101 Great Books

Recommended for College-Bound Readers

It's a good idea to talk to your parents, librarians, teachers, and counselor about your reading list. They can help you choose the best books for you from among your many options. Author -Achebe, Chinua Agee, James Austen, Jane Baldwin, James Beckett, Samuel Bellow, Saul Bront, Charlotte Bront, Emily Camus, Albert Cather, Willa Chaucer, Geoffrey Chekhov, Anton Chopin, Kate Conrad, Joseph Cooper, James Fenimore Crane, Stephen Dante de Cervantes, Miguel Defoe, Daniel Dickens, Charles Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Douglass, Frederick Dreiser, Theodore Dumas, Alexandre Eliot, George Ellison, Ralph Emerson, Ralph Waldo Faulkner, William Faulkner, William Fielding, Henry Fitzgerald, F. Scott Flaubert, Gustave Ford, Ford Madox Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Golding, William Title Beowulf Things Fall Apart A Death in the Family Pride and Prejudice Go Tell It on the Mountain Waiting for Godot The Adventures of Augie March Jane Eyre Wuthering Heights The Stranger Death Comes for the Archbishop The Canterbury Tales The Cherry Orchard The Awakening Heart of Darkness The Last of the Mohicans The Red Badge of Courage Inferno Don Quixote Robinson Crusoe A Tale of Two Cities Crime and Punishment Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Tragedy The Three Musketeers The Mill on the Floss Invisible Man Selected Essays As I Lay Dying The Sound and the Fury Tom Jones The Great Gatsby Madame Bovary The Good Soldier Faust Lord of the Flies

Hardy, Thomas Hawthorne, Nathaniel Heller, Joseph Hemingway, Ernest Homer Homer Hugo, Victor Hurston, Zora Neale Huxley, Aldous Ibsen, Henrik James, Henry James, Henry Joyce, James Kafka, Franz Kingston, Maxine Hong Lee, Harper Lewis, Sinclair London, Jack Mann, Thomas Marquez, Gabriel Garca Melville, Herman Melville, Herman Miller, Arthur Morrison, Toni O'Connor, Flannery O'Neill, Eugene Orwell, George Pasternak, Boris Plath, Sylvia Poe, Edgar Allan Proust, Marcel Pynchon, Thomas Remarque, Erich Maria Rostand, Edmond Roth, Henry Salinger, J.D. Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, William Shaw, George Bernard Shelley, Mary Silko, Leslie Marmon Solzhenitsyn, Alexander Sophocles Sophocles

Tess of the d'Urbervilles The Scarlet Letter Catch 22 A Farewell to Arms The Iliad The Odyssey The Hunchback of Notre Dame Their Eyes Were Watching God Brave New World A Doll's House The Portrait of a Lady The Turn of the Screw A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man The Metamorphosis The Woman Warrior To Kill a Mockingbird Babbitt The Call of the Wild The Magic Mountain One Hundred Years of Solitude Bartleby the Scrivener Moby Dick The Crucible Beloved A Good Man is Hard to Find Long Day's Journey into Night Animal Farm Doctor Zhivago The Bell Jar Selected Tales Swann's Way The Crying of Lot 49 All Quiet on the Western Front Cyrano de Bergerac Call It Sleep The Catcher in the Rye Hamlet Macbeth A Midsummer Night's Dream Romeo and Juliet Pygmalion Frankenstein Ceremony One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Antigone Oedipus Rex

Steinbeck, John Stevenson, Robert Louis Stowe, Harriet Beecher Swift, Jonathan Thackeray, William Thoreau, Henry David Tolstoy, Leo Turgenev, Ivan Twain, Mark Voltaire Vonnegut, Kurt Jr. Walker, Alice Wharton, Edith Welty, Eudora Whitman, Walt Wilde, Oscar Williams, Tennessee Woolf, Virginia Wright, Richard

The Grapes of Wrath Treasure Island Uncle Tom's Cabin Gulliver's Travels Vanity Fair Walden War and Peace Fathers and Sons The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Candide Slaughterhouse-Five The Color Purple The House of Mirth Collected Stories Leaves of Grass The Picture of Dorian Gray The Glass Menagerie To the Lighthouse Native Son

Reading List
Suggested Reading for High School (Grades 912)
The following titles are recommended as summer reading both to maintain fluency and reading level and to encourage independent reading. Students may find these titles at libraries and bookstores. Note: not all titles listed here are available from Prentice Hall. Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. Alvarez, Julia. How The Garca Girls Lost Their Accents. Anderson, Sherwood. Winesburg,Ohio. Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Arnett, Peter. Live from the Battlefield: From Vietnam to Bagdad. Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Baker, Russell. Growing Up. Blais, Madeleine. In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle. Bront, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. Bront, Emily. Wuthering Heights. Brooks, Polly Schoyer. Queen Eleanor, Independent Spirit of The Medieval World: Biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Buck, Pearl S. The Good Earth. Cather, Willa. O Pioneers! Cervantes, Miguel de. Don Quixote.

Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales. Cisneros, Sandra. The House On Mango Street. Conrad, Joseph. Lord Jim. Cooper, James Fenimore. Last of the Mohicans. Cormier, Robert. The Chocolate War. Crane, Stephen. The Red Badge of Courage. Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe. Delany, Sarah and Elizabeth. Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years. Dickens, Charles. David Copperfield. Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment. Dreiser, Theodore. Sister Carrie. Du Maurier, Daphne. Rebecca. Eliot, George. Silas Marner. Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man. Faulkner, William. As I Lay Dying. Faulkner, William. The Sound and the Fury. Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Frank, Anne. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. Grealy, Lucy. Autobiography of a Face. Gunther, John. Death Be Not Proud. Haley, Alex. Roots. Hardy, Thomas. Return of the Native. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The House of Seven Gables. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter. Heinlein, Robert A. Stranger in a Strange Land. Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls. Hemingway, Ernest. The Sun Also Rises. Homer. The Iliad. Homer. The Odyssey. Hugo, Victor. Les Misrables. Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. Joyce, James. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Kesey, Ken. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Knowles, John. A Separate Peace. Kuralt, Charles. Charles Kuralt's America. Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. London, Jack. The Sea Wolf. Malamud, Bernard. The Natural. McCaffrey, Anne. Dragonsong. McCullers, Carson. Member of the Wedding. Melville, Herman. Moby Dick. Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman.

Miller, Arthur. The Crucible. Mitchell, Margaret. Gone With the Wind. Myers, Walter Dean. The Glory Field. O'Brien, Tim. The Things They Carried. Orwell, George. 1984. Paton, Alan. Cry, the Beloved Country. Poe, Edgar Allan. Complete Tales and Poems. Potok, Chaim. My Name is Asher Lev. Potok, Chaim. The Chosen. Remarque, Erich Maria. All Quiet on the Western Front. Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. Scott, Sir Walter. Ivanhoe. Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Shakespeare, William. King Lear. Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. Shepard, Alan and Deke Slayton. Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon. Shute, Nevil. On the Beach. Silko, Leslie Marmon. Ceremony. Sinclair, Upton. The Jungle. Sophocles. Oedipus Rex. Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. Steinbeck, John. The Pearl. Steinbeck, John. The Red Pony. Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men Stevenson, Robert Louis. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Stoll, Clifford. Silicon Snake Oil. Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels. Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club. Thoreau, Henry David. Walden. Thurber, James. My Life and Hard Times. Thurber, James. The Thurber Carnival. Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Wharton, Edith. Ethan Frome. Wilder, Thornton. Our Town. Williams, Tennessee. The Glass Menagerie. Wright, Richard. Black Boy. Wright, Richard. Native Son. Allison, Dorothy. Bastard Out of Carolina. 1993. Penguin/Plume. Bone confronts illegitimacy, poverty, the troubled marriage of her mother and stepfather, and the stigma of being considered white trash as she comes of age in South Carolina.

Anderson, M.T. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party. 2006. Candlewick. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. II: The Kingdom on the Waves. 2008. Candlewick. Set during the American Revolution, Octavian is raised as a pampered African prince by a society of Enlightenment philosophers who view him as an experiment. Realizing that his freedom is an illusion, Octavian sets off on a journey to find freedom and a place in the world. These books will challenge everything you have ever learned about the Revolutionary War. Bond, Jenny and Chris Sheedy. Who the Hell is Pansy OHara?: The Fascinating Stories Behind 50 of the Worlds Best-Loved Books. 2008. Penguin. Did you ever wonder what an author was thinking when they wrote their book? Explore the quirky back-stories of some of the worlds most famous 50 books. Cameron, Peter. Someday This Pain Will be Useful to You. 2007. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. James hates everyone except his grandmother. Take a look at life through this brilliant and mischievous New York teens eyes as he tries to figure out life and his place in it. Cisneros, Sandra. Caramelo. 2003. Knopf/Vintage. LaLa learns the stories of her Awful Grandmother and weaves them into a colorful family history. The caramelo, a striped shawl begun by her Great-Grandmother, symbolizes their traditions. Dunn, Mark. Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters. 2002. Knopf/Anchor. The people of Nollop are good citizens, but as the use of more and more letters in the alphabet is outlawed, how will its residents communicate? Foer, Jonathan Safran. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. 2006. Houghton Mifflin. Oskar Schell, a gifted 9-year old, explores the mystery of his fathers death during the 9/11 attack. Gaines, Ernest. A Lesson Before Dying. 1997. Knopf/Vintage. When Jefferson's attorney states, "I would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair as this," disillusioned teacher Grant Wiggins is sent into the penitentiary to help Jefferson gain a sense of dignity and self-esteem before his execution. Green, John. Looking for Alaska. 2005. Penguin. Join Miles Halter, who is intrigued by famous last words, as he heads off to boarding school in search of the Great Perhaps. What he finds is a beautiful but troubled girl named Alaska. Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. 2004. Knopf/Vintage. Christopher has two mysteries to solve: who killed Wellington the dog and what happened

