My Sister’s Keeper, Jodi Picoult. Examines the difficult choices a family must make when one of the children is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness.
Running Out of Time, Margaret Peterson Haddix. Jessica, who thinks it is 1840, is more than surprised to find out it is really 2006. Gossip Girls series, Cecily von Ziegesar. Life inside a New York City jet-set private school. Just Listen, Sarah Dessen. An incident at a high school party has far-reaching consequences. Author's WebsiteRead an excerpt
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, Gabrielle Zevin. A teenager loses her memory after a bad fall. Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, Davis Lubar. Scott Hudson hopes to survive his freshman year. Snitch, Allison van Diepen. A teen tries to navigate between rival gangs. I am the Messenger, Markus Zusak. A botched bank robbery changes a nineteen-year-old’s life. Twisted. Laurie Halse Anderson. Tyler, busted for tagging, tries to find his way through his senior year. read an excerpt of the bookAuthor's Website The Truth About Forever, Sarah Dessen. A teen has to cope with her father’s death. Author's Website
Fantasy/Science Fiction/Vampire A Certain Slant of Light, Laura Whitcomb. Helen died 130 years ago, but she’s still around. Cirque du Freak series, Darren Shan. There is more to a traveling freak show than meets the eye. Elsewhere, Gabrielle Zevin. Liz is getting younger, not older, every day. How I Live Now, Meg Rosoff.. A world war breaks out in the 21st century. Life as We Knew It, Susan Beth Pfeffer. A meteor collides with the moon, with disastrous results for Earthlings. Mother’s Helper, A. Bates. A most unusual babysitting experience. Wheel of Time series, Robert Jordan. The world has been broken by a phenomenal power in this series that is reminiscent of Tolkien. Twilight series, Stephenie Meyer. A modern day Romeo and Juliet!
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins.
Fallen, Kate Lauren. Star-crossed romance supernatural thriller.
The Maze Runner, James Dashner. A dark and gripping tale of survival.
Memoir and Non-Fiction Come Back: a Mother and Daughter Journey to Hell and Back, Claire and Mia Fontaine. A riveting account of a mother’s fight to rescue her daughter from drugs. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence, Paul Feig. A series of stories about the rigors of high school survival. Girl, Interrupted, Susanna Kaysen. A sixteen-year-old is hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital. Running With Scissors, Augusten Burroughs. An account of growing up in an eccentric, dysfunctional family. The Glass Castle, Jeanette Walls. Another account of growing up in an eccentric, dysfunctional family. True Notebooks, Mark Salzman. The author tries to reach convicts through the formation of a writing group. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Ishmael Beah. The author recounts his experiences as a child soldier. http://www.alongwaygone.com/
Poetry A Rose that Grew from Concrete, Tupac Shakur. The poetry of the late rapper. Burned, Ellen Hopkins. Growing up in an abusive household, told in verse. Author's website Paint Me Like I Am: Teen Poems from WritersCorps, Bill Aquado. Poems written by disadvantaged youth. Tears for Water, Alicia Keys. Poems that recall the singer’s childhood. CBS News video of Alicia Keys talking about her book
Sports Crackback, John Coy. The trials and tribulations of teenage life, woven through the lense of a high school football team. Gym Candy, Carl Deuker. Mick Johnson, high school football star, considers steroids use. Knights of the Hill Country, Tim Tharp. Readers who liked Friday Night Lights will like this football drama.
Books by Mike Lupica
Mystery Crazy Little Things, Adam P. Knave. Twelve very strange tales. Fake ID, Walter Sorrells. Chase, 16, only has six days to figure out why his mother disappeared. Falling, Christopher Pike. FBI agent, Kelly Feinman, is on the trail of the “Acid Killer.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Mark Haddon. A poodle, Wellington, has been murdered. Christopher, who is autistic, is on the case. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold.
The Perfect Shot, Elaine Marie Alphin. A triple homicide is not what it seems.
Historical Fiction The Book Thief, Markus Zusak. Story of the Holocaust told from the perspective of Death.
Reading Olympics 2010-2011 List:
Book Title
Author
After the Dancing Days
Rostkowski, Margaret
All But My Life
Klein, Gerda
Bite of Mango
McClelland, Susan
Bound
Napoli, Donna Jo
Bucking the Sarge
Curtis, Christopher Paul
Dope Sick
Myers, Walter Dean
Dragon's Blood
Yolen, Jane
Dreamland
Dessen, Sarah
Ellen Foster
Gibbons, Kaye
Enchantment
Card, Orson Scott
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Foer, Jonathan Safran
Fly Girl
Smith, Sherri
Friday Night Lights
Bissinger, H. G.
Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, The
King, Stephen
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Chevalier, Tracy
Give a Boy a Gun
Strasser, Todd
Going Bovine
Bray, Libba
Hiroshima
Hersey, John
I am the Messenger
Zusak, Markus
IceFire
D'Lacey, Chris
In Country
Mason, Bobbie Ann
Into Thin Air
Krakauer, Jon
Leviathan
Westerfeld, Scott
Liar
Larbalestier, Justine
Looking for Alaska
Green, John
Make Lemonade
Wolff, Virginia Euwer
My Most Excellent Year
Kluger, Steve
Neverwhere
Gaiman, Neil
On Fortune's Wheel
Voigt, Cynthia
Once and Future King, The
White, T. H.
