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Must Reads for Teens

Ida B by Katherine Hannigan

Speak by Laurie Anderson

The Clique Series by Lisi Harrison

Holes by Louis Sachar

Witness by Patty Lovell

She Said “Yes” by Misty Bernall

The Magic Finger by Rahl Dahl

Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan

Artemis Fowl by Coin Colfer

Warriors Prophesies by Erin Hunter

Eragon by Chris Paolini

Inkspell by Cornelia Funke

Goosebumps by R. L. Stine

A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer

So B It by Sarah Weeks

Saraha Special by Esme Raji Cadell

Flight to Freedom by Ana Veciana-Suarez

Island series by Gordon Korman

Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

The Boxcar children series by Gertrude Warner

Granny Torelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech

Silent to the Bone by E. L. Konigsburg

Home of the Braves by Davis Kloss

Tangerineby Edward Bloor

Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer

House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry

Summer Boys by Hailey Abbott

Raven’s Gate by Anthony Horowitz

Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz

The Barcode Tattoo by Suzanne Weine

Uglies by Scott Westerfield

Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman

 

Books every girl should read:

Tree Girl by Ben Mikaelsen

Esperanza Rising by Pam Munox Ryan

Perfect by Natasha Friend

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares

American Girl Series by Connie Porter

 

Books every guy should read:

Handbook for Boys by Walter Dean Myers

Jake, Reinvented by Gordon Korman

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen

Tangerine by Edward Bloor

Holes by Louis Sachar

Monster by Walter Dean Myers

 

 

Books for Parents to Read

Jake, Reinvented by Gordon Korman

Handbook for Boys by Walter Dean Myers

A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer

Cut by Patricia McCormick

Perfect by Natasha Friend

Ida B by Patricia Hannigan

Speak by Laurie Anderson

Stand Tall, Molly Lou Mellon by Patty Lovell

Witness by Karen Hesse

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Funke

Jinx on the Divide by Elizabeth Kay

Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albon

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albon

Fear Street by R. L. Stine

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan

The Clique by Lisi Harrison

Sahara Special by Esme Raji Cadell

Flight to Freedom by Ana Veciana-Suarez

Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

Everest series by Gordon Korman

Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz

Home of the Braves by David Kloss

Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling

Necessary Roughness by Marie G. Lee

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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