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Kids Recommend
- Kindergarten
- Gr. 1-2
- Gr. 3-4 Boys
- Gr. 3-4 Girls
- Gr. 5-6 Boys
- Gr. 5-6 Girls
- Gr. 7-8 Boys
- Gr. 7-8 Girls
About the Book Lists
by Nancie Atwell
The annual average number of books read by seventh and eighth grade readers at CTL is at least forty titles. In the lower grades, the numbers are similarly high. 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 marketable teaching method. It just happens to be the only way anyone ever became a reader.
Our goal is 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 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 print.
We know that students need time to read, at school and home, every day. We understand that when particular children love their particular books, reading is more likely to happen during the time 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. 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 to be able to say These are my favorite books, authors, genres, and characters this year, and this is why. Personal preference is the foundation, walls, and ceiling in building a reader for a lifetime.
Starting in kindergarten, free choice of books is a child’s right, not a privilege granted by a kind teacher. Our students have demonstrated 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 in 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 level, comprehension—the making of meaning—is direct, and kids understand.
Human beings are wired to understand. As reading theorist Frank Smith put 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 book in the company of classmates who are reading and loving books, too, monitored by a teacher who knows about literature, reading, and his or her students’ tastes, strengths, and challenges.
Because CTL is a non-profit demonstration school, a place where other teachers come to learn about innovative methods, we work hard to attract a student body that represents a diverse range of socioeconomic backgrounds and ability levels, and we fundraise twelve months a year so we can set a tuition rate that’s as low as possible. The goal 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 such identified learning disabilities as 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.
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 Drop Everything And Read. In reading workshop, we teach readers for a lifetime: introduce new books and old favorites, tell about authors and genres, read aloud, talk with kids about their reading rituals and plans, and present lessons 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 a reading record, 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 unpack a poem, 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 literary, well-above-grade-level readers. But they also leave smarter about a diversity of words, ideas, events, people, and places. Books and stories bring the whole world to a tiny school in rural Maine. When the readers grow up and leave the school, they 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 students 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 of the inviting, accessible books they love best. The “Kids Recommend” lists feature the titles our students name in response to this question: Which 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 on our website.
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 middle schoolers-—many drop off and are replaced over time.
We separated the lists of book titles for grades 3-8 into girls’ 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 a consideration in children’s book choices in grades K-2.
We hope CTL’s book lists set a trend. Our goal is a national network of websites of great titles, nominated by K-12 students from all kinds of school settings who choose their own books: favorite titles of a cross-section of American children as the go-to resource for teachers selecting literature for classroom libraries in diverse communities.
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 (Scholastic, 2007); an overview of CTL’s entire program, Systems to Transform Your Classroom and School (Heinemann, 2014); and a third edition of In the Middle: A Lifetime of Learning about Writing, Reading, and Adolescents (Heinemann, 2015).
With all best wishes,
Nancie Atwell
Kindergarten
Ahlberg, Allan Each Peach, Pear, Plum
Anthony, Steve Please, Mr. Panda
Bang, Molly When Sophie Gets Angry
Barrett, Judi Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Bedard, Michael Sitting Ducks
Brett, Jan Annie and the Wild Animals, Mossy,
The Three Snow Bears, Hedgie’s Surprise, The Hat,
The Mitten, Fritz and the Beautiful Horses, and Honey, Honey, Lion
Brown, Margaret Wise Big Red Barn, The Moon Shines Down, The Sailor Dog, The Fish
with Deep Sea Smile, The Bad Little Good Little Pig, and The Noon Balloon
Carle, Eric The Mixed-Up Chameleon, The Secret Birthday Message,
The Tiny Seed, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Busy Spider,
The Greedy Python, Pancakes, Pancakes, The Very Quiet Cricket, and A House for
Hermit Crab
Carlson, Nancy A Visit to Grandma’s
Crews, Donald School Bus, Ten Black Dots, Truck, and any of his other titles
Cronin, Doreen Click, Clack, Moo … Cows That Type, Dooby, Dooby Moo, Click, Clack,
and Peep, Smick, and Giggle, Giggle, Quack
Davis, Jacky and David Soman Ladybug Girl, Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy,
and Ladybug Girl Makes Friends
De Beer, Hans Little Polar Bear
Dewdney, Anna Llama Llama Red Pajama
Eastman, P.D. Go, Dog, Go!
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
Ferry, Beth and Tom Lichtenheld Stick and Stone
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, Time for Bed, Tough Boris, Guess Who, Waiting, and Wilfrid Gordon
McDonald Partridge
Gassman, Julie Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library
Geist, Ken The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark
Gordon, David The Three Little Rigs
Gormley, Greg Pick Me!
Gustafson, Scott Alphabet Soup and A Feast of Letters
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, Waiting,
Penny and Her Marble, and Wemberly Worried
Hughes, Shirley Alfie Gets In First, Alfie Wins a Prize, Angel Mae, Dogger,
Alfie and the Big Boys, Alfie’s Weather, Alfie and the Birthday Surprise,
Annie Rose is My Little Sister, Olly and Me, and Sally’s Secret
Hutchins, Pat Good Night Owl
Johnson, Crockett Harold and the Purple Crayon
Joyce, William George Shrinks
Kline, Suzy Oops!
Knudsen, Michelle Library Lion
Lester, Helen A Porcupine Named Fluffy
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, Tico and the Golden Wings,
Geraldine and the Music Mouse, 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
McGuirk, Leslie if rocks could sing, a discovered alphabet
McPhail, David Edward and the Pirates
Meyer, Mercer I’m a Little Sick
Miller, Pat Zietlow Sophie’s Squash and Sophie’s Squash Goes to School
Moret, Brigette Frey The Bear’s Christmas
Moseley, Keith Where’s the Dinosaur?
Muntean, Michaela Do Not Open This Book
Myller, Rolf How Big Is a Foot?
Numeroff, Laura Joffe If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, If You Give a Pig a Party,
If You Give a Dog a Doughnut, If You Give a Cat a Cupcake,
and If You Give a Pig a Pancake
O’Connor, Jane Fancy Nancy at the Museum
Oliver, Carmen Bears Make the Best Reading Buddies
Olson, Mary W. Nice Try, Tooth Fairy
Parsley, Elise If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don’t!
Pelham, David A Is for Animals
Penn, Audrey The Kissing Hand
Pinkney, Jerry The Lion and the Mouse
Plourde, Lynn Moose, of Course!, Dino Pets, Dino Pets Go to School,
and The Dump Man’s Treasures
Portis, Antoinette Kindergarten Diary
Rawlinson, Julia Fletcher and the Falling Leaves
Rubin, Adam Dragons Love Tacos
Saltzberg, Barney Beautiful Oops!
