Polite People Call it Eclectic
Discover eclectic book recommendations for curious readers, from Harriet the Spy to Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House. Explore a curated mix of juvenile fiction, classic epics like Homer's The Iliad & The Odyssey, and chilling ghost stories, including The Woman in Black. A unique reading list for those who love diverse literary tastes.
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Harriet the Spy
by Louise Fitzhugh
It's no secret that Harriet the Spy is a timeless classic that kids will love! Every day can be an adventure if you just look carefully enough! Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. In her notebook, she writes down everything she knows about everyone, even her classmates and her best friends. Then Harriet loses track of her notebook, and it ends up in the wrong hands. Before she can stop them, her friends have read the always truthful, sometimes awful things she’s written about each of them. Will Harriet find a way to put her life and her friendships back together? "What the novel showed me as a child is that words have the power to hurt, but they can also heal, and that it’s much better in the long run to use this power for good than for evil."—New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot
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Homer - The Lliad - The Odyssey
by Homer
A boxed set of the classic books 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' by Homer. Translated by Robert Fagles, with an introduction and notes by Bernard Knox.
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The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
An anthropologist conducts an unusual research project in a reputedly haunted house.
