School Book Lists for Young Adults
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JFK Middle School Summer Reading List 2010
Nutmeg Book Awards 2011 Nominees
| Author |
Title |
| Pearsall, Shelley |
All of the Above |
| Fletcher, Susan |
Alphabet of Dreams |
| Anderson, Laurie Halse |
Chains |
| Lockhart, E. |
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks |
| Applegate, Katherine |
Home of the Brave |
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de Mari, Silvana
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The Last Dragon |
| Dowd, Siobhan |
The London Eye Mystery |
| Shusterman, Neal |
Unwind |
| Connors, Leslie |
Waiting for Normal |
| Schmidt, Gary |
The Wednesday Wars |
Award Winners
| Author |
Title |
| Woodson, Jacqueline |
Feathers |
| Gaiman, Neil |
The Graveyard Book |
Larson, Kirby
Smith, Hope Anita |
Hattie Big Sky
Keeping the Night Watch |
| Leavitt, Martine |
Kenturah and Lord Death |
| Law, Ingrid |
Savvy |
| Felin, M. Sidney |
Touching Snow |
Contemporary Fiction
| Author |
Title |
| Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
Cricket Man |
| Boyce, Frank Cottrell |
Framed |
| Creech, Sharon |
Hate That Cat |
| Auch, M.J |
One-Handed Catch |
| Barkley, Brad |
Scrambled Eggs at Midnight |
| Rosenbloom, Fiona |
We Are So Crashing Your Bar Mitzvah
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Lin, Grace
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The Year of the Dog |
Historical Fiction
| Author |
Title |
| Hesse, Karen |
Brooklyn Bridge |
| Weyn, Suzanne |
Distant Wave: A Novel of the Titanic |
| Sedgwick, Marcus |
The Foreshadowing |
| Salisbury, Graham |
House of the Red Fish |
| Avi |
Iron Thunder: The Battle Between the Monitor and the Merrimac |
| Miller, Sarah |
Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller |
Classics
| Author |
Title |
| Alcott, Louisa M. |
Little Women |
| Bagnold, Enid |
National Velvet |
| Dickens, Charles |
Oliver Twist |
| Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan |
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
| London, Jack |
White Fang and Call of the Wild |
Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Adventure
| Author |
Title |
| Martin, Rafe |
Birdwing |
| Creech, Sharon |
The Castle Corona |
| Brewer, Heather |
Eighth Grade Bites: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod |
| Becker, Tom |
Darkside |
| Parker, Robert B. |
Edenville Owls |
| Tingle, Rebecca |
The Edge on the Sword |
| Giff, Patricia Reilly |
Eleven |
| Barnes, Jennifer Lynn |
Golden |
| Colfer, Eoin |
Half-Moon Investigations |
| Sleator, William |
The Last Universe
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| Bloor, Edward |
London Calling |
| McCaughrean, Geraldine |
Peter Pan in Scarlet |
| Hautman, Pete |
Rash |
| Schmidt, Gary D. |
Straw into Gold
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| Catanese, P.W. |
The Thief and the Beanstalk |
Enfield High School Summer Reading List 2010
Entering Grade 9
| Title |
Author |
| Acceleration |
McNamee, Graham |
| All Creatures Great and Small |
Herriot, James |
| Almost Lost |
Sparks, Beatrice |
| Animal Farm |
Orwell, George |
| Born to Rock |
Korman, Gordon |
| The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime |
Haddon, Mark |
| A Farewell to Arms |
Hemingway, Ernest |
| Fire-us #1: The Kindling |
Armstrong, Jennifer |
| The Fountainhead |
Rand, Ayn |
| Girl, Interrupted |
Kaysen, Susanna |
| The Heart is a Lonely Hunter |
McCullers, Carson |
| Heat |
Lupica, Mike |
| The Hobbit; or, There and Back Again |
Tolkien, J.R.R. |
| Jane Eyre |
Bronte, Charlotte |
| The Last of the Mohicans |
Cooper, James Fenimore |
| Monster |
Myers, Walter Dean |
| Murder of Roger Ackroyd |
Christie, Agatha |
| Wuthering Heights |
Bronte, Emily |
Entering Grade 10
| Title |
Author |
| American Born Chinese |
Yang, Bene Luen |
| Biloxi Blues |
Simon, Neil |
| Cry, The Beloved Country |
Paton, Alan |
| The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time |
Haddon, Mark |
| Ender's Game |
Card, Orson Scott |
| The Five People You Meet in Heaven |
Albom, Mitch |
| Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, and a Dream |
Bissinger, H.G. |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
Adams, Doug |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles |
Doyle, Arthur Conan |
| It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life |
Armstrong, Lance, with Sally Jenkins |
| No Second Chance |
Coben, Harlan |
| A Northern Light |
Donnelly, Jennifer |
