- Adams, D. –
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and three sequels
Adams, Richard -
Watership Down
- Alcott, Louisa May - Little Women
- Andronik – Quest for a King: Searching for the Real King Arthur
(NF)
- Armstrong, Jennifer - Steal Away
- Avi - Devil’s Race, Windcatcher, & others
- Babbitt, Natalie - Tuck Everlasting
- Bearnstein, - The Seamstress
- Beatty, Patricia - Charley Skedaddle
- Turn Homeward, Hannalee
- Blos, - A Gathering of Days
- Blume, - Tiger Eyes
- Bradbury, - The Martian Chronicles
- Bronte, Charlotte - Jane Eyre
- Bruchac, Joseph - Children of the Longhouse
- Bunting, - Someone is Hiding on Alcatraz Island
- Callahan, - Adrift: Seventy- six DaysLost at Sea (NF)
- Card, Scott Orson - Ender’s Game
- Cather, Willa - My Antonia
- Cisneros, Sandra - The House on Mango Street
- Cohen, - Railway Ghosts & Other Highway Heroes
- Conly, - Crazy Lady
- Cooney, Caroline - The Face on the Milk Carton
- Cooper, - Over Sea, Under Stone, Greenwich,
The Dark is Rising
- The Gray King
- Crane, - The Red Badge of Courage
- Creech, Sharon - Walk Two Moons
- Croatcher, - Stotan
- Curtis, - Bud not Buddy
- Cushman, - The Midwife’s Apprentice
- Catherine Called Birdy
- Dahl, - BFG
- DeFelice, Cynthia – Weasel
- The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker
- Dorris, Michael - Sees Behind Trees
- Doyle, - The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Dumas, Alexander - Count of Monte Cristo
- DuMaurier, - Rebecca
- Duncan, - Stranger With My Face
- Fleischman – Jim Ugly
- Jingo Django
- Bandit’s Moon
- Fox, - The Moonlight Man
- Fox, Paula - Western Wind
- The Slave Dancer
- Freedman, - Lincoln: A Photobiography (NF)
- Goodall, Jane - My Life with Chimpanzees
- Greene, Bette - Summer of My German Soldier
- Guccione, Leslie Davis - Nobody Listens to Me
- Gutman, - Homus & Me
- The Kid Who Ran for President
- Hahn, Mary Downing - Wait Till Helen Comes
- Hamilton, - Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave
(NF)
- Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
- Hayes, - Flyers
- Hemingway, - A Farewell to Arms
- Hesse, - Out of the Dust
- Hinton, S.E. - That Was Then, This Is Now
- Houston, - Farewell to Manzanar (NF)
- Kassem, Lou - Listen for Rachel
- Jacques, - The Redwall Series
- King-Smith, - The School Mouse
- Charlie Muffin’s Miracle Mouse
- Lasky, Kathryn - The Bone Wars
- Beyond the Divide
- Pagoant
- Lee, Harper - To Kill a Mockingbird
- Levoy, - Alan and Naomi
- Lowry, - Find A Stranger, Say Goodbye
- Lowry, Lois - The Anastasia Series
- Number the Stars
- A Summer to Die
- McCaughrean, - The Pirate’s Son
- Montgomery, L.M. - Anne of Green Gables
- Moore, Robin - Bread Sister of Sinking Creek
- Morey, - Gentle Ben
- Myers, - Fallen Angels
- Hoops
- Naylor, Phyllis - Shiloh
- Nixon, Joan Lowry - The Orphan Train Series:
- A Family Apart
- In the Face of Danger
- A Place to Belong
- A Dangerous Promise
- Keeping Secrets
- The Dark and Deadly Pool
- The House on Hackman’s Hill
- O’Dell, Scott - Black Pearl
- Sing Down the Moon
- Sarah Bishop
- Island of the Blue Dolphins
- Zia
- O’Grady, - Basher Five-Two
- Paterson, Katherine - Bridge to Terabithia
- Paulsen, Gary - Woodsong
- Hatchet
- The Hay Meadow
- NightJohn
- Brian’s Return
- Brian’s Winter
- Schernoff Discoveries
- Soldiers Heart
- Peck, - A Long Way from Chicago
- Peterson, - Liars
- Philbrick, Rodman - Freak the Mighty
- Summer of the Monkeys
- Raskin, - The Westing Game
- Rinaldi, Ann - Wolf by the Ears
- Rostowski – After the Dancing Days
- Rowling, - Harry Potter Series
- Sacher, - Holes
- Silverstein, Shel - A Light in the Attic
- Sleator, William - Green Futures of Tycho
- Smith, Betty - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- Speare, Elizabeth - The Witch of Blackbird Pond
- Spinelli, - Maniac Magee
- Stevenson, Robert Louis - Kidnapped
- Taylor, Mildred - Let the Circle Be Unbroken
- The Well
- Mississippi Bride
- Taylor, Theodore – The Cay
- Timothy of the Cay
- Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Hobbit
- Twain, Mark - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Tom Sawyer
- Villard, - Into Thin Air
- Voight, Cynthia - Dicey’s Song
- Homecoming
- Walker, Alice - The Color Purple
- Wallace, - Shots on Goal
- Wallace, Bill – Red Dog
- Petey
- Blackwater Swamp
- Warner, - Sort of Forever
- White, - Deathwatch
- Winthrop, - A Castle in the Attic
- Wojciechowska, - Shadow of the Bull
- Yolen, Jane - Devil’s Arithmetic
- Series Books
- Sports Reports – Sports Biographies
- Dear America Series
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- Crackback -
Football
- Hoop Girlz - Bledsloe
(basketball)
- Tears of A Tiger
- Draper (basketball)
- Danger Zone - Klass
(basketball)
- Over the Wall -
Ritter (baseball)
Choosing Up Sides
- Double Dutch - Draper
(jump rope)
- Babe & Me - Gutman
(baseball)
Jackie & Me
Honus & Me
Mickey & Me
- The Million Dollar Kick
- Gutman (soccer)
The Million Dollar Shot - (basketball)
- Farm Team - Weaver
- (baseball)
- Losing is Not an Option
- Wallace (track)
- Hoop Kings (poetry)
Newer Inner City Books
New
Adventure - Action & Survival
Novels in
Verse
Yellow Star - Roy
HORROR
- Snakecharm
- Dead Girls Don't Write
Letters
- In the Forests of the Night
