2017 suggested reading list PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54.
Bang, Molly – Ten, Nine, Eight Braun, Sebastien – Toot and Pop! Brown, Margaret Wise – Buenas Noches, Luna (Spanish) Brown, Tameka Fryer – My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood Bunting, Eve – Have You Seen My New Blue Socks? Carle, Eric – Very Hungry Caterpillar Cocca-Leffler, Maryann – Rain Brings Frogs Codell, Esme Raji – It’s Time for Preschool! Cooper, Floyd – Max and the Tag-Along Moon Cunnane, Kelly & Jude Daly – Chirchir is Singing Curtis, Jamie Lee – My Brave Year of Firsts: Tries, Sighs, & High Fives Cyrus, Kurt – Billions of Bricks Dale, Penny – Dinosaur Zoom Dewdney, Anna – Llama Llama and the Bully Goat Dillon, Leo – Rap a Tap Tap: Here’s Bojangles, Think of That Ehlert, Lois – Planting a Rainbow Elliott, David – Knitty Kitty Elya, Susan Middleton – Bebe Goes Shopping Fergus, Maureen – Day My Mom Came to Kindergarten Guarino, Deborah – Is Your Mama a Llama? Hall, Zoe – Apple Pie Tree Harrington, Janice – Busy-Busy Little Chick Henkes, Kevin – Waiting Henkes, Kevin – Birds Hughes, Langston – My People Isadora, Rachel – I Hear a Pickle Isadora, Rachel – Say Hello! Jackson, Richard – In Plain Sight Johnson, Angela – Lottie Paris Lives Here Johnson, Angela – When I am Old With You Keats, Ezra Jack – Un Dia de Nieve (Spanish) Lindbergh, Reeve – Homer the Library Cat Litwin, Eric – Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons Loewen, Nancy – Last Day of Kindergarten Marley, Cedella – One Love Marshall, Linda Elovitz – Kindergarten is Cool! Martin Jr., Bill – Chicka Chicka Boom Boom McKinnon, T.P. – Tawny PaPawny Meltzer, Lynn – Construction Crew Milgrim, David – Eddie Gets Ready for School Mora, Pat – Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children’s Day/ Book Day Murray, Alison – Hare and Tortoise Murray, Diana – City Shapes Numeroff, Laura – If you Give a Dog a Donut Numeroff, Laura – Si le das un Pastelito a un Gato (Spanish) Packard, Mary – Little Wolf Goes to School Parish, Herman – Amelia Bedelia’s First Library Card Parr, Todd – Thankful Book Penn, Audrey – Chester the Brave Pinkney, Jerry – Lion and the Mouse Ransome, James – My Teacher Ringgold, Faith – Tar Beach Rinker, Sherri Duskey – Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site Rockwell, Anne – First Day of School
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Savage, Stephen – Mixed-Up Truck Scheffler, Axel – Pip and Posy: the Big Balloon Scotton, Rob – Splat the Cat: Back to School, Splat! Shannon, George – Who Put the Cookies in the Cookie Jar? Shewchuk, Pat – In Lucia’s Neighborhood Sierra, Judy – Suppose You Meet a Dinosaur Stead, Philip C – Bear Has a Story to Tell Swamp, Jake – Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Trapani, Iza – Bear Went Over the Mountain Weiss, George David & Bob Thiele – What a Wonderful World Wells, Rosemary – Yoko Learns to Read Wilson, Karma – Bear Wants More Yolen, Jane – How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?
FIRST AND SECOND GRADE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26.