| Vanity Fair |
Thackeray, William Makepeace |
Entering Grade 11
| Title |
Author |
| Angela's Ashes |
Frank McCourt |
| Big Mouth and Ugly Girl |
Oates, Joyce Carol |
| Blackout |
Nance, Jim |
| Catch-22 |
Heller, Joseph |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
Stevenson, Robert Louis |
| Dune |
Herbert, Frank |
| The English Patient |
Ondaatje, Michael |
| Fences |
Wilson, August |
| A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier |
Beah, Ishmael |
| Memoirs of a Geisha |
Golden, Arthur |
| Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood |
Satrapi, Marjane |
| The Restaurant at the End of the Universe |
Adams, Doug |
| She's Come Undone |
Lamb, Wally |
Entering Grade 12
| Title |
Author |
| Charm School |
DeMille, Nelson |
| Emma |
Austen, Jane |
| Fast Food Nation |
Schlosser, Eric |
| The Historian |
Kostova, Elizabeth |
| Maus II: A Survivor's Tale |
Speigelman, Art |
| Me Talk Pretty One Day |
Sedaris, Dave |
| Once a Hero |
Moon, Elizabeth |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray |
Wilde, Oscar |
| A Prayer for Owen Meany |
Irving, John |
| The Rescue |
Sparks, Nicholas |
| Tender is the Night |
F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| A Thousand Splendid Suns |
Hosseini, Khaled |
| VALIS |
Dick, Philip K. |
Fermi High School Summer Reading List 2010
Entering Grade 9
| Title |
Author |
| Acceleration |
McNamee, Graham |
| All Creatures Great and Small |
Herriot, James |
| Almost Lost |
Sparks, Beatrice |
| Animal Farm |
Orwell, George |
| Born to Rock |
Korman, Gordon |
| The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime |
Haddon, Mark |
| A Farewell to Arms |
Hemingway, Ernest |
| Fire-us #1: The Kindling |
Armstrong, Jennifer |
| The Fountainhead |
Rand, Ayn |
| Girl, Interrupted |
Kaysen, Susanna |
| The Heart is a Lonely Hunter |
McCullers, Carson |
| Heat |
Lupica, Mike |
| The Hobbit; or, There and Back Again |
Tolkien, J.R.R. |
| Jane Eyre |
Bronte, Charlotte |
| The Last of the Mohicans |
Cooper, James Fenimore |
| Monster |
Myers, Walter Dean |
| Murder of Roger Ackroyd |
Christie, Agatha |
| Wuthering Heights |
Bronte, Emily
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| Entering Grade 10 |
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| The Bell Jar |
Plath, Sylvia |
| The Long Walk |
Rawicz, Slavomir |
| Nineteen Minutes |
Picoult, Jodi |
| Angela's Ashes |
McCourt, Frank |
| The Good Earth |
Buck, Pearl |
| Rule of the Bone |
Banks, Russell |
| Deadline |
Cutcher, Chris |
| Hole in My Life |
Gantos, Jack |
| Dracula |
Stoker, Bram |
| Peace Like a River |
Enger, Leif |
| The Big Sleep |
Chandler, Raymond |
| Flight |
Alexie, Sherman |
| Water for Elephants |
Gruen, Sara |
| First they Killed My Father |
Ung, Loung |
| Memoirs of a Geisha |
Golden, Arthur |
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| Entering Grade 11 |
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| The Mole People |
Toth, Jennifer |
| A Prayer for Owen Meany |
Irving, John |
| Animal Dreams |
Kingsolver, Barbara |
| She's Come Undone |
Lamb, Wally |
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The World According to Garp
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Irving, John |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
Twain, Mark |
| The Grapes of Wrath |
Steinbeck, John |
| Their Eyes Were Watching God |
Hurston, Zora Neale |
| Fast Food Nation |
Schlosser, Eric |
| The Right Stuff |
Wolfe, Tom |
| Into Thin Air |
Krakauer, Jon |
| Amusing Ourselves To Death |
Postman, Neil |
| Inside Rupert's Brain |
LaMonica, Paul |
| Walden |
Thoreau, Henry David |
| Radio Golf |
Wilson, August |
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| Entering Grade 12 |
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| The Awakening |
Chopin, Kate |
| The Road |
McCarthy, Cormac |
| Cry, the Beloved Country |
Paton, Alan |
| A Thousand Splendid Suns |
Hosseini, Khaled |
| Native Son |
Wright, Richard |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin |
Stowe, Harriet Beecher |
| A Tale of Two Cities |
Dickens, Charles |
| The Namesake |
Lahiri, Jhumpa |
| All Quiet on the Western Front |
Remarque, Erich Maria |
| Ladies and Gentleman, The Bronx is Burning |
Mahler, Johnathan |
| Sophie's World |
Gaarder, Jostein |
| Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance |
Pirsig, Robert |
| Heart of Darkness |
Conrad, Joseph |
| The Help |
Stockett, Kathryn |
| Forever War |
Filkins, Dexter |
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