Physick Book of Deliverance of Dane
Howe, Katherine
Rag and Bone Shop, The
Cormier, Robert
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation
Hamilton, Tim
Ropemaker, The
Dickinson, Peter
Swift Pure Cry
Dowd, Siobhan
The Chosen One
Williams, Carol Lynch
The Help
Stockett, Kathryn
The Land
Taylor, Mildred
The Maze Runner
Drashner, James
The Road
McCarthy, Cormac
The Thirteenth Tale
Setterfield, Diane
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Hurston, Zora Neale
Three Cups of Tea
Mortenson, Greg
Wintergirls
Halse, Laurie Anderson
Yellow Raft in Blue Water, The
Dorris, Michael
More book trailers from the Freshmen Center Library Website:
Coming of Age/Peer Pressure/Relationships
My Sister’s Keeper, Jodi Picoult. Examines the difficult choices a family must make when one of the children is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness.Running Out of Time, Margaret Peterson Haddix. Jessica, who thinks it is 1840, is more than surprised to find out it is really 2006.
Gossip Girls series, Cecily von Ziegesar. Life inside a New York City jet-set private school.
Just Listen, Sarah Dessen. An incident at a high school party has far-reaching consequences. Author's WebsiteRead an excerpt
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, Gabrielle Zevin. A teenager loses her memory after a bad fall.
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, Davis Lubar. Scott Hudson hopes to survive his freshman year.
Snitch, Allison van Diepen. A teen tries to navigate between rival gangs.
I am the Messenger, Markus Zusak. A botched bank robbery changes a nineteen-year-old’s life.
Twisted. Laurie Halse Anderson. Tyler, busted for tagging, tries to find his way through his senior year.
read an excerpt of the book Author's Website
The Truth About Forever, Sarah Dessen. A teen has to cope with her father’s death. Author's Website
Fantasy/Science Fiction/Vampire
A Certain Slant of Light, Laura Whitcomb. Helen died 130 years ago, but she’s still around.
Cirque du Freak series, Darren Shan. There is more to a traveling freak show than meets the eye.
Elsewhere, Gabrielle Zevin. Liz is getting younger, not older, every day.
How I Live Now, Meg Rosoff.. A world war breaks out in the 21st century.
Life as We Knew It, Susan Beth Pfeffer. A meteor collides with the moon, with disastrous results for Earthlings.
Mother’s Helper, A. Bates. A most unusual babysitting experience.
Wheel of Time series, Robert Jordan. The world has been broken by a phenomenal power in this series that is reminiscent of Tolkien.
Twilight series, Stephenie Meyer. A modern day Romeo and Juliet!
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins.
Fallen, Kate Lauren. Star-crossed romance supernatural thriller.
The Maze Runner, James Dashner. A dark and gripping tale of survival.
Memoir and Non-Fiction
Come Back: a Mother and Daughter Journey to Hell and Back, Claire and Mia Fontaine. A riveting account of a mother’s fight to rescue her daughter from drugs.
Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence, Paul Feig. A series of stories about the rigors of high school survival.
Girl, Interrupted, Susanna Kaysen. A sixteen-year-old is hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital.
Running With Scissors, Augusten Burroughs. An account of growing up in an eccentric, dysfunctional family.
The Glass Castle, Jeanette Walls. Another account of growing up in an eccentric, dysfunctional family.
True Notebooks, Mark Salzman. The author tries to reach convicts through the formation of a writing group.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Ishmael Beah. The author recounts his experiences as a child soldier. http://www.alongwaygone.com/
Poetry
A Rose that Grew from Concrete, Tupac Shakur. The poetry of the late rapper.
Burned, Ellen Hopkins. Growing up in an abusive household, told in verse. Author's website
Paint Me Like I Am: Teen Poems from WritersCorps, Bill Aquado. Poems written by disadvantaged youth.
Tears for Water, Alicia Keys. Poems that recall the singer’s childhood. CBS News video of Alicia Keys talking about her book
Sports
Crackback, John Coy. The trials and tribulations of teenage life, woven through the lense of a high school football team.
Gym Candy, Carl Deuker. Mick Johnson, high school football star, considers steroids use.
Knights of the Hill Country, Tim Tharp. Readers who liked Friday Night Lights will like this football drama.
Books by Mike Lupica
Mystery
Crazy Little Things, Adam P. Knave. Twelve very strange tales.
Fake ID, Walter Sorrells. Chase, 16, only has six days to figure out why his mother disappeared.
Falling, Christopher Pike. FBI agent, Kelly Feinman, is on the trail of the “Acid Killer.”
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Mark Haddon. A poodle, Wellington, has been murdered. Christopher, who is autistic, is on the case.
The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold.
The Perfect Shot, Elaine Marie Alphin. A triple homicide is not what it seems.
Historical Fiction
The Book Thief, Markus Zusak. Story of the Holocaust told from the perspective of Death.
Reading Olympics 2010-2011 List:
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