9th-12th Grades
Recommended Reading List
Hartford Public Library Summer 2015
Acevedo, Chantel. A Falling Star. Carolina Wren, 2014.
Alexander, Kwame. The Crossover. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Little, Brown, 2007.
Alsaid, Adi. Let’s Get Lost. Harlequin Teen, 2014.
Anderson, M.T. Feed. Candlewick, 2002.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Chains. Atheneum, 2010.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Wintergirls. Viking, 2009.
Armentrout, Jennifer L. Don’t Look Back. Disney-Hyperion, 2014.
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid’s Tale. Anchor, 1998.
Avasthi, Swati. Chasing Shadows. Knopf, 2013.
Avi. City of Orphans. Atheneum, 2012.
Avi. Sophia’s War: A Tale of the Revolution. Beach Lane, 2012.
Bascomb, Neal. The New Cool: A Visionary Teacher, His FIRST Robotics Team, and the Ultimate Battle of Smarts.
Crown, 2011.
Bauer, Joan. Squashed. Laurel Leaf, 1994.
Blackburne, Livia. Midnight Thief. Disney-Hyperion, 2014.
Blake, Kendare. Mortal Gods. Tor Teen, 2014.
Block, Francesca Lia. Love in the Time of Global Warming. Henry Holt, 2013.
Block, Francesca Lia. Weetzie Bat. Harper Trophy, 1989.
Blumenthal, Karen. Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX : The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America.
Simon and Schuster/Atheneum, 2005.
Blumenthal, Karen. Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different. Feiwel and Friends, 2012.
Boo, Katherine. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity. Random House, 2012.
Bradley, James. Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima. Perfection Learning, 2006.
Bray, Libba. Beauty Queens. Scholastic, 2011.
Brockmann, Suzanne. Night Sky. Sourcebooks Fire, 2014.
Brown, Daniel James. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Penguin, 2014.
Bruchac, Joseph. The Heart of a Chief. Puffin, 2001.
Butler, Octavia. Kindred. Beacon, 2009. First published, 1981.
Cain, Susan. Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. Crown, 2012.
Canion, Ebony. Left for Dead. Life Changing, 2014.
Card, Orsen Scott. Ender’s Game. Tor Science Fiction, 1994.
Carlson, Lori. Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States. Ballantine, 1995.
Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales (No Fear Shakespeare). Sparknotes, 2009.
Chbosky, Stephen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower. MTV, 1999.
Chen, Justina. Girl Overboard. Little, Brown, 2008.
Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street. Perfection Learning, 1984.
Clare, Cassandra. The Bane Chronicles. Margaret K. McElderry, 2014.
Clare, Cassandra. City of Bones. Margaret K. McElderberry, 2008.
Cline, Ernest. Ready Player One. Broadway, 2012.
Cormier, Robert. Heroes. Laurel Leaf, 2000.
Cremer, Andrea. The Inventor’s Secret. Philomel, 2014.
Curtis, Paul, Christopher. Bucking the Sarge. Wendy Lamb, 2004.
Dashner, James.Maze Runner. Delacorte, 2009.
de la Peña, Matt. We Were Here. Ember, 2010.
Delacre, Lulu. Alicia Afterimage. Lee & Low, 2008.
Dellaira, Ava. Love Letters to the Dead. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2014.
Despain, Bree. Into the Dark: The Shadow Prince. EgmontUSA, 2014.
Dessen, Sarah. Just Listen. Viking, 2006.
Diaz, Junot. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Riverhead, 2007.
Divine, L. Drama High series. Ebb & Flow, 2014.
Draper, Sharon. Copper Sun. Atheneum, 2006.
Draper, Sharon. Stella by Starlight. Atheneum, 2015.
Engle, Margarita. The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom. Henry Holt, 2008.
Farish, Terry. The Good Braider. Marshall Cavendish, 2012.
Farmer, Nancy. The House of the Scorpion. Atheneum, 2004.
Flake, Sharon G. Money Hungry. Hyperion, 2003.
Foer, Jonathan Safran. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005.
Gaiman, Neil. The Ocean at the End of the Lane. William Morrow, 2014.
Gantos, Jack. Hole in My Life. Square Fish, 2012.
