Reading helps expands young minds and helps with creative and critical thinking. It increases the student's vocabulary, improves one's memory, their comprehension, improve focus and concentration, and improves their writing skills.
Good literature can help the students thoughts and understanding, understanding other culture and beliefs, getting glimpse of the past, gaining wisdom, entertainment and understanding themselves.
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Legend by Marie Lu
Lord of the Flies by William Golding