to his mother. But Christopher, who has Asperger Syndrome, a form of autism, approaches these mysteries and the world itself in a unique and special way. Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner. 2004. Penguin/Riverhead. Years after he flees Afghanistan, Amir, now an American citizen, returns to his native land and attempts to atone for the betrayal of his best friend before he fled Kabul and the Taliban. Ishiguro, Kazuo. Never Let Me Go. 2005. Knopf. Only special students are chosen to attend Hailsham, an exclusive boarding school tucked away in the English countryside. The chilling truth of their special nature slowly unfolds as we follow the stories of three former students. Jones, Lloyd. Mister Pip. 2008. Dell Publishing/Dial Press. Matildas Pacific Island village has been torn apart by civil war. Against this harsh backdrop, Mr. Watts, a lonely British expatriate, maintains calm by reading Dickens Great Expectations aloud to the village children, transforming their lives. Keillor, Garrison, ed. Good Poems. 2003. Penguin. An essential and accessible anthology of some of the best contemporary and classic poetry. Kidd, Sue Monk. Secret Life of Bees. 2008. Penguin. Searching for the truth about her mothers life and death, a grieving Lily finds the answers, love, and acceptance where she least expects it. Kyle, Aryn. The God of Animals. 2007. Simon & Schuster/Scribner. Twelve-year old Alice must face issues beyond her years. Her sister has run off, her mother wont get out of bed, and the family horse farm is failing. Can she keep the family from falling apart? Maguire, Gregory. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. 2007. HarperCollins. The Wizard of Oz retold from the point of view of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West. Youll never think of Oz the same way again. McCarthy, Cormac. The Road. 2008. Knopf/Vintage. After an apocalyptic catastrophe, a father and his young son embark on a grim and perilous quest following the road to the sea. Murakami, Haruki. Kafka on the Shore. 2006. Knopf/Vintage. Reality and fantasy converge in this story of a Japanese runaways quest to find his longlost sister and mother. Myers, Walter Dean. Sunrise Over Fallujah. 2008. Scholastic. Robin believes in his country and volunteers to fight in Iraq; but when he arrives he realizes that fighting for freedom is not always black and white.

Roth, Philip. The Plot Against America. 2005. Knopf/Vintage. This is a fascinating alternate history that takes a hard look at one of Americas legendary heroes, Charles Lindbergh, and at how bigotry and fear can shape politics. Sebold, Alice. Lucky: A Memoir. 2002. Little Brown/Back Bay. You save yourself or you remain unsaved. With these words, Sebold recounts the brutal rape that she was lucky to survive. Tragedy and hope combine as she makes her way through a survivors maze of emotions. Stoppard, Tom. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead. 1994. Grove Press Two bit players from Shakespeare's Hamlet are thrust into a terrifying and surreal new situation. Thompson, Craig. Blankets. 2003. Top Shelf Productions. A young man questions his faith and experiences bittersweet first love in this autobiographical and groundbreaking graphic novel. Zusak, Marcus. The Book Thief. 2006. Random House/Knopf. Living in Nazi Germany, young Liesel and her family choose to lie and steal to protect a Jewish refugee hiding in their basement. Narrated by Death, this is not your typical World War II story. Bernier-Grand, Carmen. Frida: Viva la Vida! Long Live Life! 2007. Marshall Cavendish. In twenty-six original, free-verse poems the author depicts the thoughts, feelings, and life events of Mexican self-portraitist Frida Kahlo. The poems are accompanied by twenty-four full-color reproductions of Kahlos paintings. Substantial background materials include a biographical sketch, chronology, and glossary. Blumenthal, Karen. Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America. 2005. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum. This nonfiction work looks at Title IX, the 1972 legislation mandating that schools receiving federal funds could not discriminate on the basis of gender, ensuring equal treatment and opportunity for girls in sports and education. Included are period photos, a time line, "then and now" commentary, extensive source notes, and suggested resources for further reading. Bowker, John. World Religions: The Great Faiths Explored and Explained. 2006. DK. This comprehensive work introduces the reader to faiths of the world through religious artifacts, paintings, architecture, and annotations of sacred texts. It includes a time line comparing significant events and people. Bryson, Bill. Shakespeare: The World as Stage. 2007. HarperCollins. Bryson hits the mark with his characteristic wit as he explores the world of Shakespeare and the mystery surrounding the man and his plays.

Campbell, Joseph and Bill Moyers. The Power of Myth. 1988. Broadway Books/Doubleday. A companion to the six part television documentary originally broadcast on PBS, this book covers such subjects as the role of mythology in the modern world, the journey inward, the hero's adventure, and tales of love and marriage. Diamant, Anita. The Red Tent: A Novel. 1998. Picador. This novel recreates the biblical life of Dinah, daughter of Leah and Jacob, from her birth in Mesopotamia through her death in Egypt. DOrso, Michael. Eagle Blue: A Team, a Tribe, and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska. 2006. Bloomsbury. This true story explores the tiny village of Fort Yukon, Alaska, its vanishing cultural heritage, and its relationship with mainstream American culture through its high school basketball team. Engle, Margarita. The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano. 2006. Henry Holt. Written in verse, this is a Pura Belpre Award winning portrait of Juan Francisco Manzano, the poet who was born a slave in Cuba in 1797. Follett, Ken. Pillars of the Earth. 2007. Penguin. This best-selling epic tale of ambition, anarchy, and absolute power set against the canvas of twelfth-century England depicts fascinating characters and provides a spellbinding introduction to medieval religion, architecture, politics, and daily life. Freedman, Russell. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights. 2004. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Clarion. A Newbery Honor book that accounts the life and musical career of the great African American vocalist, Marion Anderson, in the context of the history of civil rights in the United States. Greenberg, Jan. Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art. 2001. Harry N. Abrams. Can a painting speak? This collection of lyrical responses to famous American works of art provides answers. Gruen, Sara. Water for Elephants: A Novel. 2007. Algonquin Books. Gruen creates a story full of enchanting circus lore, mystery, trains, romance, and danger with no-holds-barred. Hemphill, Stephanie. Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath. 2007. Random House/Alfred A. Knopf. Hemphill creates a chronological biography in verse format from the viewpoint of others in Plaths life. This is a worthy homage to Plath as her legend lives on.

