Sometimes, I am amazed at what you can get for free. It definitely helps to be in the right place at the right time. I am never really that lucky person, but I have some friends who have scored so big in these instances.
So then welcome to Free Book Friday here at Complete Literature! I plan to do them every Friday for as long as I can find great quality books for you out there. This first week’s selections are amazing. I am somehow trying to figure out what I can cross off my list so I have time to read all of these.
Free Book Friday includes several different genres so that everybody can find a great read for the weekend. Here are the genres I have picked out in keeping with the subject of Complete Literature’s goals as a website:
- Books for Teachers
- Books for Younger Students
- Books for Older Students
- Fun Books for Teachers
Just let me know if there is a genre you would like to see added!
Just click on the books or titles to get to the Amazon links. Make sure that you click on the Kindle version so you don’t end up paying the physical book price.
Don’t have a Kindle? No problem! You can download the free Kindle app on just about any device, mobile or desktop.
Table of Contents
Books for Teachers
Teacher Talk, Books 1-4, Special Edition: A Collection of Magazine Articles for Teachers (Teacher Talk Book 5) Kindle Edition
About the Author
This is a collection of magazine articles for teachers from Marsha Marie Page, a teacher with an amazing story. She lived in exile for 22 years in Pakistan, hiding from her abusive husband in America. I can’t even imagine being so far from home and in an unfamiliar culture.
But yet she thrived in that world. During that time she had a wonderful and peaceful life as a teacher. She was also featured on a tv documentary and was a member of a human rights committee.
Later, she ended up in United Arab Emirates, where she got some pretty prestigious teaching certifications. This allowed her to teach in colleges, private homes, and even royal palaces! She worked even more prestigious jobs than that, but I will let you read about those.
She continued teaching where her style of running websites with her students and promoting technology in her classrooms got her noticed. And that is where she discovered her love for reading.
She was asked to write articles for several local magazines about her teaching experience and memoirs. She had a very rich experience to share and her articles were very popular.
About the Book
This collection takes you on her teacher journey as she shares her amazing teacher experiences. It also contains a bonus excerpt from her biography, detailing aspects of her exile.
As a side note, Marsha Marie now lives in Arizona and works with the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence. The good that she has done her entire life did not end with her journey overseas.
It is a super easy read and perfect for when you only have a few minutes here and there. Although you may have a hard time putting it down and will be saying “just one more” throughout the book.
And as for her biography, it is called Bangles: My True Story of Escape, Adventure, and Forgiveness.
It is an amazing book and well worth reading.
Books for Younger Students
Avengers: Heroes Welcome #1
About the Author
Brian Michael Bendis is an award winning comics creator and one of the most successful writers in the industry. So to be able to get this book for free was a great opportunity.
He is currently working on writing all of the issues of the New Avenger. Plus he is debuting two new books: Mighty Avengers and Dark Avengers.
About the Book
This book targets kids aged 9-12. I got it for my son and he loved it. Of course, he is very much into Avengers right now, so it was an easy read for him.
This is written in comic book style so it has an element of entertainment to it. But it also has a plot that teaches kids how to be compassionate and have the courage to make bad things right.
The book follows the story of Sam Alexander, who discovers that he has a super power and then becomes known as Nova. When he starts to struggle with life, he goes to the Avengers for some help. They teach him the valuable lesson of how his actions affect others and how to make that a beneficial character trait.
Your kids will love that the story includes some of their favorite Avengers superheroes such as Captain America, Thor, the Wasp, Luke Cage, She-Hulk and Iron Man!
I love that this is available for Free Book Friday, although I would have gladly paid money for this one for my son.
Books for Older Students
Fledgling: The Shapeshifter Chronicles Book 1
About the Author
This is book one of the very popular series written by Natasha Brown.
Natasha Brown grew up sneaking books past bedtime and reading in the dark. Isn’t that how all of us avid readers started out? She grew up to become a USA Today bestseller. Some of her best work to this day has been the Shapeshifter Chronicles.
About the Book
This is book one in the Shapeshifter Chronicles series, four books in all. Here are all of them:
Fledgling follows the story of Ana Hughes. She has a serious heart condition that holds her back in many ways. When she moves to a new town, she sees this as a fresh start to be seen as a normal person. and soon she meets Chase Morgan, a somewhat mysterious, brooding and very intriguing guy. She soon learns he may very well also have something in his life that he is hiding. And she is totally intrigued by his seeming healing abilities. Is he too good to be true?
This book targets the young adult set and most teenagers who pick it up have a hard time putting it down.
Fun Books for Teachers
If She Knew
About the Author
Blake Pierce is a USA Today bestselling author who has ELEVEN different award winning psychological thriller series out! They are all in varying amounts of completion as he keeps adding to them. He is known as a masterpiece mystery author. And this book is no exception.
About the Book
This book follows the story of Kate Wise, a 55-year old retired FBI agent who moves away to get a fresh start after her husband is murdered. A friend’s daughter is murdered, which drives her right back into her past life as an FBI agent.