Sarcone-Roach, Julia The Bear Ate Your Sandwich
Sendak, Maurice Where the Wild Things Are
Shannon, David Alice the Fairy, David Gets in Trouble, No, David, and
Too Many Toys
Sis, Peter Ice Cream Summer
Slate, Joseph Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten
Spires, Ashley The Most Magnificent Thing
Stevens, Janet Tops and Bottoms
Tullet, Herve Press Here
Van Dusen, Chris If I Built a House, The Circus Ship, and A Camping Spree
with Mr. Magee
Van Laan, Nancy When Winter Comes
Wells, Rosemary Max’s Chocolate Chicken, Max’s Dragon Shirt, Bunny Cakes,
Fritz and the Mess Fairy, Yoko, Bunny Money, McDuff Goes to School,
and Rachel Field’s Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
Willems, Mo Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay
Up Late, The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog, The Pigeon Wants a Puppy,
Today I Will Fly, I’m a Frog, I Broke My Trunk, My Friend Is Sad,
Watch Me Throw the Ball, A Big Guy Took My Ball, Let’s Go for a Drive,
Waiting Is Not Easy, The Thank You Book, and My New Friend Is So Fun
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, Alphabet Adventure,
Sweet Dream Pie, Twenty-Four Robbers and Tooth Fairy
Yamada, Kobi What Do You Do with an Idea?
Yolen, Jane Owl Moon and How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?
Yum, Hyewon Mom! It’s My 1st Day of Kindergarten
Gr. 1-2
Abbott, Tony The Secrets of Droon books
Applegate, Katherine Crenshaw
Bang-Campbell, Monika Little Rat Rides, Little Rat Makes Music, and Little Rat
Sets Sail
Barrows, Annie The Ivy and Bean series
Bentley, Sue The Magic Kitten series
Berenstain, Jan and Stan The Berenstain Bears series
Bridwell, Norman The Clifford series
Brown, Peter The Curious Garden and The Wild Robot
Burton, Virginia The Little House and Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Charlip, Remy Fortunately
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
Dahl, Roald Giraffe, Pelly, and Me; The BFG;
Fantastic Mr. Fox; and The Enormous Crocodile
Daywalt, Drew The Day the Crayons Quit
Dean, James The Pete the Cat series
De Paola, Tomie The Legend of the Bluebonnet, The Knight and the Dragon,
Strega Nona, The Art Lesson, and Pancakes for Breakfast
Doyle, Roddy The Meanwhile Adventures and Rover Saves Christmas
Dyckman, Ame Horrible Bear!
Floca, Brian Locomotive
Gibbons, Gail Frogs and her other nonfiction books
Gidwitz, Adam Tales of Dark and Grim series
Griffiths, Andy The 13-Story Treehouse (The Treehouse books)
Henkes, Kevin The Penny series, A Good Day, Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse, Lily’s
Big Dog, Owen, Waiting, Weekend with Wendell, and Kitten’s First Full Moon
Howe, James The Pinky and Rex books
Hunter, Erin Warriors
Jeffers, Oliver The Great Paper Caper, How to Catch a Star,
The Book Eating Boy, Lost and Found, The Heart and the Bottle, and
The Way Back Home
Johnson, Crockett Harold and the Purple Crayon
Kessler, Ethel Is There a Horse in Your House?
Kimmel, Eric Seven at One Blow
Kimpton, Diana The Pony-Crazed Princess series
King-Smith, Dick Martin’s Mice, A Mouse Called Wolf, and The Mouse Family
Robinson
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, Ruth The Carrot Seed
Krulik, Nancy The Magic Bone series
Litchfield, David The Bear and the Piano
Lionni, Leo The Greentail Mouse, Mr. McMouse, On the Beach There Are
Many Pebbles, Flea Story, An Extraordinary Egg, Frederick, and It’s Mine!
Lobel, Arnold The Frog and Toad books, Mouse Soup, Mouse Tales, Small Pig,
Uncle Elephant, Fables, and Grasshopper on the Road
Marshall, Edward Four by the Shore and Three by the Sea
Marshall, Edward and James The Fox books: Fox on Stage, Fox All Week,
Fox Outfoxed, and Fox in Love
Mayer, Mercer Little Monster series
McCloskey, Robert Blueberries for Sal, Make Way for Ducklings, One Morning
in Maine, and Time of Wonder
McDonald, Megan The Judy Moody and Stink series
McMullan, Kate Fluffy Goes to School
Miles, Ellen The Puppy Place series
Miller, Sara Swan Three Stories You Can Read to Your Cat, Three Stories
You Can Read to Your Dog, and Three Stories You Can Read to Your Teddy Bear
Numeroff, Laura Jelly Bean’s Big Dance
Osborne, Mary Pope The Magic Tree House books
Parish, Peggy The Amelia Bedelia books
Portis, Antoinette Not a Stick, Not a Box and A Penguin Story
Provensen, Alice and Martin A Book of Seasons, Our Animal Friends at Maple
Hill Farm and The Year at Maple Hill Farm
Rey, H.A. The Curious George series
Roy, Ron A-Z Mysteries series
Rylant, Cynthia Cat Heaven, Dog Heaven, Gooseberry Park, The Mr. Putter and
Tabby series, the Henry and Mudge series, and the Poppleton series
Santat, Dan Are We There Yet?
Seeger, Laura Vaccaro First the Egg
Silverman, Erica Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa series
Smiley, Jane Twenty Yawns
Smith, Dick-King Sophie’s Lucky, A Mouse Called Wolf, and Martin’s Mice
Spires, Ashley The Binky series (graphic novels)
Steig, William Amos and Boris, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Dr. DeSoto,
and Spinky Sulks
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
Taback, Simms Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
The Usborne collection of fairy tales, folk tales, fiction, and nonfiction
Wallace, Bill The Flying Flea, Callie, and Me
Watson, Tom The Stick Dog series
White, E.B. Charlotte’s Web, Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan
Wilkinson, Carole The Dragon Keeper series
Willems, Mo The Pigeon books, the Elephant and Piggie series, The Story of Diva and Flea, and Goldilocks
and the Three Dinosaurs
Wilson, Karma Bear Snores On and the rest of the Bear books
Gr. 3-4 Boys
Avi The End of the Beginning, Ereth’s Birthday, The Good Dog, and the
Poppy series
Barry, Dave The Peter and the Starcatchers series and Science Fair
Blume, Judy Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Otherwise Known as Sheila
the Great, Superfudge, Fudge-a-mania, and Double Fudge
Buckley, Michael The Nerds trilogy and the Sisters Grimm series
Byars, Betsy My Dog, My Hero
Cowell, Cressida The How to Train Your Dragon series
Creech, Sharon Love That Dog and Hate That Cat
Dahl, Roald Esio Trot, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Witches,
George’s Marvelous Medicine, and The Twits
Delaney, Joseph The Last Apprentice series
Doyle, Roddy The Giggler Treatment, The Meanwhile Adventures,
and Rover Saves Christmas
Flanagan, John The Ranger’s Apprentice series
George, Jean Craighead My Side of the Mountain, Frightful’s Mountain,
On the Far Side of the Mountain, and There’s an Owl in the Shower
Griffiths, Andy The Treehouse series
Gutman, Dan The Genius Files series
Hiaasen, Carl Flush, Hoot, and Scat
Jennings, Patrick The Guinea Dog series
Kibuishi, Kazu Amulet series
Kinney, Jeff Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
Korman, Gordon Swindle, Zoobreak, and Framed
Lin, Grace Where the Mountain Meets the Moon and Starry River of the Sky
Lubar, David Road Weenies, Lawn Weenies, Campfire Weenies, etc.
