2014
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1
Aristotle and Dante Discover the
Secrets of the Universe
2013
Read for a Lifetime
Fifteen-year-old
Ari Mendoza is
an angry loner
with a brother in
prison, but when
he meets Dante
and they become
friends, Ari starts
to ask questions
about himself, his
parents, and his
family that he has
never asked
before.
Aristotle and Dante
Discover the Secrets of
the Universe
by
Benjamin A. Saenz
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2014
Book
2
Ashfall
2013
Read for a Lifetime
After the eruption of
the Yellowstone
supervolcano
destroys his city and
its surroundings,
fifteen-year-old Alex
must journey from
Cedar Falls, Iowa, to
Illinois to find his
parents and sister,
trying to survive in a
transformed
landscape and a new
society in which all
the old rules of living
have vanished.
Ashfall
by
Mike Mullin
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2014
Book
3
Bomb
2013
Read for a Lifetime
Recounts the
scientific
discoveries that
enabled atom
splitting, the
military
intelligence
operations that
occurred in rival
countries, and the
work of brilliant
scientists hidden at
Los Alamos.
Bomb: The Race to
Build--and Steal--the
World's Most Dangerous
Weapon
By Steve Sheinkin
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2014
Book
4
Code Name Verity
2013
Read for a Lifetime
In 1943, a British
fighter plane
crashes in Nazioccupied France
and the survivor
tells a tale of
friendship, war,
espionage, and
great courage as
she relates what
she must do to
survive while
keeping secret all
that she can.
Code Name Verity
by
Elizabeth Wein
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Book
5
Colin Fischer
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2013
Read for a Lifetime
2014
A boy with autism
teams up with the
high school bully
to get to the
bottom of a
cafeteria crime.
Colin Fischer
by
Ashley Miller &
Zach Stentz
2014
Book
6
Devil in the White City
2013
Read for a Lifetime
An account of the
Chicago World's
Fair of 1893
relates the stories
of two men who
shaped the
history of the
event--architect
Daniel H.
Burnham, who
coordinated its
construction, and
serial killer
Herman Mudgett.
The Devil in the
White City
by
Erik Larson
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2014
Book
7
Discovering Wes Moore
2013
Read for a Lifetime
A military
paratrooper and
White House
fellow contrasts
events from his life
with those of a
man with the same
name from the
same place who’s
serving a life
sentence in prison,
to explore the
issues that separate
the outcomes of
success and failure.
Discovering Wes Moore
by
Wes Moore
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2014
Book
8
The Diviners
2013
Read for a Lifetime
After humiliating her
parents with her
unrestrained behavior at
a party, Evie is sent to
live with her eccentric
uncle in New York City –
a “punishment" that
utterly delights Evie,
who can't wait to enjoy
the Roaring Twenties.
But when her Uncle Will,
curator of the Museum of
American Folklore,
Superstition, and the
Occult, is called on to
help solve a rash of
bizarre, other-worldly
murders, Evie is drawn in
to the investigations
because of a special
ability she's tried to keep
secret.
The Diviners
by
Libba Bray
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2014
Book
9
Ender’s Game
2013
Read for a Lifetime
A veteran of years
of simulated war
games, Ender
believes he is
engaged in one
more computer
war game when in
truth he is
commanding the
last fleet of Earth
against an alien
race seeking the
complete
destruction of
Earth.
Ender’s Game
by
Orson Scott Card
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2014
Book
10
Every day
2013
Read for a Lifetime
Known to him/herself only
as "A," the narrator of this
philosophically electrifying
novel wakes up every
morning in the body of a
different person. This
constant, inexplicable change
– A is usually around the
same age but has
experienced different
genders, ethnicities,
personality types, etc. -- has
made A unusually
circumspect, mature, and
careful not to alter anything
that would impact the lives
of those whose bodies s/he's
inhabited. It makes for a
lonely existence...until A
falls in love with a girl
named Rhiannon and breaks
those rules, just to see her
again.
every day
by
David Levithan
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2014
Book
11
Flesh & Blood So Cheap
2013
Read for a Lifetime
Describes the
conditions in the
textile industry in
the early 20th
century that caused
the fire at the
Triangle Shirtwaist
Company, a fire
which led to the
death of many
young women.
This book explains
the fire’s impact on
the labor
movement and on
society.
Flesh & Blood So Cheap
by
Albert Marrin
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2014
Book
12
The Immortal Life of Henrietta
Lacks
2013
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Her name was Henrietta
Lacks, but scientists
know her as HeLa. She
was a poor Southern
tobacco farmer who
worked the same land as
her slave ancestors, yet
her cells—taken without
her knowledge—
became one of the most
important tools in
medicine. The first
“immortal” human cells
grown in culture, they
are still alive today,
though she has been
dead for more than sixty
years.
