Also, if you're looking for a great book to read this summer, below are some of my favorites (old and new). Happy reading!
Serious/Realistic
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo
Bridge
to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Homecoming
by Cynthia Voigt
To
Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The
Outsiders by SE Hinton
A
Separate Peace by John Knowles
The
Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E.L. Konigsburg
Just
Listen by Sarah Dessen
The
Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The
Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman
Maniac
Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Walk
Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Outdoor/Survival
Lord
of the Flies by William Golding
My
Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Island
of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
The
Great Wide Sea by M.H. Herlong
Mysteries
From
the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankwieler by E.L. Konigsburg)
The
Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Kiki
Strike: Inside the Shadow City by Kristen Miller
The
Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Fantasy
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
Stranger
With My Face by Lois Duncan
The
Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The
House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
The
Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass by Philip
Pullman
The
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (And if your liked The Hunger Games
series, check out Veronica Roth's Divergent)
Delirium
by Lauren Oliver