Maguire, Gregory Leaping Beauty
Mull, Brandon The Fablehaven series, the Beyonders series, and The Candy Shop War
Patterson, James The Treasure Hunters series
Paulsen, Gary Hatchet, The River, Dogsong, and Hatchet Winter
Paver, Michelle Wolf Brother, Spirit Walker, and the rest of the Chronicles
of Ancient Darkness
Riordan, Rick The Percy Jackson series, the Kane Chronicles series, the Heroes of
Olympus series, and the Magnus Chase series
Rowling, J.K. The Harry Potter series
Sachar, Louis Holes
Selznick, Brian The Invention of Hugh Cabret
Smith, Jeff The Bone series
Soup, Dr. Cuthbert A Whole Nother Story, Another Whole Nother Story,
and No Other Story
Stewart, Trenton Lee The Mysterious Benedict Society series
Stone, Jeff The Five Ancestors series
Telgemeier, Raina Smile, Sisters, Ghosts, and Baby-sitters Club
Gr. 3-4 Girls
Appelt, Kathi The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp
Applegate, Katherine The One and Only Ivan and Crenshaw
Armstrong, K.L. and M.A. Marr The Blackwell Pages series
Avi Ereth’s Birthday, The End of the Beginning, and the Poppy series
Banerjee, Anjali Seaglass Summer
Barrows, Annie The Magic Half
Barry, Dave Peter and the Starcatchers and Science Fair
Blume, Judy Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Double Fudge,
Fudge-a-mania, and Superfudge
Bode, N.E. The Anybody series
Buckley, Michael The Nerds trilogy and the Sisters Grimm series
Byars, Betsy My Dog, My Hero
Cameron, Bruce A Dog’s Purpose Puppy Tales: Molly’s Story, Ellie’s Story, Max’s Story, etc.
Colfer, Chris The Land of Stories
Cowel, Cressia How to Train Your Dragon series
Creech, Sharon Hate That Cat, Love That Dog, Granny Torelli Makes Soup,
and Pleasing the Ghost
Dahl, Roald George’s Marvelous Medicine, The Witches, The Twits, Esio Trot,
and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Di Camillo, Kate Because of Winn-Dixie, The Miraculous Journey
of Edward Tulane, and The Tale of Despereaux
Dunmore, Helen Ingo
Durst, Sarah The Girl Who Could Not Dream
Eldrich, Louise The Birchbark House
Epstein, Adam Jay The Familiars series
Estes, Eleanor Ginger Pye and Pinky Pye
Forester, Victoria The Girl Who Could Fly
Grabenstein, Chris Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library, Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
Olympics, and The Island of Dr. Libris
Henkes, Kevin Junonia
Herlong, M.H. Buddy
Hiaasen, Carl Flush and Hoot
Howe, James The Bunnicula series
Hunt, Lynda Mullaly Fish in a Tree
Jacobson, Jennifer Richard Truly Winnie
Jameson, Victoria Roller Girl
Jenkins, Emily Toys Go Out and Toy Dance Party
Kelly, Lynne Chained
Kessler, Liz The Tail of Emily Windsnap series
Kibuishi, Kazu Amulet series
Kinney, Jeff The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
Law, Ingrid Savvy
Lin, Grace Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, Year of the Dog,
Year of the Rat, Starry River of the Sky, and Dumpling Days
Lord, Cynthia Rules, A Handful of Stars, Touchblue, and Half a Chance
Maguire, Gregory Leaping Beauty
Martin, Ann M. The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels
Mass, Wendy The Candymakers
McDonald, Megan The Sisters Club, Rule of Three, and Cloudy with a Chance of Boys
Messenger, Shannon Keeper of the Lost Cities
Mills, Claudia 7 x 9 = Trouble
Mlynowski, Sarah The Whatever After series
Mull, Brandon The Fablehaven series and The Candy Shop War
Myracle, Lauren Ten and Eleven
O’Connor, Barbara Wish
Palacio, R.J. Wonder and Auggie and Me
Parr, Maria Adventures with Waffles
Perkins, Linda Rae Nuts to You
Rhodes, Jewel Parker Sugar
Riordan, Rick The Percy Jackson series, the Kane Chronicles series,
and the Heroes of Olympus series
Rowling, J.K. The Harry Potter series
Sachar, Louis Holes
Sage, Angie Flyte, Magyk, and Physik
Selznick, Brian The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Smith, Jeff The Bone series
Snicket, Lemony A Series of Unfortunate Events series
Telgemeier, Raina Smile, Sisters, Ghosts, and Baby-sitters Club
Voigt, Cynthia Angus and Sadie
Wallace, Bill Snot Stew and Furball, Puppy, and Me
West, Jacqueline The Books of Elsewhere series
Wilder, Laura Ingalls The Little House series
Gr. 5-6 Boys
Alexander, Kwame Booked, Crossover, and Rebound
Almond, David The Savage
Alphin, Elaine The Perfect Shot (review)
Anderson, John Sidekicked
Anderson, M.T. Octavian Nothing
Applegate, Katherine Wishtree
Armstrong, K.L. Loki’s Wolves and Odin’s Ravens
Bacigalupi, Paolo Ship Breaker
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell The Boy Who Dared
Bascomb, Neal The Nazi Hunters
Baskin, Nora Raleigh Anything But Typical and The Summer
Before Boys
Bell, Cece El Deafo
Benjamin, Ali The Thing About Jellyfish and Next Great Paulie Fink
Bertman, Jennifer Book Scavenger
Bigalow, Lisa Jenn Drum Roll, Please
Black, Holly Darkest Part of the Forest
Bowler, Tim Storm Catchers (review)
Bowman, Erin Contagion
Boyne, John The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and The Boy on Top
of the Mountain
Bradbury, Jennifer Shift and A Moment Comes
Brasheare, Ann The Sisterhood of the Travleing Pants series
Burg, Ann E. All the Broken Pieces
Buyea, Rob The Mr. Terupt series, The Perfect Score
Carman, Patrick Floors
Chabon, Michael Summerland
Charbonneau, Joelle The Testing and Need
Chima, Cinda Williams The Warrior Heir trilogy
Cody, Matthew Powerless, Super, and Will in Scarlet
Collins, Suzanne The Hunger Games series (review of the first book)
Cuevas, Michelle Confessions of an Imaginary Friend
Dashner, James The Maze Runner trilogy and Eye of Minds
Doctorow, Cory Little Brother and For the Win
Draper, Sharon Copper Sun and Out of My Mind
Emerson, Kevin Last Day on Mars series
