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| ADVENTURE/SURVIVAL Farmer, Nancy. The Ear, the Eye and the Arm. (SCIENCE FICTION) Farmer, Nancy. House of the Scorpion. (MS) Hiaasen, Carl. Flush. Hobbs, Will. Far North. (MS) Hobbs, Will. Downriver. (MS) Hobbs, Will. Wild Junger, Sebastian. The Perfect Storm. (non-fiction) Scrimger, Richard. Into the Ravine. Updale, Eleanor. Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman? |
| DEATH Mack, Tracy. Birdland. |
| FANTASY Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm. Edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling. (SS) The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest. Edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling. (SS) Paolini, Christopher. Eragon. (series) (recommended if you like books by J.K. Rawlings or Tolkien). Pratchett, Terry. Eric. (HS) Pratchett, Terry. Men at Arms. (HS) Pratchett, Terry. Moving Pictures. (HS) Pratchett, Terry. Thief of Time. (HS) (These Pratchett titles are in the Discworld Series.) Resnick, Laura. Into Legend Born. Resnick, Laura. The White Dragon. Resnick, Laura. The Destoyer Goddess. (recommended if you like books by Tolkien.) Skelton, Matthew. Endymion Spring. (Magic) (MS) Tolkien, J.R.R. Lord of the Rings. (series) Wrede, Patricia. Dealing with Dragons. |
| GAY/LESBIAN Garden, Nancy. Annie on My Mind. Sanchez, Alex. Rainbow Boys. (series) |
| HISTORICAL FICTION (some titles are
under WAR) Anderson, Laurie Halse. Fever 1793. Geras, Adele. Fleischman, Paul. Dateline Lise, Janet Taylor. Black Duck. (Prohibition) (MS) Matas, Carol. After the War. (after World War II, refugees) Matas, Carol. Greater than Angels. (World War II, refugees) O'Dell, Scott. Sarah Bishop. (American Revolutionary War) (MS) Rabin, Staton. Betsy and the Emperor. (1805, Napolean after his defeat at Waterloo) (MS) Yolen, Jane. The Devil's Arithmetic. (Holocaust) (MS) |
| HORROR Hautman, Pete. Sweetblood. Klause, Annette Curtis. Blood and Chocolate. Moser, Barry (illustrator). Scary Stories. (short stories from top horror writers). Taylor, G. P. Tersias the Oracle. |
| HUMOR Adams, Douglas. (any title, also SCIENCE FICTION) Cabot, Meg. Princess... [series] Fleischman, Paul. A Fate Totally Worse Than Death. (satire of horror novels, grade 8 & up) Korman, Gordon. Son of the Mob. Korman, Gordon. Son of the Mob: Hollywood Hustle. Lynch, Chris. Slot Machine. Lubar, David. Flip. (also SCHOOL) Paulsen, Gary. Schernoff Discoveries. (MS) Peck, Richard. A Long Way from Pratchett, Terry. Eric. (HS) Pratchett, Terry. Men at Arms. (HS) Pratchett, Terry. Moving Pictures. (HS) Pratchett, Terry. Thief of Time. (HS) (These Pratchett titles are in the "Discworld Series.") (FANTASY) Sleator, William. Oddballs. (SS) (MS) Spinelli, Jerry. Who Put That Hair in My Toothbrush? Strasser, Todd. How I Spent My Last Night on Earth. Wibberley, Leonard. The Mouse that Roared. (HS) (satire of international politics) |
| MYSTERIES/DETECTIVES Balliett, Blue. Chasing Vermeer. (MS) Cross, Gillian. Phoning a Dead Man. Hautman, Pete. Snatched (and other titles in The Bloodwater Mysteries). (MS) Hoobler, Thomas. The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn. (Series) (MS) Ferraiolo, Jack D. The Big Splash. (MS) Simmons, Michael. Finding Lubchenko. Westerfeld, Scott. So Yesterday. (missing person) |
| REALISTIC FICTION Fletcher, Christine. Ten Cents a Dance. Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders. (MS) Howe, James. The Watcher. Korman, Gordon. Jack, Reinvented. (HS) Mowry, Jess. Way Past Cool. Myers, Walter Dean. Scorpions. (gangs) (MS) Shusterman, Neal. The Schwa Was Here. (MS) Stork, Franciso X. Marcelo in the Real World. (Asperger's syndrome) (HS) Thomas, Rob. Rats Saw God. (HS) Vaught, Susan. Big Fat Manifesto. Zusak, Markus. I am the Messenger. |
| RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY Aidinoff,
Elsie V. The Garden. |
| RESIST AUTHORITY Bondoux, Anne. Heart of a Champion. Doctorow, Cory Little Brother. |
| ROMANCE Hidier, Tanuja Desai. Born Confused. Napoli, Donna. Beast. |
| SCHOOL Cormier, Robert. The Chocolate War. (RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY) Lubar, David. Flip. (HUMOR) Lubar, David. Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie. |
| SCIENCE FICTION Adams, Douglas. (any title) (HUMOR) Farmer, Nancy. The Ear, the Eye and the Arm. (ADVENTURE/SURVIVAL) |
| SPORTS Deuker, Carl. Heart of a Champion. Lynch, Chris. Slot Machine. (HUMOR) |
| WAR & ITS AFTERMATH Greene, Bette. Summer of My German Soldier. (World War II) Kerr, M.E. Gentlehands. (Nazis in the USA) Matas, Carol. After the War. (after World War II, refugees) Matas, Carol. Greater than Angels. (World War II, refugees) Myers, Walter Dean. Fallen Angels. (Vietnam War) O'Brien, Tim. The Things They Carried. (Vietnam War) (HS) O'Dell, Scott. Sarah Bishop. (American Revolutionary War) (MS) Salisbury, Graham. Eyes of the Emperor. (World War II, Japanese American soldiers.) |
Key:
(HS) = Especially suggested if you are in High School.
(MS)= Especially suggested if you are in Middle School.
(SS) = Short Stories.
For more recommended titles, see the American Library
Association's booklists and awards.