Read this when
The Alchemist
When you finally go after the thing you've been dreaming about. 🏜️
Who it's for
A young Andalusian shepherd, Santiago, follows a recurring dream toward treasure in Egypt and learns about his "Personal Legend." A short, simple fable that fuels excitement about chasing a dream.
Excited→Hopeful
Feelings it meets
What it is
Paulo Coelho's novel, first published in Portuguese in 1988 as O Alquimista, follows Santiago, a shepherd boy from Andalusia who keeps having the same dream about finding treasure. A fortune-teller reads the dream as a prophecy that he will find treasure at the Egyptian pyramids, so he sets out for Egypt.
Where to find it
Print, ebook and audiobook; libraries.
Before you start
Heads up: Brief violence.
Age: General audience
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.Henry David Thoreau, Walden, “Conclusion”