Engle, Margarita Hurricane Dancers and The Surrender Tree
Erskine, Kathryn Mockingbird
Evans, Richard Paul The Michael Vey series
Farmer, Nancy House of the Scorpion (review)
Fisher, Catherine The Incarceron series
Flood, Nancy Bo Warriors in the Crossfire and No-Name Baby
Forman, Mark Slathbog’s Gold
Fukuda, Andrew Xia Crossing and the Hunt series
Fukui, Isamu The Truancy books
Gaiman, Neil The Graveyard Book, Coraline, and Neverwhere
Gemeinhart, Dan The Honest Truth, and The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise
Gleizman, Morris Once, Then, and Now
Golden, Christopher Last Breath and Body Bags
Gonzalez, Julie Imaginary Enemy
Grabenstein, Chris Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
Graff, Lisa Far Away, Lost in the Sun, The Thing About Georgie, A Tangle of Knots, and Double Dog Dare
Grant, Michael The Gone series
Gratz, Allan Prisoner B-3087, Grenade, Ban This Book, Project-1065, Refugee, Samurai Shrtstop, Brooklyn Nine, and Code of Honor
Greitens, Eric The Warrior’s Heart
Griffin, Paul The Orange Houses, Burning Blue, and Ten Mile River
Han, Jenny Shug
Hautman, Pete Blank Confession, Rash, Invisible, and Godless
Herlong, M.H. The Great Wide Sea
Hiassen, Carl Flush and Hoot
Higson, Charlie Silverfin, The Dead, and The Enemy series
Hillenbrand, Laura Unbroken
Holm, Jennifer Sunny Side Up and The Fourteenth Goldfish
Horowitz, Anthony The Alex Rider series: Stormbreaker, Point Blank, etc.
Howe, James The Misfits and Totally Joe, 13: Thirteen Stories
Hunt, Linda Mullaly Fish in a Tree, One for the Murphys, and Shouting at the Rain
Jinks, Catherine Evil Genius
Johnson, Varian The Parker Inheritance
Kamkwamba, William and Mealer, Bryan The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Klages, Ellen The Green Glass Sea, Out of Left Field, and Wicked Wonders
Kluger, Steve My Most Excellent Year
Korman, Gordon Born to Rock, Schooled, Pop, Swindle, Whatshisface, Ungifted, Slacker, Swindle, and the Mastermind series
Lake, Nick Hostage Three
Levine, Kristin Jigsaw Jungle and Lions of Little Rock
Lockhart, E. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks
Lore, Pittacus The I Am Number Four series
Lowry, Lois The Giver, Gathering Blue, and The Silent Boy
Lu, Marie The Legend series and the Warcross series
MacHale, D.J. The Sylo series
Mass, Wendy A Mango-Shaped Space (review), Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, and Leap Day
Mayo, Simon The Itch series
McCormick, Patricia Never Fall Down
McNaulty, Stacy Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
McNeil, Gretchen Ten
Messner, Kate Breakout, All the Answers, Seventh Wish and The Capture the Flag series
Meyer, Marissa The Renegades series, the Cinder series
Morpurgo, Michael War Horse
Mosier, Paul Train I Ride
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 and the Beyonders series
Mulligan, Andy Trash
Ness, Patrick The Knife of Never Letting Go (review) and the rest of the Chaos
Walking series; The Monster Calls
Nicholls, Sally Ways to Live Forever
Nielson, Jennifer A Night Divided, Resistance, False Prince, and Mark of the Thief
Nolan, Han Crazy
Oppel, Kenneth Half Brother
Palacio, R.J. Wonder and Auggie and Me
Patterson, James Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment, Maximum Ride:
School’s Out Forever, and Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other
Extreme Sports, Crazy House, and The Treasure Hunters series
Patterson, Katherine Bread and Roses Too
Paulson, Gary The Hatchet series, Lawn Boy, and Wood’s Runner
Paver, Michelle Wolf Brother, Spirit Walker, and the rest of the Chronicles of
Ancient Darkness series
Peet, Mal Keeper and Tamar
Pfeffer, Susan Life as We Knew It
Preus, Margi Heart of a Samurai, West of the Moon, and Shadow of the Mountain
Price, Lissa Starters
Pullman, Phillip The Dark Materials trilogy
Pyron, Bobbie Lucky Strike
Quick, Matthew Boy 21
Reintgen, Scott Nyxia
Rex, Adam The True Meaning of Smekday (review)
Reynolds, Jason The Ghost series, As Brave As You, and Miles Morales
Riordan, Rick The Lightning Thief, Sea of Monsters, Titan’s Curse, The Lost Hero, The Son of Neptune, The Mark of Athena, The Kane Chronicles, Magnus Chase, and the Percy Jackson series
Rocklin, Joanne One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange Street
Roth, Veronica The Divergent series
Rutkoski, Marie Cabinet of Wonders
Sachar, Louis Fuzzy Mud and Holes
Schmatz, Pat Bluefish
Schmidt, Gary Wednesday Wars, Trouble, and Pay Attention Carter Jones
Scott, Michael The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series
Selznick, Brian The Invention of Hugo Cabret, The Marvels, and Wonderstruck
Shull, Megan The Swap
Shusterman, Neal The Schwaa was Here, Antsy Does Time, Unwind, Full Tilt,
Downsiders, and Everlost
Sonnenblick, Jordan Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, Notes from
the Midnight Driver, Zen and the Art of Faking It, and After Ever After
Spinelli, Jerry Crash, Milkweed, Stargirl, Smiles to Go, Wringer, Maniac
Magee, and Eggs
Starmer, Aaron The Riverman series
Stead, Rebecca Goodbye Stranger, Bob, Liar and Spy, and When You Reach Me
Tanner Lian The Icebreaker series
Tolkein, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings series
Vail, Rachel Well, That Was Awkward
Walters, Eric The Rule of Three
Wein, Elizabeth Code Name Verity
Wells, Robison The Variant series
Westerfeld, Scott Leviathan (review), Behemoth, and Goliath
Yancey, Rick The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp and
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Yang, Gene American-Born Chinese and Level Up
Yoon, Nicola Everything, Everything
Gr. 5-6 Girls
Abel-Fattah, Randa Does My Head Look Big In This?