Howe, Peter. Shooting Under Fire: The World of the War Photographer. 2002. Artisan. Ten leading combat photographers share their experiences of horror, humor, bravery, and daring while reporting from war-torn locations such as Vietnam, Haiti, Chechnya, El Salvador, Sarajevo, and Afghanistan. Over 150 black-and-white and color photographs provide a powerful and moving look at war and those who risk everything to document it. Jacobs, A.J. The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible. 2007. Simon & Schuster. A non-judgmental and humorous look at the twelve months Jacobs lived as closely as he could to literal compliance with biblical rules. King, Melissa. Shes Got Next: A Story of Getting In, Staying Open, and Taking a Shot. 2005. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Mariner Books. Through pick-up basketball games and the people she meets on the streets of Chicago, the author learns valuable life lessons. Landis, Deborah Nadoolman. Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design. 2007. HarperCollins. Landis showcases 100 years of Hollywoods most memorable costumes and the characters they helped bring to life as she reveals a behind-the-scenes look at the evolution of the costume designers art. Martin, Steve. Born Standing Up: A Comics Life. 2008. Simon & Schuster/Scribner. In a memoir full of humor and candor, Martin shares his personal itinerary as he negotiates the maze of honing his profession and the pitfalls he avoided. McGreevey, Tom and Joanne Yeck. Our Movie Heritage. 1997. Rutgers University Press. This work provides over one hundred beautiful pictures of top stars, directors, and others in the film industry, but the focus is on film preservation and the race against time to salvage what is left of the large number of films that are currently deteriorating in our nations vaults, theaters, and private collections. Partridge, Elizabeth. John Lennon: All I Want is the Truth. 2005. Penguin/Viking. Partridge provides a wide-open view into the work and life of one of the most influential and complicated persons from the worlds musical heritage. Partridge, Elizabeth. This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie. 2002. Penguin/Viking. Guthrie was a humbling figure, while at the same time a major catalyst of social change. This work provides insight into one of our most prolific and talented musicians, as well as the creation of his music. Polly, Matthew. American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China. 2007. Penguin/Gotham Books.

The author reflects on the childhood dream that led him, as an adult, to take a break from Princeton and travel to Chinas famed Shaolin Temple to study martial arts for two years. Sandler, Martin. Photography: An Illustrated History. 2002. Oxford University Press. This work looks at photography as it evolved from daguerreotypes in the 1800s to the respected art form that it is today. Numerous compelling black-and-white and color photographs document technological developments, the contributions of pioneers in the field, as well as the impact photography has had upon all aspects of society. Strickland, Carol. The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern. 2007. Andrews McMeel Publishing. In an accessible format, this unique work provides a basic working knowledge of art and art history through short essays, sidebars, and photographs. Weller, Sheila. Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly SimonAnd the Journey of a Generation. 2008. Simon & Schuster/Atria. In three interwoven biographies, Weller chronicles the life and times of three traditionbreaking women singer-songwriters who came of age in the late 1960s. Bowman, Robin. It's Complicated: The American Teenager. Umbrage Editions. 2007. 978-1-884167-69-0 $40.00 Conner, Leslie. Waiting for Normal. HarperTeen/HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06089088-9 $16.99 de la Pena, Matt. Mexican WhiteBoy. Delacorte. 2008. 978-0-385-73310-6 $15.00 Dowd, Siobhan. Bog Child. Random House/David Fickling Books. 2008. 978-0-38575169-8 $16.99 Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. Scholastic. 2008. 978-0-439-02348-1 $17.99 Fletcher, Christine. Ten Cents a Dance. Bloomsbury. 2008. 978-1-59990-164-0 $16.95 Monninger, Joseph. Baby. Front Street/Boyd Mills Press. 2007. 978-1-59078-502-7 $16.95 Pratchett, Terry. Nation. HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-143302-3 $17.89 Tamaki, Mariko and Jillian Tamaki. Skim. House of Anansi Press / Groundwood Books. 2008. 978-0-88899-753-1 $18.95 Voorhees, Coert. The Brothers Torres. Disney/Hyperion. 2008. 978-1-4231-0304-2 $16.99

