It's my job to surround kids with the best models;
authors to whom they can apprentice themselves, books they can lose
themselves in, characters who tell them they're not alone, words that make them think and feel and learn. -Linda Reef
Suggested titles from the students at The Center for Teaching and Learning Edgecombe, Maine
Gr. 7-8 Boys
Adams, 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
Bick, Ilsa Ashes
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
Burgess, Anthony A Clockwork Orange
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
Clavell, James Shogun
Cline, Ernst Ready Player One
Coburn, Jake Prep
Colfer, Eoin Supernaturalist and the Artemis Fowl series
Collins, Suzanne The Hunger Games (review), Catching Fire, and Mockingjay
Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness
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
Eddings, David The Belgariad series
Eggers, Dave A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Ellison, Kate The Butterfly Clues
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 BZRK, 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
Henderson, Eleanor Ten Thousand Saints
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
Huxley, Aldous Brave New World
Inazo, Nitobe Bushido
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, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, 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
Lu, Marie Legend
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
Orwell, George Animal Farm
Palahniuk, Chuck Fight Club
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
Poe, Edgar Allen Tales of Mystery and Terror
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
Sanderson, Brandon The Alloy of Law
Satrapi, Marjane Persepolis
Scalzi, John Fuzzy Nation
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
Tzu, Sun The Art of War
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
Young, Moira Blood Red Road
Young, Rusty Marching Powder
Zusak, Markus The Book Thief, Getting the Girl, and
I Am the Messenger (review)
Gr. 7-8 Girls
Anderson, 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
Andrews, Jesse Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
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
Blick, Ilsa Ashes
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, Dan Angels and Demons
Brown, Jennifer Bitter End
Bryant, Jen Pieces of Georgia
Bryson, Bill A Walk in the Woods
Buckhanon, Kalisha Upstate
Bunting, Eve Jumping the Nail
Burgess, Anthony A Clockwork Orange
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 and The Yiddish
Policemen's Union
Chambers, Aiden Dying to Know You
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
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
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
Ellison, Kate The Butterfly Clues
Ephron, Delia Frannie in Pieces
Farmer, Nancy The House of the Scorpion
Firlick, Katrina Another Day in the Frontal Lobe
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 and Playing in Traffic
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
Griffin, Paul Stay with Me
Grogan, John Marley and 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
Haig, Matt The Dead Father's Club (review) and The Radleys
Hamilton, Steve The Lock Artist
Harrington, Laura Alice Bliss
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
Henderson, Eleanor Ten Thousand Saints
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
Howrey, Meg Blind Sight
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
Jordan, Hillary When She Woke
Kaling, Mindy Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
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, Dust of 100 Dogs, 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
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
Myers, Walter Dean Fallen Angels and Monster
Myracle, Lauren Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks and Shine
Mitchell, David Black Swan Green
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
Petrucha, Stefan Ripper
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
Reger, Rob Emily the Strange: The Lost Days
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 and Insurgent
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
Schwartz, John Short: Walking Tall When You're Not Tall At All
Scott, Elizabeth Bloom
Sebesstyn, Ouida The Girl in the Box
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
Smith, Roland The Captain's Dog
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
Stampler, Ann Redisch Where It Began
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
Taylor, Laini Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Thoreau, Henry Walden
Tinti, Hannah The Good Thief (review)
Toews, Miriam A Complicated Kindness
Vail, Rachel Ever After
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
Cradle, Slapstick, Galapagos, Mother Night, and Armageddon in Retrospect
Vrettos, A.M. Skin
Walls, Jeanette The Glass Castle
Warman, Jessica Between
Wasson, Sam Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's,
and the Dawn of the Modern Woman
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
Young, Moira Blood Red Road
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)