Bagieu, Penelope Brazen
Banks, Angelica Finding Serendipity
Barrows, Annie The Magic Half
Bartoletti, Susan Typhoid Mary
Baskin, Nora Raleigh Almost Home, Nine, Ten, and Every Girl Except Me
Bauer, Joan Almost Home and Close to Famous
Benjamin, Ali The Thing About Jellyfish and The Next Great Paulie Fink
Bertman, Jennifer Book Scavenger
Black, Holly Darkest Part of the Forest
Boyne, John The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Bradbury, Jennifer Shift
Bradley, Kimberly The War that Saved My Life series
Bryant, Jen Pieces of Georgia
Buyea, Rob Because of Mr. Terupt series and the Perfect Score series
Carey, Janet Lee Dragon’s Keep and The Beast of Noor
Chainani, Soman The School for Good and Evil series
Choldenko, Gennifer If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period
Colfer, Chris Land of Stories
Collins, Suzanne The Hunger Games trilogy (review of the first book)
Condie, Ally The Matched series
Connor, Leslie Waiting for Normal
Dashner, James The Maze Runner series
Dessen, Sarah Keeping the Moon, The Truth About Forever, Along for the Ride
and Just Listen
Draper, Sharon Copper Sun and Out of My Mind
Erskine, Kathryn Mockingbird
Evans, Richard Paul The Michael Vey series
Fitzpatrick, Becca Crescendo and Hush, Hush
Friend, Natasha Bounce and Perfect
Gino, Alex George
Gleitzman, Morris The Once series
Grabenstein, Chris Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library and The Island of Dr. Libris
Grant, Michael The Gone series
Griffin, Paul The Orange Houses and Burning Blue
Han, Jenny Shug
Hannigan, Katherine Ida B.
Harrington, Karen Sure Signs of Crazy
Haworth, Danette A Whole Lot of Lucky
Herlong, M.H. The Great Wide Sea
Hicks, Faith Erin Friends with Boys
Holm, Jennifer Turtle in Paradise and
Holzier, Tracy Secret Hum of a Daisy
Howe, James The Misfits, Addie on the Inside, and Totally Joe
Hunt, Lynda Mullaly One for the Murphys
Jinks, Catherine How to Catch a Bogle
Kent, Rose Kimchi and Calamari and Rocky Road
Kessler, Liz The Tail of Emily Windsnap
Klages, Ellen The Green Glass Sea
Kluger, Steve My Most Excellent Year
Korman, Gordon Restart, Ungifted, Unteachable, Slacker, Masterminds, Schooled, Son of the Mob, Ungifted, and Born to Rock
LaFleur, Suzanne Love, Aubrey, and Eight Keys
Lai, Thanhha Inside Out and Back Again
Larbalestier, Justine How to Ditch Your Fairy
Levine, Kristin The Lions of Little Rock and Jigsaw Jungle
Lin, Grace Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Lloyd, Natalie Snicker of Magic
Lord, Cynthia Handful of Stars, Half a Chance, Rules and Touch Blue
Lore, Pittacus The I Am Number Four series
Lorentz, Dayna No Safety in Numbers
Lowry, Lois The Giver, Messenger, and Number the Stars
Lu, Marie The Legend series and the Warcross series
Lubar, David Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
MacHale, D.J. The Sylo series
Magnim, Joyce Jellybean Summer
Magoon, Kekla Shadows of Sherwood and The Rock and the River (review)
Mass, Wendy Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, A Mango-
Shaped Space (review), Finally, 11 Birthdays, Candymaker, Leap Day,
Heaven’s A Lot Like the Mall, The Lost Present, and 13 Gifts
McNaulty, Stacy Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
McNeil, Gretchen Ten
Messner, Kate Breakout, All the Answers, Capture the Flag, Hide and Seek, and Manhunt
Messenger, Shannon The Keeper of the Lost Cities series
Meyer, Marissa Cinder and the rest of the Lunar Chronicles, the Renegades series
Mulligan, Andy Trash
Myers, Walter Dean Fallen Angels, Game, and Monster
Myracle, Lauren Ten, Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen
Ness, Patrick The Chaos Walking series, Birthmarked, More Than This,
and Monster Calls
Nolan, Han Crazy
Padian, Maria Brett McCarthy: Work in Progress
Palacio, R.J. Wonder and Auggie and Me
Park, Linda Sue A Long Walk to Water
Patterson, James Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment, Maximum Ride:
School’s Out Forever, and Crazy House
Patterson, Katherine Bread and Roses Too
Resau, Laura Red Glass and The Queen of Water
Riordan, Rick The Lightning Thief, Sea of Monsters, The Lost Hero,
and The Red Pyramid
Rocklin, Joanne One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange Street
Rosoff, Meg Picture Me Gone and There Is No Dog
Roth, Veronica The Divergent series
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.
