Teen Read Week Picks From Your Favorite Authors

To help celebrate Teen Read Week, our friends at Scholastic talked to famous authors to find out what books they loved when they were teenagers. Have you read any of the titles in the slideshow? Share your favorite classics in the comments!

Coe Booth: Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Coe Booth, author of Tyrell and Bronxwood (September 2011), chose Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. "I read this book so many times when I was teenager. It had everything -- growing up, love, loss, humor. I especially loved the dialect; the rhythm of it sounded like music to me!"

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Teen Read Week Picks From Your Favorite Authors

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