Gantos, Jack. The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs. Square Fish, 2008.
Goodavage, Maria. Soldier Dogs: The Untold Story of America’s Canine Heroes. Dutton Adult, 2012.
Green, John. The Fault in Our Stars. Dutton, 2012.
Greenberg, Andy. This Machine Kills Secrets: How WikiLeakers, Cypherpunks and Hacktivists Aim to Free the World’s
Information. Dutton, 2012.
Gruwell, Erin. Freedom Writers. Broadway, 2006.
Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night. Doubleday, 2003.
Mashima, Hiro. Fairy Tail. Kodansha Comics, 2011.
Han, Jenny. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Hanley, Tim. Wonder Woman Unbound: The Curious History of the World’s Most Famous Heroine. Chicago Review, 2014.
Hartman, Rachel. Seraphina. Random House, 2012.
Hauser, Brooke. The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens. Free Press, 2011.
Hicks, Faith Erin. The Adventures of Superhero Girl. Dark Horse, 2013.
Hillenbrand, Laura. Unbroken: An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive (YA Adaptation). Delacorte, 2014.
Hobbs, Jeff. The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League.
Scribner, 2014.
Horowitz, Anthony. Alex Rider. Philomel, 2011.
Howard, A.G. Unhinged. Abrams, 2014.
Jiang, Ji-li. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution. HarperCollins, 1997.
Jimenez, Francisco. Breaking Through. Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
Johnson, Angela. The First Part Last. Simon & Schuster, 2003.
Kadohata, Cynthia. Kira-Kira. Atheneum, 2004.
Kakalios, James. The Physics of Superheroes. Gotham, 2006.
Kato, Kazue. Blue Exorcist .Viz Media, 2009.
Kawahara, Reki. Accel World. ASCII Media Works, 2009.
Kidd, Sue Monk. The Invention of Wings. Viking, 2014.
Krakauer, Jon. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster. Anchor, 1999.
Kubo, Tite. Bleach. Viz Media, 2004.
Laybourne, Emmy. Monument 14. Square Fish, 2013.
Lewis, John, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell. March: Book 1. Top Shelf, 2013.
Livio, Mario. Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein: Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our
Understanding of Life and the Universe. Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Lu, Marie. The Young Elites. Putnam’s Sons, 2014.
Maas, Sarah J. Heir of Fire. Bloomsbury, 2014.
Madrid, Mike. The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines. Exterminating Angel, 2009.
Magoon, Kekla. How It Went Down. Henry Holt, 2014.
Magoon, Kekla. The Rock and the River. Aladdin, 2009.
Marvel Comics (Wilson, G. Willow). Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal. Marvel, 2014.
Marvel Comics (Wilson, G. Willow). Ms. Marvel Volume 2: Generation Why. Marvel, 2015.
Masashi, Kishimoto. Naruto. VIZ Media, 1997.
Matson, Morgan. Since You’ve Been Gone. Simon & Schuster, 2014.
McCall, Guadalupe Garcia. Summer of the Mariposas. Tu, 2012.
McCall, Guadalupe Garcia. Under the Mesquite. Tu, 2013.
McCormick, Patricia. Purple Heart. Balzer + Bray, 2009.
McCormick, Patricia. Sold. Disney-Hyperion, 2008.
McKinley, Robin. The Hero and the Crown. Perfection Learning, 1987.
Millay, Katja. Sea of Tranquility. Atria, 2013.
Moore, Perry. Hero. Disney-Hyperion, 2007.
Moore, Wes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates. Spiegel & Grau, 2011.
Murdoch, Emily. If You Find Me. St. Martin's Griffin, 2014.
Myers, Alex. Revolutionary. Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Myers, Walter Dean. Game. Harper Teen, 2009.
Myers, Walter Dean. Lockdown. Amistad, 2011.
Myers, Walter Dean. Monster. Harper Collins, 1999.
Myracle, Lauren. Shine. Harry N. Abrams, 2011.
Neilsen, Jennifer. The Shadow Throne. Scholastic Press, 2014.
Nelson, Kadir. Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans. Balzer + Bray, 2011.
Nelson, Marilyn; Lardy, Philippe. A Wreath for Emmett Till. Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux. No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller.
