After teens read The Brave Escape of Edith Wharton, the fashion in this photo might be all the rage.
Today’s news will help you transition out of summer mode and teach you words you never needed to know. Keep reading…
- It’s a sad fact that summer’s coming to an end, but NPR’s Cord Jefferson is here to help us transition. In “Back to Reality: Nonfiction for the Summer’s End,” Jefferson recommends five nonfiction books to ease you out of beach-read mode. According to him, “the ideas and lessons you’ll take from them will stick with you like a good meal, perfect for when the weather cools and you fall back to Earth.”
- Along the same lines, the New York Times reviews some smart beach reading for teens. The Brave Escape of Edith Wharton by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge is a biography meant to inspire the young adult audience. Released last week, the book explains how Wharton rebelled against wealthy New York society to become a Pulitzer prize-winning author. Reviewer Katie Roiphe writes, “I like to picture girls lying on the beach reading this appealing book and receiving its secret message: stop i-chatting and posting on people’s walls — it’s time to write your first novel!”
- And just for fun, check out the Guardian‘s “Weird words quiz.” Using words from the book I Never Knew There Was a Word for It, the quiz gives a definition and asks you to match it to the correct word. One example: “Fortune-telling by watching cheese coagulate.”
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