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Quick reads for book reports.
Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
YA-F ANDERSON
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about
perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
YA-F ANDERSON
A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in
high school.
The Boy in Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
YA-F BOYNE
Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son
of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.
Chat Room by Kristin Butcher
YA-F BUTCHER
I don't know what I expected-maybe sirens and a flashing screen notifying the world that I was on the
page-but of course that didn't happen. No one knew I was there. How could they know? I hadn't
registered. And as long as I didn't, I was anonymous. I started to breathe again. Linda is shy and avoids
getting involved at school. But when her high school sets up online chat rooms she can't resist the urge
to visit them. Fuelled by interest in a student with the nickname Cyrano, Linda participates in online
conversations using the nickname Roxanne and gains a reputation as the queen of one-liners. Soon
Linda starts receiving gifts from a secret admirer who signs his gifts, "C." She is certain that her life has
taken a turn for the better until "C" reveals his true identity.
Runner by Carl Deuker
YA-F DEUKER
Living with his alcoholic father on a broken-down sailboat on Puget Sound has been hard on seventeenyear-old Chance Taylor, but when his love of running leads to a high-paying job, he quickly learns that
the money is not worth the risk.
Born Too Short by Dan Elish
YA-F ELISH
Thirteen-year-old Matt is so envious of his best friend Keith that he wishes things would go badly for
him, and when Keith's fortune changes while at the same time Matt finds his first true girlfriend, Matt is
overcome with guilt.
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
YA-F GO & E BOOK
Based on the diary of a fifteen-year-old drug user chronicling her struggle to escape the pull of the drug
world.
The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
YA-F JOHNSON & E-BOOK
Bobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father and must care for his adored
baby daughter.
Hunt for the Seventh by Christine Morton-Shaw
YA-F MORTON-SHAW & E-BOOK
Jim moves with his dad and sister to Minerva Hall where a ghostly voice urging him to "find the Seventh"
draws him into a sort of macabre treasure hunt for clues to an ancient prophecy that threatens them all.
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
YA-F ROSOFF & E-BOOK
To get away from her pregnant stepmother in New York City, fifteen-year-old Daisy goes to England to
stay with her aunt and cousins, with whom she instantly bonds, but soon war breaks out and rips apart
the family while devastating the land.
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
YA-F SPINELLI & E-BOOK
Still moping months after being dumped by her Arizona boyfriend Leo, fifteen-year-old Stargirl, a homeschooled free spirit, writes "the world's longest letter" to Leo, describing her new life in Pennsylvania.
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
YA-F PAULSEN, J-F PAULSEN, & E-BOOK
195 pages
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to
survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents'
divorce.
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
YA-F HINTON
180 pages
The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity
among the conflicting values of their adolescent society.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
F FITZGERALD
180 pages
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. This
exemplary novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the
fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long
Island at a time when The New York Times noted "gin was the national drink and sex the national
obsession," it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.