Almond, David. The Savage. Candlewick. 2008. 978-0-7636-3932-7 $17.99 Blue Baker is writing a story about a wild savage living in the woodsat least he thinks its a story. When realities shift, the reader must discern what really happened. Anderson, Laurie Halse. Chains. Simon & Schuster. 2008. 978-1-4169-0585-1 $16.99 Slaves Isabel and younger sister Ruthie are sold to harsh Loyalists at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Isabel must decide to be loyal or spy for the American patriots. Anderson, M.T. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: Vol. II: The Kingdom on the Waves. Candlewick. 2008. 978-0-7636-2950-2 $22.99 Having escaped from his captors, Octavian joins the Royal Ethiopian Regiment of the British Army in 1775 Boston when they promise freedom to any slave who fights the rebel forces. Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. The Boy Who Dared. Scholastic. 2008. 978-0-439-68013-4 $16.99 Told through flashbacks, this is a fictionalized biography of German teenager Helmuth Hubener, who was imprisoned and executed in 1942 for openly resisting the Nazis. Bell, Hilari. The Last Knight. HarperTeen/HarperCollins. 2007. 978-0-06-082503-4 $16.99 An anachronistic knight errant takes a criminal as squire, mistakenly frees a woman charged with murdering her husband (brother to his father's liege), and becomes captive in her keep. Benway, Robin. Audrey, Wait! Penguin/Razorbill. 2008. 978-1-59514-191-0 $16.99 Audrey's ex-boyfriend records a hit song about their breakup, and suddenly all eyes (and cameras) are on Audrey. Fans, Facebook, and tabloids - it's all too much for Audrey. Blundell, Judy. What I Saw and How I Lied. Scholastic. 2008. 978-0-439-90346-2 $16.99 When Evies father returns from the war, she expects life to return to normal but a mysterious trip to Florida, secrets, deceptions, and a first forbidden love complicates things. Booth, Coe. Kendra. Scholastic/Push. 2008. 978-0-439-92536-5 $16.99 Kendra is thrilled her mom, Renee, has completed her Ph.D. programnow they can finally be a real family. But is Renee excited for their future together, too? Bradbury, Jennifer. Shift. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum. 2008. 978-1-4169-4732-5 $16.99 Chris and Win take a bicycle trip across America after graduation, but only one returns and that person is pressured to reveal what happened. Brothers, Meagan. Debbie Harry Sings in French. Henry Holt. 2008. 978-0-8050-8080-3 $16.95 After Johnnys dad dies in a car accident and an unintentional drug overdose lands him in the hospital, he moves in with an uncle, gets a girlfriend, and starts to explore his interest in cross-dressing.

Bunce, Elizabeth. A Curse Dark as Gold. Scholastic. 2008. 978-0-439-89576-7 $17.99 When young Charlotte Miller takes over the family's woolen mill after her father's death, she is faced with unexpected debts, catastrophes, and a hidden curse that threatens her family's future. Caletti, Deb. The Fortunes of Indigo Skye. Simon & Schuster. 2008. 978-1-1469-1007-7 $15.99 At 18, Indigo wants no more out of life than to be a waitress and give people food, until a customer gives her $2,500,000. Can she stand the changes? Cashore, Kristin. Graceling. Harcourt. 2008. 978-0-15-206396-2 $17.00 Katsa was born with ability to kill men with her bare hands but can she find moral courage to stand up to evil rulers and fight for what is right? Colfer, Eoin. Airman. Hyperion. 2008. 978-1-4231-0750-7 $17.99 Conor Broekhart spends his days dreaming of flying hot air balloons and inventing flying machines until murder and court intrigue sends him to prison and labor in the diamond mines. Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. Scholastic. 2008. 978-0-439-02348-1 $17.99 Katniss has been providing for her family since her father died, but is she strong enough to win the Hunger Games, a deadly competition that can have only one winner? Conner, Leslie. Waiting for Normal. Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins. 2008. 978-006-089088-9 $16.99 Left to live in an old trailer under the overhead train track with Mommers, Addie is the child that has to learn to take care of herself. She almost succeeds. de la Pena, Matt. Mexican WhiteBoy. Delacorte. 2008. 978-0-385-73310-6 $15.00 Half white, half Mexican and 100% confused, Danny struggles with baseball, his absent father and first love while spending the summer with his familia in San Diego. Doctorow, Cory. Little Brother. Tom Doherty. 2008. 978-0-7653-1985-2 $17.95 There's been another major terrorist attack and the Department of Homeland Security has clamped down big time. It's up to Marcus, computer geek, to save everyone from this police state. Dowd, Siobhan. Bog Child. Random House/David Fickling Books. 2008. 978-0-38575169-8 $16.99 When Fergus and his uncle find the body of a girl buried in the peat bog near their home, all sorts of troubles comes to light. Dowd, Siobhan. The London Eye Mystery. David Fickling/Random House. 2008. 978-0375-84976-3 $15.99

