Non-Fiction
Barron, Rachel. John Coltrane: Jazz
Revolutionary.
Bissinger, H.G. Friday Nights: A Town, a
Team, and a Dream.
Bryson, Bill. A Short History of Nearly
Everything.
Web Pages
Animeambition.com
http://www.animeambition.com/
Animeambition has anime downloads from the most
popular and best rated anime series such as Bleach,
Death Note, and Naruto. They also have manga
downloads from series such as Tenjou Tenge, Gantz
and Gakuen Alice. All completely free, so enjoy…
Coulton, Larry. Counting Coup: A True
Story of Basketball.
Fleischman, John. Phineas Gage: A Gruesome But True Story About Brain
Science.
Gottlieb, Laurie. Stick Figure: A Diary of
My Former Self.
JK Rowling Official Site
http://www.jkrowling.com/
Harry Potter Central! Movie information as well as all
the trivia.
High School
Summer Reading
Grogan, John. Marley and Me.
Katz, John. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys
Rode the Internet Out of Idaho.
Kluger, Jeffrey. Splendid Solution. (All
Iowa Reads Book)
Lanier, Shannon. Jefferson’s Children:
The Story of One American Family.
Nasdijj. The Boy and the Dog Are Sleeping.
Owen, David. Hidden Evidence: 40 True
Crimes and How Forensic Science
Helped Solve Them.
Preston, Richard. The Demon in the
Freezer: A True Story.
Ung, Loung. First They Killed My Father.
Walls, Jeannette. The Glass Castle: A
Memoir.
No Flying No Tights
http://www.noflyingnotights.com
The graphic novel review site for teens.
Stephanie Meyer
http://www.stephaniemeyer.com/
The official site for all information on Twilight, New
Moon, and her new book, Eclipse. Get news, gear, and
a bio of the author.
TeenSpace in the Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/
Information to help teens with life, school, friends, and
work. Teens will find articles written especially to help
them solve problems, links to web sites they can use for
homework, book reviews, and a place to ask questions.
Central High School
North High School
Kimberly Center
West High School
1606 N. Brady Street
Davenport, IA 52803.
Tel: 563-336-5000
Good Books...
Fantasy &
Science Fiction
Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker’s Guide
to the Galaxy.
Anderson, M.T. Thirsty.
Adventure
Alexander, Caroline. The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition.
Doyle, William. An American Insurrection:
The Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962.
Junger, Sebastian. The Perfect Storm.
Bradbury, Ray. Dandelion Wine.
Kurson, Robert. Shadow Divers.
Bray, Libba. A Great and Terrible Beauty.
McLarty, Ron. The Memory of Running.
Brockmeier, Kevin. The Brief History of
the Dead.
Rees, Celia. Pirates! The True and Remarkable Adventures of Minerva Sharp and
Nancy Kington, Female Pirates.
Card, Orson Scott. Ender’s Game.
Gaiman, Neil. Anansi Boys.
Meyer, Stephanie. Twilight.
Meyer, Stephanie. New Moon.
Rosoff, Meg. How I Live Now.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows .
Westerfield, Scott. Peeps.
Westerfield, Scott. Pretties.
Westerfield, Scott. Specials.
Westerfield, Scott. Uglies.
Poetry
Keillor, Garrison, ed. Good Poems.
Nye, Naomi Shihab. 19 Varieties of Gazelle.
Soto, Gary. A Fire in my Hands.
Turcotte, Mark. The Feathered Heart.
Fiction
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak.
Bagadasarian, Adam. Forgotten Fire.
Burns, Olive Ann. Cold Sassy Tree.
Coelho, Paulo. The Alchemist.
Conroy, Pat. The Great Santini.
Cormier, Robert. The Chocolate War.
Edwards, Kim. The Memory Keeper’s
Daughter.
Eggers, Dave. What is the What?
Mystery &Thrillers
Escandon, Maria Amparo. Gonzalez &
Daughter Trucking Company.
Coben, Harlan. Tell No One.
Fitch, Janet. White Oleander.
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. The Hound
of the Baskervilles.
Guterson, David. Snow Falling on Cedars.
Du Maurier, Daphne. Rebecca.
Grisham, John. A Time to Kill.
Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident
of the Dog in the Night.
McNamee, Graham. Acceleration.
Neville, Katherine. The Eight.
Piccoult, Jodi. Nineteen Minutes.
Plum-Ucci, Carol. The Night My Sister
Went Missing.
Lahiri, Jhumpa. The Namesake.
Lawson, Mary. Crow Lake.
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. Dairy Queen.
Packer, Ann. The Dive from Claussen’s Pier.
Pedersen, Laura. The Big Shuffle.
Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead.
Shriver, Lionel. We Need to Talk about
Kevin.
Sijie, Dai. Balzac and the Little Chinese
Seamstress.
Wallace, Daniel. Big Fish.
Sebold, Alice. The Lovely Bones.
Zusack, Marcus. The Book Thief.
Whitcomb, Laura. A Certain Slant of Light.
Zusack, Marcus. The Messenger.