Kids Recommend
About the Book Lists
Over twenty years of teaching reading in a workshop, the annual average, for a class of seventh and eighth grade readers, is at least forty books. In the lower grades at the Center for Teaching and Learning, the numbers are similarly remarkable. My K-6 colleagues and I make time every day for our students to curl up with good books and engage in the single activity that consistently correlates with high levels of performance on standardized tests of reading ability. That is frequent, voluminous, self-selected reading. A child sitting in a quiet room with a good book isn't a flashy or, more significantly, marketable teaching method. It just happens to be the only way anyone ever grew up to become a reader.
And that is the goal: for every child to become a skilled, passionate, habitual, critical reader—as novelist Robertson Davies put it, to learn how to make of reading “a personal art.” Along the way, CTL teachers hope that our students will become smarter, happier, more just, and more compassionate people because of the worlds they experience within those hundreds of thousands of lines of black print.
We know that students need time to read, at school and at home, every day. We understand that when particular children love their particular books, reading is more likely to happen during the time we set aside for it. And we have learned that the only sure-fire way to induce a love of books is to invite students to select their own. So CTL teachers buy the best children's literature we can find, conduct booktalks and bookwalks, and help our students choose books, develop and refine literary criteria, and carve out identities for themselves as readers. We get that it's essential for every child we teach to be able to say, "These are my favorite authors, genres, books, and characters this year, and this is why." Personal preference is the foundation, walls, and ceiling in building a reader for a lifetime.
At CTL, starting in kindergarten and going straight through until the end of middle school, free choice of books is a child's right, not a privilege granted by a kind teacher. Our students have shown us that opportunities to consider, select, and reconsider books make reading feel sensible and attractive to children right from the start; that they'll read more books than we dreamed possible and more challenging books than we dreamed of assigning them.
We've also learned that students need access to a wide, up-to-date assortment of inviting titles. Instead of investing in class sets of novels or expensive basals or anthologies, we make classroom libraries of individual titles our budget priority. Teachers read a lot of the books that we hope our students will, so we can make knowledgeable recommendations. We offer help when readers need it, and we teach children, one at a time, about books and reading in the daily, quiet conversations of our reading workshops.
We understand that the only delivery system for reading comprehension is reading. When reading is meaning-filled, understanding cannot be separated from decoding. Reading comprehension is not a set of sub-skills or strategies that children need to be taught to bring to bear, once they've learned to translate letters to sounds. When students are reading stories that are interesting to them, and when the books are written at their independent reading levels, comprehension—the making of meaning—is direct, and kids understand.
Human beings are wired to understand. As reading theorist Frank Smith puts it, “Children know how to comprehend, provided they are in a situation that has the possibility of making sense to them” (1997). Reading workshop is our best approximation of an instructional context that has the possibility of making sense to young readers. A child sits in a quiet, book-filled space, engrossed in a beloved, accessible book in the company of classmates who are reading and loving books, too, along with a teacher who knows about literature, reading, and his or her students.
This is not a dream world. Because CTL is a non-profit demonstration school, a place where public school teachers come to learn about innovative methods, we handpick a student body that represents a diverse range of socioeconomic backgrounds and ability levels. We fundraise twelve months a year, so we can set a tuition rate that's as low as possible: most recently $7,240 per year. Last year the average tuition, after financial aid adjustments, was $4,981 per student, a fee lower than the cost of a comparable period of daycare. The point is to attract a mix of students in whom visiting teachers can recognize their own.
And they do, because CTL students are regular kids. They suffer ADHD and identified learning disabilities, including nonverbal learning disorders, visual processing difficulties, and dyslexia. Some kids come from homes with packed bookshelves; others own only a few books. Maine is a rural state and a poor one, in the bottom third nationally in terms of per capita income. Only 66% of jobs here pay a livable wage, and our students' parents work hard at all kinds of occupations: farmer, carpenter, house cleaner, store clerk, soldier, fisherman, gardener, postal worker, and housecleaner, as well as physician, minister, teacher, and small-business owner.
So we do not believe that CTL students’ accomplishments as readers can be explained away as an anomaly. Ours is not a privileged population of students. This is what is possible for children as readers.
It's also important to understand that reading workshop is not S.S.R. (Sustained Silent Reading). It's not a study hall, where we watch the clock with one eye as we D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything And Read). In reading workshop, we teach readers for a lifetime. In lessons, teachers introduce new books and old favorites, tell about authors and genres, read aloud authors and genres, talk with kids about reading rituals and plans, and teach about elements of fiction, how poems work, what efficient readers do—and don't do—when they come across an unfamiliar word, how punctuation gives voice to reading, when to speed up or slow down, who won this year's Newbery Award, how to keep reading records, what a sequel is, what readers can glean from a copyright page, how to identify the narrative voice or tone of a novel and why it matters, how there are different purposes for reading that affect a reader's style and pace, how to distinguish between popular and literary fiction, how to tell if a book is too hard, too easy, or just right, and why the only way to become a strong, fluent reader is to read often and a lot.
Reading workshop is one of the simplest and hardest things we do. It's also the most worthwhile. Students leave our school as strong, literary, well-above-grade-level readers. But they also leave smarter about such a diversity of words, ideas, events, people, and places that they take their teachers’ breaths away. Books and stories bring the whole world to a tiny school in rural Maine. And then the readers grow up, leave the school, and recognize the wide world they encounter out there because it is already lodged in the “chambers of their imaginations” (Spufford, 2002).
Sydney Jourard wrote, “The vicarious experience of reading can shape our essence, change us, just as firsthand experience can. Experience seems to be as transfusible as blood” (1971). For kids who know reading as a personal art, every day is a transfusion. Every day they engage with literature that enables them to know things, feel things, imagine things, hope for things, become people they never could have dreamed without the transforming power of books, books, books.
Three times a year, the boys and girls at CTL help their teachers create master lists, organized by grade level and gender, of the inviting, accessible books that they love best. The “Kids Recommend” lists feature the titles that our students name in response to this question: What books do you love so much that you think they might convince a _____-grade girl/boy—someone who's a lot like you, except that she/he doesn't read much—that books are great? The answers are available to our students and their parents, as well as other teachers, their students, and the general public, here at our school's website. The CTL "Kids Recommend" lists average 365 visitors each week.
Students update the lists continuously, because the field of children's literature changes so quickly. While a handful of titles do maintain their popularity—S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders (1968), the novel that virtually created the field of young adult literature, continues to speak to kids—many drop off and are replaced over time.
We separated the lists of book titles for grades 3-8 into girls' choices and boys' choices because, in general, their tastes in books aren't the same: at the middle-school level, the gender overlap in titles is only about twenty percent; in grades 3-4, it's around seventeen percent. Gender is not an issue in children's book choices in K-2.
We hope that CTL's book lists will set a trend. Our goal is a national network of websites of great titles, nominated by K-12 students in all kinds of school settings who choose their own books: the favorite titles of a cross-section of American kids as the go-to resource for teachers selecting literature for classroom libraries in diverse communities across America.
If you are interested in learning more about how we teach reading at CTL, I have written a brief, practical book for teachers and parents entitled The Reading Zone: How to Help Kids Become Skilled, Passionate, Habitual, Critical Readers (2007). You can order it from Amazon.com, Borders, Barnes and Noble, or directly from the publisher at Scholastic.com.
With all best wishes,
Nancie Atwell
Kindergarten
Ahlberg, Alan and Janet Each Peach, Pear, Plum and The Jolly Postman
Bang, Molly When Sophie Gets Angry
Brett, Jan Annie and the Wild Animals, The First Dog, Honey...Honey...Lion!
The Three Snow Bears, Hedgie's Surprise, The Hat,
The Mitten, Fritz and the Beautiful Horses, and Christmas Trolls
Brown, Marc The Arthur books
Brown, Margaret Wise Goodnight Moon
Cabrera, Jane Over in the Meadow
Carle, Eric Dragons, Dragons, Dream Snow, The Honeybee and the Robber,
The Mixed-Up Chameleon, The Secret Birthday Message,
The Tiny Seed, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very
Busy Spider, and The Very Quiet Cricket
Crews, Donald School Bus, Ten Black Dots, Truck, and any of his other titles
Davis, Kelly Pirates
De Beer, Hans Little Polar Bear
Elhert, Lois Feathers for Lunch, Nuts to You, Pie in the Sky, Snowballs,
Top Cat, Wag a Tail, and Waiting for Wings
Emberley, Ed Go Away, Big Green Monster!