When their cousin Salim disappears into thin air during a ride on the London Eye ferris wheel, Ted and his sister Kat try to solve. Fleischman, Sid. The Entertainer and the Dybbuk. HarperTeen/HarperCollins. 2007. 9780-06-134445-9 $16.99 The Great Freddie, a second-rate ventriloquist, is inhabited by the spirit of a 12-year-old Jewish boy killed in the Holocaust. Fletcher, Christine. Ten Cents a Dance. Bloomsbury. 2008. 978-1-59990-164-0 $16.95 Ruby wants to support her family, but when her taxi dancing causes problems she could not have anticipated, it will take all of her strength to come out on top. Gaiman, Neil. The Graveyard Book. HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-053092-1 $17.99 This often chilling story describes the life of a boy growing up in a graveyard as he is looked after by ghosts and a mysterious guardian. Gardner, Sally. The Red Necklace: A Story of the French Revolution. Penguin/Dial. 2008. 978-0-8037-3100-4 $16.99 During the French Revolution, Yann a 14-year-old magician's assistant, witnesses the death of his employer and the evil that ensues. Geerling, Marjetta. Fancy White Trash. Penguin/Viking. 2008. 978-0-670-01082-0 $16.99 Abby Savage is determined not to be like her mother and sisters-each became pregnant as teens-but her only confidant is Cody who has his own sexual issues. George, Jessica Day. Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow. Bloomsbury. 2008. 978-1-59990-1091 $16.95 A woodcutter's daughter agrees to live with a great white bear after he promises her impoverished family fabulous wealth. When he disappears, she begins an arduous quest for him. George, Madeleine. Looks. Viking. 2008. 978-0-670-06167-9 $16.99 Meghan, the invisible fat girl, and Aimee, overlooked and anorexic, form an uneasy alliance to get revenge on a mutual enemy. Green, John. Paper Towns. Penguin/Dutton. 2008. 978-0-25-47818-8 $17.99 Quentin idolizes next door neighbor, Margo Roth Spiegelman. When she includes him in a wild night of revenge and then disappears, Q must follow the clues to find her. Harmon, Michael. The Last Exit to Normal. Alfred A. Knopf. 2008. 978-0-375-94098-9 $18.99 To get him on the right track, Ben Campbell's dad and stepdad accompany him to Montana, where he encounters small town life, homophobia, an abused boy, and a special girl.

Hernandez, David. Suckerpunch. HarpterTeen/HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-117330-1 $16.99 The guilt that Marcus feels because he couldn't keep his father from beating his brother Enrique compels him to go along when Enrique seeks answers - and maybe revenge. Hijuelos, Oscar. Dark Dude. Simon & Schuster. 2008. 978-1-4169-4804-9 $16.99 Tired of taking abuse for being a light-skinned Cuban in his drug-infested Harlem neighborhood, Rico follows a friend to rural Wisconsin, where he struggles with his Latino identity. Jenkins, A.M. Night Road. Bowen Press/HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-054604-5 $16.99 Eighteen-year-old Gordon, a heme or blood feeder, must learn the rules of his new life while on a road trip with Cole and Sandor. Johnson, Maureen. Suite Scarlett. Scholastic/Point. 2008. 978-0-439-89927-7 $16.99 The keys to a hotel suite and the responsibility to care for the room and its occupantthe wealthy and eccentric Amy Ambersonturn Scarlett's summer into a major challenge. Juby, Susan. Another Kind of Cowboy. HarperTeen/HarperCollins. 2007. 978-0-06076518-7 $16.99 When horse-crazy Alex finally gets a chance to switch from western pleasure to dressage, he feels more in tune with both his riding and his overall identity. Katcher, Brian. Playing With Matches. Random House/Delacorte. 2008. 978-0-38573544-5 $15.99 Leon Sanders is a loser until an extremely disfigured girl makes him feel special. Should he stay with her or be lured away by the girl of his dreams? Kibuishi, Kazu. Amulet: Book 1: The Stone Keeper. Scholastic/Graphix. 2008. 978-0-43984680-6 $21.99 Emily and her brother Navin descend into a dark and dangerous world below their great grandfather's mansion hoping to save their mother, who's been kidnapped by a large creature with tentacles. Lanagan, Margo. Tender Morsels. Random House/Alfred A. Knopf. 2008. 978-0-375-84811-7 $16.99 Liga has suffered unspeakable assaults and creates a magic, safe haven for herself and her two daughters, but the real world intrudes and they cope with beauty mixed with brutality. Lester, Julius. Guardian. HarperCollins/HarperTeen/Amistad. 2008. 978-0-06-155890-0 $16.99 Ansels world set in the 1946 deep South disintegrates from the hatred and injustice consuming his family and community following a brutal murder and an innocent man being lynched.

Link, Kelly. Pretty Monsters. Viking. 2008. 978-0-670-01090-5 $19.99 From straight fantasy to magic realism to horror, this collection includes tales of magic libraries, wizards,and dead girls getting tattoos. Lockhart, E. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. Hyperion. 2008. 978-0-7868-3818-9 $16.99 Frankie Landau-Banks has a chip on her shoulder and is determined to bring down the allmale Loyal Order of the Basset Hounds of Alabaster Preparatory Academy. Marchetta, Melina. Jellicoe Road. HarperTeen/HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-143183-8 $17.99 Taylor Markham was abandoned by her mother when she was eleven and is finally ready to discover the reason why. Marillier, Juliet. Cybele's Secret. Random House/Alfred A. Knopf. 2008. 978-0-37583365-6 $16.99 Paula travels with her merchant father to Istanbul and discovers a world filled with eunuchs, pirates, dervishes, and an entrance into the Other Kingdom. Mazer, Norma Fox. The Missing Girl. HarperTeen/HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06623777-0 $16.99 The five Herbert sisters find their innocent lives exploding in emotional turmoil when one of the sisters is abducted and held captive by a truly creepy child predator. McMullan, Margaret. When I Crossed No-Bob. Houghton Mifflin. 2007. 978-0-61871715-6 $16.00 Twelve-year-old Addy McDonnell struggles to come to terms with her family's unpleasant legacy and the events happening around her in post-Civil War Mississippi. McNamee, Graham. Bonechiller. Wendy Lamb/Random House. 2008. 978-0-385-746588 $15.99 An ancient demon, intent on satisfying its hunger for human flesh, stalks Danny and his three friends in the brutal cold of backwoods Canada. Meldrum, Christina. Madapple. Random House Children's Books / Alfred A. Knopf. 2008. 978-0-375-95176-3 $16.99 After growing up in almost total isolation believing she is was immaculately conceived, 15year-old Aslaug's world begins to crumble when her mother dies. Meyer, Stephenie. The Host. Little, Brown. 2008. 978-0-316-06804-8 $25.99 Set in a believable futuristic time when Earth and other worlds have been taken over by the "souls, this is a story of love, betrayal and compassion. Monninger, Joseph. Baby. Front Street/Boyd Mills Press. 2007. 978-1-59078-502-7 $16.95