Rupp, Rebecca After Eli
Schmatz, Pat Bluefish
Schmidt, Gary The Wednesday Wars, Orbiting Jupiter, and OK for Now
Schrefer, Eliot Endangered
Selznick, Brian The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck
Sepetys, Ruta Between Shades of Gray
Shull, Meagan The Swap
Shusterman, Neal The Schwa Was Here
Sloan, Holly Goldberg Counting by 7s
Smiley, Jane A Good Horse
Snyder, Laurel Orphan Island
Spinelli, Jerry Crash, Stargirl, Love, Stargirl, Jake and Lilly, and Milkweed
Standiford, Natalie Secret Tree and The Only Girl in School
Starmer, Aaron The Riverman and The Whisper
Stead, Rebecca When You Reach Me and Goodbye Stranger
Tarshis, Lauren Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree
Telgemeier, Raina Smile and Drama
Vail, Rachel Ever After and Well That Was Awkward
Van Draanen, Wendelin Flipped and The Running Dream
Vrabel, Beth Pack of Dorks
Velde, Vivian Vande Stolen
Wells, Robison Variant and Feedback
Wenxuan, Coa Bronze and Sunflower
Woodson, Jacqueline Feathers and Brown Girl Dreaming
Wright, Bil Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy
Yang, Gene Luen American-Born Chinese
Yoon, Nicola Everything, Everything
Yousafzai, Malala I Am Malala
Zeigler, Jennifer How Not to Be Popular
Zevin, Gabrielle Elsewhere
Zusak, Markus The Book Thief
Gr. 7-8 Boys
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Adieh, Renee The Wrath and the Dawn and The Rose and the Dagger
Adiga, Aravind The White Tiger (review)
Albertalli, Becky and Adam Silvera What If It’s Us
Alexander, Kwame Crossover and Booked
Anderson, Laurie Speak and Twisted
Andrews, Jesse Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Bacigalupi, Paolo Ship Breaker and The Drowned Cities
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
Bick, Ilsa Ashes
Bissinger, H.G. Friday Night Lights
Bowden, Mark Black Hawk Down
Bradbury, Jennifer Shift
Brewer, Heather The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series
Brown, Christy My Left Foot
Brown, Daniel James The Boys on the Boat
Brown, Dan The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons
Bryson, Bill A Walk in the Woods
Burgess, Anthony A Clockwork Orange
Card, Orson Scott The Ender series (review of Ender’s Game) and Pathfinder
Carreyrou, John Bad Blood
Chabon, Michael The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay,
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, and Telegraph Avenue
Christie, Agatha And Then There Were None, Murder on the Orient Express
Cline, Ernst Ready Player One
Coburn, Jake Prep
Cohen, Joshua Leverage
Colfer, Eoin Supernaturalist and the Artemis Fowl series
Collins, Suzanne The Hunger Games (review), Catching Fire, and Mockingjay
Cormier, Robert I Am the Cheese and The Chocolate War
Coy, John Crackback (review)
Crichton, Michael Sphere, Congo, Next, Jurassic Park, The Lost World,
Airframe, and The Andromeda Strain
Crowe, Chris Death Coming Up the Hill
Crutcher, Chris Running Loose and The Crazy Horse Electric Game
Dashner, James The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, The Death Cure,
and The Kill Order
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 (review) and Homeland
Draper, Sharon Fire from the Rock, Copper Sun, The Battle of Jericho, and
November Blues
Ducie, Joe The Rig and Crystal Force
Eddings, David The Belgariad series and the Mallorean series
Eggers, Dave A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, (review) Zeitoun,
What Is the What, and The Circle (review)
Farmer, Nancy The House of the Scorpion (review) and The Sea of Trolls
Finkel, Michael The Stranger in the Woods
Fisher, Catherine Incarceron and Sapphique
Flinn, Alex Breaking Point and Breathing Underwater
Foer, Jonathan Safran Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Frasier, Charles Cold Mountain
Gaiman, Neil Interworld, Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods,
and Anansi Boys
Galloway, Gregory As Simple as Snow and The 39 Deaths of Adam Strand
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 BZRK, Gone, Hunger, Lies, Plague, and Fear
Gratz, Alan Refugee
Green, John An Abundance of Katherines, Looking for Alaska
The Fault in Our Stars, and Paper Towns
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Haig, Matt The Dead Father’s Club
Hamilton, Steve The Lock Artist
Hautman, Pete All In, Godless, Hole in the Sky, Invisible, No Limit, Rash,
and What Boys Really Want
Heller, Joseph Catch-22
Hemingway, Ernest The Old Man and the Sea, The Sun Also Rises,
and For Whom the Bell Tolls
Hickham, Jr., Homer October Sky
Hijuelos, Oscar Dark Dude
Hillenbrand, Laura Unbroken
Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders
Homer The Iliad and The Odyssey
Hoose, Phillip The Boys Who Challenged Hitler
Hornby, Nick High Fidelity, About a Boy, and Slam
Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and
And the Mountains Echoed
Huxley, Aldous Brave New World
Ishiguro, Kazuo Never Let Me Go
Jinks, Catherine Evil Genius and Genius Squad
Kesey, Ken One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Kiely, Brandon and Jason Reynolds All American Boys
King, Stephen 11/22/63, Carrie, Pet Semetary, The Shining, Under the Dome,
Christine, The Long Walk, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, and The Stand
Klass, David Danger Zone, Dark Angel, Home of the Braves, and
Stuck on Earth
Koertge, Ron Shakespeare Bats Cleanup and The Brimstone Journals
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
Latham, Jennifer Dreamland Burning
Laybourne, Emmy Monument 14 (review), Monument 14: Sky
on Fire (review), Monument 14: Savage Drift, and Sweet
Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird
Levithan, David Every Day and Another Day
Lewis, John & Andrew Aydin March (1, 2, and 3)
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)
Lu, Marie Legend, Prodigy, Champion, Warcross, and Wildcard
Lubar, David Dunk, Hidden Talents (review), True Talents, and
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
Ludlum, Robert The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy
Lyga, Barry I Hunt Killers, Game, Blood of My Blood, and Bang
Lynch, Jim The Highest Tide
Maas, Sarah J Throne of Glass series
Magoon, Kekla How It Went Down
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, The Road,
and All the Pretty Horses
McFadden, Thomas and Young, Rusty Marching Powder
McManus, Karen One of Us is Lying
McNab, Andy Traitor (review) and Payback
Melville, Herman Moby Dick
Mezrich, Ben Bringing Down the House (review) and The Accidental
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Miller, Kirsten How to Lead a Life of Crime
Monroe, Randall What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical
Questions
Moore, Alan and Dave Gibbons Watchmen
Morganstern, Erin The Night Circus
Morpurgo, Michael Private Peaceful and War Horse
Mosley, Walter 47
Mullin, Mike Ashfall and Ashen Winter
Murray, Liz Breaking Night
Myers, Walter Dean Autobiography of My Dead Brother, Bad Boy,
Fallen Angels, (review) Hoops, Monster, The Outside Shot,
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 and More Than This
Nguyen, Bich Minh Stealing Buddha’s Dinner
Nicholls, Stan Orcs (review)
Nijkamp, Marieke This Is Where It Ends
