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Animals
Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey
The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be by Farley Mowat
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A McKillip
Blue Moon by Marilyn Halvorson
The Snow Pony by Alison Lester
Blitzcat by Robert Westall
Alpha Dog by Jennifer Ziegler
The Goose Girl by Hale
Wild Man Island by Will Hobbs
Around the World
Sold by Patricia McCormick
Shabanu : Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples
An Island Like You by Judith Ortiz Cofer
Red Scarf Girl by Ji-li Jiang
Maya Running by Anjali Banerjee
Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet by Kashmira Sheth
Song of Be by Lesley Beake
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Artists
Smoking Mirror by Douglas Rees
Drawing Lessons by Tracy Mack
The Second Mrs. Giaconda by E.L. Konigsburg
Spirit Catchers: an Encounter with Georgia O'Keefe by Kathleen Kudlinski
Buddha Boy by Kathe Koja
Vermeer's Daughter by Barbara Shoup
The Seventh Knot by Kathleen Karr
A Trick of the Eye by Dennis Haseley
What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones
Bittersweet by C. Drew Lamm
Being Different
The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
The Skin I’m In by Sharon G. Flake
The Goats by Brock Cole
Eva by Peter Dickinson
Vampire High by Douglas Rees
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman
Classics That Aren’t Boring
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Northwest Passage by Kenneth Roberts
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Coming to America
Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier
My Antonia by Willa Cather
Join In: Multiethnic Short Stories by Donald R. Gallo
The Circuit by Francisco Jiménez
Children of the River by Linda Crew
Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane Auch
Jasmine by Bharati Makherjee
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Dreams of Mairhe Mehan by Jennifer Armstrong
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler
Crime
Billy the Kid by Theodore Taylor
Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks
Brothers, Boyfriends and Other Criminal Minds by April Lurie
Black Taxi by James Moloney
Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman
Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman? by Eleanor Updale
Boy Kills Man by Matt Whyman
Edge by Michael Cadnum
Christopher Syn by Russell Thorndike
Black and White by Paul Volponi
Danger
Deathwatch by Robb White
The Girl in the Box by Ouida Sebestyen
Edge by Michael Cadnum
Rumble Fish by S. E. Hinton
Someone is Hiding on Alcatraz Island by Eve Bunting
Shadow of the Dragon by Sherry Garland
The Long Night of Leo and Bree by Ellen Wittlinger
Spite Fences by Trudy Krisher
Babylon Boyz by Jess Mowry
My Guardian Angel by Sylvie Weil
Death
After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings and Flew Away by Joyce Carol Oates
Mother, Please Don't Die by Lurlene McDaniel
Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt
Freewill by Chris Lynch
Deadline by Chris Crutcher
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Wild Roses by Deb Caletti
A Summer to Die by Lois Lowry
All Rivers Flow to the Sea by Alison McGhee
Fantasy
A Plague of Sorcerers by Mary Frances Zambreno
Magic or Madness by Justine Larbalestier
Sabriel by Garth Nix
Spinners by Donna Jo Napoli
The Once and Future King by T. H. White
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A McKillip
The Thief of Always by Clive Barker
Magic Kingdom for Sale--Sold! By Terry Brooks
Friendship
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
Breaking Boxes by A. M. Jenkins
Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Hazing Meri Sugarman by M. (Michael) Apostolina
Big Mouth and Ugly Girl by Joce Carol Oates
TTYL by Lauren Myracle
Three Clams and an Oyster by Randy Powel
Flashcards of My Life by Charise Mericle Harper
Gay & Lesbian Teens
Geography Club by Brent Hartinger
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters
A Tale of Two Summers by Brian Sloan
M or F? by Lisa Papademetriou
Getting It by Alex Sanchez
Love Rules by Marilyn Reynolds
Absolutely, Positively Not by David La Rochelle
Dare, Truth or Promise by Paula Boock
The Center of the World by Andreas Steinhofel
Girls Rule!
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
The Illyrian Adventure by Lloyd Alexander
Lyddie by Katherine Paterson
Piratica by Tanith Lee
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Izzy, Willy Nilly by Cynthia Voigt
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
Historical America
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Dragon’s Gate by Laurence Yep
In My Father’s House by Ann Rinaldi
Lightning Time by Douglas Rees
Harlem Summer by Walter Dean Myers
Streams to the River, River to the Sea by Scott O’Dell
The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson
Beyond the Burning Time by Kathryn Lasky
Lyddie by Katherine Paterson
Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Laugh Out Loud
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
Oddballs by William Sleator
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Here at the Scenic-Vu Motel by Thelma Hatch Wyss
Girl, 15, Charming But Insane by Sue Limb
Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
Absolutely, Positively Not by David La Rochelle
Love
Spinners by Donna Jo Napoli
The Ramsay Scallop by Frances Temple
General Winsor's Daughter by Sharon Shinn
Enchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Louise Engdahl
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
Johnny Voodo by Dakota Lane
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip
What they Found: Love on 145th St. by Walter Dean Myers
Make You Think
Nothing but the Truth by Avi
A Good Courage by Stephanie S. Tolan
The Last Safe Place on Earth by Richard Peck
The Wave by Todd Strasser
House of Stairs by William Sleator
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
The Year They Burned the Books by Nancy Garden
A Heart Divided by Cherie Bennett & Jeff Gottesfeld
The Facts Speak for Themselves by Brock Cole
Jennifer Government by Max Barry
Mysteries
The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore by Joan Lowery Nixon
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
Close to a Killer by Marsha Qualey
The Trouble with Lemons by Daniel Hayes
A Plague of Sorcerers by Mary Frances Zambreno
The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Nothing to Lose by Alex Flinn
The Boy in the Burning House by Tim Wynne-Jones
Mythology
Gods, Heroes and Men of Ancient Greece by W.H.D. Rouse
Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Odyssey by Homer
Beowulf Retold by Rosemary Sutcliff
Lost in the Labryinth by Patrice Kindl
I Am Arachne by Elizabeth Spires
Troy by Adèle Geras
Quiver by Stephanie Spinner
Thunderwoman by Nancy Wood
Dragon Sword and Wind Child by Noriko Ogiwara
(Not Just) For Boys
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
The Beet Fields by Gary Paulsen
Breaking Boxes by A.M. Jenkins
Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida by Victor Martinez
Monster by Walter Myers
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
Burger Wuss by M.T. Anderson
The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez
(Not Just) For Girls
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Outrageously Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Desai
Bad by Jean Ferris
Confessions of a Not It Girl by Melissa Kantor
Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Other Times, Other Lands
Dove and Sword by Nancy Garden
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
The Ramsay Scallop by Frances Temple
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
Pagan’s Crusade by Catherine Jinks
SOS Titanic by Eve Bunting
The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
To Cross a Line by Karen Ray
Captives of Time by Malcolm Bosse
The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Outdoors
The Voyage of the Frog by Gary Paulsen
The Iceberg Hermit by Arthur Roth
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Snow Bound by Harry Mazer
Downriver by Will Hobbs
Flash Fire by Caroline B. Cooney
Rescue Josh McGuire by Ben Mikaelson
Backwater by Joan Bauer
Drift by William Mayne
Plays & Poems
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel
The Miracle Worker by William Gibson
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Seek by Paul Fleischman
Nerdlandia by Gary Soto
Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters
Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes
Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Princesses & Princes
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Girl in a Cage by Jane Yolen
The Princess and the Pauper by Kate Brian
A Royal Pain by Ellen Conford
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Being of Two Minds by Pamela F. Service
One Night by Marsha Qualey
Raising the Griffin by Melissa Wyatt
Sad
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