100 Suggested Titles for High School Students

100 Suggested Titles for High School Students Dr. James H. Rex State Superintendent of Education South Carolina Department of Education 1429 Senate Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201 http://ed.sc.gov

2 This is a suggested reading list for high school students and is not intended for middle school students or elementary school students. The suggested titles reflect the quality and complexity of the types of material high school students should be reading both at school and outside of class. This list contains contemporary titles to create a more comprehensive list for expanding options for classroom teachers, librarians, students, and parents. The purpose of this list is to provide suggestions for literature with a wide appeal to high school students. While this list is not intended to replace existing reading lists, classroom teachers, reading teachers, library information specialists, parents, and others are encouraged to use this list to encourage their young people to read a wider variety of current literature. Criteria used in the selection of books for this suggested reading list were: - Copyright date must be within five years from the current calendar date; - Each title must have at least three favorable reviews from recognized review sources; - Each title must be currently available in print. - The current winner of the SC Book Award must be included. This list will be updated annually to meet the selection criteria as outlined above. For more information about this high school suggested reading list, please contact Martha Alewine ([email protected] ).

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100 Suggested Titles for High School Students Alphabetical by Author

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Abadzis, Mick Laika Anderson, Laurie Halse Wintergirls Wildly Romantic: The English Romantic Poets: The Mad, Andronik, Catherine M. the Bad, and the Dangerous Asher, Jay Thirteen Reasons Why: a Novel Bauer, Jean Peeled Beaufrand, Mary Jane River, The Berk, Josh The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin Charles Dawrin: The Concise Story of an Extraordinary Berra, Tim M. Man Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America: 1789-1989 Beschloss, Michael Bingham, Kelly L. Shark Girl Bradley, Alan C. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Brooks, Geraldine People of the Book: A Novel Brooks, Kevin Being Bunce, Elizabeth C. Curse Dark as Gold, A Caletti, Deb Fortunes of Indigo Skye, The Carlson, Lori Marie, ed. Voices in First Person: Reflections on Latino Identity Cochrane, Mick Girl Who Threw Butterflies, The Cohn, Rachel You Know Where to Find Me Cooney, Caroline If the Witness Lied Crocker, Nancy Billie Standish was here Cullen, Lynn I am Rembrandt’s Daughter Dean, Claire Girlwood Dessen, Sarah Along for the Ride Deuker, Carl Gym Candy Doctorow, Cory Little Brother Dowell, Frances Shooting the Moon O’Roark Downing, Wick Trials of Kate Hope, The Draper, Sharon M. Fire from the Rock Duble, Kathleen Benner Quest Emperors of the Ice: A Try Story of Disaster and Survival Farr, Richard in the Antarctic, 1910-13 Ferraris, Zoe Finding Nouf Ferris, Jean Underground Giles, Gail Right Behind You Gladwell, Malcolm Outliers, The: the Story of Success Goldwasser, Amy Red, The Book

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4 36. Gordon, Roberick and Brian Williams 37. Grab, Daphne 38. Griffin, Paul 39. Hale, Shannon 40. Hearn, Julie 41. Hegamin, Tonya C herie 42. Henderson, Jan-Andrew 43. Holt, Kimberly Willis 44. Jennings, Richard W. 45. Jinks, Catherine 46. Jordan, Hillary 47. Kerley, Barbara 48. Kidd, Ronald 49. Little, Sean Patrick 50. Love, D. Anne 51. Lynch, Chris 52. Lynch, Chris 53. Malley, Gemma 54. Massey, Misty 55. McClafferty, Carla Killough 56. McDonnell, Kathleen 57. Mead, Alice 58. Meltzer, Milton 59. Meyer, L.A. 60. Michaelis, Antonia 61. Michaels, Rune 62. Mlynowski, Sarah 63. Murphy, Jim 64. Mussi, Sarah 65. Myers, Walter Dean 66. Napoli, Donna Jo 67. Nouvian, Claire, ed. 68. Paley, Sasha 69. Perkins, Lynn Rae 70. Picoult, Jodi 71. Platt, Kin 72. Qamar, Amjed 73. Ravel, Edeet 74. Reeve, Philip 75. Richards, Jame 76. Rutkoski, Marie 77. Saenz, Benjamin Alire 78. Sandell, Lisa Ann

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Alive and Well in Prague,New York Orange Houses, The Book of a Thousand Days Ivy M+O 4EVR

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Bunker 10 Water Seeker, Ther Pirate of Turtle Rock, The Reformed Vampire Support Group, The Mudbound: A Novel Greetings from Planet Earth On Beal Street The Seven Defying the Diva Big Game of Everything, The Hothouse: a Novel Declaration, The Mad Kestrel In Defiance of Hitler: The Secret Mission of Varian Fry

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1212: year of the journey Dawn and Dusk Tough Times Curse of the Blue Tattoo Tiger Moon Reminder, The Spells and Sleeping Bags Real Benedict Arnold, The Door of No Return, The Sunrise Over Fallujah Alligator Bayou Deep, The Hugh: A Novel As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth Nineteen Minutes Mystery for Thoreau, A Beneath my mother’s feet Saver, The Here Lies Arthur Three Rivers Rising: A Novel of the Johnstown Flood Cabinet of Wonders, The He Forgot to Say Goodbye Song of the Sparrow

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5 79. Schloegel, K. A. 80. Schmidt, Gary D. 81. Scott, Michael Dylan 82. Shusterman, Neal 83. Sivertsen, Linda and Tosh Sivertsen 84. Smith, Jennifer E. 85. Smith, Roland 86. Smith, Sherri L. 87. Thompson, Kate 88. Thompson, Neal 89. 90. 91. 92.

Tucker, Todd Venkatraman, Padma Wahl, Mats Walker, Sally M.

93. Wallace, Rich 94. Weaver, Will 95. White, Ruth 96. Whitlock, Dean 97. Yeomans, Ellen 98. Zarr, Sara 99. Zemser, Amy Bronwen 100. Zevin, Gabrielle

The Peculiar Super Powers of Eleanor Armstrong Trouble Alchemist, The: the secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel Unwind Generation Green: The Ultimate Teen Guide to Living an Eco-Friendly Life Comeback Season, The Peak Flygirl New Policeman, The Hurricane season : a coach, his team, and their triumph in the time of Katrina Over and Under Climbing the Stairs Invisible, The Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland One Good Punch Saturday Night Dirt Little Audrey Raven Rubber Houses: a novel Story of a girl Dear Julie Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

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