Blake Pierce does a tremendous job of building up the psychological workings of all of the characters. You actually feel as though you know exactly what they are thinking and can empathize with them easily. You will feel as though you are fully immersed in their lives. And there are plenty of twists that will keep you captivated until the end!
I generally don’t have time to read these types of books right now because life is chaotic. But I found myself sneaking off to get some more pages in. My kids caught me more than once and rolled their teenage eyes at me for shirking my work to get to the end of this book. It was totally worth it and inspired me to start scheduling more book time into my hectic schedule. Self care, right?
Conclusion
So this completes this week’s Free Book Friday!
I hope that you find something here that you like! Check them out and then tell me what you think!
If you liked this article, I think you would like this one too:
This would be great not just for teachers, but for homeschooling parents, too! And probably just great reading for lots of people!
Yes, Andrea, it is good for everybody!
This are some excellent books. They can help take your mind out of worries and can help kids too. I would like to read the last one because is a crime novel and I like those.
This are some excellent resources for teaching and getting more knowledge.
You didn’t really read the post, did you?
In this period that we are living in quarantine like never before, young and old are rediscovering the joy of reading.
My favorite author, Colleen Hoover, just announced she’d going to try to get as many of her books as possible to be free because she doesn’t want her fans having to pay for books during these crazy times. How cool is that!?
That is awesome, Krysten! I will see what I can find to feature for future Fridays. 🙂
My kids are home for three weeks. It is time for them to read some books
Enjoy!
I love this! You’re right, there are so many free deals out there but we often miss out simply because we don’t know about it. Thank you for taking the time to put this together and share these offers.
You’re welcome, Britt!
There are some fantastic books here. How did I not know about free book Friday before reading this? Thank you for the tips!
Thank you, Lisa!
The Avengers one would be perfect for some of my students. They’re always reading comics in their native language, but would definitely be encouraged to read English if it’s about the Avengers!
I love that idea, Kez! And they will be learning some great concepts without even realizing it!
If She Knew looks interesting to me! Being stuck at home means more book reading!
Good timing!!! Enjoy. 🙂
I love to read and am always looking for new books, so thank you for the list!
There’s so many great books here! I love all the variety you shared with us here. Yay for free! WOOT!
So many interesting books to look into. Thanks for sharing!
I Love reading and if I will be given a choice things that I will not let you, I will choose books. Thanks for sharing this.
What a wonderful and thoughtful initiative to promote reading! Now with all the financial difficulties we’re all going through, this is so needed.
Ooooh If She Knew sounds really good. Totally adding this to my Goodreads. Thanks friend!
I loved it! I had to sneak around the house to get a few minutes here and there in between time with the kids, lol.
You have a good lists and I can say that this is good in all ages.
I am glad that my kids are into reading most especially during these quarantine days.
I love reading and this is a good list of books. I love the Agengers series and I think I’ll get them for my nieces. They are huge fans.
My son loved it! I am sure your nieces will too.
Well this is much interesting article.. i love to read different types of books..and these books sounds really amazing..i am especially inspired by the book if she knew..will love to read that..🙂
I loved that one. I rarely get to read that kind of book but I snuck in some time. 🙂
Reading is one of the most powerful things that keeps us moving forward and be creative.
That is so awesome that they do that. I had no idea Free Book Friday was a thing. I really need to read more haha. I usually just fall into the Netflix or Amazon Prime trap, lol.
Haha, that’s what I do when I am super tired. 🙂
i love free friday book lists.thanks for sharing. i will pass on the info to a couple teaching friends.
You have a great idea here. There is so much available to read that you can find things you like that are available for free. Your list has a couple that I would like to read.
i tink that these would be also ideal for anyone that home schools – which most of us atm due to pandemic kind regards pati robins @style-squeeze blog
This is great! I truly believe books are a great way for us to learn new things and pass time!
looks like a great a book definitely for everyone! Thanks for sharing, free sounds rare these days
This is just great news, especially kid should start reading as young as possible.
I really like this new concept of yours. I think there is a lot of free books that are worth the read. Additionally, there are lots of ways of getting our hands on free books there are promotions that allow you to get free books for a certain time you just need to be on the hunt. Your Friday free book suggestion event will be a great way to know what is up for grab.
oh my!!! So many great books to read so little time…I actually have more time now to read and have been reading quite a lot, I love it.
I forgot that you could put a Kindle app on your computer. I need to do that again. I love reading and now I have a little time to do it.
Thank you for starting the Free Book Friday’s series! Looking forward to all of your recommendations! This week I will try out the Teacher Talk series.
I love your Free Book Friday! This is helpful not just for teachers but for good students too. Nice initiative.
I think we have to take advantage of every free resources we can get this is super useful thank you for sharing.
Reading has always been a hobby of mine so I really liked this article! These are some interesting books you recommended, thanks for sharing!
I would love to read these books, especially Fledgling! My friend actually recommended this book to me. Thanks for the share.
I agree, there are so many great deals out there. I’ve noticed a few of them when the pandemic started. Very informative article.
This is really a great idea for teacher and students. They will help them to learn more. Such a great resource. Thanks for this.
It is truly book for everyone. I love reading and always open to new suggestions. Thanks.