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The YA Novels on this page come from my personal reading, recommendations on the NCTE-Talk list and attendance at several What's New in Young Adult Literature workshops. *Please note that I have been out of the classroom since 2004 and much changes in the Young Adult Lit world.*

Contemporary Novels:

Born Blue by Han Nolan

Cut by Patricia MCcormick

Empress of the World by Sara Ryan

Everytime a Rainbow Dies by Rita Williams-Garcia

A Face First by Prscilla Cummings

Feeling Sorry for Celia by Jaclyn Moriarty

The Free Fall by Jane Ratcliffe

Freewill by Chris Lynch (2nd Person Narration)

Girlhearts by Norma Fox Mazer

Heaven Eyes by David Almond

The Jumping Tree by Rene Saldana Jr.

Love Rules by Marilyn Reynolds

Rain is Not My Indian Name by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Seek by Paul Fleischman

Shayla's Double Brown Baby Blues by Lori Aurelia Williams

When Kambia Elaine Flew in from Neptune by Lori Aurelia Williams

Silent to the Bone by E.L. Konigsburg

A Step from Heaven by An Na

The Wanderer by Sharon Creech

Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher

You Don't Know Me by David Klass (2nd Person Narration)

The Calling by Caitlyn Clinton

Fair Weather by Richard Peck

A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck

A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck

The Misfits by James Howe

Notes from a Liar and Her Dog by Gennifer Choldenko

Angus, Thongs, and Full-frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison

On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God by Louise Rennison

Knocked out by My Nunga-Nungas by Louise Rennison

Dancing in my Nuddy Pants by Louise Rennison

Away Laughing on a Fast Camel by Louise Rennison

Quinceanera Means Sweet 15 by Veronica Chambers

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares

The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares

Sloppy Firsts: A Novel by Megan McCafferty

A Second Helping: A Novel by Megan McCafferty

Spellbound by Janet McDonald

The Book of the Lion by Michael Cadnum

Dovey Doe by Frances O'Roark Dowell

Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger

Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan

Miracles Boy's by Jacqueline Woodson

Monster by Walter Dean Myers

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt

Stuck in Neutral by Terry Truman

Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli

Joey Pigza Swallows the Key by Jack Gantos

Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos

The World According to Joey by Jack Gantos

I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

Tenderness by Robert Cormier

The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier

Saying It Out Loud by Joan Abelove

Backwater by Joan Bauer

Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer

Vilet and Claire by Francesa Lia Block

Vanishing by Bruce Brooks

Blackwater by Eve Bunting

Rundown by Michael Cadnum

Losing Louisa by Judith Caseley

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chobosky

Burning Up by Caroline B. Cooney

Tune in Anytime by Caroline B. Cooney

Nowhere to Call Home by Cynthia DeFelice

Mind's Eye by Paul Fleischman

The Year they Burned the Books by Nancy Garden

When JFK was my Father by Amy Gordon

The Starplace by Vicki Grove

Dancer by Lorri Hewett

Cecil in Space by Sid Hite

Hate You by Graham McNamee

Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta

Missing Girls by Lois Metzger

Whitechurbh by Chris Lynch

The Cure by Sonia Levitin

A Face in Every Window by Han Nolan

Conditions of Love by Ruth Pennebaker

Imani All Mine by Connie Porter

Tribute to Another Dead Rock Star by Randy Powell

Breaking Rank by Kristen Randle

Summer Hawk by Deborah Savage

Rewind by William Sleator

The Runaways by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

The Blue Lawn by William Taylor

I Hadn't Meant to Tell you This by Jacqueline Wooson

Lena by Jacqueline Woodson

The Beetle and Me: A Love Story by Karen Romano Young

Video by Karen Romano Young

Black Mirror by Nancy Werlin

Playing for Keeps by Joan Lowery Nixon

Three Days by Donna Jo Napoli

Zach's Lie by Roland Smith

Close to a Killer by Marsha Qualey

Cutting Loose by Michael Z. Lewin

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler

Kit's Wilderness by David Almond

Snowbound by Harry Mazer

The Greenbook by Jill Paton Walsh

Lord of the Deep by Graham Salisbury

The Night is for Hunting by John Marsden

Peace Like a River by Leif Enger

Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen

The Adventures of Blue Avenger by Norma Howe

Green Thumb by Robb Thomas

Fantasy Novels:

Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Among the Imposters by margaret Peterson Haddix

