Thursday, May 29, 2014

Summer Reading Recommendations (TEENS)

As I said goodbye to students for the summer today, I left them with a long list of recommended books to entertain them until the fall semester.  I thought I'd post it here too, just in case anyone's looking for some great reads for their teens!


1776, by David McCullough (History)
1984 by George Orwell (Science Fiction)  
THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART‐TIME INDIAN by Sherman Alexie (Fiction)  
AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES by John Green (Fiction)  
THE ALCHEMIST by Paulo Coelho (Religion/Spirituality)  
THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY by Michael Chabon (Historical Fiction)  
ANGELA'S ASHES by Frank McCourt (Memoir)  
ANYA’S GHOST written and illustrated by Vera Brosgol (Graphic Novel)  
ARISTOTLE & DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE by Saenz (Fiction) 
BEFORE I FALL by Lauren Oliver (Fiction)  
BELOVED by Toni Morrison (Historical Fiction)  
BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY by Ruta Sepetys (Historical Fiction)  
BOMB by Steve Sheinkin (Non‐fiction) 
THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak (Historical Fiction)  
THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS by John Boyne (Historical Fiction)  
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley (Science Fiction)  
CATCH‐22 by Joseph Heller (Fiction)  
THE CHOSEN by Chaim Potok (Fiction)  
CINDER: Book One in the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer (Science Fiction) 
CODE NAME VERITY by Elizabeth Wein (Historical Fiction) 
THE COLOR PURPLE by Alice Walker (Fiction)  
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT‐TIME by Mark Haddon (Mystery)  
DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE by Laini Taylor (Fantasy) 
DELIRIUM by Lauren Oliver (Fantasy)  
THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL by Anne Frank (Memoir)  
DUNE by Frank Herbert (Science Fiction)  
EAST OF EDEN by John Steinbeck (Fiction)  
ELEANOR AND PARK by Rainbow Rowell (Fiction)
ENDER'S GAME by Orson Scott Card (Science Fiction)  
EVERY DAY by David Levithan (Science Fiction) 
FAHRENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury (Science Fiction)  
FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON by Daniel Keyes (Fiction)
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by John Green (Fiction)  
THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck (Fiction/Classic)  
THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Fiction)  
HARRY POTTER series by J.K. Rowling
THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers (Historical Fiction)  
HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad (Fiction/Classic)  
THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett (Historical Fiction)  
HIS DARK MATERIALS series, by Phillip Pullman (Science Fiction)
THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY by Douglas Adams (Science Fiction)   
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Mystery)  
THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET by Sandra Cisneros (Fiction)  
THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins (Science Fiction/Fantasy)  
I CAPTURE THE CASTLE by Dodie Smith (Romance)  
IF I STAY by Gayle Forman (Fiction)  
INTO THE WILD by Jon Krakauer (Biography/Adventure)  
INTO THIN AIR by Jon Krakauer (Nonfiction)  
JANE EYRE by Charlotte Brontë (Fiction/Classic)  
THE JOY LUCK CLUB by Amy Tan (Fiction)  
LEGEND by Marie Lu (Dystopian)  
LETTERS TO A YOUNG POET by Rainer Maria Rilke (Nonfiction)  
LIFE OF PI by Yann Martel (Fiction/Adventure)  
THE LIST by Siobhan Vivian (Fiction)
LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding (Fiction)  
MATCHED by Ally Condie (Dystopian Romance) 
THE MAZE RUNNER by James Dashner (Post‐Apocalyptic Thriller)  
MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN by Ransom Riggs (Mystery)
NIGHT by Elie Wiesel (Memoir)  
THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern (Fiction)  
ORPHAN TRAIN by Christina Baker Kline (Historical Fiction)
OUT OF THE EASY by Ruta Sepetys (Historical Fiction) 
THE OUTSIDERS by S.E. Hinton (Fiction)  
PAPER TOWNS by John Green (Fiction)  
PEACE LIKE A RIVER by Leif Enger (Fiction)  
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER by Stephen Chbosky (Fiction)  
PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi (Graphic Novel)  
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce (Fiction/Classic)  
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Jane Austen (Fiction)  
THE PRINCESS BRIDE by William Goldman (Fiction)  
A RAISIN IN THE SUN by Lorraine Hansberry (Plays) 
READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN by Azar Nafisi (Memoir)  
REBECCA by Daphne du Maurier (Horror)  
THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy (Fiction)  
ROSE UNDER FIRE by Elizabeth Wein (Historical Fiction)
THE RUNNING DREAM by Wendelin Van Draanen (Fiction)  
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES by Sue Monk Kidd (Historical Fiction)  
A SEPARATE PEACE by John Knowles (Fiction)  
SERAPHINA by Rachel Hartman (Fantasy) 
SHADOW AND BONE, by Leigh Bardugo (Fantasy)
A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING by Bill Bryson (Science/Non-Fiction)  
THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS by Ann Brashares (Fiction)  
SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson (Fiction)  
STARGIRL by Jerry Spinelli (Romance)  
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD by Zora Neale Hurston (Fiction)  
THIRTEEN REASONS WHY by Jay Asher (Fiction)  
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee (Historical Fiction)  
A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN by Betty Smith (Historical Fiction)  
WHY WE BROKE UP by Daniel Handler and Maira Kalman (Fiction)  
WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON by John Green and David Levithan (Fiction)  

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