American Library Association's Collection of "Best Book" Lists
Margaret A. Edwards Award Authors and Books
Cincinnati Library's Great Teen Page
Nancy Keane's great resource for booktalks
Shipwrecked! The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy by Rhoda Blumberg
Jake's Orphan Children of the River by Linda Crew
Soul Searching -- Thirteen Stories About Faith and Belief ed. Lisa Rowe Fraustino
Sons of Liberty by Adele Griffin Rock helps a friend to run away--then begins to question the underpinnings of his own family.
Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes--Haunted by the death of a classmate, Martha seeks insights into her death, her own writing and a summer romance.
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen--Roy is bullied by the worst kid on the bus but the discovery of a very touch girl and his own cleverness protect him as he tries to protect others--human and otherwise!
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman (How would you feel if you had cerebral palsy and knew your father was planning to kill you?)
The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean (Haoyou living in 13th-century China learned to soar on a kite to bring good luck to ships, to entertain crowds and to bring his family together again.)
Mrs. O'C's Favorites:
Mrs. Cappelli's Favorites:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Angelou
The House on Mango Streetby Cisneros
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Samuel Clemens
Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
A Separate Peace by Knowles
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkein (Fellowship of the Rings,Two Towers,
Return of the King)
Night by Elie Wiesel
Pigmanby Zindel
Student Favorites:
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
Black Hawk Down by Mark Bourden
Hush, Little Baby by Caroline B. Cooney
The World's Worst Fairy Godmother by Bruce Coville (CM)
The Outsiders byS. E. Hinton
White Fang by Jack London
I Am Morgan La Faye by Reif
All Titles! by Ann Rinaldi
Holes by Louis Sacher
Crash by Spinelli
Maniac McGee by Spinelli
Coyote Autumn by Wallace