Recommended New YA Titles:
Feed—M. T. Anderson, 2002
Stoner and Spazz—Ron Koertge, 2002
Secret Heart—David Almond, 2002
Counting Stars—David Almond, 2002
Catalyst—Laurie Halse Andersen, 2002
True Believer—Virginia Euwer Wolff, 2001
The Queen of Everything—Deb Caletti, 2002
What Happened to Lani Garver—Carol Plum-Ucci, 2002
The Body of Christopher Creed—Carol Plum-Ucci, 2001
Aimee—Mary Beth Miller, 2002
Stand Tall--Joan Bauer, 2002
The Named—Marianne Curley, 2002
The House of the Scorpion—Nancy Farmer, 2002
The Thief Lord—Cornelia Funke, U.S. 2002
Abarat—Clive Barker, 2002
Summerland—Michael Chabon, 2002
Hoot—Carl Hiassen, 2002
A Step from Heaven—An Na, 2001
Freewill—Chris Lynch, 2001
The Ropemaker—Peter Dickinson, 2001
A Single Shard—Linda Sue Park, 2001
Dreamland—Sarah Dessen, 2002
Many Stones—Carolyn Coman, 2000
Hard Love—Ellen Wittlinger, rpt. 2001
If You Come Softly—Jacqueline Woodson, rpt. 2000
We Were There, Too!—Philip M. Hoose, 2001
Tiger Rising—Kate DiCamillo, 2001
Carver: A Life in Poems—Marilyn Nelson, 2001
Counting Coup: A True Story of Love and Honor on the Little Big Horn—Larry Colton, 2000
The whole class will read these novels:
- Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson ($7.99 at Amazon.com; 208 pp.)
- Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya ($6.99 at Amazon.com; 262 pp.)
- Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer ($5.99 at Amazon.com; 201 pp.)
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card ($6.99 at Amazon.com; 324 pp.)
- A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich by Alice Childress ($5.99 at Amazon.com; 128 pp.)
- The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton ($5.99 at Amazon.com; 180 pp.)
- Monster by Walter Dean Myers ($6.99 at Amazon.com; 288 pp.)
- Desert Exile by Yoshiko Uchida ($10.31 at Amazon.com; ? pp.)
- Striking Out by Will Weaver ($5.95 at Amazon.com; 304 pp.)
- Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff ($4.99 at Amazon.com; 208 pp.)
and these short stories and poems:
- You Remind Me of You: A Poetry Memoir by Eireann Corrigan ($6.99 at Amazon.com; 144 pp.)
- Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories by Chris Crutcher ($6.99 at Amazon.com; 208 pp.)
- Who Killed Mr. Chippendale: A Mystery in Poems by Mel Glenn ($5.99 at Amazon.com; 112 pp.)
More recommended reading:
- The Buffalo Tree by Adam Rapp
- The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
- The Crazy Horse Electric Game by Chris Crutcher
- Farm Team by Will Weaver
- Eva by Peter Dickinson
- The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
- Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt
- My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
- Night Kites by M. E. Kerr
- Phoenix Rising by Karen Hesse
- These Are the Rules by Paul Many
- Zel by Donna Jo Napoli
- The Taking of Room 114: A Hostage Drama in Poems by Mel Glenn
- An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio by Judith Ortiz Cofer
- The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel
- The Adventures of Blue Avenger by Norma Howe
- After the War by Carol Matas
- All Together Now by Sue Ellen Bridgers
- Buried Onions by Gary Soto
- Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
- Danger Zone by David Klass
- Forever by Judy Blume
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
- Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred D. Taylor
- Letters from the Inside by John Marsden
- Like Sisters on the Homefront by Rita Williams-Garcia
- Lisa, Light and Dark by John Neufeld
- Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
- Lyddie by Katherine Paterson
- Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida by Victor Martinez
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas
- Hoops by Walter Dean Myers
- Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
- Seek by Paul Fleischman
- Kit's Wilderness by David Almond
- Soldier's Heart by Gary Paulsen
- Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
- Ties That Break, Ties That Bind by Lensey Namioka
- The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
- Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Really good reads in Sports Fiction:
- Roughnecks by Thomas Cochran
- Heat by Michael Cadnum
- Iceman by Chris Lynch
New twists on old tales:
- The Magic Circle by Donna Jo Napoli
- Zel by Donna Jo Napoli
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Probably the most popular female friendship novel of 2001--
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Resources:
Some Adult Books That Younger Readers Choose:
- The Adrian Mole Diaries by Sue Townsend
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid
- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
- Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
- The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
- Christine by Stephen King
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Civil War Fiction:
- No Man's Land by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
- Numbering All the Bones by Ann Rinaldi
- The Land by Mildred D. Taylor
- Shades of Gray and Across the Lines by Carolyn Reeder