Falconer, Ian Olivia
Feiffer, Jules Bark, George
Fleming, Denise Time to Sleep
Fox, Mem Boo to a Goose, Feathers and Fools, Harriet, You Drive Me Wild,
Hattie and the Fox, Koala Lou, The Magic Hat, Night Noises, Shoes from
Grandpa, Sophie, Time for Bed, Tough Boris, and Wilfrid Gordon
McDonald Partridge
Galdone, Paul Three Little Kittens and The Gingerbread Boy
Henkes, Kevin Chester's Way, Chrysanthemum, Julius, the Baby of the World,
Lilly and the Purple Plastic Purse, Lilly's Big Day, Lilly's Chocolate Heart,
Owen, Sheila Rae's Peppermint Stick, A Weekend with Wendell,
and Wemberly Worried
Hughes, Shirley Alfie Gets In First, Alfie Wins a Prize, Angel Mae, Dogger,
and Sally's Secret
Knudsen, Michelle Library Lion
Krensky, Stephen Too Many Leprechauns
Lies, Brian Bats at the Beach and Bats at the Library
Lionni, Leo Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse, The Alphabet Tree,
An Extraordinary Egg, Fish Is Fish, Inch by Inch, It's Mine,
Little Blue and Little Yellow, Six Crows, and Tillie and the Wall
Lobel, Arnold The Frog and Toad books, Mouse Soup, and Mouse Tales
Long, Melinda How I Became a Pirate
Marshall, Janet look once, look twice
Martin, Bill, Jr. Chicka-Chicka Boom-Boom
McAllister, Angela The Tortoise and the Hare
McPhail, David Edward and the Pirates
Melmed, Laura Kraus The Rainbabies
Munsch, Robert Thomas' Snowsuit
Muntean, Michaela Do Not Open This Book
Myller, Rolf How Big Is a Foot?
Pelham, David A Is for Animals
Penn, Audrey The Kissing Hand
Pilkey, Dav The Paperboy
Pinkney, Jerry The Lion and the Mouse
Polaco, Patricia Emma Kate and Rechenka's Eggs
Shannon, David Alice the Fairy, David Gets in Trouble, No, David, and
Too Many Toys
Simonet, Marc The Stray Dog
Steig, William Dr. De Soto Goes to Africa and Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Stevens, Janet Tops and Bottoms
Troll, Ray The Sharkabet
Tucker, Kathy Do Pirates Take Baths?
Wells, Rosemary Max's Chocolate Chicken, Max's Dragon Shirt, Bunny Cakes,
Fritz and the Mess Fairy, and McDuff Goes to School
Willems, Mo Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, Don't Let the Pigeon Stay
Up Late, The Pigeon Wants a Hot Dog, and The Pigeon Wants a Puppy
Wood, Audrey Alphabet Mystery, King Bidgood's in the Bathtub,
Elbert's Bad Word, The Little Mouse, the Red, Ripe Strawberry,
and the Big, Hungry Bear, The Napping House, Jubal's Wish, Heckedey
Peg, The Scaredy Cats, Silly Sally, Weird Parents,
Sweet Dream Pie, and Tooth Fairy
Gr. 1-2Abbott, Tony The Secrets of Droon books
Ada, Alma Flor and Leslie Tryon Dear Peter Rabbit: Stories to Go
Ahlberg, Alan and Janet Each Peach, Pear, Plum and The Jolly Postman
The American Girls Collection
Avi Poppy, Poppy and Rye, Poppy Returns,
and Ereth's Birthday
Bang-Campbell, Monika Little Rat Rides and Little Rat Sets Sail
Barrows, Annie Ivy and Bean
Barry, Dave and Ridley Pearson Peter and the Star Catchers and Peter and the
Shadow Thieves
Benton, Jim Attack of the 50-Foot Cupid, The Fran With Four Brains,
Invisible Fran, Lunch Walks Among Us, The Franidate, and
Frantastic Voyage
Black, Holly and Tony DiTerlizzi The Spiderwick Chronicles
Blume, Judy Freckle Juice, Superfudge, Double Fudge, and
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Brett, Jan The Hat, The Mitten, Town Mouse, Country Mouse,
Annie and the Wild Animals, and Gingerbread Baby
Brooks, Felicity The King Arthur Usborne series
Brown, Jeff The Flat Stanley books
Burton, Virginia The Little House
Carnett, Suzanne Pet Stories
Cleary, Beverly Ralph S. Mouse, Ramona's World, Runaway Ralph,
Henry Huggins, Henry and Ribsy, Henry and the Paper Route,
and Henry and the Clubhouse
Colfer, Eoin the Artemis Fowl books
Collins, Suzanne Gregor and the Curse of the Warm Bloods and Gregor
and the Prophecy of Baine
Coville, Bruce Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
Craft, K.V. Cinderella
Creech, Sharon Love That Dog
Dahl, Roald Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Danny, Champion of the
World, Giraffe, Pelly, and Me, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG,
Fantastic Mr. Fox, and The Twits
De Paola, Tomie The Legend of the Bluebonnet and Now One Foot,
Now the Other
Doherty, Bertie Fairytales
Falconer, Ian Olivia
Gannett, Ruth Stiles The My Father's Dragon series
Gibbons, Gail Frogs and her other nonfiction books
Goscinny, Rene The Nicholas series
Gray, Kes The Get Well Soon Book
Greenburg, Dan The Zack Files: Dr. Jekyll, Orthodontist, Bozo the Clone,
Evil Queen Tut, Yikes! My Grandma's a Teenager, Now You See
Me, Now You Don't, and The Boy Who Cried Big Foot
Gutman, Dan The My Weird School series: Mrs. Cooney Is Looney, Miss Daisy
Is Crazy, Mr. Klutz Is Nuts, Mrs. Lagrange Is Strange, Miss Lizar Is Bizarre,
and Miss Small Is Off the Wall
Hand, Elizabeth The Star Wars Boba Fett books: Maze of Deception, The Fight
to Survive, and Crossfire
Henkes, Kevin A Good Day, Lily's Purple Plastic Purse, Lily's Big Dog, Owen,
Weekend with Wendell, and Kitten's First Full Moon
Herge The Adventures of Tintin
Hock, William H. Three Little Pigs and the Fox
Ibbotson, Eva The Great Ghost Rescue and Which Witch?
Ingle, Annie Robin Hood
Jenkins, Emily Toys Go Out
Johnson, Crockett Harold and the Purple Crayon
Kimmel, Eric Seven at One Blow
King-Smith, Dick Ace, Charlie Muffin's Miracle Mouse, The Invisible Dog,
Lady Lollipop, Martin's Mice, A Mouse Called Wolf, and Pigs Might Fly
The Kingfisher Treasuries: The Kingfisher Treasury of Dragon Stories,
the Kingfisher Treasury of Pet Stories, the Kingfisher Treasury of Pirate
Stories, the Kingfisher Treasury of Funny Stories, the Kingfisher Treasury
of Animal Stories, the Kingfisher Treasury of Spooky Stories,
the Kingfisher Treasury of Ghost Stories, the Kingfisher Treasury of
Princess Stories, the Kingfisher Treasury of Stories for Seven-Year-Olds,
the Kingfisher Treasury of Stories for Eight-Year-Olds, and the Kingfisher
Treasury of Ballet Stories
Krauss, Robert Whose Mouse Are You?