Barretta, Gene – Muhammad Ali Barton, Chris – Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions Barton, Chris – Shark vs. Train Bridges, Ruby – Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story Bryan, Ashley – Beautiful Blackbird Clanton, Ben – Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea Coles, Robert – The Story of Ruby Bridges De la Peña, Matt – Last Stop on Market Street Demi – Empty Pot Elya, Susan – Little Roja Riding Hood Elya, Susan Middleton – Rubia and the Three Osos Evans, Shane & Andrea Pinkney – Fishing Day Frazee, Maria – A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever Harris, Teresa – Summer Jackson: Grown Up Hatke, Ben – Little Robot Hoffman, Mary – Princess Grace Holub, Joan – Shampoodle Isadora, Rachel – Princess and the Pea Johnson, Dinah – Hair Dance Kenah, Katharine – The Best Chef in Second Grade Kimmel, Eric – Anansi and the Talking Melon Lee, Spike – Giant Steps to Change the World Levinson, Cynthia – The Youngest Marcher Lin, Grace – Ling and Ting: Not Exactly the Same! Liniers – Written and Drawn by Henrietta Loehr, Mallory – Dragon Egg
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Mara, Wil – Frog in the Pond Marshall, Linda Elovitz – Talia and the Rude Vegetables McKinnon, T.P. – Tawny PaPawny Miller, William – Richard Wright and the Library Card Montes, Marisa – Juan Bobo Goes to Work O’Connor, Jane – Nancy La Elegante (Spanish) Palatini, Margie – Gorgonzola: a Very Stinkysaurus Patrick, Denise Lewis – A Lesson for Martin Luther King Jr. Paul, Miranda – Whose Hands are These? A Community Helper Guessing Book Perez-Mercado, Mary – Zas! (Spanish) Pinkney, Andrea Davis – The Red Pencil Pizzoli, Greg – Good Night Owl Poydar, Nancy – Bad-News Report Card Poydar, Nancy – Zip, Zip-Homework! Pringle, Laurence - The Secret Life of the Woolly Bear Caterpillar Quackenbush, Robert – First Grade Jitters Ramsey, Calvin Alexander – Belle, the Last Mule at Gee’s Bend Rathmann, Peggy – Officer Buckle and Gloria Rex, Adam – School’s First Day of School Ringgold, Faith – Tar Beach Rosenstock, Barb – The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors & Sounds of Kadinsky’s Abstract Art Scieszka, Jon – True Story of the Three Little Pigs Scotton, Rob – Splat the Cat Sedaka, Neil – Waking Up is Hard To Do Seuss, Dr. – Cat in the Hat Seuss, Dr. – Green Eggs and Ham Seuss, Dr. – I Can Read with My Eyes Shut Shulevitz, Uri – How I Learned Geography Sierra, Judy – Ballyhoo Bay Skofield, James – Detective Dinosaur Undercover Slobodkina, Esphyr – Se Venden Gorras (Spanish) Surgal, John – Have you Seen My Dinosaur Thomas, Jan – Rhyming Dust Bunnies Thong, Roseanne – Green is a Chile Pepper Tuck, Justin – Home-Field Advantage Urbanovic, Jackie – Duck Soup Weatherford, Carole Boston – Before John was a Jazz Giant Wilems, Mo – The Story of Diva and Flea Willems, Mo – Hooray for Amanda & Her Alligator
FIRST AND SECOND GRADE SERIES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Adler, David – Young Cam Jansen Arnold, Tedd – Fly Guy Barss, Karen – Martha Speaks Berenstain, Stan & Jan – Berenstain Bears Cazet, Denys – Minnie and Moo Chaconas, Dori – Cork and Fuzz DiCamillo, Kate – Mercy Watson
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Hale, Shannon – Princess in Black Hill, Susan – Marley Hillert, Margaret – Dear Dragon Holabird, Katharine – Angelina Ballerina Kann, Victoria – Pinkalicious Klein, Adria F. – Max Manushkin, Fran – Katie Woo Marshall, James – George and Martha Mayer, Mercer – Little Critter McKissack, Pat – Messy Bessy McMullan, Kate – Pearl and Wagner McNamara, Margaret – Robin Hill School Michalak, Jamie – Joe and Sparky Milgrim, David – The Adventures of Otto Minarik, Else Holmelund – Little Bear O’Connor, Jane – Fancy Nancy Parish, Peggy & Herman – Amelia Bedelia Rey, Margret & H. A. – Curious George Rylant, Cynthia – Henry & Mudge Suen, Anastasia – Rico and Robot Various Authors – DK Eyewitness Readers Various Authors – Scholastic News Non-Fiction Readers Wells, Rosemary – Yoko and Friends-School Days Willems, Mo – Elephant & Piggie Worth, Bonnie (also by Rabe, Tish) – Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library
THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36.
