BFG
Roald Dahl
Penguin
207p
The Bells of Nagasaki®
Takashi Nagai
Kodansha
139p
Big
B.B.Hiller and Neil W.Hiller
Ballantin
e
181p
The Bridges of Madison County®*
Robert James Waller
Mand
arin
171p
Botchan®
Natsume Soseki
Kodan
The Catcher in the Rye®
J.D.Salinger
Little, Brown
214p
Charlotte's Web
E.B.White
Puffin
175p
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
Penguin
149p
Face / Off
Clark Carlton based on a screenplay
Harper Prism
299p
Falling in Love®
Kenneth Harper
Grafton
172p
Fatal Attraction
HB.Gilmour
James Dearden
217p
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Todd Strasser
Signet
176p sha
221p
Forever Young
Robert Tine
Signet
172p
Green Tea
Nadine Taylor
Kensington
179p
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Louis Duncan
Pocket Books
198p
The Long Winter®
Laura I. Wilder
Puffin
251p
A Little Princess®
Frances Hodgson Burivett
Penguin
224p
Mary Poppins*
P.L. Travers
Puffin
159p
Matilda****
Roald Dahl
Puffin
240p
Men in Black
Stone Perry
Penguin
226p
Murder is Easy
Agatha Christie
Harper
220p
No Longer Human®
Osamu Dazai
Tuttle
177
Nomo
Herb Fagen
Ssignet
256p
Norwegian Wood Vol I®***
Haaruki Murakami
Kodansha
256p
Norwegian Wood Vol II***
Haaruki Murakami
Kodansha
274p
On the Banks of Plum Creek®
Laura I. Wilder
Puffin
215p
Pshcho
Robert Bloch
Tom Doherty Associates
223p
Pygmalion
Bernard Shaw
Penguin
125p
The Notebook
Nicholas Sparks
Warner
213p
Top Gun
Mike Gogan
Grafton
185p
Tuesday With Morrie**
Mitch Albom
Doubleday
192p
Titanic
Diane Hoh
Scholastic
268p
The Secret of My Success
Martin Owens
Corgi
187p
Star Wars Return of the Jedi®
James Kahn
Bllantine
181p
Through the Looking Glass®
Lewis Carrol
Yohan
158p
A Walk in the Clouds
Deborah Chiel
Signet
238p
The Wizard of Oz®
L. Frank Baum
Yohan
182p
A Wild Sheep Chase Vol. I®
Haruki Murakami
Kodansha
266p
A Wild Sheep Chase Vol. II®
Haruki Murakami
Kodansha
227p
Who Cares About English Usage
David Crystal
Penguin
124p
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie]
Harper Collins
223p
Anne of the Island®
L.M.Montgomery
Puffin
292p
Around the World in Eighty Days®
Jules Verne
Puffin
297p
Back to the Future®
George Gipe
Berkley
248p
Back to the Future Part II®
Craig Shaw Gardner
Headline
216p
Bad As I Wanna Be
Dennis Rodman with Tim Keown
Dell
317p
Chicken Soup for the Soul®**
Carfield & Hansen
Health Communication
308p
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff and It's All Small Stuff®
Richard Carlson
Hyperion
248p
Forrest Gump®**
Wiston Groom
Pocket
248p
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gorden
Stephen King
Pocket
264p
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
Roger Lncelyn Green
Puffin
234p
A Life Less Ordinary
John Hodge
Penguin
252p
Mary Poppins in the Park®
P.L. Travers
Lions
255p
Momo®
Michael Ende
Penguin
An Officer and a Gentleman
Steven Phillip Smith
Yohan
230p
Pinocchio
Carlo Collodi
Puffin
262p
The Promise
Daniell Steel
Dell
288p
A Room with a View®
E.M. Foster
Vintage
246p
Shoeless Joe
W.P.Kinsella
Ballantine
224p
The Sun Also Rises®
Ernest M. Hemingway
Simon & Shuster
251p
Suicide and Attempted Suicide
Penguin
159p
The Unexpected Guest
Agatha Christie
St.Martins
258p
Farewell My Lovely
Raymond Chandler
Random House
292p
Little Women®
Alcott
Penguin
Memories of Midnight®**
Sidney Sheldon
Fontana
390p
Never Ending Story®
Michel Ende
Puffin
444p
One Child
Torey L. Hayden
Avon Nonfiction
221p
The Perfect Kill
A.J.Quinell
Orion
296p
Saving Private Ryan
Max Allen Collins
Signet
317p
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Warner
281p
The Facts of Death
Raymond Benson
274p
Flowers for Algenon®
Daniel Keyes
Kodansha
329p
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone®
J.K. Rowling
Scholastic
312p
Into Thin Air
John Krakaur
Doubleday
374p
May All Be Fed
John Robbins
Marrow
391p
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey
Fireside
358p
The Silence of Lamb®
Thomas Harris
Mandarin
352p
Star Shining Down®
Sidney Sheldon
Warner
398p
Tell Me Your Dreams
Sidney Sheldon
Warner
363p
If Tomorrow Comes®
Sidney Sheldon
Pan
384p
Jurassic Park®*
Michael Crichton
Ballantine
399p
The Last Sunrise*
Crelius & Kidd
Jove
420p
Master of the Game®***
Sidney Sheldon
Warner
495p
Nothing Lasts Forever
Sidney Sheldon
Warner
384p
The Other Side of the Midnight®
Sidney Sheldon
Fontana
392p
Sense and Sensibility®
Jane Austin
Bloomsbury
314p
A Simple Plan
Scott Smith
St. Martins
417p
Les Miserables®
Victor Hugo
Wordsworth
475p
The Wallstreet Journal's Middle Column
Jane Beentson.ed.
344p
Rages of Angels
Sidney Sheldon
Warner
504p
Shawshank Redemption
®**
Stephen King
Warner
551p
Thurstoe House
Daniel Steel
Dell
500p
Sharlock Holmes-The Complete Novels and Stories Vol.1
Sir Arthur Connan Doyle
Bantam
924p