2017 suggested reading list
PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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:
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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
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Alexie, Sherman – The Absolutely True Diary of a
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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
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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
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10. Card, Orson Scott – Ender’s Game
11. Cohn, Rachel & Levithan, David – Naomi and Ely’s
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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