Krulik, Nancy The Katie Kazoo Switcheroo series
Levine, Gail Carson The Princess Tales
Lobel, Arnold The Frog and Toad books, Mouse Soup, Mouse Tales, Small Pig,
Uncle Elephant, and Grasshopper on the Road
Maguire, Gregory Leaping Beauty and Other Animal Fairy Tales
Marshall, Edward Four by the Shore and Three by the Sea
Marshall, James Fox and His Friends, Fox on the Job, Fox at School,
Fox on Stage, Fox All Week, Fox Outfoxed, and Fox in Love
Mason, Jane Bella Baxter All Cooped Up, Bella Baxter and the Itchy Disaster,
Bella Baxter and the Lighthouse Mystery, and Bella Baxter Inn Trouble
McDonald, Megan The Judy Moody and Stink series
McMullen, Kate The Dragon Slayers' Academy series: Double Dragon
Trouble, The Ghost of Sir Herbert Dungeonstone, The New Kid
at School, and Ninety-Seven Ways to Train a Dragon
Meadows, Daisy The Rainbow Fairies series
Miles, Ellen The Puppy Place series and the Taylor-Made Tales books
Muntean, Michaela Do Not Open This Book
Noda, Takayo Dear World
Osborne, Mary Pope The Magic Tree House books and the Odyssey books
Osborne, Will and Mary Pope Magic Tree House Research Guides
Oxenbury, Helen The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
Parish, Peggy The Amelia Bedelia books
Park, Barbara Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business,
Junie B. Jones Is a Barber Shop Guy, and Junie B. Jones Is a Party Animal
Peterson, John The Littles series
Pilkey, Dav The Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot series
Pinkney, Jerry Little Red Hen
Plaisted, Caroline Ballet Stories
Polacco, Patricia Emma Kate, The Graves Family,
and The Graves Family Goes Camping
Riordan, Rick The Percy Jackson books: The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, and
The Last Olympian
Roberts, Lynn Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Sleeping Beauty
Rounds, Glen The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf
Ryan, Margaret The Airy Fairy series
Rylant, Cynthia Cat Heaven, Dog Heaven, Gooseberry Park, The Mr. Putter and
Tabby series, the Henry and Mudge series, and the Poppleton series
Sage, Angie Magyk
Scieska, Jon Help, Summer Reading is Killing Me, Squids Will Be Squids,
The Time Warp Trio, and Tut, Tut
Seidler, Tor Mean Margaret and Toes
Snicket, Lemony The Series of Unfortunate Events books
Stevenson, James The Castaway, Quick, Turn the Page, Rolling Rose,
Brrr!, Don't Make Me Laugh, Fast Friends, and Worse than Willy
Stilton, Geronimo The Geronimo Stilton series
Strauss, Linda Leopold A Fairy Called Hilary
Trine, Greg The Melvin Beederman series
Verne, Jules The Journey to the Center of the Earth (adapted)
Voight, Cynthia and Tom Leigh Angus and Sadie
Watson, Carol Animal Legends
Weisner, David The Three Little Pigs
White, E.B. Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan
Wilder, Laura Ingalls The Little House series
Winthrop, Elizabeth Battle for the Castle and The Castle in the Attic
Wood, Audrey King Bidgood's in the Bathtub
Zelinsky, Paul O. Rapunzel and Rumplestiltskin
Gr. 3-4 BoysAbbott, Tony The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet
Applegate, K.A. The Animorphs series: The Invasion, The Visitor,
The Encounter, etc.
Avi The End of the Beginning, Ereth's Birthday, The Good Dog, and the
Poppy series
Barker, Clive Abarat and Days of Magic, Nights of War
Birdsall, Jeanne The Penderwicks
Birney, Betty Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs
Blume, Judy Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Otherwise Known as Sheila
the Great, Superfudge, Fudge-a-mania, and Double Fudge
Beddor, Frank The Looking Glass Wars trilogy
Brooks, Walter Freddy and the Bean Home News
Buckley, Michael The Nerds trilogy
Byars, Betsy My Dog, My Hero
Cary, Kate Bloodline
Colfer, Eoin Half Moon, Wish List, and the Artemis Fowl series: Artemis Fowl,
The Arctic Incident, The Eternity Code, etc.
Collins, Suzanne The Underland Chronicles
Coville, Bruce I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X
Creech, Sharon Love That Dog
Dahl, Roald James and the Giant Peach, The Witches, and The Twits
Daniels, Lucy The Animal Ark series: Kittens in the Kitchen, Pony
on the Porch, and Puppies in the Pantry
Delaney, Joseph The Last Apprentice series
Di Camillo, Kate Because of Winn-Dixie and The Tale of Despereaux
Donkin, Andrew Spooky Spine Chillers
Doyle, Roddy The Giggler Treatment, The Meanwhile Adventures,
and Rover Saves Christmas
Eager, Edward Knight's Castle
Feiffer, Julius A Barrel of Laughs, A Veil of Tears
Flanagan, John The Ranger's Apprentice series
Funke, Cornelia Dragon Rider, Inkheart, Inkspell, The Thief Lord, and
When Santa Fell to Earth
Gardiner, John Stone Fox
George, Jean Craighead My Side of the Mountain
and There's an Owl in the Shower
Gorey, Edward Amphigorey, Too
Goscinny, Rene The Nicholas series
Gutman, Dan The Get Rich Quick Clubseries
Haig, Matt Samuel Blink and the Forbidden Forest
Hiaasen, Carl Flush and Hoot
Howe, James The Bunnicula series
Ibbotson, Eva Dial-a-Ghost, Island of the Aunts, Pleasing the Ghost,
and Which Witch?
Jacques, Brian The Redwall series
Juster, Norman The Phantom Tollbooth
Kerr, Philip The Children of the Lamp series
Kinney, Jeff Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules,
and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
Kurzweil, Allen Leon and the Champion Chip and Leon and the
Spitting Image
LaFevers, R.L. Flight of the Phoenix
Lasky, Kathryn The Guardians of Ga'Hoole series: The Capture, The Journey,
The Rescue, etc.
Lewis, C.S. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,
Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, etc.
Lupica, Mike The Bat Boy and The Big Field
MacHale, D.J. The Pendragon series
Maguire, Gregory Leaping Beauty
Martin, Ann A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray
Mass, Wendy The Candymakers
McCormick, Maggi Spooky Spine Chillers
McMullan, Kate Dragon Slayers' Academy: The New Kid at School,
Revenge of the Dragon Lady, Class Trip to the Cave of Doom, etc.
McSwigan, Marie The Snow Treasure
Mull, Brandon The Fablehaven series and The Candy Shop War
Nimmo, Jenny Midnight for Charlie Bone and the other Charlie Bone books
Nix, Garth One Beastly Beast
Oppel, Kenneth Skybreaker
Oliver, Lauren Leisel and Po
Osborne, Mary Pope The Magic Tree House books: Dinosaurs Before Dark,
The Knight Before Dawn, Mummies in the Morning, etc.
Paolini, Christopher Eragon, Eldest, and Brisingr
Paver, Michelle Wolf Brother, Spirit Walker, and the rest of the Chronicles
of Ancient Darkness
Pearson, Ridley The Kingdom Keepers series
Peirce, Lincoln The Big Nate series
Philbrick, Rodman Rem World
Pinkwater, Daniel Five Novels, Four Fantastic Novels, The Neddiad,
The Yggyssey, and Once Upon a Blue Moose
Platt, Kin Big Max
Prineas, Sarah The Magic Thief
Pullman, Phillip Clockwork
Reeve, Philip Here Lies Arthur
Riordan, Rick The Lightning Thief, Sea of Monsters, and Titan's Curse
Rodda, Emily Deltora Quest
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter
and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, etc.
Sachar, Louis Holes
Sage, Angie Flyte, Magyk, and Physik
Salvatore, R.A. Homeland
Scott, Michael The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series
Seidler, Tor The Wainscot Weasel
Selden, George A Cricket in Times Square and Harry Cat's Pet Puppy
Selznick, Brian The Invention of Hugh Cabret
Shannon, David David Goes to School and No, David!
Smith, Jeff The Bone series
Snicket, Lemony The Series of Unfortunate Events books
Soup, Dr. Cuthbert A Whole Nother Story
Sperry, Armstrong Call It Courage
Spinelli, Jerry Crash
Stein, Garth Racing in the Rain
Stewart, Trenton Lee The Mysterious Benedict Society and the
Perilous Journey
Stone, Jeff The Five Ancestors series
Swope, Sam Jack and the Seven Deadly Giants
Teitelbaum, Michael, et al. The Lost Scrolls Collection
Trivizas, Eugene The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers,
The Return of the King, and The Silmarillion
Westerfield, Scott The Leviathan trilogy
Gr. 3-4 GirlsAllende, Isabel City of the Beasts
Anderson M.T. Whales on Stilts
Avi Ereth's Birthday, The End of the Beginning, and the Poppy series
Barker, Clive Abarat and Days of Magic, Nights of War
Barry, Dave Peter and the Starcatchers
Benton, Jim Dear Dumb Diary My Pants Are Haunted
Berkeley, Jon The Wednesday Tales series: Palace of Laughter and Tiger's Egg
Blume, Judy Blubber, Double Fudge, and Superfudge
Bond, Michael The Paddington series
Buckley, Michael The Nerds trilogy
Byars, Betsy My Dog, My Hero
Cary, Kate Bloodline
Cleary, Beverly Ribsy
Clements, Andrew Lunch Money
Colfer, Eoin Artemis Fowl and Half Moon Investigations
Collins, Suzanne The Underland Chronicles
Coville, Bruce Jennifer Murdley's Toad and Juliet Dove, Queen of Love
Cowley, Joy Chicken Feathers
Creech, Sharon Hate That Cat and Love That Dog
Dahl, Roald George's Marvelous Medicine, The Witches, and The Twits
Dale, Anna Whispering to Witches
Delaney, Joseph The Last Apprentice series
Di Camillo, Kate Because of Winn-Dixie, The Miraculous Journey
of Edward Tulane, and The Tale of Despereaux
Doyle, Roddy The Giggler Treatment and Rover Saves Christmas
Eager, Edward Knight's Castle
Ellis, Deborah The Breadwinner series
Estes, Eleanor The Moffets, Ginger Pye, and Pinky Pye
Farley, Terri Horse Charmer
Farran, Christopher Animals to the Rescue: True Stories of Animal Heroes
Field, Rachel Hitty: Her First Hundred Years
Fitzhugh, Louise Harriet the Spy
Funke, Cornelia Dragon Rider, Inkheart, Inkspell, and The Thief Lord
Gilliland, Judith Strange Birds
Gutman, Dan The Get Rich Quick Club
Helquist, Hart Captain Hook
Hesse, Karen The Music of the Dolphins
Hiaasen, Carl Flush and Hoot
Howe, James The Bunnicula series
Ibbotson, Eva Dial-a-Ghost and Which Witch?
