A few titles* to think about for independent
reader…
The Grey King
The Thief Lord
The Mysterious Benedict Society
The Weetzie Bat book series
City of Beasts
Alabama Moon
Esperanza Rising
The Knife of Never Letting Go
Every Day by Levithan
Out of My Mind
Love Aubrey
The Girl with the Silver Eyes
Stormchasers
Snapshot
The Limit
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Paper Towns
The Golden Compass
Among the Hidden
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
Kingdom Keepers
The Chocolate War
Console Wars
The Power of Six
That Was Then, This Is Now
Homecoming
Defending Jacob
Jacob, Have I Loved
The Program
The Fever by Megan Abbott
The Distance Between Us
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Life As We Knew It
Giving Up
Feed by M.T.Anderson
The Falling
Where Things Come Back
Wonder
I Survived
Looking for Alaska
The Alchemyst
A Northern Light
For Freedom by Bradley
A Monster Calls
Private Peaceful
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The Tiger Rising
Tiger Lily
Whale Talk
When You Reach Me
A Last To Die
The Raft
Mortal Danger (by Ann Aguirre)
The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die by April Henry
Fallen Angels
*I have not read all of these books.
Please check with your parents and
local librarian to make sure they are
appropriate for you.