Aquamarine by Alice Hoffman

Aria of the Sea by Dia Calhoun

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

The Artic Incident by Eoin Colfer

The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer

The Wish List by Eoin Colfer

The Supernaturalists by Eoin Colfer

Echo by Francesca Lia Block

Enchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Louise Engdahl

For All Times by Caroline Cooney

The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick

Sabriel by Garth Nix

Lirael by Garth Nix

Night of the Bat by Paul Zindel

Protector of the Small: Squire by Tamora Pierce

Pure Dead Magic by Debi Gliori

Secret Sacrament by Sherryl Jordan

Tales from Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin

Witch Child by Celia Rees

The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman

The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman

The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman

Skellig by David Almond

Which Witch? by Eva Ibbitson

A Hive for the Honeybee by Soinbhe Lally

Can of Worms by Kathy Mackel

The Hermit Thrush Sings by Susan Butler

Dinoverse by Scott Ciencin

The Raging Quiet by Sherryl Jordan

Myths, Legends, and Tales

A Gift from Zeus by Jeanne Steig

I am Arachne by Elizabeth Spires

In Search of a Homeland: The Story of the Aeneid by Penelope Lively

Odysseus in the Serpent Maze by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris

Roman Myths retold by Geraldine McCaughrean

Troy by Adele Geras

The Rose and the Beast by Francesca Lia Block

Spinners by Donna Jo Napoli

Crazy Jack by Donna Jo Napoli

Thunderwoman: A Mythic Novel of the Pueblos by Nancy Wood

When the Beginning began by Julius Lester

The Crystal Pool: Myths and Legends of the World by Geraldine McCaughrean

The Golden Hoard by Geraldine McCaughrean

The Silver Treasure by Geraldine McCaughrean

The Bronze Cauldron by Geraldine McCaughrean

Annotated Myths and Legends by Neal Phillip

Historical Fiction

Anne Frank and Me by Cherrie Bennett and Jeff Gottsfeld

Beware, Princess Elizabeth by Carolyn Meyer

Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer

A Boy at War: A Novel of Peral Harbor by Harry Mazer

Don't You Know There's a War on? by Avi

The Edge on the Sword by Rebecca Tingle

Girl in Blue by Ann Rinaldi

The Land by Mildred Taylor

Raven of the Waves by Michael Cadnum

Scorpio's Child by Kezi Matthews

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park

The War Within: A Novel of the Civil War by Carol Matas

The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Anna of Byzantium by Tracy Barrett

Gypsy Rizka by Lloyd Alexander

Dangerous Games by Joan Aiken

No Man's Land by Susan Baroletti

Two Suns in the Sky by Mariam Bat0Ami

Broken Blade by William Durbin

Wintering by William Durbin

The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich

Unbroken by Jessie Haas

Jason's Gold by Will Hobbis

The Smugglers by Iain Lawrence

The Coffin Quilt by Ann Rinaldi

Anson's Way by Gary D. Schmidt

Spider's Voice by Gloria Skurzynski

Fever, 1794 by Laurie Halso Anderson

Midnight Magic by Avi

Crespin by Avi

Goodnight, Maman by Norma Fox Mazer

The Squire's Tale by Gerald Morris

The Squire, His Knight and His Lady by Gerald Morris

Ties that Bind, Ties That Break by Lensy Namioka

Preacher's Boy by Katherine Paterson

Alida's Song by Gary Paulsen

Cowboy Ghost by Robert Newton Peck

Amelia's War by Ann Rinaldi

Never Trust a Dead Man by Vivian Vande Velde

Sports Novels

All That Remains by Bruce Brooks (novellas)

Damage by A.M. Jenkins

Strike Two by Amy Goldman

Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher

Woodsie Again by Bruce Brooks

Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger

In These Grils, hope is a Muscle by Madeleine Blais

Tanerine by Edward Bloor

The Moves Make the Man by Bruce Brooks

Ironman by Chris Crutcher

Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher

The Contender by Robert Lipsyte

Iceman by Chris Lynch

Slam! by Walter Dean Myers

Hoops by Walter Dean Myers

Short Stories

The Color of Absences: Twelve Stories about Loss and Hope edited by James Howe

Girls Got Game: Sports Stories and Poems edited by Sue Macy

Love and Sex: Ten Stories of Truth edited by Michael Cart

On the Fringe edited by Donald R. Gallo

Places I Never Meant to Be edited by Judy Blume

Thundershine by David Skinner

Poetry

Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art edited by Jan Greenberg

Slam edited by Cecily von Ziegesar

Things I have to Tell You: Poems and Writing by Teenage Girls edited by Betsy Franco

Words with Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art selected by Belinda Rochelle