Jacobson, Jennifer Richard Truly Winnie
Jacques, Brian The Redwall series
Jenkins, Emily Toys Go Out
Jennings, Paul Uncollected
Kerr, Philip The Children of the Lamp series
Kessler, Liz The Tail of Emily Windsnap
Kilse, Kate Letters from Camp and Regarding the Fountain
King-Smith, Dick The Cat Lady
Kinney, Jeff Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules,
and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
Lasky, Kathryn The Guardians of Ga'hoole series
Levine, Gail Carson Ella Enchanted
Lewis, C.S. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
and The Magician's Nephew
Lowry, Lois Number the Stars
Maguire, Gregory Leaping Beauty
Martin, Ann The Doll People, The Runaway Dolls, and The Meanest Doll
in the World
Mass, Wendy The Candymakers
Matson, Nancy The Boy Trap
McGhee, Alison Snap
Mills, Claudia 7 x 9 = Trouble
Moore, Robin Maggie Among the Seneca
Moss, Marissa The Amelia series
Mull, Brandon The Fablehaven series and The Candy Shop War
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds All But Alice and Carlotta's Kittens
Oliver, Lauren Leisel and Po
Paolini, Christopher Eragon, Eldest, and Brisingr
Paterson, Katherine Bridge to Terabithia
Pearson, Ridley The Kingdom Keepers series
Peirce, Lincoln The Big Nate series
Peterson, John The Littles, The Littles Go Exploring,
and The Littles to the Rescue
Pierce, Tamora Circle of Magic: Sandry's Book
Platt, Kin Big Max
Riordan, Rick The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series
Roberts, William Davis Megan's Island
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter
and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, etc.
Ryan, Pam Paint the Wind
Sachar, Louis Holes
Sage, Angie Flyte, Magyk, and Physik
Schndback, Mindy Princess from Another Planet
Scieszka, Jon Knights of the Kitchen Table and the others in this series
Seidler, Tor Toes and The Wainscot Weasel
Selznick, Brian The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sewell, Anna Black Beauty
Snicket, Lemony The Bad Beginning and the rest of the Series of
Unfortunate Events books.
Sobol, Donald J. Encyclopedia Brown Sets the Pace
Soup, Cuthbert A Whole Nother Story
Spinelli, Jerry Fourth Grade Rats
Stroud, Jonathan The Amulet of Samarkand
Szymanski, Lois Little Blue Eyes and Little Icicle
Telgemeier, Raina Smile
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring
Wallace, Bill Snot Stew
Wrede, Patricia Searching for Dragons
Gr. 5-6 Boys
Alexie, Sherman The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Almond, David Skelling, Raven Summer, Kit's Wilderness, Clay, and
Heaven's Eyes
Alphin, Elaine The Perfect Shot (review)
Anderson, M.T. The Game of Sunken Places and Octavian Nothing
Avi Wolf Rider and Murder at Midnight
Barry, Dave and Ridley Pearson The Peter and the Starcatchers series
Barker, Clive The Abarat series
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell They Called Themselves the K.K.K.
Baskin, Nora Raleigh Anything But Typical
Beddor, Frank The Looking Glass Wars series
Bowler, Tim Storm Catchers (review)
Boyne, John The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Bradbury, Jennifer Shift
Bradbury, Ray The Illustrated Man
Brennan, Herbie The Faerie Wars series
Buckley, Michael NERDS
Bung, Ann All the Broken Pieces
Burg, Ann E. All the Broken Pieces
Card, Orson Scott Ender's Game
Carman, Patrick Thirteen Days to Midnight and the Atherton series
Carey, Janet Lee The Beast of Noon
Cary, Kate Bloodline
Chabon, Michael Summerland
Chima, Cinda Williams The Warrior Heir trilogy
Colfer, Eoin The Artemis Fowl series and The Wish List
Collins, Suzanne The Hunger Games series (review of the first book) and
The Underland Chronicles
Cooney, Caroline B. The Face on the Milk Carton trilogy
Corder, Zizou Lionboy, Lionboy: The Chase, and Lionboy: The Truth
Cormier, Robert After the First Death and We All Fall Down
Crichton, Michael Jurassic Park
Croggon, Alison The Naming and the rest of the Pellinor trilogy
Cummings, Priscilla The Red Kayak
Dashner, James The Maze Runner
Dekker, Ted The Lost Books series: Chosen (review), Infidel, etc.
Delaney, Joseph The Last Apprentice series
De Mari, Silvana The Last Dragon
Deuker, Carl Heart of a Champion
D'Lacey, Chris The Fire Within
Doctorow, Cory Little Brother and For the Win
Draper, Sharon Copper Sun and Out of my Mind
Dumas, Alexandre The Man in the Iron Mask
Duprau, Jeanne The City of Ember series
Engle, Margarita Hurricane Dancers and The Surrender Tree
Enthoven, Sam The Black Tatoo
Farmer, Nancy House of the Scorpion (review)
Feinstein, John The Rival
Felin, M. Sindy Touching Snow
Fisher, Catherine Incarceron
Flanagan, John The Ranger's Apprentice series
Flood, Nancy Bo Warriors in the Crossfire
Flynn, Gillian Dark Places (review)
Fukuda, Andrew Xia Crossing
Fukui, Isamu Truancy
Gaiman, Neil Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book, Coraline, Good Omens, Neverwhere, and Odd and the Frost Giants
Gantos, Jack Hole in My Life
Gardner, Sally The Red Necklace
Gleizman, Morris Once
Golden, Christopher Last Breath
Graff, Lisa The Thing About Georgie
Grant, Michael The Gone series
Gratz, Alan The Brooklyn Nine
Griffin, Paul The Orange Houses and Ten Mile River
Haddix, Magaret Peterson Found and the rest of the Missing series,
and Double Identity
Haig, Matt Samuel Blink and the Forbidden Forest and the rest of the Samuel
Blink series
Harris, Joanne Runemarks
Hautman, Pete Blank Confession, Rash, Invisible, and Godless
Herzlong, M.H. The Great Wide Sea
Hiassen, Carl Flush and Hoot
Higgins, F.E. The Black Book of Secrets and The Bone Magician
Higson, Charlie Silverfin and The Enemy
Holmes, Sarah Lewis Operation Yes
Hoffman, Alice The Foretelling
Horowitz, Anthony The Alex Rider series: Stormbreaker, Point Blank,
Skeleton Key, etc.