The Immortal Life of
Henrietta Lacks
by
Rebecca Skloot
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2014
Book
13
The List
2013
Read for a Lifetime
Every year at
Mount
Washington High
School somebody
posts a list of the
prettiest and
ugliest girls from
each grade--this
is the story of
eight girls,
freshman to
senior, and how
they are affected
by the list.
The List
by
Siobhan Vivian
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2014
Book
14
Greek Mythology for Teens
2013
Read for a Lifetime
Retells the stories
of Greek
mythology,
discussing how
their major
themes can be
applied to
concerns in
modern, everyday
life and including
items for
discussion and
short dialogues
for young readers
to act out the
narratives.
Greek Mythology for
Teens
by
Zachary Hamby
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15
Never Fall Down
2013
Read for a Lifetime
2014
Cambodian child
soldier Arn
Chorn-Pond
defied the odds
and used all of
his courage and
wits to survive
the murderous
regime of the
Khmer Rouge.
Never Fall Down
by
Patricia McCormick
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2014
Book
16
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2013
Read for a Lifetime
A story about what
it’s like to travel that
strange course
through the
uncharted territory of
high school - the
world of first dates,
family dramas, and
new friends, of sex,
drugs, and The
Rocky Horror
Picture Show, of
those wild and
poignant rollercoaster days known
as growing up.
The Perks of Being a
Wallflower
by
Stephen Chbosky
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2014
Book
17
A Raisin in the Sun
2013
Read for a Lifetime
An AfricanAmerican family
is united in love
and pride as they
struggle to
overcome
poverty and
harsh living
conditions, in
the awardwinning 1959
play about an
embattled
Chicago family.
A Raisin in the Sun
by
Lorraine Hansberry
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2014
Book
18
Seraphina
2013
Read for a Lifetime
In a world where
dragons and humans
coexist in an uneasy
truce and dragons
can assume human
form, Seraphina,
whose mother died
giving birth to her,
grapples with her
own identity amid
magical secrets and
royal scandals, while
she struggles to
accept and develop
her extraordinary
musical talents.
Seraphina
by
Rachel Hartman
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2014
Book
19
Somebody Please Tell Me Who I
Am
2013
Read for a Lifetime
Wounded in Iraq
while his Army
unit is on
convoy and
treated for many
months for
traumatic brain
injury, the first
person Ben
remembers from
his earlier life is
his autistic
brother.
Somebody, Please Tell
Me Who I Am
by
Harry Mazer
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2014
Book
20
Supergirls
2013
Read for a Lifetime
From the super
heroines of today to
‘Goddesses of
Tomorrow,’ Madrid
questions the
position of women
in the world of
superhero fantasy,
showing the
parallels between
society’s
expectations and the
The Supergirls: Fashion, depiction of
Feminism, Fantasy, and the American women in
History of Comic Book
comic fiction.
Heroines
by
Mike Madrid
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2014
Book
21
Tiger Lily
2013
Read for a Lifetime
Fifteen-year-old
Tiger Lily
receives special
protections from
the spiritual
forces of
Neverland, but
then she meets
her tribe's most
dangerous enemy-Peter Pan--and
falls in love with
him.
Tiger Lily
By
Jodi Lynn Anderson
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2014
Book
22
Tiger’s Curse
2013
Read for a Lifetime
Seventeen-year-old
Oregon teenager
Kelsey forms a
bond with a circus
tiger who is actually
one of two brothers,
Indian princes Ren
and Kishan, who
were cursed to live
as tigers for
eternity, and she
travels with him to
India where the
tiger's curse may be
broken once and for
all.
Tiger’s Curse
by
Colleen Houck
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2014
Book
23
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
2013
Read for a Lifetime
A beloved American
classic about a young
girl's coming-of-age at
the turn of the century. It
is a poignant and moving
tale filled with
compassion and cruelty,
laughter and heartache,
crowded with life and
people and incident. The
story of young, sensitive,
and idealistic Francie
Nolan and her bittersweet
formative years in the
slums of Williamsburg
has enchanted and
inspired millions of
readers for more than
sixty years.
A Tree Grows in
Brooklyn
by
Betty Smith
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24
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
• The Hitchhiker’s
Guide to the Galaxy
to the Universe
• The Restaurant at
2013
Read for a Lifetime
2014
At last in paperback
in one complete
volume, here are the
five classic novels
from Douglas
Adams’s beloved
Hitchhiker series:
•
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s
Guide to the Galaxy
by
Douglas Adams
•
•
the End of the
Universe
Life, the Universe
and Everything
So Long, and
Thanks for All the
Fish
Mostly Harmless
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2014
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25
Unbroken
2013
Read for a Lifetime
Relates the story
of a U.S. airman
who survived
when his bomber
crashed into the
sea during World
War II, spent
forty-seven days
adrift in the ocean
before being
rescued by the
Japanese Navy,
Unbroken: a World War II and was held as a
story of survival, resilience, prisoner until the
and redemption
end of the war.
by
Laura Hillenbrand
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