Noah, Trevor Born a Crime
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
Oppel, Kenneth Airborn, Skybreaker, Half Brother, and Starclimber
Orwell, George Animal Farm (review) and 1984
Padian, Maria Out of Nowhere
Parrado, Nando Miracle in the Andes
Patrick, Cat Revived
Pearsall, Shelley The Seventh Most Important Thing
Peet, Mal Life: An Exploded Diagram
Poe, Edgar Allen Tales of Mystery and Terror
Preston, Douglas and Child, Lincoln Relic (review), The Book of the Dead,
Brimstone, and Dance of Death
Pullman, Phillip The Dark Materials trilogy
Quick, Matthew Boy 21
Remarque, Erich All Quiet on the Western Front
Reynolds, Jason Long Way Down
Rich, Simon Ant Farm and Free-Range Chickens
Rubin, Lance Denton Little’s Death Date
Ruebens, Michael Son of 613
Runyon, Brent The Burn Journals
Sagan, Carl Contact
Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye
Satrapi, Marjane Persepolis
Scalzi, John Fuzzy Nation
Scheinkin, Steve Bomb
Schlosser, Eric Fast Food Nation
Sedaris, David Me Talk Pretty One Day, The Santaland Diaries, and Naked
Sedgwick, Marcus Revolver
Shabazz, Ilyasah & Kekla Magoon X: A Novel
Sheff, David Beautiful Boy
Shusterman, Neal Everlost, Everwild, The Shadow Club, and the Unwind series
Silverstein, Ken The Radioactive Boy Scout
Smith, Andrew Winger, Standoff, and The Marbury Lens
Smith, Jennifer E. Windfall
Smith, Roland Peak and The Edge
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
Stein, Garth The Art of Racing in the Rain
Steinbeck, John The Grapes of Wrath
Steinkellner, Teddy Trash Can Days
Strasser, Todd Bootcamp, Can’t Get There from Here, Give a Boy a Gun,
and The Wave
Swofford, Anthony Jarhead and Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails
Thomas, Angie The Hate U Give and On the Come Up
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
Trumbo, Dalton Johnny Got His Gun
Twain, Mark The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Vizzini, Ned Be More Chill and It’s Kind of a Funny Story
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
Wahl, Matt The Invisible
Wallach, Tommy We All Looked Up and Thanks for the Trouble
Walls, Jeanette The Glass Castle (review)
Weaver, Will Memory Boy
Weir, Andy The Martian
Weisel, Elie Night
White, T.H. The Once and Future King and The Book of Merlin
Wilson, Daniel H. Robopocalypse and Robogenesis
Woolf, Tobias This Boy’s Life
Wroblewski, David The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Yancey, Rick The Fifth Wave, The Infinite Sea and The Last Star
Young, Moira Blood Red Road and Rebel Heart
Zusak, Markus The Book Thief and I Am the Messenger (review)
Gr. 7-8 Girls
Albert, Melissa The Hazel Wood
Albertalli, Becky Simon vs. the Homo Sapien Agenda
Albertalli, Becky and Adam Silvera What If It’s Us
Alifirenka, Caitlin and Martin Ganda I Will Always Write Back
Anderson, Laurie Halse Prom, Wintergirls (review), and Speak
Adams, Douglas The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series
Adieh, Renee The Wrath and the Dawn and The Rose and the Dagger
Alexie, Sherman The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and Flight
Anderson, M.T. Feed, The Game of Sunken Places, and Thirsty
Andrews, Jesse Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Atkinson, Kate Life After Life and Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Atwood, Margaret The Handmaid’s Tale
Austen, Jane Emma and Pride and Prejudice
Aveyard, Victoria Red Queen and Glass Sword
Bacigalupi, Paolo Ship Breaker and The Drowned Cities
Bauby, Jean-Dominique The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Bell, Alden The Reapers Are the Angels
Benioff, David City of Thieves
Bingham, Kelly Shark Girl
Blick, Ilsa Ashes
Booraem, Ellen The Unnameables
Bowman, Erin Vengeance Road
Bracken, Alexandra Passenger and Wayfarer
Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451
Bray, Libba Beauty Queens, Going Bovine, and The Diviners
Brontë, Charlotte Jane Eyre
Brown, Christy My Left Foot
Brown, Jennifer Bitter End
Bryant, Jen Pieces of Georgia
Buckhanon, Kalisha Upstate
Bunting, Eve Jumping the Nail
Cabot, Meg All-American Girl, Avalon High and The Princess Diaries series
Caletti, Deb The Nature of Jade, Wild Roses, The Six Rules of Maybe,
and Honey, Baby, Sweetheart
Cass, Kiera The Selection series and The Siren
Cavallaro, Brittany A Study in Charlotte and The Last of August
Chabon, Michael The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay and The Yiddish
Policemen’s Union
Chandler, Kristen Wolves, Boys, and Other Things That Might Kill Me
Chbosky, Stephen The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Cisneros, Sandra The House on Mango Street
Cline, Eric Ready Player One
Cohen, Joshua Leverage
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
Cormier, Robert The Chocolate War and I Am the Cheese
Creech, Sharon Love That Dog and Hate That Cat
Cristie, Agatha And Then There Were None and Murder on the Orient Express
Crutcher, Chris Deadline
Dashner, James The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, The Death Cure
and The Kill Order
Deaver, Julie Reece The Night I Disappeared and Say Goodnight, Gracie
DePrince, Michaela Taking Flight
Dessen, Sarah Dreamland, Just Listen, Keeping the Moon, (review) Someone
Like You, This Lullaby, Lock and Key, The Truth about Forever,
What Happened to Goodbye, (review) and The Moon and More
Doctorow, Cory Little Brother and Homeland
Doerr, Anthony All the Light We Cannot See
Donnelly, Jennifer A Northern Light, Revolution, and These Shallow Graves
Dowell, Frances Where I’d Like to Be
Draper, Sharon The Battle of Jericho, Copper Sun, Just Another Hero,
Out of My Mind, November Blues, and Stella by Starlight
Dudman, Martha Tod Augusta, Gone
DuMaurier, Daphne Rebecca
Eggers, Dave A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, (review)
What Is the What, Zeitoun, and The Circle
Erdrich, Louise The Round House
Farmer, Nancy The House of the Scorpion
Fitzgerald, F. Scott The Great Gatsby
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, I Was Here, Just One Day, and Where She Went
Frasier, Charles Cold Mountain
Gaiman, Neil Neverwhere, Anansi Boys, and The Graveyard Book
Galloway, Gregory As Simple as Snow and The 39 Deaths of Adam Strand
Gagnon, Michelle Don’t Turn Around
Garland, Alex The Beach
Gier, Kirsten Ruby Red and Sapphire Blue
Giles, Gail Right Behind You and Playing in Traffic
Golding, William Lord of the Flies
Goldman, William The Princess Bride
Grant, Michael Gone, (review) Lies, Hunger, Plague, and Fear
Gratz, Alan Refugee and Projekt 1065
Green, John An Abundance of Katherines, Looking for Alaska,
Paper Towns, and The Fault in Our Stars (review)
Griffin, Paul Stay with Me
Grover, Lorie Ann On Pointe
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Hahn, Mary Downing Mister Death’s Blue-Eyed Girls
Hand, Cynthia The Last Time We Say Goodbye
Hand, Cynthia and Brodi Ashton My Lady Jane and My Plain Jane
Haig, Matt The Dead Father’s Club (review)
Hamilton, Steve The Lock Artist
Harrington, Laura Alice Bliss
Han, Jenny To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Shug, We’ll Always Have Summer,
It’s Not Summer Without You, PS I Still Love You, Always and Forever, Lara Jean,