Howe, James The Misfits and Totally Joe
Jaramillo, Ann La Linea
Jinks, Catherine Evil Genius
Kamkwamba, William and Mealer, Bryan The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Kerr, P.B. Children of the Lamp
Klages, Ellen The Green Glass Sea
Kluger, Steve My Most Excellent Year
Koertge, Ron Shakespeare Bats Cleanup
Korman, Gordon Born to Rock, Schooled, Pop, Swindle,
The Juvie Three (review) and the On the Run series
Kostick, Conor Epic
Krakauer, Jon Into Thin Air
Landy, Derek Skulduggery Pleasant
Law, Ingrid Saavy
Leavitt, Martinne Keturah and Lord Death
Lewis, C.S. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and The Horse and His Boy
Lieb, Josh I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want To Be
Your Class President
Lockhart, E. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks
Lore, Pittacus I Am Number Four
Lowry, Lois The Giver, Gathering Blue, and The Silent Boy
Lupica, Mike Hero
MacHale, D.J. The Pendragon series: The Merchant of Death,
The Lost City of Faar, The Never War, and The Quillan Games
McKissack, Jr., Frederick Shooting Star
McNamee, Graham Bonechiller
Meyer, L.A. Bloody Jack, Curse of the Blue Tattoo, and Under the Jolly Roger
Mosley, Walter 47
Mourlevat, Jean-Claude The Pull of the Ocean and Winter's End
Mowll, Joshua Operation Red Jericho
Muchamore, Robert The CHERUB series
Myers, Walter Dean Autobiography of My Dead Brother, Fallen Angels,
Hoops, Monster, Sunrise Over Falluja, Dope Sick, and Shooter
Mull, Brandon The Fablehaven series
Ness, Patrick The Knife of Never Letting Go (review) and the rest of the Chaos
Walking series
Nix, Garth The Keys to the Kingdom series, Lirael and One Beastly Beast
Nolan, Han Crazy
Oppel, Kenneth Airborn, Skybreaker, Half Brother, and the Silverwing series
Paolini, Christopher Eragon, Eldest, and Brisingr
Parrado, Nando Miracle in the Andes
Patterson, James Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment, Maximum Ride:
School's Out Forever, and Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other
Extreme Sports
Patterson, Katherine Bread and Roses Too
Pattou, Edith East, Fire Arrow and Hero's Song
Paulson, Gary The Secret Life of Birds, Hatchet, and Wood's Runner
Paver, Michelle Wolf Brother, Spirit Walker, and the rest of the Chronicles of
Ancient Darkness series
Pearson, Ridley and Dave Barry Peter and the Shadow Thieves
Peet, Mal Keeper and Tamar
Pfeffer, Susan Life as We Knew It
Pierce, Tamora The Wild Magic series
Pinkwater, Daniel The Neddiad, The Iggysey, Lizard Music, The Hoboken
Chicken Emergency, and Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl
Pratchett, Terry Nation
Preus, Margi Heart of a Samurai
Prose, Francine After
Pullman, Phillip The Dark Materials trilogy
Ralston, Aron Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Rex, Adam The True Meaning of Smekday (review)
Riordan, Rick The Lightning Thief, Sea of Monsters, Titan's Curse, and
The Lost Hero
Roth, Veronica Divergent
Roy, Jennifer Yellow Star
Russell, Solveig Paulson The Mushmen
Rutkoski, Marie Cabinet of Wonders
Rylant, Cynthia God Went to Beauty School
Sachar, Louis Holes and Small Steps
Sage, Angie Magyk, Flyte and Physik
Scott, Michael The Alchemyst and The Magician
Selznick, Brian The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Shusterman, Neal The Schwaa was Here, Antsy Does Time, Unwind, Full Tilt,
Downsiders, and Everlost
Sniegoski, Tom Sleeper Code
Sonnenblick, Jordan Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, Notes from
the Midnight Driver, Zen and the Art of Faking It, After Ever After
Soup, Dr. Cuthbert A Whole Nother Story
Spinelli, Jerry Crash, Milkweed, Stargirl, Smiles to Go, Wringer, Maniac Magee,
and Eggs
Stone, Jeff Monkey, Snake, Tiger, and the rest of the Five Ancestors series
Stork, Francsico Marcelo in the Real World and The Last Summer
of the Death Warriors
Stroud, Jonathan The Bartimaeus trilogy: The Amulet of Samarkand,
The Golem's Eye, and Ptolemy's Gate
Swope, Sam Jack and the Seven Deadly Giants
Tanner, Lian Museum of Thieves
Teller, Janne Nothing
Tezuka, Usamu The Buddha series (graphic novels)
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers,
and The Return of the King
Trueman, Terry Stuck in Neutral and Cruise Control
Van Draanen, Wendelin Swear to Howdy
Vonnegut, Kurt Cat's Cradle and Welcome to the Monkey House
Voorhees, Coert The Brothers Torres
Westerfeld, Scott Leviathan (review) and Behemoth
Wiles, Deborah Countdown
Wilson, N.D. 100 Cupboards
Winerip, Michael Adam Canfield of the Slash
Wiseman, Eva Puppet
Wynne-Jones, Tim The Rex Zero series
Yancey, Rick The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp and
The Monstrumologist
Yang, Gene American-Born Chinese
Zevin, Gabrielle Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
Gr. 5-6 GirlsAgell, Charlotte Welcome Home or Someplace Like It
Alexie, Sherman The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Allende, Isabelle City of the Beasts
Angleberger, Tom The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Barrows, Annie The Magic Half
Baskin, Nora Raleigh Almost Home
Bauer, Joan Hope Was Here and Rules of the Road
Beddor, Frank Looking Glass Wars
Bell, Ted Nick of Time
Blundell, Judy What I Saw and How I Lied
Booraem, Ellen Small Persons with Wings
Bowler, Tim Storm Catchers
Bradbury, Jennifer Shift
Brashares, Ann The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants trilogy
Bryant, Jen Pieces of Georgia
Buckley, Michael The NERDS series and the Sisters Grimm series: The Fairy
Tale Detectives, The Unusual Suspects, and The Problem Child
Bunce, Elizabeth A Curse Dark as Gold
Burkhart, Jessica The Canterwood Crest series
Cabot, Meg Haunted and the Princess books: The Princess Diaries,
Princess in the Spotlight, Princess in Love, etc.
Campbell, Joanna The Thoroughbred series
Carman, Patrick The Dark Hills Divide and Thirteen Days to Midnight
Chima, Cinda Williams The Warrior Heir
Collins, Suzanne The Hunger Games series (review of the first book)
Competstine, Ying Chang Revolution is Not a Dinner Party
Condie, Ally Matched
Connor, Leslie Waiting for Normal
Cooney, Caroline B. The Face on the Milk Carton trilogy
Cory, Janet Lee The Beast of Noor
Creech, Sharon Chasing Redbird
Cushman, Karen The Loud Silence of Francine Green
De Goldi, Kate The 10 PM Question
De La Pena, Matt Mexican Whiteboy
De Mari, Silvana The Last Dragon
Dessen, Sarah Keeping the Moon, The Truth About Forever, and Just Listen
Dowell, Frances Falling In
Draper, Sharon Copper Sun
Duprau, Jeanne City of Ember
Ellis, Deborah I Am a Taxi and the Breadwinner trilogy: Breadwinner,
Parvana's Journey, Sacred Leaf, and Mud City
Erskine, Kathryn Mockingbird
Farmer, Nancy House of the Scorpion
Felin, M. Sindy Touching Snow
Fisher, Catherine Sapphique and Incarceron
Fitzpatrick, Becca Crescendo and Hush, Hush
Flanagan, John The Ruins of Gorlan and the other Ranger's Apprentice books
Flood, Nancy Bo Warriors in the Crossfire
Friend, Natasha Bounce and Perfect
Fukuda, Andrew Xia Crossing
Fukui, Isamu Truancy
Funke, Cornelia Inkheart, Inkspell, and The Thief Lord
Furlong, Monica The Wise Child trilogy: The Wise Child, Juniper,
and Coleman
Gardener, Sally I, Coriander
Gidwitz, Adam A Tale Dark and Grimm
Gleitzman, Morris Once
Golden, Christopher Body Bags
Grant, Michael The Gone series
Grimes, Nikki The Road to Paris
Haddix, Margaret Peterson Among the Hidden and the other Shadow
Children books, Uprising, A House on the Gulf, and Found
Hale, Dean Calamity Jack
Haig, Matt Samuel Blink and the Forbidden Forest
Han, Jenny Shug
Hannigan, Katherine Ida B.
Hautman, Pete Blank Confession and Rash
Hesse, Herman Out of the Dust
Hiassen, Carl Flush and Hoot
Higgins, F.E. The Black Book of Secrets
Higson, Charlie The Enemy
Hobbs, Will Jackie's Wild Seattle
Hoffman, Alice Aquamarine and The Foretelling
Hole, Stian and Bartlett, Don Garmann's Summer
Holm, Jennifer Turtle in Paradise
Holmes, Sara Operation Yes
Horowitz, Anthony Ark Angel, Raven's Gate, South by Southeast,
Stormbreaker, and Three of Diamonds
Howe, James The Misfits and Totally Joe
Jones, Traci L. Standing Against the Wind
Kessler, Liz The Tail of Emily Windsnap
Kinney, Jeff The Ugly Truth
Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie Gifts from the Sea
Klages, Ellen The Green Glass Sea
Kluger, Steve My Most Excellent Year
Koertge, Ron Shakespeare Bats Cleanup
Korman, Gordon Schooled, Son of the Mob and Born to Rock
LaFevers, R.L. Flight of the Phoenix and the Theodosia series
LaFleur, Suzanne Love, Aubrey
Law, Ingrid Savvy
Leavitt, Martinne Keturah and Lord Death
Lee, Tanya The Good, The Bad, and the Barbie
Lieb, Josh I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want To Be
Your Class President
Lord, Cynthia Rules
Lore, Pittacus I Am Number Four
Lowry, Lois The Giver
Magoon, Kekia The Rock and the River (review)
Marino, Nan Neil Armstrong Is My Uncle and Other Lies
Muscle Man McGinty Told Me
Martin, Ann The Doll People
Mass, Wendy Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, A Mango-
Shaped Space (review), and Heaven's A Lot Like the Mall
McBride, Lish Hold Me Closer, Necromancer
McGowan, Keith The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children
McKinnon, Hannah Roberts Franny Parker and The Properties of Water
McKinty, Adrian The Lighthouse Land
Meyer, L.A. Bloody Jack, The Curse of the Blue Tattoo, In the Belly
of the Bloodhound, and Under the Jolly Roger
Mikaelsen, Ben Red Midnight and Tree Girl
Miller, Kirsten KiKi Strike
Mull, Brandon The Fablehaven series and Beyonders
Myers, Walter Dean Fallen Angels and Monster
Myracle, Lauren Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, L8r, G8r, TTFN, and TTYL
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Jade Green
Nix, Garth One Beastly Beast
O'Dell, Scott Island of the Blue Dolphins
Oppel, Kenneth Airborn, Half Brother, and Skybreaker
Patron, Susan The Higher Power of Lucky
Pattou, Edith East
Patterson, James Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment and Maximum Ride:
School's Out Forever
Patterson, Katherine Bread and Roses Too
Paver, Michelle Wolf Brother, Spirit Walker, and the rest of the Chronicles of
Ancient Darkness series
Pearson, Ridley The Kingdom Keepers
Peet, Mal Keeper and Tamar
Peyton, K.M. Blind Beauty
Philbrick, Rodman The Young Man and the Sea
Pierce, Tamora Alanna: The First Adventure and Wild Magic
Pinkwater, Daniel The Neddiad
Porter, Pamela The Crazy Man
Pullman, Phillip His Dark Materials trilogy
Rhodes-Courter, Ashley Three Little Words
Riordan, Rick The Lightning Thief, Sea of Monsters, The Lost Hero,
and The Red Pyramid
Roth, Veronica Divergent
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and
the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, etc.
