2013-14 Reading Olympics Titles
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains
possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from
memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.
Bad Boy by Walter Dean Myers
Author Walter Dean Myers describes his childhood in Harlem in the 1940s and 1950s, discussing his
loving stepmother, his problems in school, his reasons for leaving home, and his beginnings as a writer.
Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German
girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are
hiding, as well as their neighbors.
Boy 21 by Matt Quick
Finley, an unnaturally quiet boy who is the only white player on his high school's varsity basketball team,
lives in a dismal Pennsylvania town that is ruled by the Irish mob, and when his coach asks him to mentor
a troubled African American student who has transferred there from an elite private school in California,
he finds that they have a lot in common in spite of their apparent differences.
Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
The author tells the story of her painful childhood in China where she lived until the age of fourteen with
her father, stepmother, and siblings, all of whom considered her bad luck because her mother died shortly
after giving birth to her.
Cinder by Marrisa Meyer
Cinder, a gifted mechanic and a cyborg with a mysterious past, is blamed by her stepmother for her
stepsister's illness while a deadly plague decimates the population of New Beijing, but when Cinder's life
gets intertwined with Prince Kai's, she finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle.
Cuba 15 by Nancy Osa
Violet Paz, a Chicago high school student, reluctantly prepares for her upcoming "quince," a Spanish
nickname for the celebration of an Hispanic girl's fifteenth birthday.
Dawn by Elie Wiesel
An eighteen-year-old terrorist spends a night waiting to murder an Englishman in Palestine as a reprisal
for Britain's execution of a Jewish prisoner.
Enclave by Ann Aguirre
The Huntress Duece is drawn to her new partner, Fade, a mysterious boy who is not afraid to break the
rules of the elders, and as she learns of the elders' deceptions, she and Fade push the enclave to test
their faith and protect themselves from unexpected dangers.
Endangered by Eliot Schrefer
Sophie is not happy to be back in the Congo for the summer, but when she rescues an abused baby
bonobo she becomes more involved in her mother's sanctuary--and when fighting breaks out and the
sanctuary is attacked, it is up to Sophie to rescue the apes and somehow survive in the jungle.
Everybody See the Ants by A.S. King
Overburdened by his parents' bickering and a bully's attacks, fifteen-year-old Lucky Linderman begins
dreaming of being with his grandfather, who went missing during the Vietnam War, but during a visit to
Arizona, his aunt and uncle and their beautiful neighbor, Ginny, help him find a new perspective.
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Fat Kid Rules the World by Kelly Going
Seventeen-year-old Troy, depressed, suicidal, and weighing nearly three hundred pounds, gets a new
perspective on life when Curt, a semi-homeless teen who is a genius on guitar, asks Troy to be the
drummer in a rock band.
Final Four by Paul Volpini
Four players at the Final Four of the NCAA basketball tournament struggle with the pressures of
tournament play and the expectations of society at large.
Geeks by John Katz
Tells the true story of Jesse and Eric, nineteen-year-old roommates in the small town of Caldwell, Idaho
who changed their lives and built a new future for themselves with the power of the Internet.
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa
struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, and teams up with another young fighter to save
their land from a corrupt king.
Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Four seekers look for haunting evidence at the abandoned old mansion called Hill House. Their stay
begins as a spooky encounter, but the house is gathering its powers and will choose one of them to make
its own.
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeenyear-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weights whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.
If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
After meeting at their private school in New York, fifteen-year-old Jeremiah, who is black and whose
parents are separated, and Ellie, who is white and whose mother has twice abandoned her, fall in love
and then try to cope with peoples' reactions.
Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence
A play loosely based on the events which took place in Dayton, Tennessee during the Scopes Trial in
July of 1925. Called the trial of the century, the main focus is on the two lawyers, Bryan and Darrow.
Invasion by Robin Cook
A shooting star and a series of exploding electrical devices herald the arrival of a mysterious outbreak of
strange symptoms that defy diagnosis.
Journey Back by Johanna Reiss
After spending three years hiding from the Nazis, a Jewish family is reunited and begins the job of
rebuilding their country and family.
Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Amir, haunted by his betrayal of Hassan, the son of his father's servant and a childhood friend, returns to
Kabul as an adult after he learns Hassan has been killed, in an attempt to redeem himself by rescuing
Hassan's son from a life of slavery to a Taliban official.