You Hear me? Poems and Writing by Teenage Boys edited by Betsy Franco

Foreign Exchange: A Mystery in Poems by Mel Glenn

When the Rain Sings: Poems by Young Native Americans edited by Francis Lee

What Have you Lost? by Naomi Shihab Nye

I Feel A Little Jumpy Around You by Naomi Shihab Nye

The Tree is Older than You Are by Naomi Shihab Nye

Quiet Storm: Voices of Young Black Poets edited by Lydia Omolola Okutoro

Novels in Verse

The Brimstone Journals by Ron Koertge

Love That Dog: A Novel by Sharon Creech

Running by to Ludie by Angela Johnson

Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff

True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff

What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones

Witness by Karen Hesse

Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson

Frenchtown Summer by Robert Cormier

Stop Pretending by Sonya Sones

Nonfiction

Caught by the Sea: My Life on Boats by Gary Paulsen

Guts by Gary Paulsen

Spiritualized: A Look Inside the Teenage Soul by Mark Healy

Teens Talkin' Faith: A Christian Perspective by Michelle L. Trujillo

This Book is About Sex by Tucker Shaw and Fiona Gibb

Food Rules! The Stuff You Munch, Its Crunch, Its PUnch, and Why You Sometimes Lose Your Lunch by Bill Haduch

Meltdown: A Race Against Nuclear Disaster at Three mile Island by Wilborn Hampton

Purple Death: The Mysterious Flu of 1918 by David Getz

Girl Director: A How-To Guide for the First0Time, Flat-Broke Film Maker (and Video Maker) by Andrea Richards

Olympia: Warrior Athletes of Ancient Greece by David Blacklock

There Goes the Neighborhood: 10 Buildings People Loved to Hate by Susan Goldman Rubin

Anne Frank in the World compiled by the Anne Frank House

Attack on Pearl Harbor: the True Story of the Day America Entered World War II by Shelley Tanaka

The Good Fight: How World War II Was Won by Stephen E. Ambrose

King Arthur: How History Is Invented by Jeremy Roberts

There Comes a Time: The Struggle for Civil Rights by Milton Meltzer

Wounded Knee by Neil Waldman

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong

The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party by Marian Calabro

The Way Things Never Were: The Truth about the Good Old Days by Norman H. Finkelstein

Black Hands, White Sales: The Story of African-American Whalers by Patricia C. and Frederick L. McKissack

Last Updated August 4, 2007

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The YA Novels on this page come from my personal reading, recommendations on the NCTE-Talk list and attendance at several What's New in Young Adult Literature workshops. *Please note that I have been out of the classroom since 2004 and much changes in the Young Adult Lit world.*

Contemporary Novels:

Born Blue by Han Nolan
Cut by Patricia MCcormick
Empress of the World by Sara Ryan
Everytime a Rainbow Dies by Rita Williams-Garcia
A Face First by Prscilla Cummings
Feeling Sorry for Celia by Jaclyn Moriarty
The Free Fall by Jane Ratcliffe
Freewill by Chris Lynch (2nd Person Narration)
Girlhearts by Norma Fox Mazer
Heaven Eyes by David Almond
The Jumping Tree by Rene Saldana Jr.
Love Rules by Marilyn Reynolds
Rain is Not My Indian Name by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Seek by Paul Fleischman
Shayla's Double Brown Baby Blues by Lori Aurelia Williams
When Kambia Elaine Flew in from Neptune by Lori Aurelia Williams
Silent to the Bone by E.L. Konigsburg
A Step from Heaven by An Na
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
You Don't Know Me by David Klass (2nd Person Narration)
The Calling by Caitlyn Clinton
Fair Weather by Richard Peck
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
The Misfits by James Howe
Notes from a Liar and Her Dog by Gennifer Choldenko
Angus, Thongs, and Full-frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God by Louise Rennison
Knocked out by My Nunga-Nungas by Louise Rennison
Dancing in my Nuddy Pants by Louise Rennison
Away Laughing on a Fast Camel by Louise Rennison
Quinceanera Means Sweet 15 by Veronica Chambers
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
Sloppy Firsts: A Novel by Megan McCafferty
A Second Helping: A Novel by Megan McCafferty
Spellbound by Janet McDonald
The Book of the Lion by Michael Cadnum
Dovey Doe by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger
Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
Miracles Boy's by Jacqueline Woodson
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
Stuck in Neutral by Terry Truman
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Joey Pigza Swallows the Key by Jack Gantos
Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos
The World According to Joey by Jack Gantos
I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
Tenderness by Robert Cormier
The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier
Saying It Out Loud by Joan Abelove
Backwater by Joan Bauer
Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer
Vilet and Claire by Francesa Lia Block
Vanishing by Bruce Brooks
Blackwater by Eve Bunting
Rundown by Michael Cadnum
Losing Louisa by Judith Caseley
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chobosky
Burning Up by Caroline B. Cooney
Tune in Anytime by Caroline B. Cooney
Nowhere to Call Home by Cynthia DeFelice
Mind's Eye by Paul Fleischman
The Year they Burned the Books by Nancy Garden
When JFK was my Father by Amy Gordon
The Starplace by Vicki Grove
Dancer by Lorri Hewett
Cecil in Space by Sid Hite
Hate You by Graham McNamee
Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
Missing Girls by Lois Metzger
Whitechurbh by Chris Lynch
The Cure by Sonia Levitin
A Face in Every Window by Han Nolan
Conditions of Love by Ruth Pennebaker
Imani All Mine by Connie Porter
Tribute to Another Dead Rock Star by Randy Powell
Breaking Rank by Kristen Randle
Summer Hawk by Deborah Savage
Rewind by William Sleator
The Runaways by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Blue Lawn by William Taylor
I Hadn't Meant to Tell you This by Jacqueline Wooson
Lena by Jacqueline Woodson
The Beetle and Me: A Love Story by Karen Romano Young
Video by Karen Romano Young
Black Mirror by Nancy Werlin
Playing for Keeps by Joan Lowery Nixon
Three Days by Donna Jo Napoli
Zach's Lie by Roland Smith
Close to a Killer by Marsha Qualey
Cutting Loose by Michael Z. Lewin
The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler
Kit's Wilderness by David Almond
Snowbound by Harry Mazer
The Greenbook by Jill Paton Walsh
Lord of the Deep by Graham Salisbury
The Night is for Hunting by John Marsden
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
The Adventures of Blue Avenger by Norma Howe
Green Thumb by Robb Thomas

Fantasy Novels:

Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Among the Imposters by margaret Peterson Haddix
Aquamarine by Alice Hoffman
Aria of the Sea by Dia Calhoun
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
The Artic Incident by Eoin Colfer
The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer
The Wish List by Eoin Colfer
The Supernaturalists by Eoin Colfer
Echo by Francesca Lia Block
Enchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Louise Engdahl
For All Times by Caroline Cooney
The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick
Sabriel by Garth Nix
Lirael by Garth Nix
Night of the Bat by Paul Zindel
Protector of the Small: Squire by Tamora Pierce
Pure Dead Magic by Debi Gliori
Secret Sacrament by Sherryl Jordan
Tales from Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin
Witch Child by Celia Rees
The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman
Skellig by David Almond
Which Witch? by Eva Ibbitson
A Hive for the Honeybee by Soinbhe Lally
Can of Worms by Kathy Mackel
The Hermit Thrush Sings by Susan Butler
Dinoverse by Scott Ciencin
The Raging Quiet by Sherryl Jordan

Myths, Legends, and Tales

A Gift from Zeus by Jeanne Steig
I am Arachne by Elizabeth Spires
In Search of a Homeland: The Story of the Aeneid by Penelope Lively
Odysseus in the Serpent Maze by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris
Roman Myths retold by Geraldine McCaughrean
Troy by Adele Geras
The Rose and the Beast by Francesca Lia Block
Spinners by Donna Jo Napoli
Crazy Jack by Donna Jo Napoli
Thunderwoman: A Mythic Novel of the Pueblos by Nancy Wood
When the Beginning began by Julius Lester
The Crystal Pool: Myths and Legends of the World by Geraldine McCaughrean
The Golden Hoard by Geraldine McCaughrean
The Silver Treasure by Geraldine McCaughrean
The Bronze Cauldron by Geraldine McCaughrean
Annotated Myths and Legends by Neal Phillip