Roy, Jennifer Yellow Star
Rutkoski, Marie The Cabinet of Wonders
Ryan, Pam Munoz Becoming Naomi Leon, The Dreamer, and Esperanza Rising
Rylant, Cynthia A Fine White Dust, God Went to Beauty School,
and The Islander
Sachar, Louis Holes
Sage, Angie Flyt and Magyk
Schmidt, Gary The Wednesday Wars
Scott, Michael The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series
Selznick, Brian The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sepetys, Ruta Between Shades of Gray
Shaw, Susan The Boy from the Basement
Slade, Arthur The Hunchback Assignments
Sleator, William The Boy Who Couldn't Die
Smiley, Jane A Good Horse
Spinelli, Jerry Crash and Milkweed
Steifvater, Maggie Shiver and Linger
Stewart, Trenton Lee The Mysterious Benedict Society
Stroud, Jonathan Buried Fire and the Bartimaeus trilogy:
The Amulet of Samarkand, The Golem's Eye, and Ptolemy's Gate
Telgemeier, Raina Smile
Vail, Rachel Ever After
Van Cleve, Kathleen Drizzle
Van Draanen, Wendelin Flipped, The Running Dream, and Swear to Howdy
Velde, Vivian Vande Stolen
Ward, Rachel Numbers
Watkins, Yoko Kawashima So Far from the Bamboo Grove
West, Jacqueline The Book of Elsewhere
Wiles, Deborah Countdown
Wilson, N.D. 100 Cupboards
Woodson, Jackie Feathers
Yancey, Rick The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp
Yang, Gene Luen American-Born Chinese
Yolen, Jane The Devil's Arithmetic
Yovanoff, Brenna The Replacement
Zevin, Gabrielle Elsewhere
Gr. 7-8 BoysAdams, Douglas The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series
Adiga, Aravind The White Tiger (review)
Alexie, Sherman Flight and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Allende, Isabel City of the Beasts
Ambrose, Stephan Band of Brothers
Anderson, Laurie Speak and Twisted
Anderson, M.T. Feed, Thirsty, The Game of Sunken Places,
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: The Pox Party and The
Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: The Kingdom on the Waves
Bacigalupi, Paolo Ship Breaker
Banks, Russell Rule of the Bone
Bauby, Jean Dominique The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Beah, Ishmael A Long Way Gone
Bell, Alden The Reapers Are the Angels
Bell, Ted Nick of Time
Benioff, David City of Thieves
Bissinger, H.G. Friday Night Lights
Bloor, Edward Tangerine
Bowen, Mark Black Hawk Down
Boyce, Frank Cottrell Millions
Bradbury, Jennifer Shift
Bray, Libba Going Bovine
Brewer, Heather The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series
Brooks, Kevin Candy
Brown, Christy My Left Foot
Brown, Dan The Da Vinci Code
Bryson, Bill A Walk in the Woods
Bunting, Eve Jumping the Nail
Calame, Don Swim the Fly
Card, Orson Scott The Ender series and Pathfinder
Cary, Kate The Bloodline Trilogy
Chabon, Michael The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay,
Summerland, and The Yiddish Policeman's Union
Clarke, Arthur C. 2001: A Space Odyssey
Coburn, Jake Prep
Colfer, Eoin Supernaturalist and the Artemis Fowl series
Collins, Suzanne The Hunger Games (review), Catching Fire, and Mockingjay
Cormier, Robert I Am the Cheese, The Chocolate War, The Rag and Bone Shop, We All Fall Down, and other titles
Coy, John Crackback (review)
Crichton, Michael Sphere, Congo, Next, Jurassic Park, Airframe, and
The Andromeda Strain
Crutcher, Chris Running Loose, The Crazy Horse Electric Game, and Deadline
Dashner, James The Maze Runner and Scorch Trials
Dawidoff, Nicholas The Crowd Sounds Happy
Deuker, Carl Heart of a Champion, Night Hoops, Painting the Black,
Gym Candy and High Heat
Diaz, Junot The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
D'Lacey, Chris The Fire Within
Doctorow, Cory Little Brother
Dowd, Siobhan Bog Child
Draper, Sharon Fire from the Rock and Copper Sun
Dye, Dan and Beckloff, Mark Amazing Gracie
Eggers, Dave A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Farmer, Nancy The House of the Scorpion (review) and The Sea of Trolls
Fforde, Jasper The Fourth Bear
Fisher, Catherine Incarceron
Flinn, Alex Breaking Point and Breathing Underwater
Foer, Jonathan Safran Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Fugard, Athol Tsotsi
Funke, Cornelia Inkheart
Gaiman, Neil Interworld, Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods,
and Anansi Boys
Galloway, Gregory As Simple as Snow
Gantos, Jack A Hole in My Life
Garland, Alex The Beach
Giles, Gail Playing in Traffic, Right Behind You, and Shattering Glass
Golding, William Lord of the Flies (review)
Goldman, William The Princess Bride
Grant, Michael Gone, Hunger, Liar, and Plague
Green, John An Abundance of Katherines, Looking for Alaska
The Fault in Our Stars, and Paper Towns
Greenburg, Joanne I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Grogan, J. Marley and Me
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Haig, Matt The Dead Father's Club
Hamilton, Edith Mythology
Hamilton, Steve The Lock Artist
Hartnett, Sonya Surrender
Hautman, Pete All In, Godless, Hole in the Sky, Invisible, No Limit, Rash
and What Boys Really Want
Heller, Joseph Catch-22
Hiaasen, Carl Hoot
Hickham, Jr., Homer October Sky
Hijuelos, Oscar Dark Dude
Hillenbrand, Laura Unbroken
Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders
Hobbs, Will Leaving Protection
Homer The Iliad and The Odyssey
Hornby, Nick High Fidelity, About a Boy, and Slam
Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns
Jenkins, A.M. Out of Order
Jinks, Catherine Evil Genius and Genius Squad
Kesey, Ken One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
King, Stephen 11/22/63, Carrie, Pet Semetary, The Shining,
Christine, The Long Walk, and The Stand
Klass, David Danger Zone, Dark Angel, Home of the Braves, and
Stuck on Earth
Kneale, Matthew When We Were Romans
Koertge, Ron Shakespeare Bats Cleanup
Korman, Gordon Born to Rock, No More Dead Dogs, Schooled,
Son of the Mob, Son of the Mob: Hollywood Hustle, and Jake, Reinvented
Kretch, Bob Rebound (review)
Krakauer, Jon Into Thin Air and Into the Wild
Lander, Christian Whiter Shade of Pale
Landy, Derek Skullduggery Pleasant
Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird
Lieb, Josh I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want To Be Your
Class President (review)
Lipsyte, Robert Center Field and Raiders' Night (review)
Logsted, Greg Alibi Junior High
Lore, Pittacus I Am Number Four and The Power of Six
Lubar, David Dunk, Hidden Talents (review), True Talents, and
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
Ludlum, Robert The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy
Lynch, Jim The Highest Tide
Marsden, John The Tomorrow When the War Began series
Martel, Yann Life of Pi
Martin, George R.R. A Song of Ice and Fire series
Martinez, A. Lee Gil's All-Fright Diner
Matheson, Richard I Am Legend
McCammon, Robert Boy's Life
McCarthy, Cormac Blood Meridian, No Country for Old Men, and The Road
McCormick, Patricia Purple Heart
McFadden, Thomas and Young, Rusty Marching Powder
McNab, Andy Traitor (review) and Payback
McNamee, Graham Bone Chiller
Meyer, Stephanie The Twilight series
Mezrich, Ben Bringing Down the House and The Accidental Billionaires
Moehringer, J.R. The Tender Bar
Moore, Alan and Dave Gibbons Watchmen
Morpurgo, Michael Private Peaceful, War Horse, and Beowulf
Mosley, Walter 47
Murray, Liz Breaking Night
Myers, Walter Dean Autobiography of My Dead Brother, Bad Boy,
Fallen Angels, Hoops, Monster, The Outside Shot, Sunrise over Fallujah,
Shooter, Slam, and Game
Nakazawa, Kaji Barefoot Gen, The Day After, and Life After the Bomb
Nancy, Ted L. The Letters from a Nut series
Ness, Patrick The Chaos Walking trilogy