Carolrhoda Lab, 2012.
Neri, Greg. Chess Rumble. Lee & Low, 2007.
Novak, Ali. My Life with the Walter Boys. Sourcebooks Fire, 2014.
Padian, Maria. Out of Nowhere. Ember, 2015.
Park, Linda Sue. When My Name Was Keoko. Clarion, 2002.
Pearson, Mary E. The Kiss of Deception. Henry Holt & Co., 2014.
Prince, Liz. Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir. Illus. Zest Books, 2014.
Quick, Matthew. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock. Little, Brown, 2014.
Quinn, Jason. Gandhi: My Life is My Message. Campfire, 2014.
Quintero, Isabel. Gabi, A Girl in Pieces. Cinco Puntos Press, 2014.
Reynolds, Jason. When I was the Greatest. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2014.
Ricca, Brad. Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster-The Creators of Superman.
St. Martin’s Griffin, 2014.
Rodriguez, Cindy L. When Reason Breaks. Bloomsbury, 2015.
Roth, Veronica. Divergent. Tegen Books, 2011.
Rowell, Rainbow. Fangirl. St. Martin’s Griffin, 2013.
Rutkoski, Marie. The Winner’s Curse. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Saenz, Benjamin Alire. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Sales, Leila. This Song Will Save Your Life. Square Fish, 2015.
Sanderson, Brandon. Steelheart. Ember, 2014.
Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis. Pantheon, 2003.
Savage, Dan. It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living. Plume, 2012.
Say, Allen. Drawing from Memory. Scholastic, 2011.
Schwartz, David J. Superpowers. Broadway, 2008.
Scott, Victoria. Fire and Flood. Scholastic, 2014.
Sedgwick, Marcus. Midwinterblood. Roaring Brook, 2013.
Shabazz, Ilyasah. X: A Novel. Candlewick, 2015.
Shiibashi, Hiroshi. Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan. Weekly Shonen Jump, 2007.
Shine, Joe. I Become Shadow. Soho Teen, 2014.
Smelcer, John. The Trap. Henry Holt, 2006.
Smith, Andrew. Grasshopper Jungle. Dutton, 2014.
Smith, Betty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006. First published, 1943.
Smith, Jennifer. The Geography of You and Me. Poppy, 2014.
Soto, Gary. Baseball in April, and Other Stories. Harcourt Brace, 1990.
Soto, Gary. Buried Onions. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006.
Stanton, Brandon. Humans of New York. St. Martin’s, 2013.
Stern, Sam. Real Food, Real Fast. Candlewick, 2008.
St. John, Warren. Outcasts United: The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town. Ember, 2013.
Stone, Juliana. Boys Like You. Sourcebooks Fire, 2014.
Stork, Francisco X. Marcelo in the Real World. Arthur A. Levine Books, 2009.
Sundquist, Josh. We Should Hang Out Sometime. Little, Brown, 2014.
Talley, Robin. Lies We Tell Ourselves. Harlequin Teen, 2014.
Tan, Shaun. The Arrival. Levine, 2006.
Ten Boom, Corrie; Elizabeth Sherrill, John Sherrill. The Hiding Place. Bantam reprint, 1974.
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007. First published, 1976.
Van Wegenen, Maya. Popular: Vintage Wisdom for the Modern Geek. Dutton, 2014.
Vaughn, Carrie. After the Golden Age. Tor, 2011.
Wagner, Laura Rose. Hold Tight, Don't Let Go: A Novel of Haiti. Abrams, 2015.
Wein, Elizabeth. Code Name Verity. Hyperion, 2012.
Williams-Garcia, Rita. Jumped. Amistad, 2009.
Wohlsen, Marcus. Biopunk: Solving Biotech's Biggest Problems in Kitchens and Garages. Current, 2011.
Woodson, Jacqueline. If You Come Softly. Putnam, 1998.
Yang, Gene Luen. American Born Chinese. First Second, 2006.
Yang, Gene Luen. Boxers and Saints. First Second, 2013.
Yousafzai, Malala. I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. Little, Brown, 2013.
Zarr, Sara. How to Save a Life. Little, Brown, 2011.
Zuckoff, Mitchell. Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II. Harper, 2013.