Historical Fiction

Anne Frank and Me by Cherrie Bennett and Jeff Gottsfeld
Beware, Princess Elizabeth by Carolyn Meyer
Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer
A Boy at War: A Novel of Peral Harbor by Harry Mazer
Don't You Know There's a War on? by Avi
The Edge on the Sword by Rebecca Tingle
Girl in Blue by Ann Rinaldi
The Land by Mildred Taylor
Raven of the Waves by Michael Cadnum
Scorpio's Child by Kezi Matthews
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
The War Within: A Novel of the Civil War by Carol Matas
The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Anna of Byzantium by Tracy Barrett
Gypsy Rizka by Lloyd Alexander
Dangerous Games by Joan Aiken
No Man's Land by Susan Baroletti
Two Suns in the Sky by Mariam Bat0Ami
Broken Blade by William Durbin
Wintering by William Durbin
The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
Unbroken by Jessie Haas
Jason's Gold by Will Hobbis
The Smugglers by Iain Lawrence
The Coffin Quilt by Ann Rinaldi
Anson's Way by Gary D. Schmidt
Spider's Voice by Gloria Skurzynski
Fever, 1794 by Laurie Halso Anderson
Midnight Magic by Avi
Crespin by Avi
Goodnight, Maman by Norma Fox Mazer
The Squire's Tale by Gerald Morris
The Squire, His Knight and His Lady by Gerald Morris
Ties that Bind, Ties That Break by Lensy Namioka
Preacher's Boy by Katherine Paterson
Alida's Song by Gary Paulsen
Cowboy Ghost by Robert Newton Peck
Amelia's War by Ann Rinaldi
Never Trust a Dead Man by Vivian Vande Velde

Sports Novels

All That Remains by Bruce Brooks (novellas)
Damage by A.M. Jenkins
Strike Two by Amy Goldman
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
Woodsie Again by Bruce Brooks
Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger
In These Grils, hope is a Muscle by Madeleine Blais
Tanerine by Edward Bloor
The Moves Make the Man by Bruce Brooks
Ironman by Chris Crutcher
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
The Contender by Robert Lipsyte
Iceman by Chris Lynch
Slam! by Walter Dean Myers
Hoops by Walter Dean Myers

Short Stories

The Color of Absences: Twelve Stories about Loss and Hope edited by James Howe
Girls Got Game: Sports Stories and Poems edited by Sue Macy
Love and Sex: Ten Stories of Truth edited by Michael Cart
On the Fringe edited by Donald R. Gallo
Places I Never Meant to Be edited by Judy Blume
Thundershine by David Skinner

Poetry

Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art edited by Jan Greenberg
Slam edited by Cecily von Ziegesar
Things I have to Tell You: Poems and Writing by Teenage Girls edited by Betsy Franco
Words with Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art selected by Belinda Rochelle
You Hear me? Poems and Writing by Teenage Boys edited by Betsy Franco
Foreign Exchange: A Mystery in Poems by Mel Glenn
When the Rain Sings: Poems by Young Native Americans edited by Francis Lee
What Have you Lost? by Naomi Shihab Nye
I Feel A Little Jumpy Around You by Naomi Shihab Nye
The Tree is Older than You Are by Naomi Shihab Nye
Quiet Storm: Voices of Young Black Poets edited by Lydia Omolola Okutoro

Novels in Verse

The Brimstone Journals by Ron Koertge
Love That Dog: A Novel by Sharon Creech
Running by to Ludie by Angela Johnson
Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff
True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff
What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones
Witness by Karen Hesse
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson
Frenchtown Summer by Robert Cormier
Stop Pretending by Sonya Sones

Nonfiction

Caught by the Sea: My Life on Boats by Gary Paulsen
Guts by Gary Paulsen
Spiritualized: A Look Inside the Teenage Soul by Mark Healy
Teens Talkin' Faith: A Christian Perspective by Michelle L. Trujillo
This Book is About Sex by Tucker Shaw and Fiona Gibb
Food Rules! The Stuff You Munch, Its Crunch, Its PUnch, and Why You Sometimes Lose Your Lunch by Bill Haduch
Meltdown: A Race Against Nuclear Disaster at Three mile Island by Wilborn Hampton
Purple Death: The Mysterious Flu of 1918 by David Getz
Girl Director: A How-To Guide for the First0Time, Flat-Broke Film Maker (and Video Maker) by Andrea Richards
Olympia: Warrior Athletes of Ancient Greece by David Blacklock
There Goes the Neighborhood: 10 Buildings People Loved to Hate by Susan Goldman Rubin
Anne Frank in the World compiled by the Anne Frank House
Attack on Pearl Harbor: the True Story of the Day America Entered World War II by Shelley Tanaka
The Good Fight: How World War II Was Won by Stephen E. Ambrose
King Arthur: How History Is Invented by Jeremy Roberts
There Comes a Time: The Struggle for Civil Rights by Milton Meltzer
Wounded Knee by Neil Waldman
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong
The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party by Marian Calabro
The Way Things Never Were: The Truth about the Good Old Days by Norman H. Finkelstein
Black Hands, White Sales: The Story of African-American Whalers by Patricia C. and Frederick L. McKissack