Fifteen-year-old Baby leaves the middle-aged Potters, her last chance at foster care, to be with her old boyfriend while she figures out her own needs and wants. Murphy, Pat. The Wild Girls. Viking/Penguin. 2007. 978-0-670-06226-3 $16.99 Twelve year old Joan hates her new life in California until she meets the Queen of the Foxes and becomes one of the Wild Girls. Napoli, Donna Jo. Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale. Simon Pulse. 2007. 978-0-689-86176-5 $16.99 Melkorka, a 10th century Irish princess, must adapt to a harsh new life after she is stolen from her home by Russian slavers. Ness, Patrick. The Knife of Never Letting Go. Chaos Walking. Book One. Candlewick. 2008. $18.99 Todd Hewitt is the last boy in a town of all men. In a town where everyone can hear each others thoughts what kind of secrets can be kept? Padian, Maria. Brett McCarthy: Work in Progress. Alfred A. Knopf. 2008. 978-0-375-94675-2 $15.99 Eighth-grader Brett McCarthy--once good student and best-friend-to-Diane, now suspended and friendless--faces school and family troubles as she grapples with her redefined life. Pearson, Mary E. The Adoration of Jenna Fox. Henry Holt. 2008. 978-0-8050-7668-4 $16.95 Jenna Fox wakes from a year-long coma. As her memory begins to return, she has more questions than answers about who she was, and who she is now. Pratchett, Terry. Nation. HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-143302-3 $17.89 Mau is caught in the tidal wave that destroyed his island and Daphne is the only survivor from her ship. Together on the devastated island they form a new Nation. Reeve, Philip. Here Lies Arthur. Scholastic. 2008. 978-0-545-09334-1 $17.99 A fresh look at the Arthur legend told through the eyes of a young girl who pretends to be a boy to survive. Reinhardt, Dana. How to Build a House. Random House/Wendy Lamb. 2008. 978-0-37584453-9 $15.99 Devastated by her parent's divorce Harper Evans spends the summer with 11 other students building a house for a family in Tennessee and finds herself healing while making new friends. Schmidt, Gary D. Trouble. Clarion. 2008. 978-0-618-92766-1 $16.00 Henrys father said Trouble would not find this family. But it did one horrific night, setting off tensions in Blythbury-by-the-Sea. Maybe it had it been there always, just waiting.

Schumacher, Julie. Black Box. Random House / Delacorte. 2008. 978-0-385-73542-1 $15.99 Fourteen-year-old Elena struggles to hold steady ground and help her sister Dora, who has been admitted to a psychiatric ward after swallowing an entire bottle of antidepressants. Scott, Elizabeth. Living Dead Girl. Simon and Schuster/Simon Pulse. 2008. 978-1-4169-6059-1 $16.99 Abducted at the age of ten, Alice has lived as a live-in rape victim for Ray for 5 years until he informs her that shes "too old" for his love. Scott, Elizabeth. Stealing Heaven. HarperTeen/HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-112280-4 $16.99 Living by burglarizing expensive homes with her mother, Danis friendship with another girl stalls when it becomes clear she lives in the house they are planning to rob next. Sheth, Kashmira. Keeping Corner. Hyperion. 2007. 978-0-7868-3859-2 $15.99 In India during World War I, twelve-year-old Leela's husband dies, and she is forced to shave her head and keep corner, staying inside her family's house for a year. Shusterman, Neal. Antsy Does Time. Penguin/Dutton. 2008. 978-0-525-47825-6 $16.99 One simple act offering dying classmate Gunnar Umlaut a month of his life takes hold with the entire student body and turns Anthony Antsy Bonanos life upside down. Smith, Andrew. Ghost Medicine. Feiwel & Friends. 2008. 978-0-312-37557-7 $17.95 The summer that cowboy Troy Stotts turns 17, he and his two best friends band together to fight the trouble that surrounds them by creating a medicine all their own. Smith, Roland. Elephant Run. Hyperion. 2007. 978-1-4231-0402-5 $15.99 Thirteen-year-old Nick is trapped on his father's teak plantation during the Japanese invasion of Burma during 1941 and must find a way to save his father as well as himself. Tamaki, Mariko and Jillian Tamaki. Skim. House of Anansi Press / Groundwood Books. 2008. 978-0-88899-753-1 $18.95 Friendship, love, identity, and a general feeling of isolation in an all-girls private school contribute to Kim Cameron (Skim)'s growing depression. Tharp, Tim. The Spectacular Now. Random House / Alfred A. Knopf. 2008. 978-0-37595179-4 $16.99 Sutter Keely glides through his senior years final days soaked with heavy amounts of booze but his joy ride is detracted by love issues and an unclear future. Valentine, Jenny. Me, the Missing, and the Dead. HarperCollins/HarperTeen. 2008. 9780-06-085068-5 $16.99 Five years after his dads disappearance, Lucas senses that a dead woman is trying to communicate with him and he is driven to listen and respond.