Level Up by Gene Luen Yang
Dennis, the son of Chinese immigrants, yearns to play video games like his friends and, upon his strict
father's death, becomes obsessed with them but later, realizing how his father sacrificed for him, he
chooses a nobler path.
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Luna by Julie Ann Peters
Fifteen-year-old Regan's life, which has always revolved around keeping her older brother Liam's transsexuality a secret, changes when Liam decides to start the process of "transitioning" by first telling his
family and friends that he is a girl who was born in a boy's body.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
After a family tragedy, Jacob feels compelled to explore an abandoned orphanage on an island off the
coast of Wales, discovering disturbing facts about the children who were kept there.
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
On a remote tropical island where villages are overrun by rebel fighting, thirteen-year-old Matilda is
introduced to the Charles Dickens classic "Great Expectations" by her white school teacher and becomes
enthralled with the story's main character, with whom she feels a connection.
Monstrumologist by Rick Yancy
n 1888, twelve-year-old Will Henry chronicles his apprenticeship with Dr. Warthrop, a scientist who hunts
and studies real-life monsters, as they discover and attempt to destroy a pod of Anthropophagi.
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Thirteen-year-old Anna, conceived specifically to provide blood and bone marrow for her sister Kate who
was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia at the age of two, decides to sue her parents for control of
her body when her mother wants her to donate a kidney to Kate.
Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick
"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"--.
Paper Towns by John Green
One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen basks in the
predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q's neighbor
and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.
Pastwatch by Orson Scott Card
Taguri, one of a group of scientists and historians living in a post-apocalyptic world, views the past
through a machine, TruSite II, and discovers one of the women she is studying can see her, too. The
discovery sets off a debate over whether the past can be changed to save the future.
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Contains black-and-white comic strip images in which the author shares the story of her life in Tehran,
Iran where she lived from ages six to fourteen while the country came under control of the Islamic regime.
Pregnancy Project by Gabby Rodriguez
Gaby Rodriguez, whose mother and older sister both became pregnant as teenagers, explains what she
learned from faking a pregnancy as a high school senior in order to find out how people would treat her.
The Raft by S.A. Bodeen
Robbie's last-minute flight to the Midway Atoll proves to be a nightmare when the plane goes down in
shark-infested waters, but the real terror begins when the co-pilot Max pulls her onto the raft.
Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Though she is from a family of clairvoyants, Blue Sargent's only gift seems to be that she makes other
people's talents stronger, and when she meets Gansey, one of the Raven Boys from the expensive
Aglionby Academy, she discovers that he has talents of his own--and that together their talents are a
dangerous mix.
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Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
In a post-apocalyptic world where fences and border patrols guard the few people left from the zombies
that have overtaken civilization, fifteen-year-old Benny Imura is finally convinced that he must follow in his
older brother's footsteps and become a bounty hunter.
Saving Gracie by Carol Bradley
An award-winning journalist issues a call to action for animal lovers and describes a story of survival and
redemption in one dog's rescue from a Pennsylvania puppy mill, highlighting the horrible living conditions
these poor animals suffer through.
So Yesterday by Scott Westerfield
Hunter Braque, a New York City teenager who is paid by corporations to spot what is "cool," combines his
analytical skills with girlfriend Jen's creative talents to find a missing person and thwart a conspiracy
directed at the heart of consumer culture.
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Young Tristran Thorn, having lost his heart to the lovely but cold Victoria Forester, leaves the safe English
town of Wall and sets out into a strange world on a quest to retrieve a fallen star he has promised to his
beloved.
Stiff: the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Explores how human cadavers have been used throughout history, discussing how the use of dead
bodies has benefited every aspect of human existence.
Sunrise over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers
Robin Perry, from Harlem, is sent to Iraq in 2003 as a member of the Civilian Affairs Battalion, and his
time there profoundly changes him.
The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore
Traces the parallel lives of two youths with the same name in the same community, describing how the
author grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar and promising business leader while his counterpart suffered a
life of violence and imprisonment.
Timeline by Michael Crichton
When a group of scientists learns how to travel through time, they enter life in fourteenth-century feudal
France and threaten the history of the world.
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchet
Trouble begins to brew in the tiny kingdom of Lancre when Granny Weatherwax and her spell sisters,
disturbed during their monthly cauldron-stirring by murder, mayhem, and a royal birth, give the new prince
away to a passing theatrical troupe.
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
The story of a small mountain village in England and housemaid Anna Frith as they try to survive the
terrible plague year of 1666.