Applegate, Katherine – The One and Only Ivan Applegate, Katherine – Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs Barber, Tiki – Goal Line Blume, Judy – Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Blume, Judy – Superfudge Buckley, Michael – Sisters Grimm, Fairy Tale Detectives Butterworth, Chris – How Did That Get in My Lunchbox?: the Story of Food Camper, Cathy – Lowriders in Space Camper, Cathy – Lowriders to the Center of the Earth Clary, Julian – The Bolds Cleary, Beverly – The Mouse and the Motorcycle Clements, Andrew – Frindle Clements, Andrew – Troublemaker Coville, Bruce – My Teacher is an Alien Cronin, Doreen – Trouble with Chickens: a J.J. Tully Mystery Curtis, Jennifer Keats – Primate School Dahl, Roald – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dahl, Roald – Fantastic Mr. Fox Davies, Jacqueline – Lemonade Crime Demi – Gandhi DiCamillo, Kate – Tale of Despereaux Draper, Sharon – Sassy: Little Sister is Not My Name Dutcher, Jim – A Friend for Lakota English, Karen – Nikki and Deja: Election Madness Fitzhugh, Louise – Harriet the Spy Gaiman, Neil – Fortunately, the Milk Gardiner, John – Stone Fox Giovanni, Nikki – Rosa Goldberg, Whoopi – Plum Fantastic Grimes, Nikki – Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel Grimes, Nikki – Road to Paris Hanlon, Abby – Dory Fantasmagory Haskell, Merrie – Handbook for Dragon Slayers Henkes, Kevin – Year of Billy Miller Hill, Laban Carrick – When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop Jenkins, Steve – Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World
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Levine, Gail Carson – Ella Enchanted Lord, Bette – In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Lowry, Lois – Bless This Mouse Lucke, Deb – The Lunch Witch MacLachlan, Patricia – Sarah, Plain & Tall McGhee, Alison – Firefly Hollow Miller, William – Richard Wright and the Library Card Monjo, F.N. – The Drinking Gourd Mortenson, Greg – Listen to the Wind Myers, Walter Dean – Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly Naidoo, Beverly – Journey to Jo’Burg: A South African Story Paterson, Katherine – Bridge to Terabithia Peirce, Lincoln – Big Nate on a Roll Pomerantz, Charlotte – The Outside Dog Ringgold, Faith – Tar Beach Robinet, Harriette Gillem – Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule Rockliff, Mara – Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France Rockwell, Thomas – How to Eat Fried Worms Sachar, Louis – There’s a Boy in the Girls Bathroom Sachar, Louis – Holes San Souci, Robert – Talking Eggs Schroeder, Alan – Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman Schwartz, Alvin – Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Scieszka, Jon – Math Curse Silverstein, Shel – Where the Sidewalk Ends Steptoe, John – Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters Tonatiuh, Duncan – Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation Weatherford, Carole Boston – Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement Weeks, Sarah – Save Me a Seat White, E.B.- Charlotte’s Web
THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE SERIES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
Adler, David – Cam Jansen Brown, Jeff – Flat Stanley Bruel, Nick – Bad Kitty Cabot, Meg – Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls Cleary, Beverly – Ramona Coven, Wanda – Heidi Heckelbeck Danzinger, Paula – Amber Brown Gantos, Jack – Joey Pigza Gutman, Dan – My Weird School Hatke, Ben – Zita the Spacegirl Holm, Jennifer – Babymouse Kline, Suzy – Horrible Harry Krulik, Nancy – Katie Kazoo
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McDonald, Megan – Judy Moody McDonald, Megan – Stink McKinnon, T.P. – Tawny PaPawny Osborne, Mary Pope – Magic Tree House Park, Barbara – Junie B. Jones Pennypacker, Sara – Clementine Roy, Ron – A to Z Mysteries Sachar, Louis – Marvin Redpost Scieszka, Jon – Time Warp Trio Simon, Coco – Cupcake Diaries Sobol, Donald – Encyclopedia Brown Stilton, Geronimo – Geronimo Stilton Stine, R.L. – Mostly Ghostly Stine, R.L. – Rotten School Stoudemire, Amar’e – Stat Various Authors – American Girls Various Authors – Poptropica Vernon, Ursula – Dragonbreath Warner, Sally – EllRay Jakes Winick, Judd – Hilo
FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE
1. Alexander, Kwame – Booked 2. Alexander, Kwame – The Crossover 3. Anderson, Laurie Halse – Chains 4. Angleberger, Tom – Fuzzy 5. Angleberger, Tom – The Strange Case of the Origami Yoda 6. Avi – Never Mind!: a Twin Novel 7. Baskin, Nora Raleigh – Summer Before Boys 8. Bauer, Joan – Close to Famous 9. Benjamin, Ali – The Thing About Jellyfish 10. Black, Holly – Doll Bones 11. Blume, Judy – Double Fudge 12. Bragg, Georgia – How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous (Nonfiction) 13. Brown, Peter – The Wild Robot 14. Cleary, Beverly – Querido Senor Henshaw (Spanish) 15. Clements, Andrew – The Report Card 16. Clements, Andrew – Room One: a Mystery or Two 17. Cochrane, Mick – The Girl Who Threw Butterflies 18. Condie, Allyson – Summerlost 19. Creech, Sharon – Hate That Cat 20. Curtis, Christopher Paul – Elijah of Buxton 21. DiCamillo, Kate – Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 22. DiCamillo, Kate – Because of Winn Dixie 23. Draper, Sharon M. – Out of My Mind 24. Dumas, Firoozeh – It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel 25. DuPrau, Jeanne – The City of Ember 26. Gaiman, Neil – Coraline 27. Griffin, Peni – Ghost Sitter 28. Gutman, Dan – Nightmare at the Book Fair 29. Hamilton, Virginia – Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales (Nonfiction) 30. Henkes, Kevin – Olive’s Ocean 31. Hiaasen, Carl – Hoot 32. Hoose, Phillip – Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (Nonfiction) 33. Ibbotson, Eva – Star of Kazan 34. Ignatow, Amy – Popularity Papers: Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang 35. Janeczko, Paul – The Death of the Hat: A Brief History of Poetry in 50 Objects (Nonfiction) 36. Kamkwamba, William – The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Nonfiction), juvenile version of adult book
37. Kanefield, Teri – The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement 38. Konigsburg, E.L. – View from Saturday 39. Korczak, Janusz – King Matt the First 40. Korman, Gordon – No More Dead Dogs 41. Korman, Gordon – Swindle 42. L’Engle Madeline – A Wrinkle in Time 43. Lai, Thanhha – Inside Out and Back Again 44. Landi, Derek – Skulduggery Pleasant 45. Levine, Gail Carson – Ella Enchanted 46. Lewis, C.S. – El Leon, la Bruja y el Ropero 47. Lloyd, Natalie – A Snicker of Magic 48. Lord, Cynthia – Rules 49. Lowry, Lois – Number the Stars 50. Lowry, Lois – Willoughby’s 51. Mass, Wendy – 13 Gifts 52. McCaughrean, Geraldine – Peter Pan in Scarlet 53. Murphy, Jim – Blizzard: The Storm That Changed America (Nonfiction) 54. Nelson, Kadir – Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans (Nonfiction) 55. Nelson, Kadir – We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball (Nonfiction) 56. Palacio, R. J. – Wonder 57. Patterson, James – Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life 58. Peck, Richard – Year Down Yonder 59. Pennypacker, Sara – Pax 60. Reynolds, Jason – Ghost 61. Riordan, Rick – The Lost Hero 55. Robertson, Robbie – Hiawatha and the Peacemaker 56. Rowling, J.K. – Harry Potter y la Piedra Filosofal (Spanish/Fantasy) 57. Ryan, Pam Munoz – Dreamer Salem (Nonfiction) 58. Ryan, Pam Munoz – Becoming Naomi Leon 59. Sands, Kevin – The Blackthorn Key 60. Scaletta, Kurtis – Mudville 61. Schanzer, Rosalyn – Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem 62. Scieszka, Jon – Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories About Growing Up Scieszka (Nonfiction) 63. Sheinkin, Steve – Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon (Nonfiction) 64. Silverstein, Shel – Don’t Bump the Glump! And Other Fantasies (Nonfiction) 65. Sloan, Holly Goldberg – Counting by 7s 66. Snyder, Zilpha Keatley – Bronze Pen 67. Spinelli, Jerry – Eggs 68. Stead, Rebecca – When You Reach Me 69. Stephens, John – Emerald Atlas 70. Stine, R.L. – It’s the First Day of School…Forever 71. Taylor, Mildred – The Friendship 72. Thompson, Craig – Space Dumplins 73. Tolan, Stephanie – Surviving the Applewhites 74. Williams-Garcia, Rita – One Crazy Summer 75. Woodson, Jacqueline – Feathers
FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE SERIES: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Buckley, Michael – Sisters Grimm Cabot, Meg – Allie Finkle Chantler, Scott – Three Thieves Cooper, Susan – Dark is Rising Sequence Cowell, Cressida – How to Train Your Dragon Delaney, Joseph – Last Apprentice DiTerlizzi, Tony – WondLa Dixon, Franklin W. – The Hardy Boys Gantos, Jack – Joey Pigza
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Grant, Michael – Magnificent 12 Grisham, John – Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer Haddix, Margaret Peterson – Missing Hunter, Erin – The Seekers Jacques, Brian – Redwall Keene, Carolyn – Nancy Drew Kibuishi, Kazu – Amulet Kinney, Jeff – Diary of a Wimpy Kid Lasky, Kathryn – Wolves of Beyond Lewis, C.S. – Chronicles of Narnia Lupica, Mike – Comeback Kids Nimmo, Jenny – Charlie Bone Riordan, Rick – Heroes of Olympus Riordan, Rick – Percy Jackson and the Olympians Rowling, J.K. – Harry Potter Russell, Rachel Renee – Dork Diaries Scieszka, Jon – Guys Read Smith, Jeff – Bone series (Graphic Novel) Snickett, Lemony – Series of Unfortunate Events Stine, R.L. – Goosebumps Van Draanen, Wendelin – Sammy Keyes Various authors – 39 Clues Various authors – Dear America Wilson, N.D. – 100 Cupboards Series Wood, Allison, Jennifer – Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator Wood, Maryrose – Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place
SEVENTH EIGHTH AND NINTH GRADE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
Alexie, Sherman – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Anderson, Laurie Halse – Speak Barry. Dave – Bridge to Neverland Bauer, Joan – Peeled Bloor, Edward – London Calling Blundell, Judy – What I Saw & How I Lied Booth, Coe – Tyrell Bruchac, Joseph – Heart of a Chief Cody, Matthew – Will in Scarlet Collins, Suzanne – Hunger Games Connor, Leslie – Waiting for Normal Creech, Sharon – Wanderer Curtis, Christopher Paul – Bucking the Sarge Davis, Sampson – We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success Evans, Richard Paul – Michael Vey: Prisoner of Cell 25 Farmer, Nancy – The House of the Scorpion Finn, Alex – Breathing Underwater Flake, Sharon – Who Am I Without Him Ford, Jasper – The Last Dragon Slayer Giles, Gail – What Happened to Cass McBride Grant, Christopher – Teenie Grimes, Nikki – Bronx Masquerade Hobbs, Will – Take Me to the River Jacobson, Sid – 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation Jimenez, Francisco – The Circuit Johnson, Angela – First Part Last Kincaid, Jamaica – Annie John Lane, Andrew – Death Cloud Lore, Pittacus – Power of Six Mackler, Carolyn – The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things Murdock, Catherine – Dairy Queen Myers, Walter Dean – Monster Myers, Walter Dean – What They Found on 145th Street Paolini, Christopher – Eragon Porter, Allen – SLOB
36. Santiago, Esmeralda – When I was Puerto Rican 37. Spiegelman, Art – Maus: A Survivor’s Tale 38. Spinelli, Jerry – Stargirl 39. Stratton, Allan – Chandra’s Secret 40. Tan, Shaun – The Arrival 41. Vande Velde, Vivian – Being Dead: Stories 42. Volponi, Paul – Rucker Park Setup 43. Westerfeld, Scott – Peeps 44. Wolf, Joan – Someone Named Eva 45. Brown, Skila – To Stay Alive 46. Lockhart, E. – The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks 47. Tamaki, Mariko – This One Summer 48. Woods, Brenda – Emako Blue 49. Woodson, Jacqueline – After Tupac and D Foster 50. Woodson, Jacqueline – Miracle’s Boys 51. Yang, Gene – American Born Chinese
YOUNG ADULT (7-12TH GRADE) SERIES