- Acceleration
- Being Dead
- Companions of the Night
- Coraline
- Double Helix
- The Night My Sister Went
Missing
- Kissing Vampires
- The Barcode tatoo
- The Barcode rEbellion
- Cirque Du Freak
- House of the Scorpion
Fantasy
- Abarat
- Eragon
- The Eldest
- Harry Potter...series
- Tiger's Blood
- Dragon Rider
- The Icewind Dale Trilogy
- The Edge of the Sword
- Heir Apparent
- The Squire
- The
Suprenaturalist -Coifer
- The Lightning
Thief
- Growing Wings
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- Spy Goddess -
Spradlin
- A Heart
Divided - Bennett
- Yellow Star -
Roy
- The Night My
Sister Went Missing
- Uglies -
Westervelt
- Pretties -
Westervelt
- Specials -
Westervelt
- Olive's Ocean
- Henkes
- Highest Power
of Lucky
- All American Girl - Cabot
- What Every Girl Except
Me Knows
- What My Mother Doesn't
Know
- Flipped
- Absolutely Normal Chaos
- P.S. Longer Letter Later
- Carolina Autumn
- Daughters of the Moon
(series)
- Stop Pretending
- Swallowing Stones
- Son of the Mob
- So Be It
- Tending to Grace
- Mary Bloody Mary
- Face on the Milk Carton
- The Skin I'm In *
- Hostage (Roberts)
- Haunted - Cabot
- One of Those Hideous Books...
- Comedy Girl
- Halfway to the Sky
- Drowning Anna
- Joyride
- The Night I
disappeared
Hot Newer Guy Books
These books have guys as the main character and often are adventurous.
Girls may enjoy these also!
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Crackback - Coy
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Code Orange - Cooney
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Maltese
Falconer - Horowitz
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Stormbreaker - Horowitz
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Point Blanc - -Horowitz
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Skeleton Key - Horowitz
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Monster - Meyers
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Wild Man Island - Hobbs
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Hole in My Life (Bio of Gantos)
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A Week in the Woods - Clements
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You Don't Know Me - Klass
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Son of the Mob - Klass
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The Maze - Hobbs
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Ghost Canoe - Hobbs
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Memory Boy - Weaver
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Charlie's Run - Hobbs
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My Life in Dog Years - Paulsen
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Life in the Fat Lane (This year's Newbery honor book!)
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After the Bomb
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The Pirate's Son
-
Al Capone Does
My Shirts
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Vote for
Larry!
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Travel Team
-
Dough
Boy
Newer Historical Fiction
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Black Storm Comin
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King of Mulberry Street '
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A
Great and Terrible Beauty
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Private Peaceful
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The
Convicts
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Year of the Hangman
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Daughter
of Venice - Napoli
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Mary Bloody
Mary
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Beware Princess
Elizabeth
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Crispin:
The cross of lead
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Murder for
Her Majesty
-
The Land
- Taylor
-
Soldier
Boy
-
Stop That
Train!
-
Soldier
X
- Soldier Boy
-
Al Capone
Does My Shirts
- Stop the Train
- A Single Shard
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-
HUMOR
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Dough Boy - Marino
-
You Don't Know
Me
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Harris and Me
- Paulsen
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Saffy's Angel
- McKay
-
The Earth My
Butt, and Other Big Round Things
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Vote for Larry
-
Confess-O-Rama
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No More Dead
Dogs
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Son of the Mob
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The Wish
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The Chemo Kid
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Slot Machine
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How Angel
Peterson Got His Name - Paulsen
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Flipped
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Never Trust
a Dead Man
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Al Capone Does My Shirts*
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