Nguyen, Bich Minh Stealing Buddha's Dinner
Nicholls, Stan Orcs (review)
Nix, Garth Shade's Children
Nolan, Han If I Should Die Before I Wake
Northrop, Michael Trapped
O'Brien, Robert Z for Zachariah
O'Brien, Tim If I Die in a Combat Zone, Going After Cacciato, and The Things
They Carried
Opel, Kenneth Airborn, Skybreaker, and Starclimber
Paolini, Christopher Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, and Inheritance
Pfeffer, Susan Beth Life as We Knew It and The Dead and Gone
Plum-Ucci, Carol The Night My Sister Went Missing
Pratchett, Terry Nation
Preller, James Bystander
Preston, Douglas Blasphemy and The Codex
Preston, Douglas and Child, Lincoln Relic (review), The Book of the Dead,
Brimstone, and Dance of Death
Preston, Richard The Hot Zone
Prose, Francine After
Pullman, Phillip The Dark Materials trilogy
Rawls, Wilson Where the Red Fern Grows
Remarque, Erich All Quiet on the Western Front
Rhodes-Courter, Ashley Three Little Words
Rich, Simon Ant Farm, Eliot Allagash, and Free-Range Chickens
Riordan, Rick The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series
Runyon, Brent The Burn Journals
Sacco, Joe Safe Area Gorazde
Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye
Salisbury, Graham Night of the Howling Dogs
Satrapi, Marjane Persepolis
Sedaris, David Me Talk Pretty One Day and Naked
Sedgwick, Marcus Revolver
Sheff, David Beautiful Boy
Shusterman, Neal Everlost, Everwild, The Shadow Club, and Unwind
Silverstein, Ken The Radioactive Boy Scout
Simmons, Michael Pool Boy
Smith, Roland Peak
Sonneblick, Jordan Notes from the Midnight Driver, Zen and the Art of
Faking It, After Ever After, and Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
Spiegelman, Art Maus I and Maus II
Strasser, Todd Bootcamp, Can't Get There from Here, Give a Boy a Gun,
and The Wave
Stroud, Jonathan Buried Fire and the Bartimaeus Trilogy:
The Amulet of Samarkand, The Golem's Eye, and Ptolemy's Gate
Swofford, Anthony Jarhead
Tinti, Hannah The Good Thief
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Truman, Terry Cruise Control and Stuck in Neutral
Vizzini, Ned Be More Chill, It's Kind of a Funny Story, and Teen Angst? Naah
Vonnegut, Jr., Kurt A Man Without a Country, God Bless You,
Mr. Rosewater, Welcome to the Monkey House, Armageddon in Retrospect,
Timequake, Jailbird, Cat's Cradle, Deadeye Dick, Breakfast
of Champions, The Sirens of Titan, Player Piano,
and Slaughterhouse-Five
Vrettos, Adrienne Maria Skin
Wahl, Matt The Invisible
Walls, Jeanette The Glass Castle (review)
Ward, Rachel Numbers
Weaver, Will Memory Boy
Weisel, Elie Night
White, T.H. The Once and Future King and The Book of Merlin
Woolf, Tobias This Boy's Life
Wooding, Chris The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray and Poison
Wroblewski, David The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Yolen, Jane Armageddon Summer
Zusak, Markus The Book Thief, Getting the Girl, and
I Am the Messenger (review)
Gr. 7-8 GirlsAnderson, Laurie Halse Prom, Wintergirls (review), and Speak
Adams, Douglas The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
Alexie, Sherman The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Anderson, M.T. Feed, The Game of Sunken Places, and Thirsty
Anonymous Go Ask Alice
Atkinson, Kate Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Atwood, Margaret The Handmaid's Tale
Austen, Jane Emma and Pride and Prejudice
Bacigalupi, Paolo Ship Breaker
Bank, Melissa The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
Banks, Kate Walk Softly, Rachel
Banks, Russell Rule of the Bone
Barker, Clive Abarat
Bauby, Jean-Dominique The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Beale, Fleur I Am Not Esther
Beaudoin, Sean You Killed Wesley Payne
Bedder, Frank The Looking Glass Wars
Bell, Alden The Reapers Are the Angels
Bender, Aimee The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Benioff, David City of Thieves
Berg, Elizabeth Durable Goods and Joy School
Bingham, Kelly Shark Girl
Black, Holly and Larbalestier, Justine, eds. Zombies vs. Unicorns
Blackman, Malorie Naughts and Crosses
Booraem, Ellen The Unnameables
Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451
Bradley, Alex 24 Girls in 7 Days
Bray, Libba Beauty Queens and Going Bovine
Brewer, Heather The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod
Brontë, Charlotte Jane Eyre
Brooks, Kevin Candy
Brown, Christy My Left Foot
Brown, Jennifer Bitter End
Bryant, Jen Pieces of Georgia
Bryson, Bill A Walk in the Woods
Buckhanon, Kalisha Upstate
Bunting, Eve Jumping the Nail
Cabot, Meg All-American Girl and Avalon High and The Princess Diaries
Caletti, Deb The Nature of Jade, Wild Roses, The Fortunes, Stay,
of Indigo Skye, The Six Rules of Maybe, and Honey, Baby, Sweetheart
Chabon, Michael The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Chandler, Kristen Wolves, Boys, and Other Things That Might Kill Me
Chbosky, Stephen The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Choldenko, Gennifer If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period
Cisneros, Sandra The House on Mango Street
Cohn, Rachel and David Levithan Dash and Lily's Book of Dares and Nick and
Norah's Infinite Playlist
Collins, Suzanne The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay
Condie, Ally Matched and Crossed
Connolly, Kevin Double Take
Cormier, Robert After the First Death, The Chocolate War, The Rag and
Bone Shop, We All Fall Down, and I Am the Cheese
Crouch, Katie Girls in Trucks
Crutcher, Chris Deadline
Dashner, James The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, and The Death Cure
Deaver, Julie Reece The Night I Disappeared and Say Goodnight, Gracie
(review)
Dessen, Sarah Dreamland, Just Listen, Keeping the Moon, Someone Like You,
This Lullaby, Lock and Key, The Truth about Forever,
and What Happened to Goodbye
Doctorow, Cory Little Brother
Donnelly, Jennifer A Northern Light and Revolution
Donofrio, Beverly Riding in Cars with Boys
Dowell, Frances Where I'd Like to Be
Draper, Sharon The Battle of Jericho, Copper Sun, Just Another Hero,
Out of My Mind, and November Blues
Dudman, Martha Tod Augusta, Gone
DuMaurier, Daphne Rebecca
Dye, Dan and Beckloff, Mark Amazing Gracie
Edwards, Kim The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Eggers, Dave A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Ephron, Delia Frannie in Pieces
Farmer, Nancy The House of the Scorpion
Flack, Sophie Bunheads
Flinn, Alex Breathing Underwater, Diva, and Fade to Black
Foer, Jonathan Safran Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Forman, Gayle If I Stay and Where She Went
Frasier, Charles Cold Mountain
Frederick, Mariah Head Games
Frost, Helen Keesha's House
Gaiman, Neil Neverwhere, Anansi Boys, and The Graveyard Book
Galloway, Gregory As Simple as Snow
Galloway, Steven The Cellist of Sarajevo
Garden, Nancy The Year They Burned the Books
Garland, Alex The Beach
Gier, Kirsten Ruby Red
Giles, Gail Right Behind You
Golden, Arthur Memoirs of a Geisha
Golding, William Lord of the Flies
Goldman, William The Princess Bride
Grant, Helen The Vanishing of Katherine Linden
Grant, Michael Gone, (review) Lies, Hunger, and Plague
Green, John An Abundance of Katherines, Looking for Alaska,
Paper Towns, and The Fault in Our Stars
Green, John, Myracle, Lauren, and Johnson, Maureen Let It Snow
Greenberg, Joanne I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Grogan, John Marley and Me
Grover, Lorie Ann On Pointe
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Haig, Matt The Dead Father's Club (review) and The Radleys
Hamilton, Steve The Lock Artist