1. Barnes, Jennifer Lynn – The Naturals 2. Billingsley, ReShonda Tate – Rumor Central 3. Brashares, Ann – Traveling Pants 4. Card, Orson Scott – Ender Wiggin 5. Carter, Nikki – So For Real 6. Cashore, Kristin – Graceling 7. Colfer, Eoin – Artemis Fowl 8. Collins, Suzanne – The Hunger Games 9. Dashner, James – Maze Runner 10. Divine, L – Drama High Series 11. Draper, Sharon – Hazelwood Trilogy 12. Draper, Sharon – Jericho Trilogy 13. Ellis, Grace – Lumberjanes 14. Flanagan, John – Ranger’s Apprentice 15. Landers, Melissa – Alienated 16. Lu, Marie – Legend 17. Marr, Melissa – Wicked Lovely 18. Mead, Richelle – Vampire Academy 19. Meyer, Marissa – The Lunar Chronicles 20. Millner, Denene – Hotlanta 21. Moore, Stephanie Perry – Perry Skky Jr. 22. Patterson, James – Maximum Ride 23. Pearson, Ridley – Kingdom Keepers 24. Pierce, Tamora – Protector of the Small 25. Sage, Angie – Septimus Heap 26. Scott, Michael Dylan – The Alchemyst 27. Shan, Darren – Cirque du Freak 28. Stiefvater, Maggie – Wolves of Mercy Falls 29. Various – Kimani Tru 30. Vaughan, Brian K. – Runaways 31. Walden, Mark – H.I.V.E.: Higher Institute of Villainous Education 32. Westerfield, Scott – Uglies 33. Young , Suzanne – The Program
YOUNG ADULT GRADES 10-12 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Alexie, Sherman – Flight Alvarez, Julia – In the Time of Butterflies Asher, Jay – Thirteen Reasons Why Bacigalupi, Paolo – Ship Breaker Baldwin, James – Fire Next Time Booth, Coe – Tyrell Bray, Libba – Beauty Queens Budhos, Marina – Ask Me No Questions Cameron, Peter – Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
10. Card, Orson Scott – Ender’s Game 11. Cohn, Rachel & Levithan, David – Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List 12. Cohn, Rachel – Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist 13. Cronn-Mills, Kirstin – Beautiful Music for Ugly Children 14. Dessen, Sarah – What Happened to Goodbye 15. Dole, Mayra L. – Down to the Bone 16. Downham, Jenny – Before I Die 17. Gaines, Ernest – Lesson Before Dying 18. Gaines, Patrice – Laughing in the Dark: From Colored Girl to a Woman 19. Giles, Gail – What Happened to Cass McBride? 20. Giles, L. R. – Fake ID 21. Going, K.L. – Saint Iggy 22. Green, John – Looking for Alaska 23. Gregorio, I. W. – None of the Above 24. Hartnett, Sonya – Surrender 25. Hautman, Pete – Big Crunch 26. Herbach, Geoff – Stupid Fast 27. Hoose, Phillip – The Boys Who Challenged Hitler 28. Hopkins, Ellen – Crank 29. Hornby, Nick – Slam 30. Jenkins, A.M. – Repossessed 31. Kelly, Joe – I Kill Giants 32. King, A. S. – Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future 33. Lat – Town Boy 34. Lester, Julius – When Dad Killed Mom 35. Lewis, John & Aydin, Andrew – March: Book 1 36. Lyga, Barry – Boy Toy 37. Maberry, Jonathan – Rot & Ruin 38. Marchetta, Melina – Saving Francesca 39. McBride, James – The Color of Water 40. McCaughrean,Geraldine – The White Darkness 41. McCormick, Patricia – Sold 42. McMann, Lisa – Wake 43. Medina, Meg – Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your A** 44. Morrison, Toni – Tar Baby 45. Myers, Walter Dean – Bad Boy: A Memoir 46. Myers, Walter Dean – Darius & Twig 47. Naylor, Gloria – The Women of Brewster Place 48. Obama, Barack – Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance 49. Older, Daniel Jose – Shadowshaper 50. Oppel, Kenneth – This Dark Endeavor 51. Paton, Alan – Cry, the Beloved Country 52. Pena, Matt De La – The Living 53. Pena, Matt De La – Mexican Whiteboy 54. Picoult, Jodi – My Sister’s Keeper 55. Roth, Veronica – Divergent 56. Rowell, Rainbow – Eleanor & Park 57. Roy, Arundhati – The God of Small Things: A Novel 58. Saenz, Benjamin – Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 59. Sanchez, Alex – The God Box 60. Satrapi, Marjane – Persepolis 61. Shabazz, Ilyasah – X: A Novel 62. Small, David – Stitches: a Memoir 63. Solzhenitsyn, Alexander – One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 64. Werlin, Nancy – The Rules of Survival 65. Westerfeld, Scott – Leviathan 66. Winters, Cat – The Cure for Dreaming 67. Zarr, Sara – Story of a Girl 68. Zusak, Marcus – The Book Thief