and The Summer I Turned Pretty (latest review)(another review)
Hautman, Pete All-In, Rash, Hole in the Sky, The Big Crunch,
What Boys Really Want, and Invisible
Henry, April The Night She Disappeared
Herlong, M.H. The Great Wide Sea
Hitchcock, Bonnie-Sue The Smell of Other People’s Houses
Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders
Hornby, Nick High Fidelity, About a Boy, and Slam
Howard, A.G. Splintered
Howrey, Meg Blind Sight
Hughes, Mark I Am the Wallpaper
Ishiguro, Kazuo Never Let Me Go
Jacobson, Jennifer The Complete History of Why I Hate Her, and Small as an Elephant
James, Brian Zombie Blondes
Johnson, Angela The First Part Last
Johnson, Maureen The Name of the Star, The Madness Underneath, and
The Shadow Cabinet
Jordan, Hillary When She Woke
Kaling, Mindy Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and Why Not Me
Katcher, Brian Playing with Matches
Kaysen, Susanna Girl, Interrupted
Kenneally, Miranda Breathe, Annie, Breathe
Keplinger, Kody The Duff
Kesey, Ken One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (review)
King, A.S. Please Ignore Vera Dietz, Dust of 100 Dogs, Everyone
Sees the Ants, and Ask the Passengers
King, Stephen Carrie, Under the Dome, and 11/22/63
Kingsolver, Barbara The Bean Trees and The Poisonwood Bible
Klein, Lisa Ophelia
Koertge, Ron Boy Girl Boy and The Brimstone Journals
Korman, Gordon Schooled, Son of the Mob, Son of the Mob: Hollywood Hustle,
No More Dead Dogs, and Jake, Reinvented
Krakauer, Jon Into Thin Air and Into the Wild
Lasky, Kathryn Memoirs of a Bookbat
Latham, Jennifer Dreamland Burning
Laure, Estelle This Raging Light
Laybourne, Emmy Monument 14 (review) and Monument 14: Savage Drift
Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird
Letts, Billie Where the Heart Is
Levine, Kristin The Lions of Little Rock
Levithan, David Every Day and Another Day
Lewis, John & Andrew Aydin March (1, 2, and 3)
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
Lu, Marie Legend, Prodigy, Champion, Warcross, and Wildcard
Lubar, David Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie (review)
Lyga, Barry I Hunt Killers, Game, Blood of My Blood, and Bang
Marchetta, Melina Jellicoe Road and Saving Francesca
Marino, Peter Magic and Misery (review)
Marquhardt, Marie The Radius of Us
Marsden, John The Tomorrow series and Letters from the Inside
Martel, Yann Life of Pi
Mass, Wendy Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall, Jeremy Fink and the
Meaning of Life, and A Mango-Shaped Space
Mastromonaco, Alyssa Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?
Matson, Morgan Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour, Since You’ve Been Gone,
and Second Chance Summer
McBride, Lish Hold Me Closer, Necromancer
McManus, Karen One of Us Is Lying and Two Can Keep a Secret
McNeal, Laura and Tom Crooked, Crushed, and Zipped
Meyer, Marissa Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, Winter, and Fairest
Mezrich, Ben Bringing Down the House
Miller, Kirsten How to Lead a Life of Crime
Morganstern, Erin The Night Circus
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
Moyes, Jojo Me Before You
Myers, Walter Dean Fallen Angels and Monster
Moehringer, J.D. The Tender Bar
Moore, Perry Hero
Murray, Liz Breaking Night
Nelson, Jandy The Sky Is Everywhere
Neruda, Pablo Odes to Common Things
Ness, Patrick The Ask and the Answer, Monsters of Men, The Knife of
Never Letting Go, and More Than This
Nijkamp, Marieke This Is Where It Ends
Noah, Trevor Born a Crime
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
Obama, Michelle Becoming
Ockler, Sarah Twenty Boy Summer and Fixing Delilah
Oliver, Lauren Before I Fall, Delirium, Pandemonium, and Requiem
Oppel, Kenneth Airborn, Skybreaker, and Starclimber
Orwell, George Animal Farm
Osa, Nancy Cuba 15
Ostow, Micol Westminster Abby
Padian, Maria Out of Nowhere
Parrado, Nando Miracle in the Andes
Patchett, Anne Bel Canto
Patrick, Cat Forgotten, Revived, and The Originals
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
Peterson, Margaret Haddix Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey
and Uprising
Petrucha, Stefan Ripper
Pfeffer, Susan Beth Life as We Knew It
Plum-Ucci, Carol What Happened to Lani Garver?
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
Reynolds, Jason Long Way Down
Rich, Simon Ant Farm and Free Range Chickens
Rosoff, Meg What I Was and How I Live Now
Roth, Veronica Divergent, Insurgent, and Allegiant
Rowell, Rainbow Carry On, Eleanor and Park (review) and Fangirl (review)
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
Scalzi, John Fuzzy Nation
Schneider, Robyn Extraordinary Means
Sepetys, Ruta Between Shades of Gray and Salt to the Sea
Serle, Rebecca When You Were Mine
Sheff, David Beautiful Boy
Shusterman, Neal Everlost, Everwild, The Shadow Club, Bruiser, and Unwind
Sittenfeld, Curtis Prep
Sloan, Holly Goldberg I’ll Be There
Small, David Stitches
Smith, Betty A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Smith, Dodie I Capture the Castle (review)
Smith, Kirsten The Geography of Girlhood
Smith, Jennifer The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight,
This Is What Happy Looks Like, and Windfall
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
Spiegelman, Art Maus I and Maus II
Spotswood, Jessica A Tyranny of Petticoats
Stiefvater, Maggie, et al. The Curiosities
Stockett, Kathryn The Help
Strasser, Todd Can’t Get There from Here and Give a Boy a Gun
Sullivan, Tara The Bitter Side of Sweet
Summers, Courtney Fall for Anything
Taylor, Laini Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Thomas, Angie The Hate U Give and On the Come Up
Tinti, Hannah The Good Thief (review)
Vivian, Siobhan Not That Kind of Girl and The List
Vizzini, Ned Be More Chill and It’s Kind of a Funny Story
Vonnegut, Kurt Man Without a Country, Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat’s
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Wagner, Laura Rose Hold Tight, Don’t Let Go
Walker, Karen Thompson The Age of Miracles
Wallach, Tommy We All Looked Up and Thanks for the Trouble
Walls, Jeanette The Glass Castle
Warman, Jessica Between
Weatherby, Lee Kat Got Your Tongue
Weeks, Sarah So B. It
Wein, Elizabeth Code Name Verity, Black Dove, White Raven, The Pearl Thief, and A Thousand Sisters
Whaley, John Corey Where Things Come Back and Noggin
White, Ellen Emerson A Season of Daring Greatly
Wolf, Allan The Watch That Ends the Night
Wolff, Tobias This Boy’s Life
Wooding, Chris The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray and Poison
Woodson, Jacqueline Brown Girl Dreaming and Harbor Me
Wroblewski, David The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Yancey, Rick The Fifth Wave and The Infinite Sea
Yoon, Nicola Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star
Young, Moira Blood Red Road and Rebel Heart
Yousafzai, Malala I Am Malala and We Are Displaced
Zarr, Sarah Sweethearts, How to Save a Life, and Story of a Girl
Zevin, Gabrielle Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, All These Things I’ve Done,
and Because It Is My Blood
Zoboi, Ibi American Street and Pride
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