Venkatraman, Padma. Climbing the Stairs. Penguin. 2008. 978-0-399-24746-0 $16.99 When Vidyas father is seriously injured, her family moves from their progressive home to the household of her conservative relatives, where she must adjust to a new set of expectations. Voorhees, Coert. The Brothers Torres. Hyperion. 2008. 978-1-4231-0304-2 $16.99 Frankie Torres (or Towers depending which side his heritage is viewed) narrates his coming-of-age story of falling for a girl as his idolized brother runs with a group of cholos. Werlin, Nancy. Impossible. Penguin/Dial. 2008. 978-0-8037-3002-1 $17.99 Lucy, 17, discovers the women of her family have been cursed with madness unless they complete three impossible tasks. All have failed. Will Zach's help and her resolve save her? Wood, Don. Into the Volcano. Scholastic. 2008. 978-0-439-72671-9 $18.99 Duffy and Sumo set off on an adventure into the belly of an ancient volcano without knowing exactly what theyre looking for. Their discoveries shock and then nearly kill them. Woodson, Jacqueline. After Tupac and D Foster. G.P. Putnams Sons. 2008. 978-0-399-24654-8 $15.99 The friendship of three girls from very different families fills the emptiness of uncertainty as they struggle with Tupac Shakur's troubles as well as their own. Zarr, Sara. Sweethearts. Little, Brown. 2008. 978-0-316-01455-7 $16.99 High school senior Jenna has successfully remade her life, but has to confront longsuppressed memories of a traumatic childhood when her only friend from childhood, Cameron, suddenly reappears.

Nonfiction
Aronson, Marc and Campbell, Patty. War Is...Soldiers, Survivors, and Storytellers Talk About War. Candlewick. 2008. 978-0-7636-3625-8 $17.99 A balanced collection of contemporary and historical writings including interviews, stories, memoirs, and a miliblog addresses the experience of enlisting, serving, and surviving war from a variety of perspectives. Barry, Lynda. What It Is. Drawn and Quarterly. 2008. 978-1-897299-35-7 $24.95 Questions, images, story, comic illustrations and workbook pages guide and push readers to break down barriers, experiment and grow through writing or drawing. Bowman, Robin. It's Complicated: The American Teenager. Umbrage Editions. 2007. 978-1-884167-69-0 $40.00 This random collection of black and white photographs of teenagers from across the country includes short testimonials about their lives. Engle, Margarita. The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom. Henry Holt. 2008. 978-0-8050-8674-4 $16.95

Caves and hidden huts serve as secret hospitals for Rosa as she risks her life nursing the sick and wounded during three wars for Cubas independence from 1850-1899. Fleischman, Sid. The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West. Greenwillow Press/HarperCollins. 2008. $18.99 Meet the young Samuel Clemens and the coast-to-coast experiences that molded America's most famed humorist and social commentator. Kuklin, Susan. No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row. Henry Holt. 2008. 978-0-8050-7950-0 $17.95 Inmates sentenced to death as teenagers give firsthand accounts of life on Death Row and relatives of both victims and prisoners share their experiences in this collection of interviews. Menzel, Peter and DAluisio, Faith. What the World Eats. Ten Speed Press. 2008. 978-158246-246-2 $22.99 This book examines the meals of 25 different families from all around the world using lush photographs and health statistics. Nelson, Scott Reynolds. Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry. National Geographic Society. 2207. 978-1-4263-0000-4 $18.95 Historian Scott Reynolds Nelson chronicles his journeys, both on land and in historical records, to find the truth about the man behind the myth of "John Henry." Parker, David L. Before Their Time: The World of Child Labor. Quantuck Lane Press. 2007. 978-0-618-23378-6 $35.00 Presented are portraits of the worlds children who labor under harsh and dangerous conditions in factories and on farms as miners, garbage pickers, sex workers and brick haulers. Porcellino, John. Thoreau at Walden. Hyperion. 2008. 978-1-4231-0038-6 $16.99 Simply but beautifully illustrated, this adaptation of "Walden" introduces new readers to Thoreau's work while providing a fresh perspective for those already familiar with the text. Shields, Charles J. I Am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee. Henry Holt. 2008. 978-08050-8334-7 $18.95 Curious about Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird? Finally her story is told; her childhood, success, seclusion and rejection of fame. Weatherford, Carole Boston. Becoming Billie Holiday. Wordsong. 2008. 978-1-59078507-2. $19.95 Wendel, Tim and Villegas, Jose Luis. Far From Home: Latino Baseball Players in America. National Geographic. 2008. 978-1-4262-0216-2 $28.00

The rich history of Latino baseball players is presented along with a feel of growing up in Latino communities passionate for the game.