Han, Jenny Shug, We'll Always Have Summer, It's Not Summer Without You,
and The Summer I Turned Pretty (review)
Handler, Daniel Why We Broke Up
Harris, Joanne Chocolat
Hautman, Pete All-In, How to Steal a Car, Rash, Hole in the Sky,
The Big Crunch, What Boys Really Want, and Invisible
Helfer, Ralph Modoc
Herlong, M.H. The Great Wide Sea
Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders and That Was Then, This Is Now
Hoffman, Alice At Risk and Practical Magic
Hopkins, Ellen Impulse
Hornby, Nick High Fidelity, About a Boy, and Slam
Hughes, Mark I Am the Wallpaper
Hurwin, Davida Wills A Time for Dancing
Irving, John The Cider House Rules
Ishiguro, Kazuo Never Let Me Go
Jacobson, Jennifer The Complete History of Why I Hate Her
James, Brian Zombie Blondes
Johnson, Angela The First Part Last
Johnson, LouAnne Dangerous Minds
Johnson, Maureen The Name of the Star
Jones, Carrie Tips on Having a Gay Ex-Boyfriend, Love and Other Uses
for Duct Tape, and Need
Jones, Kimberly Sand Dollar Summer
Kalotay, Daphne Russian Winter
Karr, Mary The Liars Club
Katcher, Brian Playing with Matches
Kaysen, Susanna Girl, Interrupted
King, A.S. Please Ignore Vera Dietz and Everyone Sees the Ants
King, Stephen Carrie, 11/22/63, Pet Semetary, and The Shining
Kingsolver, Barbara The Bean Trees and The Poisonwood Bible
Klass, David Dark Angel
Klein, Lisa Ophelia
Kluger, Steve My Most Excellent Year
Kneale, Matthew When We Were Romans
Koertge, Ron Boy Girl Boy
Korman, Gordon Schooled, Son of the Mob, Son of the Mob: Hollywood Hustle,
and Jake, Reinvented
Koss, Amy Goldman The Cheat and The Girls
Krakauer, Jon Into Thin Air and Into the Wild
Lasky, Kathryn Memoirs of a Bookbat
Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird
Letts, Billie Where the Heart Is
Lieb, Josh I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want To Be Your
Class President
Lockhart, E. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (review),
The Boyfriend List, The Boy Book, The Treasure Map of Boys,
Real Live Boys, and Fly on the Wall
Lore, Pittacus I Am Number Four and The Power of Six
Lu, Marie Legend
Lubar, David Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie (review)
Marchetta, Melina Jellicoe Road and Saving Francesca
Marino, Peter Magic and Misery (review)
Marsden, John The Tomorrow series and Letters from the Inside
Mass, Wendy Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall, Jeremy Fink and the
Meaning of Life, and A Mango-Shaped Space
Matson, Morgan Amy and Roger's Epic Detour
McBride, James The Color of Water
McBride, Lish Hold Me Closer, Necromancer
McCammon, Robert Boy's Life
McCormick, Patricia Cut, Purple Heart, and Sold
McNeal, Laura and Tom Crooked, Crushed, and Zipped
Meyer, Stephenie Eclipse, New Moon, Twilight, and The Host
Mezrich, Ben Bringing Down the House
Moriarty, Jaclyn Feeling Sorry for Celia, The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie,
The Spell Book of Listen Taylor, The Year of Secret Assignments,
and The Ghosts of Ashbury High
Myers, Walter Dean Fallen Angels and Monster
Myracle, Lauren Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks and Shine
Miller, Mary Beth Aimee
Moehringer, J.D. The Tender Bar
Moore, Lorrie Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
Moore, Perry Hero
Morpurgo, Michael Private Peaceful
Murray, Liz Breaking Night
Nelson, Jandy The Sky Is Everywhere
Ness, Patrick The Ask and the Answer, Monsters of Men, and The Knife of
Never Letting Go
Nix, Garth Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen
Nolan, Han Pregnant Pause, If I Should Die Before I Wake (review), and
A Summer of Kings
Northrop, Michael Trapped
Obama, Barack Dreams from My Father
Ockler, Sarah Twenty Boy Summer and Fixing Delilah
Oliver, Lauren Before I Fall and Delirium
Oppel, Kenneth Airborn, Skybreaker, and Starclimber
Osa, Nancy Cuba 15
Ostow, Micol Westminster Abby
Pascal, Francine The Ruling Class
Patrick, Cat Forgotten
Pearson, Mary A Room on Lorelei Street, The Miles Between,
The Adoration of Jenna Fox, and The Fox Inheritance
Peet, Mal Life: An Exploded Diagram
Pennbaker, Ruth Don't Think Twice
Pfeffer, Susan Beth Life as We Knew It, This World We Live In, and
The Dead and the Gone
Plum-Ucci, Carol What Happened to Lani Garver?
Prose, Francine After
Rabb, Margo Cures for Heartbreak
Ray, Michelle Falling for Hamlet
Reichl, Ruth Tender at the Bone
Reinhart, Dana A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life, How to Build
a House, Things a Brother Knows, and Harmless
Rennison, Louise Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers and Angus, Thongs,
and Full Frontal Snogging
Rex, Adam The True Meaning of Smekday
Rhodes-Courter, Ashley Three Little Words
Rich, Simon Ant Farm and Free Range Chickens
Riggs, Ransom Miss Peregrine's School for Peculiar Children
Rinaldi, Ann In My Father's House and others
Rosen, Renee Every Crooked Pot
Rosoff, Meg Just in Case, What I Was, and How I Live Now
Roth, Veronica Divergent
Rowling, J.K. The Harry Potter series
Runyon, Brent The Burn Journals and Surface Tension
Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye and Franny and Zooey
Satrapi, Marjane Persepolis and Persepolis 2
Schwartz, John Short: Walking Tall When You're Not Tall At All
Scott, Elizabeth Bloom
Sepetys, Ruta Between Shades of Gray
Sharenow, Robert My Mother the Cheerleader
Shea, Suzanne Life of the Valley
Sherwood, Ben Charlie Saint Cloud
Showalter, Gena Oh My Goth
Shusterman, Neal Everlost, Everwild, The Shadow Club, Bruiser, and Unwind
Simpson, Mona Anywhere but Here
Sittenfeld, Curtis Prep
Small, David Stitches
Smith, Betty A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Smith, Dodie I Capture the Castle (review)
Smith, Kirsten The Geography of Girlhood
Sones, Sonya One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies,
Stop Pretending, What My Mother Doesn't Know, What My
Girlfriend Doesn't Know, and What Happened When My Big Sister
Went Crazy
Sonnenblick, Jordan Notes from a Midnight Driver, Zen and the
Art of Faking It, After Ever After, and Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
Spiegelman, Art Maus I and Maus II
Stockett, Kathryn The Help
Strasser, Todd Can't Get There from Here and Give a Boy a Gun
Summers, Courtney Fall for Anything
Swanson, Julie Going for the Record
Tan, Amy The Joy Luck Club
Tan, Shaun The Arrival
Tinti, Hannah The Good Thief (review)
Toews, Miriam A Complicated Kindness
Vail, Rachel Ever After
Vivian, Siobhan Not That Kind of Girl
Vizzini, Ned Be More Chill and It's Kind of a Funny Story
Vonnegut, Kurt Man Without a Country, Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat's
Cradle, Slapstick, Galapagos, Mother Night, and Armageddon in Retrospect
Vrettos, A.M. Skin
Walls, Jeanette The Glass Castle
Warman, Jessica Between
Weatherby, Lee Kat Got Your Tongue
Weaver, Will Defect
Weeks, Sarah So B. It
Whaley, John Corey Where Things Come Back
Whelan, Gloria Chu Ju's House
Wittlinger, Ellen Blind Faith, The Long Night of Leo and Bree, Razzle,
Sandpiper, and Zig Zag
Wolf, Allan The Watch That Ends the Night
Wolff, Tobias This Boy's Life
Wooding, Chris The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray and Poison
Wroblewski, David The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Zarr, Sarah Sweethearts, How to Save a Life, and Story of a Girl
Zen, Sarah How to Save a Life
Zevin, Gabrielle Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac and All These Things I've
Done
Zusak, Markus The Book Thief and I Am the Messenger (review)
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