Recommended+Reading

This year we will reviewing books we have read and posting them on our class wiki page. Each review will be worth 5 points a piece and count towards the 25 books you need to read for the year. You should be able to read 6 books each quarter.



Recommended Book Titles Alexie, S. The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian. Anderson, L.H. Speak. Satrapi, M. Persepolis. Zusak, M. The book thief. Anonymous. Go ask alice. Birdsall, J. The penderwicks. Boyne, J. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Brewer, H. The chronicles of Vladimir Tod. Carmi, D. Samir and Yonatan. Choldenko, G. Al Capone does my shirts. Cisneros, S. The house on Mango Street. Colfer, E. Artemis fowl. Collins, S. The hunger games. Creech, S. Bloomability. Creech, S. Walk T wo Moons. Curtis, C. P. Bud, not buddy. Dent, J. Twelve Mighty orphans. Dessen, S. The truth about forever. Deuker, C. Gym candy. DiCamillo, K. The tiger rising. Draper, S.M. Double Dutch. DuPrau, J. The city of ember. Erdrich, L. The birchbark house. Farmer, N. The house of the scorpion. Flanagan, J. The ruins of Gorlan. Flake, S. The Skin I'm In Fleischman, S. The Whipping Boy Funke, C. Inkheart. Harrison, L. It’s not easy being mean. Hesse, K. Out of the dust. Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders Konigsburg, E.L. Silent to the bone. Lowry, L. The giver. Lowry, L. Number the Stars Mackler, C. The earth, my butt, and other big round things. McMann, L. Wake. Meyer, S. Twilight. Na, An. A step from heaven. Paolini, C. Eragon. Peck, R. A year down yonder. Pullman, P. The golden compass. Raskin, E. The westing game. Riordan, R. The lightning thief. Rodriques, L.J. It doesn’t have to be this way. Ryan, P. M. Esperanza rising. Smith, C.R. Rimshhots: Basketball pix, rolls, and rhythms. Sparks, N. The city of ember. Spiegelman, A. Maus Spinelli, J. Stargirl. Stead, R. When you reach me. Stroud, J. The Bartimaeus trilogy. Voorhees, C. The brothers Torres. Yolen, J. Devil's Arithmetic Werlin, N. Double helix. White, R. Deathwatch. Wiesel, E. Night